A new cast member is here for The Apothecary Diaries, the anime adaptation of Natsu Hyuuga and Touko Shino’s light novel series that just kicked off its second cour this month. The latest is Kouki Uchiyama (Tomura Shigaraki in My Hero Academia), who’s getting in …Read more »
AnimeJapan is the annual industry event in Tokyo where anime distributors, producers, journos and fans alike gather to marvel at reveals, previews, cosplay, cardboard cutouts and more. AnimeJapan 2024, set for March 23 and 24, has just revealed its new key art for this year. …Read more »
Koji Shinasaka’s Tohai – Ura Route Mahjong Tohairoku is a mahjong manga that ran in Akita Shoten’s Young Champion magazine from 2006 to 2011, and it’s officially getting an anime adaptation. Pony Canyon announced TV anime plans this week, with the animated version due out …Read more »
Gundam Seed Freedom, the long-awaited feature film sequel to Gundam Seed/Gundam Seed Destiny, hits theaters in Japan on January 26. In anticipation, there’s a new music video out today featuring the film’s ending theme song, “Sarigiwa no Romantics” by See-Saw. See-Saw previously contributed multiple Seed …Read more »
The second annual Niigata International Animation Film Festival is on the way. The festival, which takes place from March 15 to 20 in the port city of Niigata, has just announced the “Niigata Animation Camp,” which seeks to give young animators a leg up in …Read more »
A new anime film is on the way from director Saku Sakamoto, who previously helmed projects like Feast of Amrita and Aragne: Sign of Vermillion. Sakamoto is once again handling direction as well as the original story, screenplay, music and animation production, with voice acting …Read more »
AI voice technology company Replica Studios (a.k.a. Replica) just made an agreement with The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (a.k.a. SAG-AFTRA) about the use of artificial intelligence in the voiceover world, and some anime actors are not fans. SAG-AFTRA …Read more »
The Dangers in My Heart season 2 just kicked off on January 7, and we now have a new cast member getting in on the adaptation. The latest to join the anime cast is Yoshimasa Hosoya, who will voiced Anna Yamada’s father. You can see …Read more »
The first episode of Kingdom season 5 was originally set to premiere in Japan on January 6, 2024, but was met with an unexpected delay. The delay in question was put in place as a result of NHK’s coverage of the earthquake at Ishikawa Prefecture’s …Read more »
The first anime adaptation of Q Hayashida’s Dorohedoro manga premiered in January 2020, with Netflix streaming outside of Japan that May. Now, according to the anime’s official website, a sequel series is on the way and planned for streaming in some form. At the time …Read more »
The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror XXXIII” Halloween special, which included a segment spoofing Death Note (titled “Death Tome”), has officially received an Emmy for its good work! It competed against Bob’s Burgers episode “The Plight Before Christmas,” Netflix’s Entergalactic special, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal episode “Shadow …Read more »
The first episode of the Tales of Wedding Rings anime—based on the manga by Maybe—recently went live in Japan and on Crunchyroll, and with it comes a special music video. Composer Shunryu’s music project Sizuk released “Lover’s Eye” as its seventh digital single on January …Read more »
With the second part of the Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange anime now live, it’s time to welcome a couple more cast members. The official accounts revealed the addition of Yoko Hikasa (Freya in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a …Read more »
The Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End anime has continued into the winter 2024 season, and with new episodes come some fresh faces. Three more character trailers have arrived to preview some of those faces, including a look at Wirbel (VA: Kisho Taniyama), Ehre (Kanae Ito) and …Read more »
We’ve seen a lot of wildly specific reincarnations in isekai anime, and being reincarnated in a hot spring paradise is definitely up there. That’s the ballpark premise of the Isekai Onsen Paradise anime, which is on the way to adapt Konao Menrui’s light novel series …Read more »
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