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Japan’s Biggest Cosplay Event Delayed in 2023 Due to COVID-19
Event was canceled in 2020-2022
The organizers of Osaka’s Nippombashi Street Festa, which they promote as “Japan’s biggest cosplay event,” announced on Wednesday that they are delaying next year’s event due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. The staff considered a full-scale resumption, but decided that that safety and security could not be guaranteed. Organizers will continue to hold discussions with local residents and relevant government agencies regarding resuming the event.
The event was canceled completely in 2020 due to concerns over the outbreak of COVID-19. It was then canceled last year and this year as well. This year’s event was originally scheduled for spring, and it was initially postponed.
The annual parade runs Nippombashi’s Den Den Town area (Osaka’s shopping district known for anime, game, and manga goods, similar to Tokyo’s Akihabara). Over 200,000 people attend the outdoor event every year.
ANN covered the event in 2016, 2017, and 2018. The year 2020 marked the second cancellation in the event’s history; the parade was cancelled after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. An unexploded World War II-era bomb was excavated at a construction site next to the parade route in 2015, just five days before that year’s Nippombashi Street Festa, but the parade went on as scheduled that year.
Source: Nippombashi Street Festa via Otakomu
The official Twitter account for the television anime of Yūki Yaku‘s Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki (Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun) light novel series announced on Thursday that the franchise‘s previously announced new anime is a 13-episode second season. A teaser promotional video reveals that the season’s title is Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun 2nd Stage, but does not specify its premiere date.
The Twitter account also announced that the anime’s cast will appear at the franchise‘s first in-person event, Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun Fes!, on April 16 at the Saitama Hall.
The first anime premiered in January 2021. Funimation streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and it also streamed an English dub. Funimation describes the story:
Expert gamer Tomozaki Fumiya doesn’t exactly fit in, but he wishes he did. With no written rules for success and gameplay that doesn’t work in his favor, the real world seems impossible for someone like him.
But, like any noob, all he really needs are some strategies and a seasoned player like Aoi Hinami to help him. Hopefully with her guidance, Tomozaki will gain the experience he needs.
The anime also received two OVA episodes that were bundled with the third and fourth Blu-ray Disc and DVD home video volumes of the anime in May and June 2021, respectively. Funimation also streamed those episodes.
Shinsuke Yanagi (Angel’s 3Piece, The Ryuo’s Work Is Never Done!) directed the anime at project No.9. Fumihiko Shimo (The Ryuo’s Work Is Never Done!, Myriad Colors Phantom World) oversaw the series scripts, and Akane Yano (The Ryuo’s Work Is Never Done!, High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World) designed the characters. Hiromi Mizutani (Non Non Biyori, Shomin Sample) composed the music. Pony Canyon and APDREAM were the music producers. Satoshi Motoyama (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) was the audio director. Bit Groove Promotion was credted for the sound production. Dream Shift was credited as producer.
Voice actress idol group DIALOGUE+ performed the anime’s opening and ending theme songs. The opening song is titled “Jinsei Easy?” (Life Is on Easy Mode?), while the ending theme song is titled “Ayafuwa Asterisk.”
Sources: Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki anime’s Twitter account, Comic Natalie
Newest entry in Professor Layton mystery series
Level-5 announced Professor Layton and The New World of Steam (Layton Kyōju to Jōki no Shinsekai), a new entry in its Professor Layton puzzle game series, on Wednesday. The game will debut on Switch, but Level-5 did not reveal a release date for the game.
Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire’s Journey was the previous entry in the series. The game launched in Japan for Nintendo 3DS and worldwide for iOS and Android devices in July 2017. The game then launched for Nintendo 3DS in the West in October 2017. The game launched for the Switch in August 2018, and that version headed West in November 2019. The original game inspired the Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File television anime, which premiered in April 2018, and ended in March 2019.
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