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Monthly archives for January 2024

Gaming, Videos

Death Stranding 2, Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin and more shown during State of Play

January 31, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
PlayStation logo

The first State of Play for 2024 came in hot with 43 minutes of games coming the PS4, PS5 and PS VR2 systems throughout this year and into next. A follow-up State of Play is scheduled for Tuesday, February 6th, …

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Anime, The Otaku Culture

Crunchyroll to launch new weekly podcast for anime fans

January 31, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Crunchyroll Presents: The Anime Effect

Tune in weekly to Crunchyroll Presents: The Anime Effect, a new English language roundtable podcast that dives deeper into anime’s global impact on culture. Created in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment, three of Crunchyroll’s very own — Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec …

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Anime, Movies

Blue Giant comes to Blu-ray and on-demand to Canada and US on April 30

January 31, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Blue Giant

Experience the the electric performance of Hiromi Uehara’s soundtrack at home with the Blu-ray and on-demand release of jazz anime flick Blue Giant on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024. GKIDS Films, the North American licensor, brought the film to theatres across …

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Anime, Movies, Videos

Season 7 of My Hero Academia to begin in May 2024; fourth movie to open in August

January 29, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
My Hero Academia - Season 7

This year is shaping up to treat fans of My Hero Academia quite well with the broadcast of the seventh season and the fourth feature film based on Kohei Horikoshi’s popular manga. First announced upon completion of the sixth season …

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Anime, Videos

Dragon Ball DAIMA to release in fall 2024; new trailer revealed

January 28, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Dragon Ball DAIMA

A new trailer showing a small Goku engaging in two of his favourite habits was shared to YouTube to promote the upcoming anime Dragon Ball DAIMA which is expected later this year. In the brief 61-second video, Goku is shown …

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Manga

New Haikyu!! one-shot to appear in Weekly Shonen Jump next week

January 28, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Haikyuu!! manga

Although Haikyu!! ended nearly three-and-a-half years ago, a new one-shot of the hit volleyball manga by Haruichi Furudate will appear in Weekly Shonen Jump, ahead of the movie premiere next month. The news was shared on the official Haikyu social …

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Television

Netflix to end ad-free Basic plan in Canada this year

January 25, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Netflix

Watching Netflix in Canada is about to become more expensive as the streaming company will discontinue its lowest tier advertisement-free plan according to a recently released financial document. Initially reported by Global News, the information is buried deep (page six) …

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Anime, News

Arsonist sentenced for 2019 attack on Kyoto Animation studio

January 25, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Kyoto Animation logo

A man who set fire to the Kyoto Animation studio killing 36 people and injuring 32 others in July 2019 has been sentenced to death by a Japanese court. The prosecution sought the death penalty, reasoning that Aoba Shinji was …

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Gaming, Music

Nintendo to release Zelda concert on YouTube

January 24, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel

Revisit the lands of Hyrule through a symphonic adventure spanning over 35 years with one of Nintendo’s beloved video game series on the morning of Friday, February 9th, 2024 with The Legend of Zelda Orchestra Concert. This 30-minute special musical …

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Gaming

Two titles added to Crunchyroll Game Vault; developer portal planned

January 23, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
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Anime streaming giant Crunchyroll has added two new titles — Ponpu and Yuppie Psycho — to its Game Vault, and announced a Developer Portal for studios looking to expand their audiences. Available to Mega and Ultimate Fan subscribers on the …

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