As revealed during a special live stream program, a new project is in the works for THE iDOLM@STER series. This time it’s a concept movie currently known as VOY@GER, with anime series director Atsushi Nishigori attached to direct. Alongside Nishigori is Studio Khara’s Shogo Tsurii …Read more »
The first part of the new Free! film project, Free! -the Final Stroke- hits theaters in Japan on September 17, and Kyoto Animation is here to tease some more of the feature. The second part of the duology will follow on April 22, 2022, but for …Read more »
Remember how Tenet sparked a backlash against modern audio mixes that make it hard to hear dialogue? Now one anime director is launching the same complaint against some anime mixes. Said director is Ashina Minoru, known for helming Isekai Quartet and Kaiju Girls. Ashina tweeted: …Read more »
This week’s Comic-Con@Home 2021 event was host to a special Dragon Ball Super movie panel, with Goku VA Masako Nozawa present along with Toei Animation producer Norihiro Hayashida and Toriyama’s editor and Dragon Ball series executive producer Akio Iyoku. While discussing the new film—which was …Read more »
BELLE director Mamoru Hosoda recently appeared to throw some shade at Hayao Miyazaki, but a recent survey put Hosoda in competition with Your Name director Makoto Shinkai, not Miyazaki. Japanese company 1Screen questioned survey respondents whether they liked Mamoru Hosoda’s or Makoto Shinkai’s films more. …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda’s new movie BELLE will become available for American audiences this winter when GKIDS releases it dubbed and subbed. In the meantime, the insert song “Kokoro no Soba ni” (translated as “Beside the Heart”) is available to listen to on YouTube. It’s sung by …Read more »
Banished from the Heroes’ Party is an upcoming anime based on the light novel series by Zappon and Yasumo, also known in Japan as Shin no Nakama janai to Yusha no Party o Oidasareta node, Henkyo de Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashitai. The series …Read more »
With the Tokyo Olympics kicking off, we can expect a lot of TV anime to be making way for the broadcast across various networks in Japan. One of them is Shaman King, which is taking a two week break during the event. While quite a …Read more »
Hotondoshindeiru’s isekai comedy manga Uncle from Another World is getting an anime adaptation, and while details are still light on the production, we now have our first look at a key visual. This one sets the stage nicely, showing Takafumi as he witnesses his uncle …Read more »
Last month, Eleven Arts announced plans to bring Gintama THE FINAL to North American theaters under the even more emphatic title of Gintama THE VERY FINAL. An update came through today, setting the subtitled and dubbed versions of the film for November 21 and 22. …Read more »
The Tokyo Mew Mew New anime is coming out next year, and an English-subtitled trailer for it has just dropped. In it we can hear the song “bitter sweet darling,” which is sung by the cast unit Smewthie. Speaking of music, the trailer also revealed …Read more »
Level-5 loves some mixed media projects, and one of the company’s latest is Megaton Musashi. In addition to a game that’s in the works for PS4, PS5, and Switch, the Megaton Musashi anime is on the way to TV in Japan on October 1. Shigeru …Read more »
Hideaki Anno’s Evangelion series has run the gamut when it comes to cross-promotions and merchandising, but the latest really takes the cake. You can now get plastic crayfish models—which isn’t that weird in and of itself, we suppose—with the added bonus of having them decked …Read more »
Based on the Shonen Jump+ manga by Yasuki Tanaka, Summer Time Rendering is getting an anime adaptation, and now we have a better idea of when to expect it. While there’s no concrete season lined up yet, the series will make its debut on Japanese …Read more »
Demon Slayer season 2 has fans hyped up for its premiere sometime in 2021, and when it touches down, Funimation will be simulcasting the series. Following up on the record-breaking run of Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train, the Entertainment District Arc …Read more »
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