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Anime News Network · Aug 27, 06:00 PM
SNK began streaming an animated trailer for the Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves fighting game to highlight the DLC character Duck King, who launched in the game on Thursday. The trailer was created by animator/director Masami Ōbari.
SoraNews24 · Aug 27, 05:30 PM
We visit Hobonichi HQ in Tokyo to give you the highlights and our must-buy recommendations for next year’s range. Japan’s globally beloved Hobonichi Techo is back for another year, and the 2027 collection is bigger than ever, with more than 280 new planners and character collaborations including One Piece, Suica Penguin, and Hello Kitty.
Togetter.com · Aug 27, 05:27 PM
I was watching an adult video in the toilet when the sound suddenly went out. Wondering why, I pressed the volume button several times. Then I heard a car's reversing beep outside — my wife. No way. The downside of our convenient world shows up even here: a Bluetooth speaker had connected to the car. Glad there were no children around — the car blared loudly.
Togetter.com · Aug 27, 05:03 PM
They argued because all three wanted to go in different directions. "Difference in direction" — repeated jokingly. If the dog faces west, the child faces east. It looks like the child and the Shiba are conspiring to pull the person forward in opposite directions. Somehow it feels like the reason a band would break up — from a leader's viewpoint.
Anime News Network · Aug 27, 05:01 PM
A trailer for Kohei Kadowaki's anime film We Are Aliens (Ware Ware wa Uchjin), produced by NOTHING NEW, began streaming Thursday and highlights the Heisei era, the period when the main characters meet. The film opens in Japan on September 25.
Togetter.com · Aug 27, 04:44 PM
Trying the rumored item: Dopa-men. 'Elderly-people instant-death noodles.' Salt damage. Concentrated Seto Inland Sea. Salt benchmark. Sea mixed into the manufacturing process. Blood-pressure RTA. Since it unexpectedly got attention, a note: the wording is exaggerated, but it does contain 8 g of salt, so I recommend preparing rice or otherwise diluting it. Especially for people from western Japan like me...
Anime News Network · Aug 27, 04:26 PM
Cullen also voiced Eeyore, Monterey Jack, Mario, Toonami announcer, IGPX narrator
Consequence.net · Aug 27, 04:13 PM
TOMORROW X TOGETHER have unveiled their 2026–2027 "STEAL THE WIND" world tour, which will take them across Asia, North America, the UK, and Europe; the trek is scheduled to kick off on November 13, 2026.
Anime News Network · Aug 27, 04:00 PM
Taiki makes it clear multiple times that his feelings will not waver, and the problem is that I believe him.
Anime News Network · Aug 27, 03:40 PM
Sekina Aoi and Ryo Tsuzura debuted the manga in November 2022.
Nikkei.com · Aug 27, 03:32 PM
Automaker to develop Level 2++ self-driving system, with wider adoption set for 2030
SoraNews24 · Aug 27, 03:00 PM
United Airlines will soon operate nonstop flights from the U.S. to Japan’s southern islands in Okinawa, and will also launch a new direct route to Osaka. The moves come as international interest in Japan rises and airlines expand service to meet growing demand for flights.
Anime News Network · Aug 27, 03:00 PM
Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed the main trailer and key visual for Gekijoban Maebashi Witches: Majo Minarai no Emoemories (Maebashi Witches Emoemories: Blooming Witches), the compilation film for the Maebashi Witches TV series. The film opens in Japan on October 23.
Anime News Network · Aug 27, 03:00 PM
Square Enix's Manga UP! Global service has added Akina's manga The Viscount's Porky Portrait: I Married the Knight My Sister Rejected to its catalog; the series becomes available on the service from Friday.
Anime News Network · Aug 27, 02:56 PM
The official website for Kocha Agasawa's manga The Ramparts of Ice unveiled a promotional video and new visual and announced the anime's second-season premiere date of October 1. Netflix will stream the second season.
Togetter.com · Aug 27, 02:48 PM
Some people get angry and correct others from calling Chiikawa’s used-bookshop character “Kani-chan” to saying “It’s not a crab! It’s the used-bookshop!” but I always think it’s fine since the original work literally writes “Kani.” Didn’t everyone call it Kani-chan? Have people forgotten that everyone called it Kani-chan until merchandise using the used-bookshop name came out?
Anime News Network · Aug 27, 02:36 PM
Yoshifumi Kondo's film will be released by GKIDS on IMAX screens from September 16, with a wider opening on September 18.
Anime News Network · Aug 27, 02:30 PM
While I’ve kept these reviews mostly about the story, characters, and themes of The Saga of Tanya the Evil, I have to admit, I’m more than a bit of a World War II buff.
Asahi.com · Aug 27, 02:20 PM
In an incident in which four high-end wristwatches (total sale value about ¥200 million) were stolen from a watch buy-and-sell shop on the first floor of the Nakano Broadway shopping complex (Nakano Ward, Tokyo), the Tokyo Metropolitan Police on the 27th arrested two Chilean nationals in their 20s and 30s who had fled the scene on suspicion of theft.
Anime News Network · Aug 27, 02:00 PM
Coop and Sylvia run down a list of DIY and creative anime series that can inspire viewers to start making and crafting themselves.
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