Good news, 5cm fans! Kodansha Comics has just revealed (photo by @to_aru_oni) at this year's Anime Expo 2018 that, the second novel of Makoto Shinkai's 5 Centimetres Per Second will be officially getting an English treatment by Vertical Inc. To quickly summarise, "One More Side"...
Bit late on this one but CoMix Wave has revealed their latest movie Shikioriori, inspired by Makoto Shinkai's 5cm, will get an early DVD disc release on the same day as its premiere in Japan on August 4th. This special pre-sales release will include an exclusive mini OST featurin...
Here is Boa Hancock from the "Flag Diamond Ship" series sporting a more stereotype pirate costume you'd probably see ladies wearing during Halloween - made available as an crane game prize back in September 2017. The Flag Diamond Ship series aims to capture the "amazing hourglass...
However, even crane game prizes can have bootleg versions which can go for more than what the genuine prizes sell for... While most sellers admit they are selling a Chinese bootleg version ("China version"), most of them don't use real photos unfortunately and just re-use the ori...
Inspired by Makoto Shinkai's 5 Centimetres per Second, Shanghai animation studio Haoliners has been working in collaboration with Comix Wave to create "Shikioriori [Unfolding of The Seasons]" (AKA 肆式青春, Sishi Qingchun "Flavours of Youth" in China). Just like 5cm, the movie is comprised of three short stories featuring the...
As mentioned before, the convenience store (AKA "conbini" in Japanese) is the same one featured in 5cm Cosmonaut, captured on the island of Tanegashima. Marteusz Urbanowicz (Artist) was happy he could render it again being a big fan of the movie. As mentioned before, a...
It's been 15 years since Makoto Shinkai made his debut in the Anime industry and it seems Japan Post will be releasing a 15th anniversary limited edition stamp set later this month for 4900 Yen (£34). Will only be available between August 14th - November 23rd 2017. The set will consist of 10 sticker type 62 Yen stamps, each featuring a...
Spoilers so don't read on if you haven't watched the movie or TokiKake: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time yet! Shinta: "That shop we went to the other way was awesome!" Mitsuha: "Yeah, the dresses were so pretty!" Guys: "Dresses...?" Mitsuha: "Accessories?" Mitsuha: "Manga...
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