For anime fans who love collecting and want to try something new, a Japanese tech company YUIMEX introduced AniPic!, a platform that distributes collectible digital art from popular anime series (starting with Great Pretender) using blockchain technology.
Read more: AniPic! - Collectible Art via Blockchain Technology
Three manga panels drawn and 23 years ago Eiichiro Oda's title "One Piece" was brought, upon the Japanese continent, a new series, conceived in his mind, and dedicated to that proposition that all pirates......wow look at that sounds like the Gettysburg address.
Read more: One Piece Celebrates their World Top 100 One Piece Campaign
Online streaming giant Netflix announced a new Godzilla anime series titled Godzilla Singular Point. The series will be directed by Atsushi Takahashi and will be a joint production between studio bones and studio Orange. Kazue Kato, best known as the mangaka of Blue Exorcist, will serve as character designer. The series is set to release sometime in 2021.
As we posted earlier, BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! joined together with Los Angeles' Cafe Dulce for a collaboration cafe event. Cafe events are standard in Japan and if you go to Akihabara you'll probably run into more than a few just walking around. If you can think of a franchise, it probably had a cafe. Because of COVID19 we unfortunately did not get the full cafe treatment with art displays, ambience, and a lot more goods to buy. To make up for it we did get something a little more unique - a Zoom call with none other than Poppin'Party's own Aimi (voice of Kasumi Toyama) and Ayasa Ito (voice of Arisa Ichigaya).
One of the cool things about Japan is that they have lots of random pop-up shops and cafe collaborations. If you can think of a popular show or franchise, it's probably had a cafe. You'll find themed food, drinks, and desserts and all in all it's a lot of fun. The cafe itself will be decorated according to the franchise and there's usually videos, art, and items on display. You can also buy special goods that are generally not seen overseas minus resellers or your lucky friends who have gone to Japan and back.
Bushiroad has decided to pair with Little Tokyo's Cafe Dulce to bring a BanG Dream collaboration to America and it's possible that this year's Anime Expo would have had an in-person version. Collaboration cafes are not things that come to America very often so this is a very special treat.
Read more: Bushiroad presents: BanG Dream Collaboration Cafe with Cafe Dulce!
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