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Monthly archives for August 2024

Food and Drink, In Pictures, Local

Summer sun draws crowds to Burnaby’s Nikkei Matsuri

August 31, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Nikkei Matsuri

With summer nearing its end, the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre in Burnaby is hosting a traditional Japanese festival called Nikkei Matsuri as way to close out the season. The Nikkei Matsuri explores the island nation’s rich cultural history …

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Anime, Videos

New season of Bananya to air this Fall

August 28, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Bananya Around the World

Unpeel all the adorableness with a third season of Bananya Around the World when it comes to Crunchyroll in October 2024. Crunchyroll has acquired the global rights to stream Bananya Around the World globally, including the Indian subcontinent, outside of …

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Food and Drink, Local

Japan Market returns to downtown Vancouver this September

August 28, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Japan Market

A fall edition of the popular Asian market is setting up at the Robson Square Ice Rink on the weekend of September 14th and 15th, 2024. Japan Market celebrates all things Japanese through food, music, cultural demonstrations, and, artisan goods. …

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Anime, Movies, Videos

Ninja Scroll slices into theatres for 30th anniversary

August 23, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Ninja Scroll

The classic anime film Ninja Scroll is coming to the big screen across Canada in time for its 30th anniversary. Cineplex will screen the epic in Japanese with English subtitles and dubbed in English for three nights only on Wednesday, …

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Movies, Music

Toronto to get Kenshi Yonezu concert film in September

August 23, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
KENSHI YONEZU 2023 TOUR / FANTASY

Catch Kenshi Yonezu’s concert film KENSHI YONEZU 2023 TOUR / FANTASY on the big screen for a single day on Wednesday, September 25th, 2024 at select Cineplex theatres in Toronto, including the Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas. The concert was recorded from …

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Anime

Ghost in the Shell, Bayonetta voice actress Atsuko Tanaka dies from year-long illness

August 20, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Atsuko and Hikaru Tanaka

Prolific Japanese voice actress Atsuko Tanaka died on Tuesday, August 20th, 2024 following a year-long battle with an unspecified illness according to a heartfelt letter posted to social media by her son Hikaru. Accompanying the statement was a photo of …

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Anime, Music

Crunchyroll adds curated playlists on Spotify

August 19, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Crunchyroll - Sounds of Anime

Tune into some sick beats from your favourite anime on the go with all new curated playlists and a dedicated shelf on Spotify. Crunchyroll has partnered with Spotify to bring even more anime music to its fans worldwide, which has …

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Manga

HUNTER×HUNTER to resume in 45th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump

August 19, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
HUNTER×HUNTER

Yoshihiro Togashi’s manga HUNTER×HUNTER will return to the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump, appearing in issue 45 which will release on Monday, October 7th, 2024 according to the official Weekly Shonen Jump editors Twitter/X account. The announcement also revealed that …

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Anime, Videos

Aniplex Online Fest 2024 takes place on September 15

August 17, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Aniplex Online Fest 2024

The fifth annual Aniplex Online Fest will take place at 8:00 pm PDT (11:00 pm EDT) on Sunday, September 15th, 2024. The free event will provide updates on over 20 different anime titles and stream globally on the Aniplex YouTube …

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Anime

Crunchyroll adds more anime, reaches 15 million paid subscribers

August 11, 2024 Frederick Linsmeyer
Crunchyroll logo

Four new series are coming to Crunchyroll‘s already immense streaming library later this year and into next: Honey Lemon Soda, TRILLION GAME, The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor, and, Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions season two. The announcement was made …

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