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Studio Ghibli celebrates the magic of movie theaters with short video, Hayao Miyazaki illustration
- Casey Baseel
Apr 11, 2026 - Tweet
Familiar voice provides narration for reminder that there’s something special about the in-theater experience.
- Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • manga • movie theaters • movies • Noriko Hidaka • Studio Ghibli • Toho Cinemas • video)
McDonald’s and Gundam team up for customized anime mecha and fried chicken sandwiches[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Apr 9, 2026
![McDonald’s and Gundam team up for customized anime mecha and fried chicken sandwiches[Video]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/gm-1.jpg?w=640 "McDonald’s and Gundam team up for customized anime mecha and fried chicken sandwiches[Video]")
Char’s invasion of Side 7 looks a little different in this continuity.
- Japan
- (anime • Chicken Tatsuta • fast food • food • fried chicken • funny • Gundam • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mecha • Mobile Suit Gundam • robots • video)
Man bites woman at cherry blossom park in Japan, dies shortly after
- Casey Baseel
Apr 8, 2026
Senior citizen passes away shortly after being arrested and taken to hospital by police.
Deer that appeared in downtown Osaka gets a new home, a new name, and a lot of snacks[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Apr 8, 2026
Likely wanderer from Nara Park won’t be going back, but has a new place to live in a hot spring town.
- Japan
- (animals • crazy • cute • deer • environment • moving • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • nature • Osaka • Shika-yan • touching • video • weird)
Sailor Moon’s Artemis is part of the Artemis II NASA mission control team[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Apr 6, 2026
Celestial themed anime plushie is in the room monitoring the real-world mission to the moon.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • Artemis • Atemis II • cool • cute • manga • moon • NASA • plushies • Sailor Moon • science • space • video)
Japan’s prime minister exchanges Dragon Ball kamehamehas with president of France[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2026
Leaders of world powers strike energy blast pose.
- Japan
- (anime • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z • Emmanuel Macron • funny • hadoken • hadouken • kamehameha • manga • politicians • politics • prime minister • Sanae Takaichi • video)
Famous Tokyo cherry blossom spot installs view-blocking screens to fight overcrowding[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Mar 28, 2026
Once an under-the-radar sakura spot, this neighborhood near Shibuya has become dangerously congested.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • hanami • Naka Meguro • Nakameguro • overtourism • sakura • screens • society • video • view-blocking screens)
Deer are appearing in Osaka City, may have wandered there from Nara[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2026
No one’s sure what to do with them, since Nara’s deer lose their protected status when they leave the park.
- Japan
- (animals • crazy • deer • environment • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • nature • Osaka • video • weird)
Japanese man drives truck that’s on fire directly to fire station, drops flaming potatoes[Videos]
- Casey Baseel
Mar 16, 2026
Roasted sweet potato truck turns into mobile fireball.
- Japan
- (cars • crazy • fire • sweet potato truck • sweet potatoes • truck • video • weird • yaki imo • yaki imo truck • yakiimo • yakiimo truck)
Virtual idol Hatsune Miku redesigned with look that adds new elements and brings back old ones
- Casey Baseel
Mar 13, 2026
New version of Vocaloid software is arriving with a new Miku design.
- Japan
- (anime • Hatsune Miku • Hatsune Miku V6 • idol singers • Idols • manga • music • technology • video • virtual idols • Vocaloid • vocaloids)
Giant pipe mysteriously rises up through street in downtown Osaka
- Casey Baseel
Mar 13, 2026
That’s not supposed to be there…
Man in Japan falls into hole with a bear in it
- Casey Baseel
Mar 12, 2026
Sunday morning hike takes a bizarre and terrifying turn.
Exclusive Super Mario Yoshi figure to be given away at Dodgers Stadium [Video]
- Casey Baseel
Mar 10, 2026
Yoshi meets Yoshi for a special Nintendo bobblehead.
- Japan, USA
- (baseball • cool • Dodgers • Los Angeles Dodgers • Major League Baseball • MLB • nintendo • sports • Super Mario • Super Mario Galaxy Movie • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie • video • video games • Yoshi • Yoshinobu Yamamoto)
One Piece creator has hidden secret of anime treasure’s identity in chest at bottom of real-world ocean
- Casey Baseel
Mar 4, 2026
After keeping secret for nearly 30 years, Eiichiro Oda has written it down on a paper, put that paper in a chest, and tossed it into the sea, where it remains even now.
Ghibli’s Kiki’s Delivery Service returns to theaters with first-ever IMAX screenings and remaster
- Casey Baseel
Feb 25, 2026
Latest proof that Studio Ghibli anime has become prestige international cinema arrives this spring.
- Canada, Japan, USA
- (anime • GKids • Hayao Miyazaki • IMAX • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • movies • video)
Japanese zoo’s monkey bonds with Ikea stuffed orangutang following abandonment by mother[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2026
Punch’s life started with a metaphorical gut-punch, but things are cuddlier, and happier, now.
- Japan
- (animals • cute • Ichikawa • Ichikawa City Zoo • ikea • monkeys • moving • plushies • punch • touching • video • zoos)
Foreigners accounting for over 80 percent of off-course skiers needing rescue in Japan’s Hokkaido
- Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2026
Japan is pissed off about the off-piste skiing.
- Japan
- (COK • foreign tourists • Hokkaido • outdoors • overtourism • rescue • skiing • snowboarding • society • sports • video)
McDonald’s Japan partners with anime English teacher, but did they commit a cultural error?[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Feb 5, 2026
Ellen-sensei is the latest otaku spokesperson for McDonald’s, but there’s one organization she’d never endorse.
- Japan
- (anime • baseball • Ellen Baker • Ellen-sensei • fast food • food • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • otaku • sports • video)
420 million yen in cash-filled suitcases stolen on Tokyo streets, incidents at Haneda and Hong Kong follow
- Casey Baseel
Jan 31, 2026
Three robbery attempts, all connected to Hong Kong currency exchange, take place within 14 hours of each other.
- China, Japan
- (COK • crazy • crime • Haneda • Haneda Airport • Hong Kong • Okachimachi • robbery • theft • Ueno • video)
Heart/body-warming anime video is a beautiful love letter to family and miso soup【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 22, 2026
Based-on-true-story shows how woman and her grandmother stay close even when they’re far apart.
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