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Last week, Kotaku unveiled a pretty amazing piece of long-form anime journalism about the quest to find a strange piece of 90s anime history—a pilot for an American Sailor Moon. Writer Cecilla D’Anastasio details the making, in the mid-90s, of a pilot based on Sailor Moon …Read more »
My Oni Girl (Suki Demo Kirai na Amanojaku), the new film from Studio Colorido (Drifting Home) has just revealed a trailer and poster. The film, directed by Tomotaka Shibayama (A Whisker Away) and written by Shibayama and Yuko Kakihara (Digimon Adventure tri.), will hit theaters …Read more »
The live-action movie version of Golden Kamuy is set to stream on the ‘flix. The film will hit the service May 19. Based on the manga by Satoru Noda, Golden Kamuy was released in Japanese theaters on January 19. It stars Kento Yamazaki (Kingdom) as …Read more »
More than 290,000 audience members have witnessed the Royal Shakespeare Company’s My Neighbour Totoro stage play during its two seasons at the Barbican in London. Both seasons were sold out, and ticket sales broke new records. Next the play is going to be performed at …Read more »
Manga creator Akira Toriyama, who passed away last month, will be remembered for his prolific outpouring of internationally beloved work, including the Dragon Ball franchise, Dr. Slump and Sand Land. But there’s also a unique thing he did shortly before he died that ties him …Read more »
Earlier this month Crunchyroll announced plans to bring a trio of new anime films to cinemas in North America and international regions, including Haikyu!!: The Dumpster Battle, BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-, and OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom. The first of two Haikyu!! movies is set to …Read more »
Following our previous look at what’s next for the Pokémon Horizons anime, we now know when to expect new episodes in English on Netflix. The streaming service announced plans to launch the second part on May 10. In Japan, Pokémon Horizons kicked off the new …Read more »
The anime film adaptation of Kazumi Takayama’s trapezium novel is set to open in Japan on May 10, and ahead of that we can now get a taste of how it all begins. Aniplex started streaming the first four minutes of the feature, including a …Read more »
Earlier this month, Elck Itsumo’s sports manga Two on Ice took its final bow. Clocking in at 28 chapters, the series followed self-taught figure skater Hayuma as he chased after Kisara, whose skill led him to pursue a life on the ice. As they venture into …Read more »
There are lots of polls in Japan asking people about their favorite things in regards to anime, like favorite characters or theme songs. TV Asahi decided to do something a little different, and asked 1,740 individuals outside of Japan what their favorite anime theme songs …Read more »
YOASOBI, which just performed at Coachella — as well as the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles and The Warfield in San Francisco — has announced more concerts, this time in New York City and Boston. Before they get to those two metropolises, …Read more »
Writer Yumi Hotta and illustrator Takeshi Obata (Death Note) serialized their Hikaru no Go manga in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1998 to 2003, previously inspiring a TV anime adaptation. Now its next stop is the stage with the reveal of Utaemaki ‘Hikaru no Go’ Jyo …Read more »
Author HundredBurger’s Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi (Ninja and Assassin Living Together) manga is officially bringing its antics to the screen. An anime adaptation was announced for the series along with the launch of an official website and Twitter account. Details are light at the …Read more »
When Yuu Toyota started Cherry Magic: Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! as a short webcomic, she had no idea how successful it would be. Now it’s a whole manga series (with ten volumes currently out in English), a live-action show and …Read more »
A NEW DAWN is an original anime film that’s being made as a Japanese/French co-production between companies Asmik Ace and Miyu Productions. Garden of Words and Your Name. background artist Yoshitoshi Shinomiya is writing and directing the film and providing the original work, with Utsushita …Read more »
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