A regular camera-toting, video-game-playing, hockey-watching, snow-shoveling Canadian, Frederick, aka Nephrus, loves his anime. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Frederick runs amok between his hometown and the southern US, spending time with friends, at anime conventions and looking for some good burgers, pasta or ramen.
In the world of anime, most well known global brands have their names changed to avoid obvious legal issues. McDonald’s is taking this to the next level, working with a storied anime studio to cook up a promotion called WcDonald’s,…
Downtown Vancouver was awash with members of the Justice League, stormtroopers, Straw Hats, Public Safety Devil Hunters, Demon Slayers, princesses, alongside many other superheroes and villains for Fan Expo Vancouver this long weekend. The three-day convention celebrates everything pop culture,…
The battle is over as quickly as it started as the last chapter of Kawada’s martial arts manga Martial Master Asumi is now readable online. To date, 32 chapters were published, originally serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, the…
A four-part documentary series exploring the previous 25 years of Studio BONES, as well as its future, titled BONES 25: DREAMING FORWARD, is premiering on Crunchyroll on Tuesday, February 13th, 2024, coinciding with release of a Studio BONES production, Metallic…
Round two of KawaiiCon Vancouver is coming, this time with more space, vendors, and activities planned from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm on Saturday, March 16th, 2024 at the Croatian Cultural Centre. Browse a wide selection of vendors and local…
A Tamashii Nations pop-up store is coming to Burnaby’s Metropolis at Metrotown for the first week of March, offering collectors an opportunity to peruse the latest anime figures and models in person. The online webstore is best known for kits…
It seems February is Final Fantasy month as Cineplex building hype for this classic series with a special single night screening of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children on Wednesday, February 21st, 2024. The Canadian cinema chain is showing the movie…
During July and August of this year, Water Street in Gastown will become pedestrian-only as the City of Vancouver pilots a program to improve safety in and make the neighbourhood more welcoming to visitors. The initiative will allow local establishments…
Anime fans still using Funimation to stream anime were alerted today to an email informing them of the service’s discontinuation as of Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024. In late 2020, Sony subsidiary Funimation initiated a transaction to purchase Crunchyroll from Warner…
Get ready for an epic family adventure with SPY×FAMILY CODE: White as Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment have teamed up to bring the flick, in Japanese with English subtitles and dubbed in English, to cinemas worldwide. Spymasters in Canada can…