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'86 - Eighty Six' New Official Promotional Illustration.

Details have emerged about ‘One Piece’ creator Eiichiro Oda: - He slept 3 hours a night for 15 years - He tells new editors they must be willing to die for One Piece - He hand-copied entire Disney movies to learn how to draw emotion - He said he would have missed his parents' funeral for a deadline He started One Piece at 22 and is still drawing it at 51, to this day he doesn’t feel successful yet. (Via: @FoundersPodcast)

'SPY x FAMILY' New Official Promotional Illustrations. Anime Season 4 and a 2nd Theatrical Film are both scheduled for 2027 release.

'Ashita no Joe' creator Tetsuya Chiba drew his final manga series entirely by himself, with no assistants and every page in full color. 'Hinemosu Notari Nikki' was his first long-running serial in 18 years. He kept it going until just before he died in October at 87, reaching chapter 248 this summer. NHK's Close-up Gendai airs a special on his final days on Nov 9 at 7:30 PM JST.

NARUTO's TEAM 7 in New Illustrations for Jump Festa 2027 😍

'NARUTO: SHIPPUDEN' New Official Jump Festa 2027 Illustrations.

'SAKAMOTO DAYS' New Official Promotional Illustration. Anime Season 2 premieres January 2027.

'My Hero Academia' New Official VISUAL.

'NARUTO' Official Jump Festa 2027 Merch Illustration.

'Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc' New Official Visuals for Chainsaw Man PLAZA.

'Space Brothers' Anime Recorded Voice Acting From ACTUAL Space. JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide voiced himself aboard the International Space Station in 2012. His cameo appeared in an anime-original scene in episode 31.

Fun Fact: 'Dragon Ball' Creator Akira Toriyama Designed a REAL Electric Car. The one-seat QVOLT was released by CQ Motors in 2005, with only nine made. He spent over a year designing it, inspired by classic American cars.

Fun Fact: The VATICAN Asked 'Astro Boy' Creator Osamu Tezuka to Make a Bible Anime. He spent two years creating a Noah's Ark pilot, writing the story and drawing key animation himself. Osamu Dezaki completed the series after Tezuka's death.

'Re:Zero' Season 4 Emilia Outfit is back in store at Nyacos for about $64.

Fun Fact: GUCCI Collaborated With 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure' Creator Hirohiko Araki. In 2011, Araki drew the one-shot 'Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci' for the brand's 90th anniversary, and Gucci Shinjuku exhibited the artwork. In 2013, he followed it with 'Jolyne, Fly High with GUCCI,' displayed in more than 70 Gucci stores worldwide.

'SAKAMOTO DAYS' Chapter 282 brings the battle against Uzuki to an end. Fans now believe the manga is close to ENDING, but nothing has been officially confirmed yet.

'In This Corner of the World' director Sunao Katabuchi questioned remasters changing colors to match modern tastes: “If animation, too, is to be passed down as cultural heritage, conveying its expression to future generations, its original form should be preserved as much as possible.”

Manga Artist Linnea Kataja was Once Told Her Art Wasn't Cute by an Editor. 'Chihayafuru' Creator Yuki Suetsugu Later Praised Her Drawings as “very cute.” “Suetsugu-sensei's words were really encouraging.”

'Chiikawa' Creator Nagano Says a Voice Actor's X Name Helped Decide His Casting: “For Shimajiro, Mogami [Tsuguo]'s voice was of course a factor, but the fact that he uses X under the account name ‘日本酒舐郎’ was also one of the deciding factors.”

'Cowboy Bebop' Director Shinichiro Watanabe reveals that Faye's Portrait of Vincent was drawn by a Chinese restaurant worker, who drew Vincent from memory after seeing him once: He says animators trying to draw badly still made it look too good, so they found someone genuinely bad at drawing. “Even when animators try to draw badly, it comes out well.”