Each year the Japan Character Award is put on by the Character Brand Licensing Association. To win, you need to check off boxes in the following categories: marketability, novelty, sociality, creativity, and future potential. And some pretty big names have won this thing over the …Read more »
Today Goodbye, Don Glees! is receiving its North American debut at Anime Expo. But for those of us not lucky enough to be there, more viewing options are coming, and they’re coming to the big screen. GKIDS is working with Fathom Events to bring Goodbye, …Read more »
A new trailer has dropped for the anime adaptation of the light novel series Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World (or Isekai Meikyū de Harem o in the original Japanese). In it, you can hear the opening theme song “Oath” being performed by Shiori …Read more »
As of today it’s officially been seven years since Love Live! Sunshine!!‘s nine-member unit Aqours formed. To mark the occasion, the special illustration above was shared via the official Twitter account. It’s been a busy seven years for Aqours, and the group is currently working …Read more »
One of the screenings to come at this weekend’s Anime Expo 2022 is for the anime film adaptation of Satoshi Kawasaki’s A Turtle’s Shell is a Human’s Ribs (Kame no Kōra wa Abarabone) picture book. A new trailer arrived for the feature—which will screen at …Read more »
The anime adaptation of the light novel series The Eminence in Shadow (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! in the original Japanese) will debut this October. In the meantime, Kadokawa dropped an English subtitled trailer where we get to see the characters Beta and Gamma. Looking …Read more »
Luckily, there are plenty of shows and anime that thrust their characters into a deadly game of survival. So, if you’re itching for another binge-worthy death game title, these are the series that need to be on your list. Alice in Borderland Released one year …Read more »
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- was one of the surprises of this past season with its charming characters and wild golf setups. Now it’s been announced that the series will return for a second season in January 2023. Along with that announcement came a teaser …Read more »
Robotics;Notes, the visual novel that also spawned an anime series, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The game, the second in the Science Adventure series (following Chaos;HEAd and Steins;Gate) hit stores in Japan on June 28, 2012. The new piece of art unveiled to celebrate shows …Read more »
Yesterday Otaku USA reported that the Spirited Away stage play was on hiatus because Romi Park, who plays Yubaba and Zeniba in alternating performances, had caught COVID. Rather than have the alternating actress take over as Yubaba and Zeniba, the production felt it was best …Read more »
The anime film adaptation of Mei Hachimoku and Kukka’s The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes novel is set to open in Japan on September 9, and a new update arrived to reveal the theme song artist. That task falls to singer-songwriter eill (Tokyo …Read more »
The long-awaited anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s Uzumaki manga was previously hit with some delays, and the latest had it set to premiere this October. Unfortunately, that didn’t end up being the final delay, and the official Twitter account announced that it has to be …Read more »
Shibuya, Tokyo is full of visual delights, and one of my favorites is the Astro Boy/Tetsuwan Atom piece by the famous street artist Invader. Is? I mean was. That’s because the city removed the piece from its location over a tunnel on June 17. The …Read more »
Genjitsu no Yohane -Sunshine in the Mirror- is a series of magazine illustrations based on the Love Live! Sunshine!! series, and it’s officially getting an anime adaptation. An anime was previously teased as an April Fools’ gag earlier this year, but now it’s actually in …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks is getting musical this summer with the addition of the paranormal comedy series Phantom of the Idol. The anime is set to premiere exclusively on HIDIVE this July, with a home video release to follow at a later date. Daiki Fukuoka (Yuki Yuna …Read more »
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