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Next week sees the releases of the fighting game Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, the latest entry in the long-running Fatal Fury franchise. To help promote the game, legendary animator Masami Obari (who directed 1994’s Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture) has created a new …Read more »
Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the video games Super Smash Bros. and Kirby, was recently given the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize (courtesy of Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs) for his YouTube channel “Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games.” After …Read more »
Miku Day was Saturday, March 9, and that means McDonald’s Japan launched its Hatsune Miku goodness! The fast food giant teamed up with Miku for its Shaka Shaka Potato, and spoofed the Vocaloid’s song “Mikumiku Ni Shiteageru [Shiteyanyo]” by turning it into “Shakashaka Ni Shiteageru.” …Read more »
Earlier this month, the Transformers line of toys, cartoons and more released a special video in Japan to mark the franchise’s 40th anniversary. Titled “We Are Not Alone,” the result is an impressive video full of stop-motion animation that has the Transformers figures coming to …Read more »
The movie COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing (original title Gekijо̄ban Project Sekai: Kowareta Sekai to Utaenai Miku) will hit Japanese theaters on January 17. The movie will also be released in other countries, though we’re still waiting on details. Ahead of …Read more »
Can’t wait for the upcoming anime of the winter 2025 season? In a few cases, you don’t have to! Several shows coming up in January started as games. And you can play them right now! From visual novels to mysteries to monster farming, check out …Read more »
The Promise of Wizard anime has been sharing a bunch of videos leading up to its January 6, 2025 premiere, and the latest provides a wider look at the world and characters of the series. Check out the guide video below, followed by news about …Read more »
It’s been nearly two years since the ZOMBIE LAND SAGA series released a new song, but Franchouchou is officially back! The anime may be over, but the undead live on with “Sukicchan! Karachu,” a new song and music video that has the series teaming up …Read more »
Shinobi’s back! The long-running ninja video game series which started life in 1987 is getting the Hollywood treatment, reports Deadline. The film will be directed by Sam Hargrave, who’s best known for helming the first two Extraction films. The screenplay is being penned by Ken …Read more »
We learned a few months ago that an anime adaptation of the Key/Visual Arts novel Summer Pockets was on the way. Now we’ve got a fresh look at that adaptation thanks to a new promo video. We’ve also got some deets on the opening and …Read more »
After a rough (and short) run, the Borderlands movie is coming to streaming services extremely soon. But if you’ve got a hunger for video game adaptations, you can absolutely look elsewhere… for instance, these three anime series! And two of them are airing as we speak! …Read more »
The Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, which was originally announced three years ago, is opening its doors on October 2. A preview video has been released before that happens, and Shigeru Miyamoto guides us through the museum. Miyamoto is one of the big names at Nintendo, …Read more »
Believe it or not, Digimon Adventure is 25 years old. The anime franchise kicked off in 1999 with the original 54-episode series back in 1999, which was adapted into Digimon: Digital Monsters in English-speaking territories. The franchise also includes multiple follow-up seasons, films, video games …Read more »
The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (often referred to as the abbreviation SAG-AFTRA) has officially called for a strike in regards to video game work. The strike is about protecting union actors from artificial intelligence hurting their careers. SAG-AFTRA …Read more »
The game Seedsow Lullaby (a.k.a. Tanetsumi no Uta in Japanese) shared its opening video where you can hear sola perform the theme song “Yoru o Koeru” (translated as “Break Through the Night”). This title is part of the Aniplex.exe game brand from Aniplex. Seedsow Lullaby Opening …Read more »
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