Back in April, we learned that the manga Ao no Orchestra (The Blue Orchestra) would be getting a TV anime adaptation. Now we know when: the spring of 2023. We’ve also got a look at the first visual for the series, which shows main character Hajime …Read more »
The Town of Pigs is the first manga title of horror icon Hideshi Hino’s work to be published in English in more than ten years. Hino is a top horror mangaka in Japan, and it’s easy to see why: his work is unsettling, moody, and …Read more »
Ronaldo and Draluc are getting ready to return to our screens in a second season of The Vampire Dies in No Time anime, and we finally have another update on the series. Following up on the season 2 plans that were announced back in December, …Read more »
2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Sailor Moon anime, and with the anniversary of a big franchise like this, there’s going to be a lot of merchandise. The latest is the “Sailor Moon Eternal Premium Frame Stamp Set,” which comes in two versions. In …Read more »
Pokémon GO has fans looking all over the place for Pokémon, and between now and September 5, there’s a place where feline Pokémon are going to show up more than usual in the game. I’m talking about the area around the Cross Shinjuku Vision monitor …Read more »
A new character trailer has arrived for the upcoming anime adaptation of Kokone Nata’s 2019 comedy manga Play It Cool, Guys, which is set to premiere in Japan this October. In this one you can meet Takayuki Mima, voiced by Yuichiro Umehara (Jugram Haschwalth in …Read more »
From the Monogatari series to Pretty Boy Detective Club and beyond, author Nishio Ishin—stylized as NISIOISIN—has transformed the Japanese pop culture landscape in some unique ways over the past two decades. To mark the amazing 20th anniversary milestone of Nishio Ishin’s many works, publisher Kodansha …Read more »
Key staff members and a new teaser visual were revealed for The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 during this past weekend’s Crunchyroll Expo 2022 event. While we don’t have a date for the return yet, Crunchyroll confirmed that the series will stream as …Read more »
The spooky side of the Digital World continues to weave new yarns each week in the Digimon Ghost Game anime, and a new trailer has arrived for the latest arc. The new Ultimate Evolution trailer reveals Yumiko Kobayashi (Koushiro Izumi in Digimon Adventure:) as Espimon, …Read more »
Sad news today from Japan. Voice actor Kiyoshi Kobayashi, best known for playing Lupin III sidekick Daisuke Jigen for decades, has died at the age of 89. The cause was pneumonia. Kobayashi, who got his start as an anime voice actor in the 1960s, had …Read more »
The third season of Mob Psycho 100 is still a few months away, but you can check out the opening right now following its premiere at Crunchyroll Expo. The opening, like those for seasons 1 and 2, features Mob Choir, the group created for the …Read more »
Despite the tragic death of manga master Kentaro Miura, Berserk is back thanks to his best friend and a team of talented artists. Why not celebrate the news with a new Guts figure that’ll only set you back, uh… 1,500 bucks? Yes, that’s the price …Read more »
Last month, we learned the light novel series Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement would be getting anime-ized. Now we’ve learned some more details and have our peepers on the first piece of key art from the series. Here’s the deets we …Read more »
If you were among the many hoping for Tower of God season 2 to officially be announced, you got your wish yesterday. Plans were unveiled during Crunchyroll’s industry panel at Crunchyroll Expo 2022 along with a new key visual and teaser for Tower of God …Read more »
With the Chainsaw Man anime just around the corner, we’re looking for stopgaps to get us to the big day. We’ve offered up some anime recs before for fellow fans, but there’s one prime title that beats them all hands down: Devilman. The Go Nagai masterwork seems to …Read more »
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