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Aniwave festival of anime, manga, Japanese culture grows in ...

As a result of finding a larger venue, organizers expect to see the biggest crowd ever at a local celebration of Japanese animation, manga and traditional arts.Wilmington’s fourth Aniwave Festival will be held 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sat [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

In Pictures: Japan Anime Live

Japan Anime Live, the world's biggest Manga opera, wrapped up in Rome at the weekend. The spectacular event featured colourful fight scenes, singing and unseen stories from the popular animated series. Here's a look back at the e [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Tony Stark Is Turning Japanese in Iron Man Anime Intro [Vide...

Iron Man is a pretty good fit for anime, if you think about it: a brilliant, arrogant playboy billionaire who dons a mechanical suit often to fight other mechanical suited menaces in explosive mechanical battles over glittering cityscape [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Manga & Anime Japan

Japan Creative Centre, Kyoto International Manga Museum, the Japan Foundation and Animax are jointly organizing the exhibition, “Manga & Anime! Japan - A Journey From The History To Modern Day Inspirations - ”, from [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Anime makes Japan superpower

Japan may be on a slow decline as far as being a global economic force, but the "soft power" of its modern entertainment genres, from manga to "anime," has global appeal, especially among young people.Why and how did [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Anime Expo® 2010 Announces Japanese Musical Artists, Megumi ...

Anime Expo® is pleased to announce that Japanese musical artists, Megumi Nakajima and May’n, will be official Guests of Honor at its July convention. Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime and manga convention, is sche [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Japan Festival features anime showcase

The fifth annual "Nihon Matsuri: Japan Festival in Salt Lake City" takes place April 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and will feature a special anime-cosplay showcase. Organized by the Nihon Matsuri Committee, made up of Utah's people [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Japan Pushes Electro and Anime Music at MIDEM

At the music industry trade show MIDEM, held in Cannes, France this week, Japan showcased both electro and anime music at the event's Japan Night. The Music Publishers Association of Japan and the Japan External Trade Organizati [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Pop Japan Travel's Newest Tour - Tokyo International Anime F...

Pop Japan Travel, the premier tour company for pop culture-themed tours to Japan, is pleased to announce a new tour designed with the anime fan in mind: a trip to Japan for the 2010 Tokyo International Anime Fair! The tour will allow North [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Brazilian youths treated to Japanese 'anime' posters

A collection of about 100 posters featuring Japanese ''manga'' and ''anime'' characters are among exhibits attracting youths in Brazil in a series of ''Cool Japan'' events under way in the Latin American country.At the Academia Brasileira d [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Japanese Charts: Xbox 360 Anime Bar Maid Game Debuts At No. ...

Tomodachi Collection, Dragon Quest IX, and Wii Sports Resort remained frontrunners this week on Japanese video game sales charts, while a new voyeuristic Xbox 360 game featuring anime girls was able to break the top five. D3 Publisher's Dr [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

JAPANESE MUSICAL GROUP AKB48 TO APPEAR AT NY ANIME FESTIVAL

The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced Japanese pop music group AKB48 will appear at its 2009 event as Special Musical Guests. The 2009 New York Anime Festival, an anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture convention from the [...]

Posted On : Aug, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Japan's anime industry popular but not profitable

Japan's distinctive style of comic book illustration is enjoying a worldwide boom, but the anime industry is in crisis So when Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso recently announced that a multi-million dollar anime museum would be built in To [...]

Posted On : Jul, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Japanese Anime TV Ranking, June 1-7

Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away film aired on June 5 at 9:00 p.m, and it earned 21.4 rating as the #1 movie of the week. The live-action drama adaptation of Minoru Itō's Aishiteru ~Kaiyō~ manga continues to rank [...]