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The Aquatope on White Sand

A youth story set in a small aquarium in Okinawa by P.A.WORKS, who worked on “True Tears”, “Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow”, and “Irozuku: The World in Colors”. Kukuru Misakino, who loves sea creatures, works at the Gamagama Aquarium, an aquarium run by her grandfather, while attending high school. One… Read More

Teasing Master Takagi-san3

The third season of youth comedy anime, which has surpassed 10 million copies of comics. At a certain junior high school, a boy named Nishikata is teased by Takagi, a girl who sits next to him. Although he devises plans to make fun of Takagi, he is always found out. Read More

TAMAYURA

This anime is a warm and genuine story depicting the everyday life of a group of high school girls — of their friendship and their worries about their dreams and future. To attend high school, Sawatari Fu moves to Takehara, where she reunites with her childhood friend Hanawa Kaoru, and… Read More

The Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum

Osamu Tezuka, known as the “God of Manga”, once lived in Takarazuka for about twenty years, between the ages of 5 to 24 years old. In his honor, the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum was established in the city in 1994. This anime-manga museum is a world of Tezuka’s works, where… Read More

『The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya』Series

Back in the 2000s, there was a fad of ”lightweight novel animations”, and this was one of its leading works. The original novel’s author, Nagaru Tanigawa, was born in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, and this is a science fiction story of a school of another world situated in Nishinomiya and its… Read More

The Eccentric Family 2

Set in modern Kyoto, in a city full of humans transformed from tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog) and tengu (traditional mythical creature), the story follows Shimogamo Yasaburo, a carefree tanuki who believes life is all about having fun, along with other characters who have different personalities. It is a comedy-drama filled… Read More

The Niigata City Manga House

At the Niigata City Manga House, you can find life-size figures of characters from gag manga, whose artists are related to the city, including Mineo MAYA, who is known for his “Patalliro!,” and Motoei SHINZAWA, the author of “KIMEN-GUMI”, etc. The museum also offers free manga lessons for beginners every… Read More

TOEI ANIMATION MUSEUM

Located inside the Toei Oizumi Animation Studio, this animation museum opened in July 2018. On display at the museum are many precious materials used in Toei’s animations, such as storyboards, celluloid pictures, etc. The museum also features gigantic display screens, which let you search for animation works and watch their… Read More

Toshima City Tokiwaso Manga Museum

The legendary apartment “Tokiwaso” was once lived in by masters of the manga world, including Osamu Tezuka and Fujio Akatsuka. Tokiwaso was dismantled in 1982, but it was faithfully reproduced in Minaminagasaki Hanasaki Park near the site as a facility to convey manga culture. Inside the museum, you can see… Read More

Tokyo Polytechnic University Suginami Animation Museum

From the “History of Japanese Anime” to the “Future of Japanese Anime”, this is Japan’s first facility to allow visitors to methodically learn, experience, and understand the anime industry’s processes.Visitors can enjoy anime in many ways at the dialogue dubbing studio, the anime library with an extensive collection of anime-related… Read More