The Anime Blog - We Go Beyond Anime!

Due to the abrupt resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, there was a small brouhaha about the possibility of Taro Aso (former Foreign Minister and former Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party) becoming the next Prime Minister. Shortly after Prime Minister Abe’s resignation, Aso-san was considered to be the frontrunner in the election for the next LDP president.... Continue Reading...

Gourmet. What does that word conjure? Caviar served on crystal platters at palatial estates? Tiny but elegant meals served at pricey restaurants which share their name with a famous chef? Exotic locales that serve foods in season for two days out of the year? ... Continue Reading...

The British Museum is winding up their first film series (actually 2 series) featuring anime movies. One of my earlier Anime Freebies & Sales posts has a list of the movies in both series. Anime UK News recently spoke with the curator of the Manga to Anime for Families Season and Late Night Manga to Anime Film Season, author Paul Gravett (Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics). They spoke about the target audience for the series and the hope that the series will encourage them to seek out not just the anime, but the manga upon which the anime is based.... Continue Reading...

Suspenseful Mystery To Debut On October 20, 2007... Continue Reading...

Feature Film Based On Popular Anime And Manga Series Debuts At Number 25 On Nielsen VideoScan... Continue Reading...

DEATH NOTE AND DEATH NOTE: THE LAST NAME Based On Popular Anime And Manga Series That Have Taken Japan And North America By Storm... Continue Reading...

Western customs, no matter how varied, are usually connected to each other in some way. Where ever there are local superstitions, customs, practices, or beliefs, there’s often a common, larger history tying them together. There’s no better example of Western beliefs commingling from various nationalities than right here in the US. We take our holidays, superstitions and beliefs from all over Europe and have morphed them into our own versions.... Continue Reading...

In my snack time adventures I’ve covered some interesting and uniquely Japanese food stuffs. This time around, it’s different. Castella are actually yogashi inspired by the Portuguese, the same fellas that helped bring the world tempura. Hooray foreign trade!... Continue Reading...