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The judges of the Tokyo Anime Film Festival have chosen this year’s winners. To be in the running, an anime had to be released fully or partially between October 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020. The animated film category’s award went to Kyoto Animation’s Violet …Read more »
Animator Yuki Omura was one of many Kyoto Animation workers who sadly passed away after the July 2019 arson attack on Kyoto Animation Studio 1. While many staff members are no longer with us, they’re far from forgotten, and Omura is currently being honored in …Read more »
In the wake of the arson that left 35 employees of Kyoto Animation dead, the future of the studio’s many previously-announced projects is unclear. But one project confirmed to be coming out without delay is Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memories Doll. The “side story” to series Violet …Read more »
Unless you’re an Attack on Titan fan, there usually isn’t too significant of a wait between anime seasons (sick burn, right?). Sure, there are some outliers, but Blue Exorcist is in rare company. Not counting 2012’s anime film, we went from 2011 to 2017 without …Read more »
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a human, a demon, and a Buddha walk into a temple … in an alternate dimension through a drawing as led by a magical priest and his anthropomorphic rabbit-wife. Wait, you’ve not yet seen the humorous, touching, …Read more »
Our cover story in the latest issue of Anime USA is none other than Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga , which recently wrapped its 12-episode return to directly adapting Kazue Kato's manga. At the time the article was written the series wasn't quite finished yet, …Read more »
A lot of folks around Otaku USA HQ are big fans of Kyoto Animation, so we were excited to see the first trailer for their next series, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid , hit the internet. Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid , which premieres January 11, is …Read more »
FUNimation announced some new upcoming streaming shows during this weekend's Anime Detour convention. First up is The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan , which will feature Haruhi 's Minori Chihara and Tomokazu Sugita reprising their respective roles as Yuki and Kyori. Simulcast plans will be announced …Read more »
Based on the manga written and illustrated by Puyo, The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan is gearing up for its anime series debut next week. The adaptation features direction by Junichi Wada ( Log Horizon season 1) and series composition by Touko Machida ( Wake Up …Read more »
Kyoto Animation's new anime FREE! has been one of the most polarizing recent subjects in the otaku universe. On one end, internet fujoshi have been drawing fanart, writing fanfiction, and otherwise absolutely losing their minds over Kyoani's intimately animated, beautiful swimming boys since FREE! was …Read more »
The Fruits Basket -prelude- compilation movie will come out on Blu-ray this June 24 in Japan, and purchasers will get a little something extra: a brand-new manga from creator Natsuki Takaya. The manga will be short — only eight pages — and Takaya created it …Read more »
Shonen anime tends to do better than shojo anime, but a recent seminar put on by Crunchyroll talked about how popular shojo actually is. The seminar was for Japanese businesses, and it discussed what anime people in the West are watching on their platform. Asa …Read more »
If you saw our recent post about the Fruits Basket stage play and felt the need to see the whole thing yourself, you’ll be able to do so very soon. Avex Pictures recently announced that the play will be streamed live worldwide on March 12 …Read more »
A special promotional video has arrived for the stage play adaptation of Natsuki Takaya’s Fruits Basket manga. The production is currently running at Tokyo’s Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall until Sunday until March 13, and you can see how they adapted some of the key scenes in …Read more »
The first trailer has arrived for the upcoming set of special Fruits Basket -prelude- episodes, which are on the way to theaters in Japan on February 18. In addition to the prequel featuring Tohru’s parents, the theatrical event will feature a brand new sequel story …Read more »
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