The official homepage for the movie adaptation of Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms now hosts a streaming trailer. To watch the trailer, click on the last button (予告編) on the right at the top of the page and then select a version (HQ on the left, LQ on the right). For […]

Last month, underground comic books publisher Last Gasp released an English edition of Yūnagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni under the title Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms. While 98% of the English mangasphere seems to neither know nor care about this book (which was to be expected), some people have actually read […]

Holy f****** shit! Okay, I knew this one was coming, but damn, seeing the announcement just makes me go “Yeees! Take that, biatch!!” Anyway, the tentative air date is July. The channel is WOWOW. The animation will be produced by Madhouse (who else?!). If done right, this mother could blow both Basilisk and Ninja Scroll […]

Inio Asano’s new series is entitled Oyasumi Punpun (おやすみプンプン; “Good night, Punpun*”). The description on the homepage of Young Sunday doesn’t reveal much about the story, but it looks like it’ll be a comedy (not exactly Asano’s strong suit IMHO).
* Note that “punpun” can also mean “to smell strongly” or “to fume [with rage].”

It has been announced that Inio Asano will start a new series in Vol. 15 of Young Sunday (to be released on March 15th). Asano mentioned in an interview that his next project would be a fantasy story set at a hot spring resort. I suppose he was talking about this one.
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