Chetan Shekar is a marketing professional from Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India. His favorite games include Half-Life, Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, Warcraft, Starcraft, Darkstalkers, Marvel ...

For hundreds of years, Japanese performers have practiced a comedic storytelling art known as rakugo (落語). Traditionally staged in intimate yose theaters, rakugo transforms verbal storytelling into a ...

Laura has been writing about anime for some time, with bylines on websites like GameRant and Dexerto. She holds an MA in Japanese Studies. For now, Akane is just starting her career as a Rakugo ...

Ayumu Watanabe will be directing the Akane-banashi anime for studio ZEXCS. Yu Harima will be serving as assistant director, and Kii Tanaka will be providing character designs and serve as chief ...

Weekly Shonen Jump’s hit manga Akane-Banashi is celebrating its third anniversary this month. Written by Yuuki Sunega and illustrated by Takamasa Moue, the series has a wide fanbase even without ...

DX Gameworks has partnered up with Ludic Studios to announce they'll be publishing Akane on both Xbox and PlayStation consoles. The game has already been out on PC for nearly four years as players ...