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Recent News Articles

News Roundup: May 20-26

Revolutionary Girl Utena is back with an all new manga chapter that will run in Shogakukan’s Flowers magazine in July ...
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News Roundup: May 12-20, 2017

Sekai Project, a video game publixher, is launching a new brand called Maiden Voyage, which will focus on otome and ...
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News Roundup: May 5-12

The anime Ikemen Sengoku, which is based on the smartphone game of the same name, will premiere July 12 in ...
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News Roundup: April 28-May 4

After going on a hiatus since January 2016, Akiko Higashimura will resume her Princess Jellyfish manga in June. Masami Tsuda, ...
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New on Shoujo Shelves – May 2017

May - time for school to be finishing up and even some days off.  Looks like some good books will ...
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News Roundup: April 21-28, 2017

Satoru Hiura’s Hotaru no Hikari SP manga is ending in the July issue of Kodansha’s Kiss magazine. Code: Realize is getting ...
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Recent Feature Articles

How to Legally Watch Japanese Dramas and Movies

Sigh. As much as I love Korean dramas, I’m a little sad that Japanese dramas don’t get the English-subtitle treatment ...
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Stylish Asian Drama Characters – Male

You can check out my previous post on stylish female drama characters. But now we turn our attention to stylish ...
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What Happened to Udon’s Shoujo Licenses for 2016?

Last year at International Comic Con, Udon announced the acquisition of two manga licenses for 2016. Sugar Sugar Rune by ...
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My Top 10 Utada Hikaru Songs

After a long six-year hiatus Utada Hikaru is back. Recently, she's been working on a new song for a Japanese ...
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Princess Jellyfish Give-Away Winner!

At  the beginning of May we set up a Facebook contest to win a free copy of Princess Jellyfish vol ...
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Stylish Asian Drama Characters – Female

There are a lot of stylish characters in dramas -- too many to list here. But I wanted to share ...
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