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Geek Tyrant
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Trailer For The TOM & JERRY Anime Series TOM AND JERRY GOKKO — GeekTyrant
Tom and Jerry have been through a lot in their 80+ years with exploding kitchens, destroyed pianos, the occasional truce, but now they're heading into new territory… anime. Warner Bros. has dropped the trailer for Tom and Jerry Gokko , an all-new Japanese-produced series that reimagines the classic cat-and-mouse duo through a softer, slice-of-life lens, and it's coming to English-speaking audiences. The series originally aired exclusively in Japan on Cartoon Network Japan starting in November 2022, and just wrapped its latest episode in May 2025. While no firm release date for the English version was announced, Tom and Jerry Gokko will be streaming for free on the WB Kids YouTube channel sometime 'soon.' The show is co-produced by Warner Bros. Japan and draws some of its visual inspiration from the Tom and Jerry: Seven Colors manga. This isn't your typical high-energy, slapstick-fueled rivalry. In Tom and Jerry Gokko , Tom and Jerry are more like playful frenemies than bitter enemies. Sure, the trailer shows them messing with each other here and there, but the tone is gentler, more kid-friendly, and less chaotic than the vintage shorts or even some of the modern adaptations. It's clearly aimed at a younger demographic, with pastel colors, cute designs, and calmer pacing, far from the anvil-dropping chaos we grew up with. It's a strategy that makes sense in the current streaming era where younger audiences live on platforms like YouTube. Plus, with anime continuing to dominate global pop culture, fusing the Tom and Jerry brand with that visual language is a smart move by Warner Bros. Yeah, longtime fans might miss the classic cartoon carnage, but Gokko isn't trying to replace the original mayhem, it's just a new angle on two characters that have been around longer than most of us. We'll just have to wait and see whether it lands with nostalgic fans or clicks with preschoolers.
National Post
3 days ago
- Business
- National Post
"emaqi" – The Next Generation Manga App Debuts with Massive Library, Exclusive Series & Dozens of Launch Bonuses
Article content Article content TOKYO — Orange Inc. announces its new manga app emaqi, the next-generation platform now available for fans in the United States and Canada. Packed with over 13,000 manga volumes from major publishers — plus nearly 50 exclusive titles and more on the way — emaqi offers a fresh digital reading experience with intuitive discovery tools, making it effortless to find your favorites. Article content 'I started this company because I wanted fans around the world to have the same opportunity to enjoy manga culture as we do in Japan,' says Shoko Ugaki, CEO & Founder of Orange. 'More than 95% of manga published in Japan have never been released in English. We aim to change that by exposing more incredible manga works to overseas audiences.' Article content Say hello to e maqi, your new go-to digital manga destination, launching today on the App Store and Google Play Store. With over 13,000 volumes across 1,700 series, emaqi is already one of the largest manga apps in North America—right from day one. emaqi promises to be a hub of the best content spanning the biggest publishers, including VIZ Media, Kodansha USA, Yen Press, Akita Shoten, Futabasha, Shonen Gahosha, Nihon Bungeisha, COAMIX and more. Article content But that's not all: emaqi also debuts as the exclusive home to nearly 50 must-read titles—including Anjo the Mischievous Gal, The Vampire Dies in No Time, and Liverleaf —all available only on emaqi. Even better, this exclusive lineup is set to grow to 100 never-before-translated manga by the end of 2025. Article content Naruto JUJUTSU KAISEN DRAGON BALL Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Komi Can't Communicate Dorohedoro Article content Kodansha Article content Attack on Titan Vinland Saga Shangri-La Frontier Initial D Fairy Tail Blue Lock Article content Yen Press Article content The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All Fullmetal Alchemist Delicious in Dungeon Bungo Stray Dogs (Oshi no Ko) A Bride's Story Article content SHONENGAOSHA Article content From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! Anjo Vermillion Mask Zebra The Breakfast Club Article content AKITASHOTEN Article content BACHI BACHI Bouncer -Tokyo Fist- Hana's Lazy Gourmet Life Squid Girl The Vampire Dies in No Time Article content NIHONBUNGEISHA Article content The Neighbor X The Delayed High School Life of a Laborer MATORISM: Case Files of a Narcotics Agent Article content FUTABANSHA Article content Isekai Craftsman: A Relaxing Tale of Chilling and Building from scratch Even if You Don't Do It Liverleaf Article content ■Launch Celebration Campaign Article content To celebrate the launch of emaqi, we're offering a massive, limited-time campaign packed with irresistible offers, running from May 28, 2025, at 9:00 AM to July 8, 2025, at 11:59 PM (EDT). These limited-time offers make it easier than ever to dive into a world of manga, whether you're discovering something new or revisiting old favorites. Article content To help fans explore a massive library of manga across genres and worlds, emaqi has developed a novel solution to sampling new series. The app has a feature called 'Dig,' which allows users to progress through content with vertical swipes and quickly switch between different works with horizontal swipes, making it easy to discover new favorites. The app also features personalized recommendation functions, and will soon introduce automatic text enlargement for more comfortable reading on phone screens. Article content Download emaqi: Article content 'Dig' Browse casually within the app by progressing through personalized recommended works with vertical swipes and quickly switching between different works with horizontal swipes. Continuously discover new favorites. Coming Soon: Automatic Text Enlargement Feature emaqi is set to introduce a smartphone-optimized reading experience, allowing you to adjust text size without ever spilling beyond speech bubble frames—ensuring that you can enjoy every detail of the manga without interfering with its original art and expressions. Personalized recommendations Based on works you've read, personalized recommendations appear on the home screen and 'Dig' screen, creating opportunities to discover new works. Personalized bookshelf Quickly access your reading history, purchased works, and favorites. Article content ■How emaqi Works Article content emaqi is designed to offer a flexible, accessible way for readers to enjoy officially licensed manga—whether they want to purchase, binge, or try something new for free. Article content Purchase Model emaqi uses a pay-per-title model with in-app purchases on the App Store and Google Play Store. Article content Free & Accessible Content Selected titles offer a 'Wait Until Free' system, allowing readers to unlock one chapter every 23 hours at no cost. After finishing the free chapters, users can purchase the remaining chapters. Additionally, one-shot titles are available to read for free in their entirety. Article content About Orange Inc. Article content Orange is a startup driven by the mission: 'Creating a world where everyone enjoys manga.' We aim to deliver unique masterpieces to the world and create a society where manga can be enjoyed as part of daily life by people of all ages. Article content Our in-house specialized manga localization creative team, consisting of experienced translators and graphic designers, conducts translations using proprietary localization tools. We distribute these translated works and other digital manga through our self-operated digital manga store, ' emaqi.' We believe that accelerating the international distribution of officially translated versions will help reduce piracy and ensure appropriate compensation for creators. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content
NHK
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- NHK
Last collection of Umezu Kazuo's horror stories published
The final collection of horror stories by the late Japanese manga artist Umezu Kazuo has been published. Umezu died last October at the age of 88. The first volume of his "Scary Book" series was published in 2021. His publisher planned a sequel this year to mark the 70th anniversary of Umezu's debut. Umezu oversaw the making of the collection, although he was in a hospice receiving care for terminal cancer. He spoke with the editing staff from his bed and reportedly chose the stories himself. The collection features his rare short and middle-length horror stories from the 1960s through the 90s. They include "Akanbo Shojo," in which a girl who does not grow up and remains looking like a baby, attacks her innocent younger sister. Kishimoto Aki, an editor from Kadokawa Bunko, said Umezu appeared full of creative energy, sitting on his bed with a blanket bearing his trademark red and white stripes. Kishimoto described Umezu's works as not only scary but beautifully invoking deep sorrow and a sense of loss. A farewell event for Umezu will be held on Wednesday in Tokyo's Kichijoji area, where the artist long resided.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Travellers avoid trips to Japan over viral comic book's quake prediction
By K. Oanh Ha, Yui Hasebe and Audrey Wan (Bloomberg) – Holiday bookings to Japan from key Asian markets have plunged ahead of the busy summer season. The cause: Rumours of an impending earthquake prophesied in a manga graphic novel. Social media and viral posts have unsettled travellers and renewed attention to manga artist Ryo Tatsuki's prediction of a huge earthquake that would inundate Japan with tsunami waves. Tatsuki, whom some claim predicted Japan's 2011 earthquake, gives July 2025 as the date of the impending event in a graphic novel that was first published back in 1999. The manga was republished in 2021 with additional content and the quake speculation has gotten new life on social media recently, with YouTube videos and Facebook posts that warn people of travelling to Japan attracting millions of views. Though scientists say the exact timing of earthquakes can't be predicted, airline bookings from Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong have dropped since April – with bookings from the latter plunging by an average of 50% versus a year ago, according to a Bloomberg Intelligence analysis of ForwardKeys data. Weekly arrival bookings for late June to early July from the Asian financial hub have also nosedived by as much as 83%. Greater Bay Airlines and Hong Kong Airlines have both scaled back some flights to Japan this month as officials implore the general public not to give stock to the rumours. Yoshihiro Murai, the governor of Miyagi prefecture, said last month the rumours were starting to affect tourism and asked people to not take the speculation seriously. Japan's Meteorological Agency's website reminded people that current science can't predict tremors with any high accuracy. Japan's location in the so-called Ring of Fire, a region of heightened tectonic activity encircling the Pacific Ocean, makes it one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. Japan's last major earthquake was in 2011, which caused a devastating tsunami and nuclear disaster in Fukushima. Even so, overall tourism to Japan remains buoyant. In April, Japan recorded a record-breaking 3.9 million foreign visitors, lured by the cheap yen. 'The quake speculations are definitely having a negative impact on Japan tourism and it will slow the boom temporarily,' said Eric Zhu, Bloomberg Intelligence's analyst for aviation and defence. 'Travellers are taking a risk-adverse approach given the plethora of other short-haul options in the region.' Zhu expects more airlines to feel some pain over the next few months based on current booking patterns and anticipated flight loads. Cathay Pacific Airways may be particularly at risk given its high exposure to the Japanese tourism market. The group, which includes Hong Kong Express, is planning to devote nearly a fifth of its scheduled seats to Japan through the fall, making it the largest international market for the airlines, Zhu said in a note. Tatsuki's work – The Future I Saw – is based on a dream in which a tsunami inundates the Japanese archipelago and impacts Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines. The rumours have also been fuelled by a prominent Hong Kong feng shui master who doles out predictions to a large online following and urged holiday seekers to avoid Japan. Others have seized on a February report by a Japanese government earthquake task force that's long monitored seismic activity along the Nankai Trough and that's raised the risk of a mega earthquake that could trigger 100-foot tsunamis within the next 30 years to around 80%. For her part, Tatsuki, now retired and still living in Japan, said the high level of interest reflects the growing awareness of disaster preparedness. 'I, myself, would like to take precautions such as stockpiling supplies in preparation for disasters and confirming evacuation routes when going out,' she said in a statement to Bloomberg. 'I intend to remain vigilant on a daily basis as we approach July 2025.' More stories like this are available on ©2025 Bloomberg L.P.
South China Morning Post
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong artist to create manga version of Star Wars novel after winning global audition
Read more: Local artist Tsang Wai-man, or Man Tsang, has recently won a bid to produce the official manga adaptation of the novel Star Wars: Thrawn. His partnership with Disney was announced at the Star Wars Celebration 2025 in Tokyo in late April. It also signifies a life achievement for Tsang, who has wanted to illustrate comic books since he was a boy. While the artist has admitted some challenges in adapting the novel into manga, he also has a proven track record in overcoming difficulties in his life.
