More details have been revealed for Yashahime season 2, which brings everyone’s (new) favorite half-demon back for more later this year. Previously announced for fall, the latest has Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon continuing with an October 2 start date on Yomiuri TV and NTV in Japan. …Read more »
Director Mamoru Hosoda is breaking more new ground with his next feature film, BELLE. In addition to opening in standard theaters in Japan on July 16, Hosoda’s latest will mark the director’s first journey to the even bigger screen of IMAX. The latest trailer from …Read more »
There’s one more piece of the Strike the Blood OVA series on the way, with Strike the Blood FINAL set to wrap the series up as the fifth entry. The cast and staff from previous OVAs—director Hideyo Yamamoto, writer Hiroyuki Yoshino, character designer Keiichi Sano, …Read more »
Two English dub anime actors are going to be tying the knot! Voice actress Kristen McGuire made the announcement of her engagement on Twitter:
The company Goo Ranking asked a unique question to Japanese netizens in a survey: what anime characters who died early in the show left a big impression on you? In other words, it doesn’t count if the character dies a ways into the show, and …Read more »
The TV anime adaptation of Nanashi’s Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro is over, but the Miss Nagatoro anime staff isn’t done thanking fans for watching. While we say goodbye to Senpai, Nagatoro, and the rest of the gang, the director and original creator of …Read more »
After the long wait, we figured Hideaki Anno’s fourth and final Eva film, Evangelion 3.0+1.0, would do well, but it even managed to surpass expectations. The box office has continued to grow since it first opened, and now it has zipped past Detective Conan: The …Read more »
If you were bummed to see the Fruits Basket anime end, you’ll be delighted to learn that a Fruits Basket spinoff is set to bring it back in some form in 2022. There’s no release date lined up at the moment, but the spinoff will …Read more »
Attention, Gintama fans! The latest feature in the series—Gintama THE FINAL—is officially making its way to North America courtesy of Eleven Arts. There’s no release date yet, but Eleven Arts acquired the license and plans to release the film under the title Gintama THE VERY …Read more »
Netflix India has pulled the anime Record of Ragnarok. Netflix has not stated why, but there has been controversy with the way the Hindu god Shiva is portrayed, so this is likely the reason. Record of Ragnarok has characters based on ones found in multiple …Read more »
This weekend’s episode of the My Hero Academia anime saw the debut of Burnin’, a member of Endeavor’s Agency and one part of the Flaming Sidekickers group. That means we also now know the voice behind the character, which belongs to none other than stage …Read more »
If you’ve been enjoying the anime adaptation of 86 EIGHTY-SIX—based on the science fiction light novel series written by Asato Asato and illustrated by Shirabii—you’ll be happy to hear that the continuation has a date. The second cours of the anime will officially debut on …Read more »
The Summer 2021 season has three whole series based on works by coolkyousinnjya, including Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S, Peach Boy Riverside, and The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace. The latter was on display over the weekend during the MAPPA 10th Anniversary stage event, which …Read more »
The latest entry in the Love Live! series is almost upon us, with the Love Live! Superstar!! anime set to premiere on TV in Japan starting July 11. Director Takahiko Kyogoku and writer Jukki Hanada return from the first Love Live! anime for more, and …Read more »
Lots of MAPPA news today following their 10th anniversary livestream. Aside from Chainsaw Man, we also got the news that the studio is animating a feature film called Alice and Therese’s Illusory Factory (Alice to Therese no Maboroshi Kōjō). The film is written and directed …Read more »
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