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Japan is known to be very strict on its laws regarding cannabis: basically, drugs in Japan is a big no-no. Coupled by harsh punishments for those who will violate this law is the citizen’s general negative attitude towards drugs and an eagerness to cooperate with authorities on reporting suspected users thus made Japan’s drug use one of the lowest in the world.

Japanese advertisements are on a totally different level—there’s the zany, the downright weird, and then there are the gorgeous ones—bonus points if these feature our favorite anime characters. Luckily for One Piece fans, the series’ characters are featured in the newest “Hungry Days” ad for popular noodle brand Nissin.

There’s manga that leaves you all light and fuzzy and happy, that when a final chapter is announced you just want to bawl your eyes out because you don’t want it to end. On the other hand, there is the kind of manga that you secretly enjoy and keep it as such because liking this kind of manga might call your character into question.

Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe’s newest work has announced a new cast member in the person of singer-songwriter Aoi Shouta. According to the official website of Carole and Tuesday, Aoi will be voicing the character Pyotr, described in the website as a social media celebrity who will make his appearance in the upcoming episode this Wednesday.

Harassment of celebrities, both in Japan and in other countries, is not a new issue. Numerous cases have been reported, from stalking to hacking social media accounts to sending actual death threats.

Yours truly has just finished watching the painfully short 12-episode anime adaptation of Kaguya-sama: Love is War, and deprived as I am, I started frantically scouring the internet for any news of a second season.

You may not get to see your cells that much in real life (given that they’re inside your body), but you can now bring them home and watch them in a gorgeous Blu-ray set—and in English dub. This is because last Friday, during their panel at Anime Central, Aniplex of America announced that they will be releasing a Blu-ray disc box set of the hit science anime series Cells at Work.

A previous article in this website reported that Universal Studios Japan has added a new chapter in its hit Sailor Moon 4D experience. Entitled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon The Miracle 4-D: Moon Palace Chapter, the chapter now includes the members of the Outer Senshi: Sailor Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.

During the VIZ Media’s Sailor Moon panel that was held on Saturday at Anime Central, they have revealed more cast members for the home video release of the classic Sailor Moon Sailor Stars anime. The anime originally aired in Japan from 1996 to 1997 with a total of 34 episodes.

Anime studio Lerche has just revealed the first teaser trailer for its upcoming BL (boys’ love) anime Given. The 15-second PV shows one of the lead characters, Mafuyu Sato (VA. Shougo Yano) in the staircase which is an all-too familiar place for readers of the manga.