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It seems that Makoto Shinkai has once again hit another gross record—as of Sunday, Kimi no na wa or your name. has officially earned a total of 25.03 billion yen (around 354,526,712 USD). Its total gross sales in the Japanese box office is only just below Disney’s smash hit animated musical film Frozen which earned 25.

The results are officially out for the winners for the 48th Japan Science Fiction Convention's 48th annual Seiun Awards and both Hideaki Anno's “Shin Godzilla” and Yasumi Kobayashi’s “Ultraman F” takes home awards from one out of the eight categories of the awards.

At sixteen episodes, “Idol Time Pripara” continues to grow as the second series of the “Pripara” franchise and now the series’ official website introduces two new characters to join its lineup. Before going into further details, here is some background on both the franchise and the series.

Makoto Shinkai’s your name. is now considered by many anime fans and movie critics alike as an outstanding animation masterpiece. If you’re heading to Japan in August or September, be sure not to miss the your name.

The anime music industry has lost another great maestro-- singer and composer Masaaki Hirao passed away on Friday. He died at a Tokyo hospital at age 79 due to pneumonia. Hirao was notable for composing the theme song of Galaxy Express 999.

Synopsis Nanase is a polite, old-fashioned girl who didn’t understand the concept of love nor was looking for a boyfriend. But upon meeting her brother’s cheerful but shy friend, a shift is made and thus begins the first love story of a young girl considered by many as an old fashioned type housemaker.

Synopsis The Demon King is a feared figure amongst the humans and for their safety, a sacrifice is chosen for the Demon King. Saliphie is the 99th sacrifice but she is the first to discover that not is all that it seems for it the demon king holds two secrets.

Synopsis This the tale of a world wherein three years ago, a mysterious green cloud began to envelop the world. Though majority are unaffected by the event, others have ended up developed supernatural abilities.

Synopsis This is a story of dreams and witches involving one Tsukishiro Haruto as after falling asleep one night he awakens to find himself stuck in the dream world. Thus begins his adventures in the dream world and attempting to solve the mystery of what is known as the “Sleeping Beauty Syndrome” The Good The moment the episode opens, the viewer is struck by the surreal art of the episode and the notes of the opening ring out and begin to drag them in.

The supernatural slice of life series, "Natsume Yuujinchou" has been called by many as a beautiful but underrated show seeing as in certain opinions, ends up being overshadowed by other series. For those who may be looking for an interesting supernatural series but want to know what's good about it, here are 10 reasons to watch Natsume Yuujinchou 1.