It’s always disappointing to read about people who threaten creators, regardless of the reasons behind it. This happened again recently, when a 21-year-old Kyoto man named Fukuta Kishimoto was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Kemono Friends anime director Tatsuki. According to the NHK report, …Read more »
Last month saw the announcement of Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, a new Inuyasha spinoff anime that’s being produced at Sunrise. Now we have another look at the characters at the heart of the upcoming series thanks to some character designs, all of which were drawn by …Read more »
We recently shared the first trailer for Attack on Titan the Final Season, which will bring the saga to a close with the help of anime studio MAPPA instead of WIT Studio. Now we know more about who brought the trailer to life, specifically the …Read more »
We’ve got a small but interesting update regarding the planned Studio Ghibli theme park, which is aiming to have certain areas open by fall of 2022. To make sure they get done in time, construction is now set to begin this July. The company under …Read more »
25 years after the original Neon Genesis Evangelion hit Japanese airwaves, you might assume the NERV logo has been slapped on every possible product known to man. But the folks behind Evangelion licensing continue to surprise us. The latest Eva-branded piece of merch is a …Read more »
Following up on the recent visual for the upcoming Jujutsu Kaisen TV anime—which adapts the hit Jump manga by Gege Akutami—the official site shared some fresh artwork for the four main characters of the series. See how Yuji and the rest of the gang look …Read more »
Fantasy light novel series The Misfit of Demon King Academy was supposed to kick off its anime adaptation in April, but like many other projects it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While concerns over the virus are far from over, the State of …Read more »
Chinese cosplayer and singer Liyuu was a regular at Comiket and moved on up from there, eventually performing as the opening theme song artist for the Hatena☆Illusion anime. Now, despite the inability to actually go and show off her work at events, she’s back online …Read more »
Yoshiyuki Nishi’s dark fantasy manga Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation is coming back for another round of TV anime, and the second season now has a premiere date. The Animax broadcast of season two officially kicks off in Japan on July 7, with …Read more »
The second half of No Guns Life, the anime adaptation of the manga by Tasuku Karasuma, was set to hit screens in April before COVID-19 got in the way. The pandemic put the brakes on production, but now it’s back underway, and the series will …Read more »
Many in Japan and around the world are reeling after the May 23 death of Hana Kimura, the young professional wrestler whose suicide was prompted by hate comments she received online. One response by veteran voice actor Toshio Furukawa shows how painful hate comments can …Read more »
Last month, the Pokémon Journeys anime was one of many shows to get hit by a COVID-19 related delay. That hiatus will soon come to an end, though, because the series is officially set to return to the airwaves in Japan on June 7. This …Read more »
Voice actor Nobuhiko Okamoto has played a bunch of memorable roles over the years, including the likes of My Hero Academia’s hot-headed Bakugo and Blue Exorcist‘s Rin Okumura. After all that work, he was recently diagnosed with vocal cord scarring, so he’ll be taking a …Read more »
Another hotly anticipated returning anime has shifted its schedule due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This time it’s Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III, the third season of the hit series that was supposed to …Read more »
Studio Colorido’s latest project is the anime film A Whisker Away, written by Anohana and Maquia‘s Mari Okada and directed by Sailor Moon‘s Junichi Sato. The movie is set for a worldwide Netflix launch on June 18, and you can see more of its adorable …Read more »
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