Netflix’s Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa gets first key visual

Detective Conan The Culprit Hanzawa official poster

On July 19, 2022, the Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa official Twitter released the first key visual for the upcoming anime series, announcing thereby that Shouta Aoi is voicing the titular character. As previously announced, the anime will premiere in October for both Japanese and worldwide audiences.  Netflix will be streaming the series in addition to … Read more

Final Fantasy X Kabuki Stage Play in 2023 to celebrate franchise’s 35th anniversary

The Final Fantasy X cover

A kabuki performance inspired by Final Fantasy X will premiere in the spring of 2023, according to a Square Enix/TBS announcement. The play will take place at IHI Stage Around Tokyo, an amphitheater with a rotating stage that seats the audience in the center. This is the first kabuki adaptation of a video game ever … Read more

Golden Kamuy Volume 31 released: Final volume gets special commemorative page, wallpaper giveaway launched

Golden Kamuy manga final volume released

The final volume of the Golden Kamuy manga series was released in Japan on July 19, 2022. To commemorate the Golden Kamuy Volume 31 release date, the official Young Jump’s Golden Kamuy webpage has launched a special commemorative webpage and a commemorative wallpaper giveaway. In addition, a popular vote competition is on. Participants may vote … Read more

J-Novel Club raising English light novel eBook prices in August to reflect higher freelancer rates

Publisher J-Novel Club raises prices to reflect new freelancer rates.

J-Novel Club — the online light novel and manga platform — is increasing eBook prices this August. Come next month, the standard $6.99 USD light novel price will increase to $7.99 USD. While this change may have hopeful readers lamenting, it’s great news for the future of the industry. It’s undeniable that more East Asian … Read more