This is the tale of one man's life, and the ones he loves. 🥀 The Last Blossom, from the creators of ODDTAXI - In UK cinemas Friday 27th March with previews available in selected cinemas. 💙 lastblossomfilm.co.uk

Such old #minamicon UK conbook artwork, we couldn't remember which convention booklet it actually appeared in 😅 It was created in 1996 if that helps?! Put into the auction for Minamicon 31. Sold! Rasing money for Cancer Research UK ❤️

Japan House London Announces Photography Exhibition: Invisible It will showcase two major contemporary Japanese photographers: Kawada Kikuji and Iwane Ai. The exhibition will be directed by the team behind the KYOTOGRAPHIE photography festival. #KYOTOGRAPHIE

◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ BEASTARS Series Finale Visual Revealed!! 🐺🎉 ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ Celebrating together at “Bebebe,” the udon shop where Legoshi works🦉🍻 From the first season in 2019 to now— thank you for being with us for nearly 7 years. #BEASTARS

When you have a lady who writes about anime history running the account, you sometimes get some fun trivia tidbits in the mix.

A lot of people ask us "when is vol 2 coming out?" So we are listening to the fans for 1 time. Stop!! Hibari-kun! Vol 2 by Hisashi Eguchi will be out in July 2026. Vol 3 will be out in the winter. So by the end of the year the collection will be complete! For now, you can look at the cover.

If you log into Netflix, they’ll tell you there’s this new season of Baki or One Piece whether you watch them or not. That is not the case if you go to Prime Video, where you have to know something is simulcast there already before you can bring it up. YouTube is like that, multiplied by a thousand.

We’ve booked our tickets for the Death Note Musical in London this summer. We’re really looking forward to it! 🍎

Death Note the Musical Hits London This Summer! We're very excited about this and are really curious to know how they'll portray Ryuk! #DeathNote #DeathNoteTheMusical 🍎

Hello! Welcome to the official account for the Otaku Archive project, a collective project from several members of the anime community that aims to preserve important documents, artifacts, and more from the anime fandom and industry. We'll be posting updates here going forward, so give us a follow!

Death Note the Musical Hits London This Summer! We're very excited about this and are really curious to know how they'll portray Ryuk! #DeathNote #DeathNoteTheMusical 🍎

Oooh! Gosh Comics in London are reading Witch Hat Atelier this Wednesday. @goshcomics.bsky.social

I did a two-part interview with Iulia Faciu for her Otaku Academia website. Here's part 2, about The Anime Encyclopedia and #TheMangaBible There's other good stuff on there too! www.sakuraculture.org/post/anime-i...

explaining how to format comic text in word balloons to an american "so imagine a burger"

#Manga Reading Platform comici MANGA Launches in 12 Countries

I’m in this video! Hear me talk about the international history of dubbing and why anime dubs are good, actually.

Manga artist Kyuri Yamada, creator of sci-fi series “AI no Odenshi” (The Gene of AI) will be a guest speaker at “Gene of Creativity: Mapping the Future of Manga and Technology” in San Francisco on March 27, from 6-8:30 pm. Register to attend: www.usajapan.org/event/gene-o...

Automate your lettering, save your wrists! I’ll be running a panel for @cartoonist.coop’s Nib & Ink Festival about how to make your computer do more work and prevent injury while lettering! Time: May 9 @ 2PM EDT Place: Zoom / remote More info here: nif.cartoonist.coop/event/automa...

There’s a live action version of Hirayasumi on Amazon Prime Video?! How did we not know this?!

This week’s reading includes The Manga Bible by the unstoppable Helen McCarty. @glider.bsky.social

My new book The Manga Bible is available in the UK from tomorrow. Meanwhile for Instagram users, here's one of the Reels with me talking about my book, and sneak peeks of the gorgeous design and illustration. (I'm biased, but one can be biased and right.) www.instagram.com/reel/DSnkCaQ...

Leo McDonagh (@leotranslations.bsky.social) has primarily translated LGBTQIA+ stories, and his input as a queer trans man is invaluable! Boys Run the Riot is probably his most-well known work, but he's also done work for Just Like Mona Lisa and the early volumes of I Think My Son Is Gay!

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel), vol. 8 is on sale now! 🌿 The game of Go takes the capital by storm after Lakan publishes his book! Still, the impending crisis of famine looms, and Jinshi has to put his efforts to the test.

Media Do said in a new statement on Tuesday that it has no plans for the publisher Seven Seas to use AI for translation after its acquisition:

Great statement. Very happy to hear this! This only happened because YOU spoke up, commented, reached out. YOU, the fans and readers, their paying customers, made it clear that you want high-quality English translation. I’m so thankful for all of you.

Also, seriously, follow translaters on your timeline here. There was a starter pack I found a few months ago and followed probably a dozen or two translators. It's always interesting to see dialogue about translation and what goes into it, but they're just GREAT PEOPLE.

All my condolences about the passing of KyoAni founder & president Hideaki Hatta. No exaggeration to say that he's been one of the most important individuals in the history of this industry, especially if you consider that he also had a hand in IG's inception www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/information/...

If you’re a fan, it’s a good time to let them know you won’t pay for AI translations sevenseasentertainment.com/about/contac...

Can confirm, takes about this long and the best-paid translators only make about $1,000 per volume. Editors make less per volume; I’m not sure about Letterers. It’s not that expensive to get a good localization of a manga volume. Don’t let them forget that.

The thing with Japanese companies buying international manga publishers is not only that they have near infinite trust in AI and will keep pushing it, they think if every manga is available, sales numbers will rise accordingly.

This is fine 🙂

Archipel's 1-hour documentary on Mahiro Maeda is out, and it's a must watch to understand the career of this underrated artist who has worked with Miyazaki, Anno... and many international projects, from an aborted "Dune" anime to "Furiosa" (Mad Max). >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sSF...

Today we went to Happy Sky Bakery in London. They had this little manga panel explaining Melon pan. We asked the staff about it and they said they think their manager drew it or perhaps used Gen AI. 😭

Agreed (and not just because @hirokoyoda.bsky.social and I translated Dorohedoro!)

📽️ NEW SCREENING! To mark the release of Mamoru Hosoda's new film, we're presenting a special screening of his digital age spin on Beauty and the Beast... BELLE! ⌚ - 11.30am 🗓️ - Sat 14th March 🍿 - BFI IMAX 🎟️ - whatson.bfi.org.uk/imax/Online/...

UK government's press release: www.gov.uk/government/n.... Breakdown by Anime Corner's Chike Nwaenie (@chike00.bsky.social): animecorner.me/anime-stream...

Was told about this a few months ago and mentioned it in a recent article but yep, it’s official, Death Note is back in the West End! Full production this time too, excitingly!

What a day! Yesterday, we hosted Rio, the author of Unemployed Killers Support Group. Between her first signing in the UK, an interview for FP TV, and signing art cards, Rio was kept very busy! Thank you for joining us at Forbidden Planet!

Akira will hit cinemas across the UK from Friday 17th April 2026. Including IMAX! @alltheanime.com

Akira will hit cinemas across the UK from Friday 17th April 2026. Including IMAX! @alltheanime.com

The Last Blossom anime movie hits cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Friday 27th March 2026.

Relive the masterpiece that redefined science fiction, 35 years later. 🏍️ Anime Limited are excited to announce that Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark cyberpunk epic AKIRA is exploding back onto cinema screens, including IMAX, from Friday 17th April. Read here: spkl.io/6014Av1ZG

Call for papers for second issue of Manga Studies, deadline March 31: "We are looking for research papers (free topics) on manga or similar visual forms of expression, or papers that align with the theme of the special feature. The special theme for volume 2 is "Manga and Platform.""

Happy birthday (2/21) to our little star, Bocchi! 🎸 🎂 📖 Bocchi the Rock! buff.ly/Ml651NM

Glacier Bay Books is proud to announce we will publish in English Naoto Yamakawa's BASEMENT ATTIC short story collection. Fans may remember Yamakawa sensei's work "For Sleepless Nights" was collected in the first GLAEOLIA anthology, but this is the first complete English release of their work.

Glacier Bay Books is proud to announce we will publish in English Chome's SHITSUGAIKISHITSU short story collection from Futabasha. Four mysterious magical realist short stories about people whose lives intersect unexpectedly and in different ways with a hidden world...

Posted on Sho-Pro’s Twitter acct today: “Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions will be terminating its publishing agreement with U.S. Marvel Comics as of March 31, 2026.” Sho-Pro is the primary publisher of Marvel and DC comics in Japanese, both classic & recent series. books.shopro.co.jp?categories=m...

Had an interesting morning at Stanford University listening to Yosuke Kodaka, president of @aniplexusa.bsky.social, composer Go Shiina (Demon Slayer anime), Chieko Murata (producer, Kokuho) and pop culture scholar Ichiya Nakamura talk about the “Global Expansion of JP film & anime”

Did someone say Green Yuri? 👀 💚 Starting tomorrow, Kinokuniya locations across the U.S. will join the Worldwide POP-UP celebration for The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All, featuring original merchandise and purchase bonuses! Click here for more details 👉️ buff.ly/xqV0P3k

FLASH SALE! Until 19 Feb at 11:30pm GMT, get 15% off my History of Manga intro and The Manga Bible book launch in London or online. Use code MANGABIBLE here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...