Friday, October 16, 2026
Category: Interview

At this year's Anime Expo, Square Enix's mobile game producer Takaaki Kai told us with Star Ocean: Anamnesis, there were a lot of challenges involved to make sure that the game was still fun and intuitive on a mobile device. We got in touch with Kai and Star Ocean's character designer, Akiman, to talk about their involvement with Anamnesis, the direction of the Star Ocean franchise, and more. Read on for the full interview!

Category: Interview

Starting her career as an idol in the world famous AKB48, Misaki Iwasa made her appearance at J-Pop Summit 2017 in San Francisco. Hear a little about how she got started as an idol, to her current career as an enka singer in our video interview.

 

Category: Interview

On November 3, Aniplex held the North American premiere for the first film in a three-part trilogy, Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] THE MOVIE I. presage flower at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Heaven's Feel is the third and final route of the original Fate/Stay night visual novel released in 2004. Making her first American appearance, we sat down with Noriko Shitaya, who voices the heroine, Sakura Matou, to talk a little about her career and thoughts on her character in the film.  

Category: Interview

On November 3, Aniplex held the North American premiere for the first film in a three part trilogy, Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] THE MOVIE I. presage flower at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Heaven's Feel is the third and final route of the original Fate/Stay night visual novel released in 2004. Learn a little about the history and the creation process of the film as we briefly chat with Director Tomonori Sudo (Sudou).

Category: Interview

Making her return to the San Francisco Bay Area for J-Pop Summit 2017, watch our interview with one of our reoccurring guests, singer May'n!

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