Normally artists can’t make money off fan art, because they’re working with other creators’ material. However, Eiichiro Oda—the mangaka behind One Piece, the most successful manga series ever—is waiving some aspects of his copyright laws for a year to let fans make money drawing his …Read more »
Wonderful news! Konosuba – God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! has just landed a new video game for PlayStation 4 and Switch. It’s subtitled Kono Yokubō no Ishō ni Chōai o! (something like Favor These Clothes of Desire!) and it’s due out September 24 in …Read more »
The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED is set to return following a COVID-19-related production delay. That’s the word from Aniplex, which reports Funimation’s simulcast will return July 30. Only two episodes of the series, based on the novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui (Paprika), had aired before …Read more »
About a year ago, we first heard word that not all was well in the land of Ufotable. That’s the anime studio behind properties like Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. The story was that Ufotable founder Hikaru Kondo and his …Read more »
Inspired by miHoYo Inc.’s Houkai 3rd mobile action game, Cooking with Valkyries is an anime that’s on the way to TV in Japan. Ahead of that, we now know that it’s set for July, along with who’s playing who in the voice cast and the …Read more »
There’s nothing that can’t be advertised more effectively with a little help from anime. Japanese companies know this well, and that includes Okamoto Industries, Japan’s leading manufacturer of condoms. Who better to educate citizens on the importance of safe sex than the hero we never …Read more »
Another My Hero Academia HERO FES event is planned for this year, but the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the team behind it to do things a little differently. While last year’s event had 5,000 audience members in attendance at Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall, HERO …Read more »
Summer is heating up, even if you plan on spending the entire season at home watching anime. The best way to make the most of your time is, naturally, to watch even more anime, and HIDIVE has you covered with a massive library and a …Read more »
The return of the fifth season of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, The Fifth Plate, is mere weeks away. Ahead of the season’s July 3 restart, we’ve got a fresh trailer which teases upcoming episodes and new characters. The Fifth Plate began airing April 10, …Read more »
Anime fandom has gone global, and globally, people and companies are increasingly interested in Eastern animation. Variety just covered two such examples: American comics publisher Lion Forge has been reaching out to China, South Korea, and India for animation, and Saudi Arabian company Manga is …Read more »
The next anime film from director Masaaki Yuasa—who recently retired from his role at Science SARU, making way for Eunyoung Choi to take over as CEO—is the musical project INU-OH. Now, that film is officially being showcased at the Annecy International Film Festival, which is …Read more »
It’s one thing to show your love for a series by putting action figures on display, but some folks take this to a whole new level. One such person is One Piece superfan takeworld12, who has been putting One Piece dioramas together to recreate iconic …Read more »
Summer is finally here and COVID-19 lockdowns are wrapping up across the world, but current events still present various factors which make it feel impractical or unwise for people venture outside, take a vacation or go to the beach. Therefore we figured it’s a good …Read more »
The Log Horizon anime was set to continue with a third season this October, but those plans have changed. As a result of concerns surrounding COVID-19 exposure, the production staff has postponed the premiere of Log Horizon: Roundtable’s Collapse until January 2021. The series is …Read more »
The August 2020 issue of Otaku USA magazine is in the hands of readers as we speak, bringing with it a white-hot cover story on My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising. The latest big screen outing for one of the most popular anime series of the …Read more »
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