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The 40th anniversary celebrations continue as Magical Angel Creamy Mami casts its spell over a brand new tour stop. And with that new stop comes new art and new events! The tour, which began in Tokyo in 2023, has confirmed a stop in Yokohama in November 2024. This latest addition to the tour will feature a brand new piece of artwork by series character designer Akemi Takada, bringing to life Mami's last show from the final episode. Related: Creamy Mami Anime Goes Analog for Record Day with Cassette Tape and Player A limited number of prints of Takada's work will be on sale at the event, and the artist herself will be present for an autograph session on November 16. A 2025 calendar will also be on sale. The Creamy Mami 40th Anniversary Exhibition will take place November 1-17 at Marui City Yokohama. Magical Angel Creamy Mami debuted from Studio Pierrot in 1983, and...

Spoiler Alert! This post contains details from the first episode of Pachinko Season 2.

Pachinko creator Soo Hugh faced plenty of challenges in bringing an adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s novel to life in the first season from the trilingual story-telling to the periods of Sunja’s life featured in the show.

Season 2 of the Apple TV+ drama series will expand on Sunja’s story as she raises her two sons in Osaka, Japan after moving there with her husband Isak (Steve Sang-Hyun Noh). Last season ended with Sunja stepping up to be the breadwinner for her boys when Isak got arrested for a political crime.

“I think we established the heart of the show, the emotional heartbeat of the show, and it was really important that, going into season two, we made sure that heartbeat was still strong and beating,” Hugh told Deadline of last season. “We are so...