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On April 4, artist and designer Akio Watanabe announced on Twitter that he had caught COVID-19. Apparently he caught it on the first of the month, and as a result of his diagnosis, he was hospitalized. Now, though, we have good news, because Watanabe is …Read more »
The first anime film in the Kizumonogatari trilogy hits theaters in Japan today. The 60-minute Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen ( Blood and Iron ) features Akiyuki Simbo ( Puella Magi Madoka Magica ) as chief director and Tatsuya Oishi ( Maria Holic ) as director, with …Read more »
The veil was lifted off Aniplex’s enigmatic tease, which came through in the form of the letters ‘O’ and ‘M’ this week. It turns out the announcement was a new Monogatari anime, which will adapt the Off Season and Monster Season novels with a returning …Read more »
What would you do if you lived in a regime with heavy censorship that appeared to kill off otaku culture? That’s the premise of the anime Rumble Garanndoll (or Gyakuten Sekai no Denchi Shōjo: Rumble Garanndoll in Japanese). The anime will make its debut a …Read more »
The English dub for Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU becomes available on Funimation this week, and it has a returning cast from the previous Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU anime. Apphia Yu is back as Rika Furude, Emi Lo is back as Rena …Read more »
The new Higurashi: When They Cry anime adaptation is about to continue this summer with the arrival of Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU. The followup to GOU is set to premiere this July, and Funimation is here to get everyone ready with a new …Read more »
It seems Masaomi Ando, who directed Scum’s Wish and Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, is back to work on another project. Studio Lerche is also involved. The anime is called Gyakuten Sekai no Denchi Shojo, which can be translated as Turnabout World’s Battery Girl. A description of the …Read more »
This October marks the debut of the new Higurashi anime, which is officially titled Higurashi: When They Cry – NEW in English. Funimation has the simulcast lined up for an October 1 premiere, so the second promo is back with fresh English subtitles. The original …Read more »
We finally have a followup on the recently announced new anime project for the Higurashi When They Cry visual novel. Kadokawa’s live stream expanded on plans for what will be a new TV anime, which is set to hit the airwaves in Japan this July. …Read more »
A new Higurashi anime project was revealed earlier this month, but the initial announcement didn’t dig too deep into the details. Now, at the very least, we know that two voices will be returning from roles they last filled in back in 2013: Keiichi Maeyama …Read more »
Fans of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni game and anime franchise—also known as Higurashi When They Cry—will be delighted to know there’s officially a new anime in the works. Kadokawa and developer 07th Expansion announced the new project, which has anime studio Passione (Rokka: …Read more »
The anime series based on the visual novel Grisaia: Phantom Trigger is set to hit airwaves September 7, it was revealed today. The first few episodes of the series had previously been shown in a limited run in Japanese theaters this March. The first two episodes are also streaming via Steam. …Read more »
Frontwing’s Grisaia: Phantom Trigger game has an anime adaptation on the way, and the first episodes are set to premiere theatrically in Japan on March 15. Ahead of that, Frontwing debuted the opening animation on its YouTube channel, so you can see how it kicks …Read more »
Owarimonogatari Season 2 is an anime special that aims to cover the third novel in NisiOisin's Owarimonogatari series next month. The two-day event is set to broadcast in Japan on August 12 and 13—with a streaming premiere planned for Crunchyroll, followed by Anime Strike—and a …Read more »
Yuuji Kazami would prefer to be an ordinary student attending an ordinary school, but that's just not in the cards. Instead he finds himself at the gates of Mihama Academy, a school he at first assumes is deserted before learning he's actually one of only …Read more »
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