Kaiju No. 8 season 2 will be a late-comer to the summer 2025 anime season when it premieres on July 19. That gives us more time for previews, and the latest trailer is here to add to the cast and reveal the new ending song. …Read more »
Another day, another pointless Pokémon crime. This time around someone broke into 1st Edition Collectibles in New Bedford, Massachusetts, approximately 60 miles away from Boston. It was about 2:30 AM on Tuesday. The thief, who then disappeared into the night, knew to take high-value collectible …Read more »
Tetsuhiro Koshita’s Hono no Tokyujo: Dodge Danko manga is officially getting an anime adaptation. An official website launched alongside an official X (formerly Twitter) account, lining the adaptation up for a 2026 premiere. You can see an announcement trailer and visual below. Hono no Tokyujo: …Read more »
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You (a.k.a. Kimi no koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na Hyaku-nin no Kanojo in Japanese) already has a really long title, but it turns out it has an even longer monologue. In fact, …Read more »
Netflix is working on a live-action Solo Leveling, and the series’ lead actor has officially been found. Byeon Woo-seok (20th Century Girl) will star as Jin-woo Sung in the series, which has Lee Hae-jun (Castaway on the Moon) and Kim Byunseo (Ashfall) directing. Following reports …Read more »
There is both good and bad news for those eagerly awaiting the anime adaptation of The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife (a.k.a. Tōmei Otoko to Ningen Onna: Sonouchi Fūfu ni Naru Futari in Japanese). The bad news? Even though the show was supposed to …Read more »
There is sad news in the world of anime with the report that English voice actor James Carter Cathcart has passed away at age 71. His wife, Martha S Jacobi, announced on Facebook: JCC died, peacefully, very early in the morning, on Tuesday 7/8/25, at …Read more »
Call of the Night is back… and we don’t just mean the second season of the anime! Kotoyama’s late-night vampire rom-com is back from the dead for a limited-run manga series. The “Paradise Arc” follows Kou Yamori and his detective senpai as they explore a strange …Read more »
Back in 2023, a paid event held in St. Petersburg, Russia featured art from multiple Kodansha properties, including Attack on Titan. Cool stuff, except it was held without permission from Kodansha. Oops. The Japanese publisher brought the event organizer, IQ Art Management LLC, to court, …Read more »
Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy (Kanan-sama wa Akumade Choroi), the anime adaptation of the manga by Nonco, has cast its lead voice actors. Mistress Kanan herself (aka Kanan Takakiyo) will be played by Aoi Koga, while Youji Kyougi will be played by Seiichiro Yamashita. We’ve …Read more »
Fate Rewinder, the time traveling manga from Futa Kimura, is getting anime-ized. The manga, which centers around a boy named Chrono who joins a secret order of police who use time travel to prevent time-related infractions, has been running since 2022 in the pages of …Read more »
The live-action adaptations of Yasuhisa Hara’s Kingdom manga just keep coming. Now we know when the fifth (!!) film in the franchise is set to hit Japanese theaters: next summer. It’s the followup to Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General, which came out in …Read more »
Manga and anime fans likely know Tsutomi Nihei best as the creator of titles like BLAME! and Knights of Sidonia. In his new series Tower Dungeon, he’s taking the action back in time. Volume 1 of this new Kodansha release introduces a dark fantasy world full of dragons, …Read more »
The popular series Rent-A-Girlfriend introduced many Westerners to the idea of “renting” people for various jobs in Japan. But are you familiar with a new system where you can rent grandmas? The business (which is officially titled OK Obaachan) comes to us from Client Partners, …Read more »
Is the recently appointed pope, Pope Leo XIV, a fan of Pokémon? At the very least, he found it amusing when a young Catholic asked him to sign a Popplio card — and he did indeed autograph it! The reason for that particular card is …Read more »
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