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Poster for The Imaginary features a boy with blonde hair walking on a bridge made out of light.

Review: Studio Ponoc’s New ‘The Imaginary’ is Darkly Fantastical

Studio Ponoc, known as the "Ghibli Successor," is finally back with a new animated film. Can The Imaginary live up to its pedigree?
The titular Boy and the Heron as well as Godzilla from Godzilla Minus One on a blank background next to text "King of the U.S. Box Office.'

Kings of the US Box Office: Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron and Godzilla Minus One

Japanese film is having a moment in North America, as Studio Ghibli's The Boy and the Heron and Godzilla Minus One take 1st and 3rd at the box office.
Komuro Kei and Mako missing?!

Has The Media Hounded Ex-Princess Mako Into Hiding?

The media is aghast that the Komuros, Kei and Mako, have gone "missing." But the press has no one to blame but itself.
Poster for Kitano Takeshi's film Kubi in an outside display in Japan.

Review: In Beat Takeshi’s Kubi, Samurai are Queer Yakuza

Internationally famed director Kitano Takeshi is back with his new samurai epic, Kubi. The violent, darkly funny film has some surprises in store for viewers.
Pokemon card theft

Former Company President Arrested in Fake Trading Card Scheme

The former president of a company linked to Animate is behind bars for selling fake Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards.
UFOs in Japan

Japan is UFO Hot Spot According To US Intelligence

What's that in the sky over western Japan? No one knows...but a few people have some very definitive ideas. The speculation over the country's cluster of "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena".
Nakajo Hisaya manga

Manga Artist Nakajo Hisaya Passes Away at Age 50

The author of the popular manga series FOR YOU IN FULL BLOSSOM and SUGAR PRINCESS passed away at age 50, according to her publisher.
Poster for The Boy and the Heron over blue background with words "English Dub Cast Announced" superimposed over images of feathers.

English Dub Cast Announced for Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron

Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki Hayao's new The Boy and the Heron has its official English-language cast. As expected, it's a star studded affair.
Blue background with the logos for Studio Ghibli and Nippon TV.

Studio Ghibli Announces Surprise Acquisition by Nippon TV

Animation giant Studio Ghibli, fresh off a new film, is now announcing its acquisition by Nippon TV following decades of independence.

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