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What's special about Takadanobaba. Actually, that can be quite a difficult question to answer. It's not the heart of commerce like Shinjuku. It's not the hip district that Shibuya is. But it is cheap. And for those going to those places, it's also incredibly convenient when it comes to proximity by the Yamanote line.

Cardcaptor Sakura is now a 20-year-old franchise and what an awesome way to celebrate its greatness but to bring back the hype of the well-loved show: more merchandise, a continuation of the manga series (Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Arc), an announcement of a new anime adaptation in 2018, and so on.

One of the most popular and well-known aspects of Japan’s entertainment community is the various idol stars that they have, from cute female solo artists to male-idol groups that provide eye-candy for the female masses, they’ve become a well-known aspect of Japanese entertainment.

In December 1990, a supernatural manga series known as “Yu Yu Hakusho” was created by a man named Yoshiro Togashi, a manga artist who is known to have created a currently classic shounen series, “HunterxHunter.

Late Tomohiro Matsu's light novel series, entitled Hatena Illusion, will get an anime adaptation – streaming service bilibili revealed during the AnimeJapan 2017 over the weekend. In this story, Makoto Shiranui goes to Tokyo to become an apprentice of a friend of his parents, the famous, world-reknown magician Mamoru Hoshisato.

With its most recent success of having earned a total of 2,026,861,020 yen (about US$18.2 million) at the Japanese box office, “Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale”, the full-length anime film of the action fantasy series “Sword Art Online” is collaborating with the Kanda Myōjin Shrine for fans to enjoy limited edition merchandise of the franchise in turn.

In just a few weeks to go, the anime adaptation of the Anonymous Noise manga by Ryoko Fukuyama will be released. Its official world premiere will happen at Anime Boston in April while the series premiere in Japan is slated at April 11.

When it comes to characters with unique capabilities in the anime community, there are an abundance choose from. From the highly powerful, the highly intelligent, and the often times highly mysterious there are various types of characters to be found.

Time for another Ani.Me Feature. Due to the hype of some yuri manga now green-lit for anime adaptations, we thought of going back to nostalgia road once again and just recall on some memorable yuri anime openings.

A show about “Chronos Rulers” who fight the time eating demons-- the anime adaptation of the Chronos Ruler manga created by Taiwanese artist PONJEA is slated to premiere this summer season in Japan.