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Style & Design Aug 25, 2019

The changing face of fashion in Japan

by Samuel Thomas

Collaborations, ethical statements and flashback trends — is Japanese fashion going through an identity crisis?

Entertainment News May 24, 2019

British Museum opens largest manga exhibition outside Japan

The world's largest exhibition of manga outside Japan opened Thursday at the British Museum in London. Some 70 manga series from about 50 artists, including Osamu Tezuka’s “Astro Boy” and Eiichiro Oda’s “One Piece,” are being displayed in an area of roughly 1,100 square meters ...

National Jan 29, 2019

Shueisha starts free online distribution of popular manga in English, except in East Asia

Comic book publisher Shueisha Inc. has started free online distribution in English of some of its popular series in the hope of tapping new markets. Through the Manga Plus website and app, which will also be available in Spanish in coming months, readers will be ...

National Jan 10, 2019

Municipalities in quake-hit Kumamoto vie to host one of eight planned 'One Piece' statues

The Kumamoto Prefectural Government plans to set up more statues related to "One Piece," a hugely popular manga series, to cheer up local residents in the prefecture, which was hit by powerful earthquakes in 2016 and another one just last week. The venues for the ...

Entertainment News Nov 30, 2018

Statue of 'One Piece' character Monkey D. Luffy unveiled in Kumamoto

A statue of cartoon character Luffy from megahit comic and animated TV series "One Piece" was unveiled Friday in front of the Kumamato Prefectural Government building. The 174-centimeter-tall statue, matching the height of Monkey D. Luffy, the main character in the story, has been erected ...

Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Sep 23, 2017

'One Piece': Manga still popular, influential after two decades

by Kris Kosaka

Eiichiro Oda's long-running contemporary manga "One Piece" is the undisputed king of Japanese pop culture today. One Piece Vol.1, by Eiichiro Oda.216 pages VIZ MEDIA, Manga. With over 400 million volumes in circulation worldwide, it's the most popular manga of all time, and its ever-growing legion of ...

Language | MORNING ENGLISH Jul 31, 2017

Let's discuss "One Piece"

Popular manga "One Piece" will become a live-action TV drama through a collaboration with a Hollywood production team.

Business Jul 21, 2017

Popular manga 'One Piece' to be remade into live-action TV drama

by Kazuaki Nagata

Popular manga "One Piece" will become a live-action TV drama through a collaboration with a Hollywood production team, according to the firm that publishes the series. The partner for the live-action drama will be Tomorrow Studios headed by Marty Adelstein, known for his work as ...

National Jul 22, 2016

Toei flick with smartphone-based voice guidance to debut for vision-impaired

The nation's first movie to feature voice guidance via smartphone will debut Saturday for the visually impaired. Major filmmaker Toei Co. said viewers of its new anime "One Piece Film Gold" can download UDCast, a free app for smartphones or tablet PCs, to take advantage ...

Business Mar 18, 2016

Tencent taps ninja Naruto to chase China's $31 billion anime market

by Lulu Yilun Chen

A blue-eyed ninja with spiky blond hair and whisker marks is leading Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s campaign to capture the eyes and wallets of China's anime fans. The hero, Naruto, a keystone of manga, isn't fighting alone. He's in a stable of characters assembled by Tencent ...

Entertainment News Jun 15, 2015

'One Piece' sets Guinness World record for manga

The popular manga series "One Piece" was officially recognized by Guinness World Records on Monday as the comic book series with the most copies published by a single author. Shueisha Inc. had published more than 320 million copies of Eiichiro Oda's series in 77 volumes ...