
Japan’s most profitable movies have been ranked according to their total revenues with this latest data, demonstrating the astounding power that anime movies possess as they manage to occupy most of the list.
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The anime characters with the most depressingly negative attitudes have been fan-ranked to ascertain the most moody and brooding of them all, naturally featuring many somehow still beloved characters most often noted for their incessant whining…
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The loss of another legendary seiyuu has unfortunately come to pass, with the renowned voice talents of Shirakawa Sumiko coming to an end and bringing grief to fans of such classics as Doraemon and Sakae-san, amongst others.
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The top shows anime loving voters would most prefer to have their children watch (it is a hypothetical question of course) have been duly ranked, the majority of the ranking being unsurprisingly rife with popular mainstream titles despite boasting what many consider the “ultimate” in depressing tearjerkers at its number one spot.
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China has further demonstrated its passion for honoring existing franchises with “Doraemon is Visiting”, a live action show owing more than a little inspiration to children’s anime Doraemon, despite elevating the weirdness factor to extreme levels by using a real cat for its namesake hero.
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Hugely popular kiddy anime Doraemon will finally receive its US TV debut this summer, by way of no less than Disney themselves – an announcement that has left many to wonder as to what took so long, considering the anime had aired in 35 other countries outside of Japan since Doraemon’s conception 45 years ago, long enjoying no small popularity in the rest of Asia in particular.
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Even the likes of Doraemon has finally been displaced from the ranks of the most kiddy-friendly manga Japanese parents want their remaining offspring reading, to be replaced by the likes of One Piece, Naruto and even Silver Spoon – although a certain titanic blockbuster of recent years is still yet to make its scale felt.
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Even the tame service of classic kiddy anime Doraemon is now being subjected to random glare, with the latest proving that the assurances of the Tokyo government that “Shizuka’s scenes will not be subject to the ban” were hollow after all.
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Outcry over a 2 second condom scene in kiddy anime Doraemon has forced Shogakukan and Warner Home video to issue a recall and an apology.
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Japanese anime and manga fans asked which brother and sister characters they consider to exhibit the tightest familial bonds provide a list refreshingly devoid of the improbable quasi-incestuous relationships so beloved of late-night anime and ecchi manga.
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When 10,000 anime and manga fans were asked “who is the strongest character?”, the results were rather predictably dominated by a lengthy list of characters from top shonen manga…
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A recent survey asking Japanese which anime character they would most like to try living with has yielded some rather surprising results.
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