SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Anime and related goods are gaining popularity with South Koreans spending long hours at home following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. AK & Hongdae, a shopping mall in the Hongdae area in western Seoul run by midsize department store chain AK Plaza, has seen its fifth floor fill [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The so-called “Yo-Kai Watch” fever is in vogue among Korean children, following an explosive popularity in Japan. The wristwatch became fashionable after the release of a cartoon of the same name. Originally a role-playing video game released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan about a year ago, the Yo-Kai [...]
TOKYO, July 2, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–GOODSMILE Logistics & Solutions (GSLS) is launching “CharacterJAPAN,” a free online news service that gathers all the latest official information from Japanese animation studios, publishers, and other popular media industries all in one place for English speaking readers. With more and more countries outside of Japan gaining access to Japanese [...]