Nothing like a good old fashioned tease to get your speculation motors running! The latest series to dangle a carrot before its fans is Digimon, which has something big in the works according to the latest issue of V-Jump magazine. That’s about as far as the hints go. …Read more »
Every year, France’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival features a special program devoted to the animation of a selected country. This year, for the first time in 20 years, that country is Japan. That’s the word from an Annecy press conference held in Tokyo today. …Read more »
Developer SpicyTails crowdfunded a Spice and Wolf VR project back in December of 2018, successfully pulling in ¥30,978,009 to bring a new story with the anime’s original voice actors to life. While it was first listed as an early 2019 release, SpicyTails recently came through with a more concrete …Read more »
The manga and anime worlds were hit hard yesterday with the news of Lupin III creator Monkey Punch’s passing. Many have shared their favorite stories and memories since, including the voice of Lupin himself, Kanichi Kurita. When original Lupin voice actor Yasuo Yamada fell ill in 1995, Kurita …Read more »
A few days ago we posted about the 23rd Detective Conan anime film breaking opening day records for the franchise, but its success didn’t stop there. With the weekend behind us, we can now see the full scale of The Fist of Blue Sapphire‘s domination, which had it pulling in …Read more »
16-year-old actor Airu Kubozuka was lined up to voice Sora, one of the three leads in Studio 4ºC’s anime adaptation of Daisuke Igarashi’s award-winning Children of the Sea manga, but those plans have since been scrapped. It all comes down to growing pains, sadly, because Kubozuka had …Read more »
Everyone could use a few extra helping hands, especially when those hands belong to experienced artists. Studio Ghibli is hoping an ad on its official website will narrow the search, and those who fit the requirements may get the opportunity to work with anime legend …Read more »
In the Crime Never Pays department, we have another case of a suspect being arrested for illegally distributing anime in Japan. In this case the man in question is a 29-year-old Korean national living in Yokkaichi, Mie who allegedly used BitTorrent to share the World Trigger anime …Read more »
KADOKAWA’s Book Walker company has officially launched a new brand of talking apps called ISEKAI, with the first entry available on Android in Japan today. In an appropriate move for an app with that kind of name, the first title is based on KONOSUBA: God’s Blessing …Read more »
Watch maker Seiko has been getting in on some big anime collaborations lately, including a recent partnership to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Mobile Suit Gundam anime. The next anniversary project to get in on the fun is the Haikyu!! anime, which commemorates five years with a pair …Read more »
Kanda Matsuri is one of Japan’s three largest festivals, so it’s only fitting that it would team up with one of Japan’s most popular manga series. Kohei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia is getting in on the fun for this year’s event, which will be held in the …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Fathom Events The latest feature from anime studio Madhouse and director Kitaro Kosaka—who worked as a key animator on many of Studio Ghibli’s classic anime films—is on the way to theaters in the United States. Experience Okko’s Inn for yourself in English dubbed form on April …Read more »
What happens when you mix renowned horror manga author Kazuo Umezu, creator of classics like The Drifting Classroom, with the sugary sweet stars of THE iDOLM@STER? You get a totally ridiculous Japanese Snickers campaign that puts a horrific spin on the idols. The collaboration has Umezu putting …Read more »
Trigger’s original anime film Promare—directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by Kazuki Nakashima—is back in the spotlight in a new promo and poster. The stylish collaboration with XFLAG Studio hits Japan on May 24, and Superfly is lined up to provide the theme song, “Awakening,” as …Read more »
If you get hungry just watching Naruto chow down on ramen at his favorite noodle spot, Ramen Ichiraku, you can now do so at an official recreation. The first official Naruto ramen restaurant in the world recently opened in Shanghai’s Global Harbor, offering up plenty of ramen …Read more »
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