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The version 4.6 update for Genshin Impact, dubbed “Two Worlds Aflame, the Crimson Night Fade,” will launch on April 24, developer miHoYo announced.

With hundreds of techniques populating Naruto's narrative, it's fairly common for jutsu to often get sidelined after their initial novelty fades. Sai's Super Beast Scroll technique falls under a similar premise, as this largely underrated technique has spent much of its time in the shadows while other flashy techniques take center stage. With the power to animate ink into beasts of varying strengths, the technique presents limitless value in battle, both offensively and defensively.

Some of the biggest names in the manga industry are working together on revamping a huge project for one of the best-known manga publishing companies, Shueisha. It is not a typical kind of manga story, though, but something altogether different. This special anthology doesn't tell an original story but is meant to be educational, as it turns historical figures and events into a manga to help people learn about history.

A Pokemon and Spy x Family fan has created a piece of fanart with series protagonist Anya becoming a Pokemon trainer. The Pokemon fan art showcases a full team for the psychic child, who looks quite pleased with herself in the art.

Japanese anime, manga, and games are popular in Japan, but Western media also has its place in Japanese pop culture. One of the most popular companies in the country is Disney, and Disney characters, movies, and theme parks are beloved by a huge number of people in Japan. Disney spans across ages, genders, and walks of life in modern Japan, with all kinds of different fans.

Spoilers for chapter 258 are now available. The fight between Yuji and Sukuna continues and both of them have new tricks. Here’s a guide on the.

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VIZ Media announced yesterday that their manga app has now added Marvel titles to the service. This is part of the collaboration between the giants of two distinct sides of the biggest comic book industries in the world, which began in 2022 when they combined the superpowered legacy of various Marvel heroes and the storytelling form of manga. This yielded a number of successful manga titles that feature Marvel superheroes in a way that they hadn't been seen before.

Spoilers for chapter 257 are now out. We learn something new about Sukuna and Yuji continues to surpass expectations. Here’s a guide to the .

A pair of scientists working in the Antarctic have managed to get their remote research station added as a location in Pokémon Go.

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A Japanese Pokémon fan faces fines and a potential prison sentence after his arrest for selling hacked versions of the game's creatures.

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It is no secret that a huge source of news for everyone these days is social media platforms, and people around the world are influenced by what is posted there. Social media can be a great source of information, too, when what is posted is actually true and from a genuine source. The danger lies in how easy it is for social media to post something false, or to twist the truth to something that serves the poster's purpose.

One of the biggest annual trade shows for the movie industry, CinemaCon is an event that has become more and more of a mainstay in the annual pop culture sphere. Specifically dedicated to both movies as well as the craft of physical movie theaters, there was no better stage for Crunchyroll to announce a large slate of theatrical film releases for the North American market and beyond.

A Pokemon fan has compared images from the games with how they look in the anime to highlight some huge differences. The Pokemon franchise started with the 1996 release of Red and Green, and the anime has taken some liberties from the beginning.

Pokémon Go looks set to add a new mechanic from the main series Pokémon games: the concept of Pokémon Fusion.

Japanese history and anime overlap in the popular anime and mobile game series Touken Ranbu, which has continued to gain popularity in Japan over the past several years. Interest in the series, and to some extent, the history connected to it, is at an all-time high. That makes now the perfect time for less-visited areas of Japan to use anime to try to draw in tourists, which is exactly what Fukuyama City in Hiroshima Prefecture is doing.

Ever wondered about those sleepy spores emitted by Grass-type Pokémon? Ever thought about rolling up their aromatic leaves, and subjecting them to a Fire-type attack?

Pokémon Go teased a big new addition the game as the moment of totality hit during yesterday's solar eclipse.

This year's Pokémon World Championships will culminate at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Sports anime and manga remain one of the most popular genres, with new ones coming out every season. That doesn't mean the classics are not popular now, however, and one manga is continuing to be published more than forty years after it first debuted. After more than forty years, though, it is going to try something really new to keep fans interested, and keep the manga alive.

The spoilers for chapter 256 are now available. The battle against Sukuna gets more intense. Here’s a guide to the .

The Spring 2024 anime season is finally here, and while there's a lot to be hyped about, two of the heaviest hitters in shōnen anime, My Hero Academia and Demon Slayer, aren't starting until May. Now, Demon Slayer is another story, but Crunchyroll intends to keep MHA fans occupied every week until the new season starts, with a new four-part special, My Hero Academia: Memories.

Crunchyroll and the official Solo Leveling Instagram account announced that the anime will be getting a second season, after the final episode aired on Saturday. The second season, titled, Solo Leveling – Arise From the Shadow –, is confirmed to stream on Crunchyroll when it airs.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the most widely accepted authority on the English language, and is updated quarterly with revised meanings and new words as our language continues to evolve. Sometimes these words are entirely new creations, and sometimes they are words from other languages that have been adopted for common use in English. This past quarter, 23 new Japanese words were officially added to the OED, showing how much of an impact Japanese culture has even outside of Japan.

Gone are the days of trying to find anime to stream online, legally or not so much, if you did not want to wait for the DVD release to maybe come out in your country. These days, streaming sites like Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Disney+ are regularly delivering anime the same day that it is released in Japan, legally and complete with subtitles. This has made being an international anime fan so much easier, and lets otaku around the world stay up to date with the latest anime.

The past five years have been great for anime and gaming fans when it comes to theme parks. First, in March 2021, the Nintendo World part of Universal Studios Japan opened, welcoming fans of Mario and more into a fun playground. Then, in November 2022, the Studio Ghibli theme park opened, letting fans of the beautiful movies step inside of them and experience them firsthand. Nintendo World is in Osaka, Japan, while the Studio Ghibli park in Aichi, Japan.

How much does someone who built the foundations of Pokémon Go still play the game, eight years on? It's the first question I ask Ed Wu, senior vice president of Pokémon Go, as we set off on a walk together around a leafy London park — our phones in hand, Pokémon Go open. «I spend as much of my time beating up the game as possible,» he laughs. This is often using work-in-progress beta builds, he admits, to ensure upcoming features are bug-tested. But he still plays his «official» main account when he can — and it's clearly a source of pride that his was the first ever user account — or one of the first, he can't quite recall — registered on Pokémon Go's live server back at launch in the summer of 2016.

Spoilers for chapter 255 are now out. More people join the fight against Sukuna. Here’s a guide on the.

A brand-new trailer and key visual were released on Friday to announce the upcoming continuation of the Overlord anime project, which aired its fourth and most recent season back in Summer 2022. The anime continues with Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom, an anime movie set to debut this Fall, and in addition to new cast members, the main staff working on the film's production were also announced in the trailer, which can be seen below.

Dragon Ball Sparkling! Zero has secured an ESRB rating, leading to hopes the game is content-complete and we'll get a formal release date soon.

The has been revealed. The episode will air on HBO Max. It tells the story of Joe Higan, who was formerly a member of a notorious ninja organization that utilized assassinations to manipulate global events. Because of the clan’s stringent code, treason resulted in instant death. Joe managed to escape and start a life away from violence. However, his period of blissful marriage and parenthood came to an end after his son and wife were killed. He is now hungry for revenge and is hell-bent on tracking down and wiping out his former clan.

The have been revealed. The episode will air on Crunchyroll. It will follow Sung Jin-woo / Shun Mizushino as he continues to explore the dungeons with the powers gifted to him by the System.

There are a growing number of anime stores around the world to feed the continually growing trend of anime love, but Japan still has the most stores. And as the birthplace of anime, it probably always will. Some neighborhoods in Tokyo are almost entirely dedicated to anime and anime sales, including the famous Akihabara, as well as Ikebukuro. It is in the latter that a newly renovated anime store has re-opened, and it is huge — record-breakingly huge.

Whether you're a long-time fan of Macross or new to the name, you are about to be in luck. Nearly every series of the long-running anime is coming to subscription streaming service Disney+ this year — and not just in Japan, but around the world! It is the perfect time to get ready for a mega-rewatch of your favorite series, or to get into the fandom for the first time.

Science Saru has proven itself to be one of the most innovative studios working in anime today, having taken on projects everywhere from the surreal and elastic worlds of Masaaki Yuasa, to the graphic-novel inspired feel of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off and the galaxy of Star Wars: Visions. For their newest original series, the studio is turning to the world of the paranormal, with a quirky romcom set to arrive on the scene just in time for Halloween.

The e have been revealed. The episode will air on Crunchyroll. It will follow Mash as he deals with various challenges at the Easton Magic Academy.

Joe Higan and Kenjiro Tsuda fans rejoice! The for have been announced. The episode will air on HBO Max. It will continue to tell the tale of Joe Higan, an assassin who joined a cult to exact revenge on the mercenaries from his former organization who ambushed and killed his family. Joe had given up the bloodshed and violent lifestyle to live under an alias with his family. The organization wants bloody retribution on Joe for breaking their code.

The Pokémon Company's chatty former legal boss has thanked the media for publicising projects the company may then be compelled to shut down.

A high-profile Pokémon Go player and streamer has had his game account hacked and some of his rarest Pokémon deleted, ruining countless hours of play.

Pokémon fans have found a small tease for upcoming Legends game Z-A in Scarlet and Violet.

Sony is appealing to anime fans by adding a My Hero Academia freebie to the offerings listed for its PlayStation Plus Premium subscription service tier. Customers who are signed up to PS Plus Premium will be able to enjoy some of anime studio Bones' adaptation of the My Hero Academia manga from the comfort of their PS4 or PS5 consoles.

The producers behind the long-running Pokemon anime series have weighed in on the possibility of original protagonist Ash Ketchum returning to the show. Right around the time that Pokemon Red and Blue were taking the gaming world by storm, young TV viewers were introduced to Ash, an energetic 10-year-old boy with a dream of becoming the world’s greatest Pokemon master. Alongside his faithful Pokemon partner Pikachu, Ash traveled far and wide to challenge other trainers, build a growing collection of Pokemon allies, and stay one step ahead of the villainous Team Rocket on a quest that spanned 25 seasons and multiple Pokemon game generations.

In the world of Pokemon, the trainers travel around the world battling one another, catching wild Pokemon, and earning gym badges. Pokemon Champions like Ash Ketchum even travel to other regions and continents in search of new Pokemon and new opponents to face. And now, when you are traveling both domestically and abroad, you can look like you are a Pokemon Master, too!

VIZ Media took to Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday to announce that the Kagurabachi manga will be getting a print release Fall. The series, created by Takeru Hokazono, saw immense hype shortly after the release of its first three chapters, with many readers calling it one of the very best of the new age in Shonen Jump.

TOHO animation has announced a P.A. Works-produced anime adaptation of the Edelweiss-developed farming action game Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. It will air in 2024.

This Sunday will be the 96th Oscars, or Academy Awards, presentation. While many people are, of course, interested in seeing what movie will win the coveted Best Picture, there is a lot of excitement regarding the Animated Film category this year. Studio Ghibli's film The Boy and the Heron has been nominated alongside Western-produced English-language films, which has anime and Ghibli fans around the world excited about the possibility of an anime movie winning an Oscar (and not even in the foreign film category).

Akira Toriyama, the legendary creator of the Dragon Ball franchise, has died at age 68 from acute subdural hematoma. Toriyama was one of the most influential artists in history, having made massive contributions to manga, anime, video games, and other media.

The trailer for Overwatch 2's Cowboy Bebop collaboration looks pretty good when judged in terms of style and costume design. It's even better when judged as it should be: by its music.

One of the most acclaimed world film directors is now turning to one of the most popular global forms of entertainment. At the Anime Awards hosted by Crunchyroll this past weekend, South Korean film auteur Bong Joon-ho took the stage as a featured guest to announce the Anime of the Year award, an accolade given to Jujutsu Kaisen as part of its incredibly impressive 11-award haul at the event. While there was already more than enough anticipation in the room, the director of Parasite made an announcement of his own—active development on a Japanese anime feature film project.

Spoilers for chapter 253 have been released. Sukuna vs. Maki continues, but things aren’t looking good. Here is a guide on the .

Incredible news about the highly anticipated third season of One Punch Man arose this past week, with a brand-new teaser trailer that revealed information about the one thing fans have been asking about since the original announcement of the series' made in August 2022: who will be animating it? The second season of One Punch Manhad a very mixed reception as a result of the change in production studio from Madhouse (Death Note) to J.C. Staff (Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls In a Dungeon?).

Xbox has announced its latest Partner Preview broacast will air this Wednesday, 6th March at 6pm UK time, showcasing upcoming third-party games.

The  have been revealed. The episode will air on Crunchyroll. Solo Leveling Season 1 tracks the journey of Shun Mizushino, an E-class hunter known as the weakest in the world. He grapples with financial struggles and self-doubt due to his limited skills. However, his fate shifts when he stumbles upon a concealed dungeon, offering him a path to change. In the Solo Leveling anime adaptation, the protagonist’s name was altered from Sung Jin-Woo to Shun Mizushino.

Since it opened back in November 2022, the Studio Ghibli theme park in Aichi, Japan has been slowly expanding and adding more and more things. Each area of the park is based on some of the production company's most famous movies, letting fans of Studio Ghibli's movies feel like they can experience them firsthand. Now, another greatly anticipated and fun new element has been unveiled at the theme park — the Catbus.

In the amazing world of Pokemon, each Pokemon has its own unique powers and abilities. Some of them are just used for battling with other Pokemon, it's true, but others are shown in the game and anime to be useful for daily life as well. They help humans in the Pokemon universe to traverse the land and water, and even do things like cooking, cleaning, and farming. Another important skill that some Pokemon are able to do is healing.

The version 4.5 update for Genshin Impact, dubbed “Blades Weaving Betwixt Brocade,” will launch on March 13, developer miHoYo announced.

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss the shocking news that the next big Pokémon game is mysteriously set to arrive in 2025. Hey, that sounds a lot like the intro to last week's episode, when we were discussing Switch 2! Say, could Pokémon Legends: Z-A also be set to arrive on Nintendo's next console?

Is there an of? Curious anime and manga fans might have heard of the series somewhere on social media. Here is a guide on The Man Who Saved Me on My Isekai Trip was a Killer anime.

Crunchyroll announced an upcoming documentary centered on the rise of Solo Leveling from its conception as a webcomic to the major anime phenomenon it has become in recent years. With the highly-anticipated anime series hitting the right notes with fans, Crunchyroll's THE LEVELING OF SOLO LEVELING documentary will explore the journey of the prolific series from conception to the international screenings of the first episodes of the anime.

If you have ever watched an anime with a fast food chain in the story, either as a focus point or just in the background, there's a high chance that it had the name WcDonald's. And no, that is not a typo! Most anime that need to throw in a fast food chain uses this same popular parody, and it is well-known by anime fans who keep their eyes on the background and details of their favorite shows. WcDonald's has always been just that — a parody of a real fast food chain in the anime world. That is, until now.

Fans of Solo Leveling were disappointed to learn, shortly after the airing of the series' seventh episode, that there would be a delay in the release of episode 8. The news was first dispensed on the series' official X (Twitter) account on Saturday after episode 7 ended, where it was revealed that the next one would be episode 7.5, titled «How To Get Stronger», which will recap the events of the Solo Leveling anime thus far.

The spoilers for chapter 251 of are now available. The intense battle between Sukuna, Yuta, and Yuji continues, but another person joins the battlefield. Here is a guide on the .

The Pokémon Company is bringing its hugely popular Pokémon Center pop-up store back to London for four days this April, with promise of more exclusive Pokémon merchandise.

In Japan, two foreign residents have been arrested for breaking a serious law regarding manga. The two are suspected of uploading images from the popular manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump before the magazine was publicly published. The suspected people are currently being held while waiting for the final trial.

In the event that I walk in front of a particle accelerator, get converted into digital data and am promptly isekai-ed into a gameworld, I hope that gameworld is the opening port town from the original Grandia, released on PS1 way back in 1997 (and ported to PC in 2019). There's something about that game's isometricky vantage point and precise combination of 2D pixel characters and 3D environments. The last sentence describes many virtual worlds of the late 90s, but none have stuck in my mind like Port Parm: that hodgepodge of green and rusty roofs, the canals cutting through the cobblestones, the smoky chimneys and people filling the alleyways. Bliss. I can still hear the seagulls blowing around the screen.

Arceus, the god Pokémon, won't turn up in Pokémon Go for this month's upcoming Go Tour: Sinnoh.

Former Dead Cells lead designer Sébastien Benard is none too chuffed about publisher Motion Twin's decision to end development of the well-regarded roguelike Metroidvania. A few days ago, Motion Twin announced that the 35th major Dead Cells update, aptly titled The End Is Near, would be its last. Benard feels this is a betrayal of both the game's community and its current development team, Evil Empire, a spin-off studio who took the reins in 2019.

The  have been revealed. The episode will air on Crunchyroll. Season 2, known as “The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc,” will follow the continued adventures of a young boy born into a magical world despite his lack of magical abilities. In this upcoming season, viewers can anticipate Mashle encountering numerous challenges and obstacles in a world of spells and sorcery. He will rely on his determination and remarkable physical strength to overcome these trials.

The  have been revealed. The episode will air on Crunchyroll. Season 2, titled The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc, will continue to chronicle the exciting adventures of a young boy born into a magical world despite his lack of magical abilities. In this upcoming season, viewers can expect to see Mashle face various challenges and obstacles as he navigates a world filled with spells and sorcery, relying on his determination and remarkable physical strength to overcome them.

First spotted when James and Liam (RPS in peace) covered the PC Gaming Show 2023, Mullet Mad Jack is a roguelike FPS with a Steam Next Fest demo out right now. And my goodness me, it rules. The retro anime aesthetic is cool, sure, but I particularly love its setup, which forces you to blast through corridors as fast as you possibly can. Yeah, this is extremely a bit of Edders, and it's gone straight on the wishlist.

The spoilers for chapter 250 of are now out. We get a continuation of the battle between Yuta, Yuji, and Sukuna. Here is a guide on the.

Before Studio Ghibli was established, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata were already in the business of making movies. In fact, 13 years before the famous Studio Ghibli was founded, they made another movie together. The movie still has fans around the world, but for many, it has been lost to time and overshadowed by Studio Ghibli's considerably more famous movies.

If you played and liked last year's excellent slice-of-life adventure A Space For The Unbound, stop what you're doing and go and download the Steam Next Fest demo for Until Then. Go on, I'll wait. Right, sorted? Let's continue. Like A Space For The Unbound, Until Then is a coming of age story where the ups and downs of everyday high school life start intermingling with strange, supernatural occurences.

As far as bread goes, I'd say those unlimited top-ups you get with fancy meals can sometimes supersede the actual meal itself. A little swirl in olive oil and balsamic? Mwah, delicious. For a more regular transaction, I do love a multi-seeded loaf for the added texture. Now, would I say I like bread more than… anime? That's tough. But thankfully I don't need to decide, as there's a demo of a game out right now that combines both interests. In Aeruta you play as an anime girl who defeats monsters and uses their innards to fuel her bakery business. Perfect.

The Pokémon Company has issued a rare statement addressing the smash hit PC and Xbox game Palworld, after claims the latter has directly copied its designs.

The latest in anime collaborations is the Burger King collab. This is not the first time the series has collaborated with a fast-food chain. Excited fans can check here to see if this collaboration is ever coming to the US. Here is a guide on the One Piece x Burger King collab.

January 1st, 2024 saw one of the most devastating earthquakes in recent Japanese history — the most damaging and powerful one since the famous Tohoku Earthquake in 2011. At 7.6 in magnitude, the earthquake caused a lot of structural damage, along with loss of life and injury. While it is easy to get depressed just thinking about the situation, one mangaka is using his voice to encourage and comfort.

2024 had a rough start for Japan, beginning with a 7.6 earthquake at 16:10 on New Year's Day in Ishikawa Prefecture. The earthquake did a significant amount of damage and even caused a minor tsunami along the coastline. Less than a month later, Ishikawa Prefecture is still rebuilding and recovering, and now there is something special and easy that anime fans can do to help.