Fruits Basket the Final, the last season of the Fruits Basket remake, will debut on Japanese TV on April 5. A new visual has been released for it, along with the tagline “The final banquet begins.” It was also revealed that the opening song (“Pleasure”) …Read more »
In February, Japan’s dTV played Valentine’s Day-themed short animated videos with characters from the anime Mr. Osomatsu. March 14 is the Japanese holiday White Day, where people give gifts back to whoever gave them gifts on Valentine’s Day. So Mr. Osomatsu is coming out with …Read more »
MAPPA has been busy working on RE-MAIN, an original anime about a high schooler named Minato who joins the water polo team. It’s scheduled to debut this year, though a release date has not yet been given. Masafumi Nishida, who worked as a scriptwriter for …Read more »
Funimation revealed domestic theatrical plans for Violet Evergarden the Movie earlier today, lining the Kyoto Animation feature up for screenings in select theaters in the United States and Canada on March 30. Pre-sale tickets go live on March 19, with more details to come in …Read more »
The spring 2021 anime MARS RED has hooked up with an iconic performer for its ending theme. L’Arc~en~Ciel vocalist HYDE will close the episodes out with the ED “ON MY OWN,” which will be available as a digital single starting on April 9. Ahead of …Read more »
The nominees for the 48th Annual Annie Awards have been revealed, and some of them are anime. The Annie Awards is specifically set up for animated movies and shows. In the Best Indie Feature category, Ride Your Wave from Masaaki Yuasa (who just won an …Read more »
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation gets a new arc starting with the episode debuting in Japan on March 7. Funimation is streaming the series in America, and a new video in Japanese has been released to show some of what the new arc will entail. Are …Read more »
The new Shaman King anime based on Hiroyuki Takei’s hit manga now has a home for audiences around the world. The reboot is officially set to stream on Netflix in 2021, and a new English-subtitled trailer is here along with the announcement. Also revealed is …Read more »
The third season of the Kingdom anime will be hitting Japanese TV in April and receiving a simultaneous stream from Funimation. The anime had been delayed because of COVID, with part of the third season playing last year and the rest being postponed. But an …Read more »
Ahead of the anime’s debut this July, Peach Boy Riverside shared a brief promotional video that lets us listen in on dialogue and hear some of the actors who have been hired. Haruka Shiraishi plays Sally, Nao Tōyama plays Mikoto, M.A.O plays Frau, Toshiki Masuda …Read more »
The long-awaited Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time was recently hit with a new opening date of March 8 in Japan. As long as the ongoing State of Emergencies cooperate, that’s still going to happen, but if you’re not in Japan you don’t have to …Read more »
Another veteran of the voice acting world has left us, with news of Masako Sugaya’s passing arriving via talent agency Arts Vision. Sugaya—who passed away during a medical treatment for an undisclosed illness—was 83 years old. Masako Sugaya has a long and impressive list of …Read more »
Good news, SSSS.Gridman fans: Trigger’s followup, SSSS.Dynazenon, is set to blast its way onto screens on April 2. Helming SSSS.Dynazenon is the same team who brought us Gridman: Director: Akira Amemiya Screenwriter: Keiichi Hasegawa Character designer: Masaru Sakamoto Music: Shiro Sagisu Animation: Trigger/Graphinica And here’s the …Read more »
Hopefully you’re ready for more of the Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun anime adaptation, because Iruma-kun season 2 is right around the corner. The official website was updated to reveal a new key visual along with April 17 premiere plans and the opening theme artist. …Read more »
The fifth season of My Hero Academia premieres in Japan on March 27, and the franchise is ready to celebrate this milestone. Fans are being teased that a bunch of new merchandise is expected along with some sort of artwork from character designer Hitomi Odashima, …Read more »
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