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Monthly archives for April 2023

Music

Music by J-pop band TWO-MIX available globally

April 30, 2023 Frederick Linsmeyer
TWO-MIX

In celebration of the 28th anniversary of the formation of TWO-MIX, nine studio albums and 17 singles by the Japanese pop-duo are now available for streaming worldwide. Their music has appeared in a number of anime and television dramas — …

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Music, Videos

Crunchyroll adds J-rock and J-pop concerts to their streaming library

April 29, 2023 Frederick Linsmeyer
Crunchyroll logo

We all enjoy the catchy tunes that open and close out innumerable anime shows, and Crunchyroll is building on that by adding concerts and short-form music videos from Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. (SMEJ) on their streaming service. Fans can …

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Local, News

Honda Celebration of Light announces 2023 participant countries and dates

April 24, 2023 Frederick Linsmeyer
Honda Celebration of Light - Japan 2017

Nothing says summer like fireworks on the beach! The Honda Celebration of Light returns to Vancouver’s English Bay for three nights this July, and we’ve learned which countries will showcase for 2023. Up first, on Saturday, July 22nd is Australia …

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Manga

Free Comic Book Day returns for Saturday, May 6, 2023

April 23, 2023 Frederick Linsmeyer
Free Comic Book Day header

On the first Saturday of May, comic book shops across Canada and the United States set out stacks of comics, including manga, to celebrate Free Comic Book Day. This year, the event falls on Saturday, May 6th, 2023. A rotating …

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Manga, Videos

Shueisha celebrates a Demon Slayer’s birthday with a video

April 22, 2023 Frederick Linsmeyer
Jump Comics Channel - Inosuke Hashibira

In celebration of Inosuke Hashibira’s birthday, which is today, April 22nd, the Jump Comics Channel on YouTube has uploaded a brief video of the boar-masked Demon Slayer. The video contains a selection of his appearances from the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu …

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Manga

Boruto manga paused until August 2023

April 21, 2023 Frederick Linsmeyer
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Work on Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is on pause with the publication of chapter 80 in the upcoming June 2023 edition of Shueisha’s monthly V Jump. The announcement was posted to social media on the Japanese Naruto Twitter account. Translated, …

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Anime, Movies, Videos

Crunchyroll adds more anime movies to its platform for April 2023

April 19, 2023 Frederick Linsmeyer
Crunchyroll logo

Seven films are coming to Crunchyroll this month, where fans can look forward to flicks that were shown in North American theatres in addition to some Japan-only releases. On Thursday, April 20th, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime …

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Anime, Videos

English dub of Hell’s Paradise to premiere on Crunchyroll this weekend

April 13, 2023 Frederick Linsmeyer
Hell's Paradise

Anime streaming service Crunchyroll announced the English dub of Hell’s Paradise will premiere on Saturday, April 15th, 2023 at 1:30 pm PDT (4:30 pm EDT) and weekly thereafter. Veteran ADR director Mike McFarland, with ADR engineer Victor Acosta and ADR …

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Manga, Videos

NARUTOP99 character poll results revealed

April 13, 2023 Frederick Linsmeyer
NARUTOP99

During last December’s Jump Festa, the ultimate Naruto character poll called NARUTOP99 was announced. Fans from around the world could vote for their favourite character from Masashi Kishimoto’s manga, and the winning character would get their own one-shot manga. Polls …

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Gaming, Videos

Nintendo drops third Tears of the Kingdom trailer

April 13, 2023 Frederick Linsmeyer
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Nintendo has released a third teaser for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom which launches on May 12, 2023.

This video and article may contain spoilers.

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