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A couple big box office anime wins out of Japan and China this weekend. In Japan, the new Detective Conan film — the 27th in the long-running franchise — made 3.3 billion yen in its opening weekend. The film, subtitled The Million-dollar Pentagram, broke Conan …Read more »
The Hollywood live-action One-Punch Man movie adaptation script is receiving a rewrite from Dan Harmon and Heather Anne Campbell. Harmon, while having multiple credits as a creator and writer, is best-known as the co-creator of Rick and Morty (which has its own anime associations), and …Read more »
If you can’t get enough of mixed media franchise UniteUp!, you’ll be delighted to learn that the anime arm of the project is getting ready to continue with a new season. UniteUp! -Uni:Birth- was revealed over the weekend along with a teaser video, visual and …Read more »
If you’ve been waiting to see the lengthily titled I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability English dub, then it’s time to mark your calendars! The very first dubbed episode will drop on Monday, April …Read more »
New episodes of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba will be here next month! Specifically, the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc anime debuts on Crunchyroll on Sunday, May 12, and its first episode will be an hour long. After that, a new episode …Read more »
12 is a big number for the Sister Princess series, since 12 sisters were originally featured in the franchise, so it’s fitting that a teaser countdown started with the number 12 at 12:00p Japan Time on April 7. Details are pretty much nonexistent at this …Read more »
The Rascal Does Not Dream series of light novels, which have been adapted into a popular anime TV/film franchise, are nearing their end. That’s the word from Dengeki Bunko, the publishing label behind the series by Hajime Kamoshida. The 14th and 15th volumes of the …Read more »
On June 11, the movie Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning will become available in a Blu-ray+DVD Combo Pack, as well as becoming available digitally. This is through a deal between Toei Animation and Shout! Studios. A press release from Shout! Studios explains: The highly collectible …Read more »
Nekokurage, who is adapting The Apothecary Diaries light novels into a manga series, has been indicted by the Fukuoka Regional Taxation Bureau. The allegations are that she failed to declare her income of about 260 million yen (approximately $1.7 million), and she evaded paying an …Read more »
At midnight on April 1, the X (Twitter) account for the Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo manga unveiled an April Fools’ prank: that there would be a Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo stage play. Everyone could get a good laugh at the idea, but later in the day there was a …Read more »
The twenty-seventh Detective Conan movie — count ’em! — is scheduled to hit Japanese theaters on April 12. The new movie is called Detective Conan: Hyakuman Doru no Michishirube, and its official English title is Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram. An English-subtitled trailer has dropped. …Read more »
As revealed during Bandai Namco Filmworks’ Sakura-Con 2024 panel, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM officially has dates for its North American theatrical run. The feature will be heading to around 800 theaters across the United States and Canada via Fathom Events on May 7 (Japanese …Read more »
Season three of the anime That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is almost here, and Crunchyroll has revealed when fans can begin watching on the platform. For starters, on March 30 at 8:00 AM PST, Crunchyroll will begin streaming Episode 48.5 “Digression: Diablo’s …Read more »
Warner Bros. Discovery has been involved with the making of some anime series, like Record of Ragnarok and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, through their Japanese studio. So far they have more than 80 anime titles under their belt, and because they’re seeing plenty of success, Warner …Read more »
Big news for fans of robots, space battles, awesome music, and love geometry: Macross (or at least most of it) will be streaming on Disney+! For many fans, this will mark the first time the legendary series is viewable at all, with most of the franchise …Read more »
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