Korean pop group Davichi will be holding a concert in San Francisco at the Herbst Theatre on June 29th at 7:30PM. Ticket prices will start at $90 and upwards to $290 for box seats. Online tickets sales begin on Sunday June 2, 2019 at 12:01 AM PST at City Box Office.

K-Pop group TWICE has released the highly anticipated music video for their latest song, "FANCY." The video has garnered roughly 40 million views in the span of 24 hours, breaking the group's previous 24 hour view record of 31.4 million views.

This year’s Anime Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center saw the return of a musical performance by virtual idol Miss Monochrome presented by SHOWMAKER. SHOWMAKER is a virtual stage creator app that features Miss Monochrome. Continuing from our interview from last year, we talked a little about the current state of SHOWMAKER as well future plans with Producer Yoshihiko Katagiri and the voice of Miss Monochrome, popular singer and voice actress, Yui Horie.

The performers for one of Japan’s most important New Year show, the 69th Kouhaku Uta Gassen has been announced. Kouhaku is an annual music show aired by the Japanese broadcasting company NHK on New Year's Eve. The performers are separated into two teams, red for the females, and white for the males. Only the most popular performers are invited to the show and at the end of the night, the audience votes on which team performed better.

Some of the highlights this year include South Korean pop group TWICE and pop group Little Glee Monster making their second appearances in a row, DAOKO making her first appearance who is best known for her music in the mobile game Dragalia Lost, and HYDE’s (L’Arc-en-Ciel, Vamps) first appearance teaming up with the legendary YOSHIKI. The idol group Aqours from the anime Love Live Sunshine!! and performers from the musical adaptation of the mobile game Touken Ranbu, will also be making a special appearance.

Check out our Q&A transcript of the Ulysses: Jeanne d’Arc and the Alchemist Knight panel featuring Yuko Ono who voices the main character Jeanne d’Arc, and Sound Director Ryosuke Naya at the 2018 Crunchyroll Expo.

Tsume Art is a high end collectible statue company from Luxembourg. Fans of popular series such as One Piece, Dragon Ball, and Naruto will definitely recognize their iconic showcase pieces that features an insane attention to detail. Most of Tsume Art’s products are made to order in super limited production runs and can only be obtained from their online webstore akin to other high end manufacturers such as Sideshow Collectibles. Due to the exclusivity of their products, Tsume Art is not as well known in the United States. 

Learn a little more about the company in our video of their booth at Anime Expo 2018!

Naruto fans must check out this awesome dance choreography by O-DOG during the Arena 2018 dance competition held on May 20th in Chengdu, China.

Originally released in Japan on August 24, 2017, Prisma Illya Alarm: Magical Ruby Selection Illya has been announced for an English release in early May 2018. 
The app features Illyasviel von Einzbern who stars in the Fate spinoff series, Fate/kaleid liner. The app contains over 250 new voice recordings by voice actress Mai Kadowaki, and 30 illustrations drawn by the anime studio Silver Link.

Eleven years ago today, we registered the domain t-ono.net. 
Back then, we had no idea if anyone in the industry would talk to us. Knowing we might possibly be embarking on a fool's errand, we gave ourselves a deadline of 2 years, and if we were in our minds unsuccessful, we would close the site. 
Hence, we chose to officially launch the website on April Fool's Day.

I am proud to say, that eleven years later, we are still here and busier than ever!
I want to personally thank each and every one of our readers and staff members who have made it possible for us to be where we are today.
Thank you for all you've done, and for your continued support.