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As many have predicted, Makoto Shinkai's successful movie Kimi no Na wa has now reached over 20 Billion Yen in box office ticket sales. That's a total of 15,391,716 tickets sold as of yesterday. The movie has been shown for a total of 102 days.

TOHO Animation's new 3D CG anime project titled Cyborg 009 Call of Justice has released another promotional video in their official website on Tuesday, showing the cyborgs battling with the Emperor.

Gintama fans, are you ready. The anime's official website has released a new visual on Monday with the staff from its previous anime adaptations returning for this upcoming anime production. ЯeaL (a four-member all-girls band) have confirmed to sing the anime opening song ("Kagero) while RIZE will perform the ending theme song ("Silver").

The ongoing manga series The Seven Deadly Sins by Nakaba Suzuki will be on hiatus to January 18. The announcement was released Wednesday on the first 2017 issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine. The reason for the hiatus is due to the mangaka being confined in the hospital after undergoing a medical procedure.

It's official: As of Sunday, the anime film Kimi no Na wa earns a total of 19,957,000,000 yen in box office ticket sales surpassing the Studio Ghibli anime film classic Howl's Moving Castle. The movie has been showing for a total of 101 days since its premiere in Japan.

It seems that everyone who loves girls wearing eyeglasses must check the second of the OnMusu (literally, "hot spring girls") as Mitsuki Gero was introduced last month. She's the most eccentric girl of the idol group and it is said that once she takes her glasses off, you can barely resist her charm.

Last month, KanColle fans on Japan have watched the first movie of the hit browser game of the same name. More or less than a week before, admirals, or what fans call themselves as the teitoku, around the world found themselves battling on the Fall 2016 Event.

Anime over the years has tackled various types of genres and scenarios, from stories of supernatural beings to stories on music and friendship, anime is a treasure trove of unique stories. But amongst these fantastical themes there is one type of theme that almost anyone can enjoy, food/cooking anime.

An anime that makes the usually scary and bizarre beings that are youkai look strangely adorable, “Youkai Watch” is a show that takes a new spin on the supernatural genre involving youkai (demons or mythical beings in Japan).

Yen Press has licensed three more Kingdom Hearts light novel series. In its Twitter account, Yen Press revealed last week that it has acquired the license to publish the following titles: Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.