Right after reporting on the death of Shohei Hino, a voice actor in Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron, another person involved with Studio Ghibli has passed away. This time it’s Shuntaro Tanigawa, a writer, poet, lyricist and translator, who wrote the lyrics for …Read more »
It was previously announced that Re:ZERO Season 3 would be split into two parts, starting with the eight-episode “Attack Arc” in October. That part of the story is a wrap, so it’s time to look ahead to the second set of eight episodes, the “Counterattack …Read more »
This season, school is getting spooky thanks to A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School. Hopeful educator and uniform “enthusiast” Haruaki Abe gets more than he bargained for in his latest teaching job. Thugs were one thing—these are literal monsters! But he soon learns to appreciate them, …Read more »
The AnimeFesta anime adaptation of OUMA’s The Share House’s Secret Rule manga officially has a date. Suiseisha announced that the broadcast is set to kick off in Japan on Tokyo MX and BS 11 on January 5, 2025, and will be simultaneously released in English …Read more »
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3: The Conflict made its way to screens in Japan and subtitled streaming on October 5, and now a date is in place for the English dub in the United States. The dubbed version of the latest set of episodes …Read more »
Shohei Hino, a Japanese actor who appeared in films and on TV for many decades, has died at the age of 75. The actor had suffered a lumbar fracture this summer. Hino may be best known to anime fans as the voice of Great Uncle …Read more »
Still can’t believe it: after a decade of Quirky fun, My Hero Academia came to an end this year. Now we’ve got the first look at the cover of the final collected volume, which is due out in Japan December 4. In addition, we’ve got …Read more »
The long-awaited final volume of Land of the Lustrous, the fantasy manga from Haruko Ichikawa, is set for release in Japan this month. To celebrate, publisher Kodansha has unveiled some giant illustrations that will grace Japan’s Shibuya Station, Osaka-Umeda Station and Kodansha’s office in Tokyo. …Read more »
Shinji Higuchi, the co-director of Shin Godzilla and the director of Shin Ultraman, is helming Bullet Train Explosion, a remake of a 1975 Japanese classic, for Netflix. The film is set for 2025. The original 1975 film is about a bullet train that will explode …Read more »
My Hero Academia’s character Best Jeanist is a pretty distinct-looking character, and his name references something in the real world. The Best Jeanist is an annual award that the Japan Jeans Council began giving out in 1984 and continues to give out to this day. …Read more »
Sony is allegedly interested in buying Kadokawa and is currently in talks. Neither company is willing to put out an official comment on the matter, but two unnamed sources talked to Reuters and apparently gave enough information for Reuters to feel comfortable covering it. If …Read more »
Another new title is making its way to Square Enix’s Manga UP! Global service with the arrival of Umetaro Aoi’s The Elf and the Hunter’s Item Atelier, known in Japan as Elf to Shuryoshi no Item Kobo. The series first kicked off in Square Enix’s …Read more »
The latest entry in the series of Space Battleship Yamato 3199 anime film remakes is Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 (Yamato yo Towa ni: Rebel 3199), and now you can see how it kicks off. The second film, Sekijitsu no Shutsugeki (The Assault of the …Read more »
Teren Mikami and Eku Takeshima’s yuri light novel series There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… is getting an anime adaptation. An official website and social accounts have launched for the series, which is currently lined up to premiere sometime in summer 2025. …Read more »
The Haruhi Suzumiya franchise, which is getting a new light novel this month titled The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya, is holding a crowdfunding campaign to make a song and music video, among other things. While the campaign will continue to January 15, it made its …Read more »
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