INU-OH, the surreal and musically-inspired new anime movie by Masaaki Yuasa, mixes a historical setting with sometimes-modern music. After speaking with singer and lead voice-over actor Avu-chan, Otaku USA was able to speak with the film’s composer, Otomo Yoshihide. Yoshihide talked about using classical instruments, …Read more »
The First Slam Dunk film will be debuting in Japanese theaters on December 3. As a unique form of advertising, creator Takehiko Inoue’s hometown is putting up an exhibition of his work. This is meant to help promote the movie, and probably is also a …Read more »
Japanese rock band the pillows have been a staple for the past three decades, and they made their presence known in the U.S. and beyond when they provided the unforgettable soundtrack to the FLCL anime back in 2000. With the soundtracks to both the original …Read more »
Romance reigns again when Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai returns! Even though it’s closer than ever, there’s still a bit of a wait. Fortunately, we’ve curated some classic anime rom-coms to fill the gap. The best part? They’ve each got a similar supernatural …Read more »
If you’ve been leaning on Netflix for your binge sessions of Naruto, you’ll want to find a backup plan soon. The streaming giant recently revealed that seasons 1-9 of the anime will be leaving on October 31, so kick that marathon into full gear while …Read more »
Sure, there’s the recently announced Lupin III x Cat’s Eye film, but here’s another crossover between two classic franchises. In this new 30-second ad, entitled “Goodbye to Long Orders,” the Lupin III crew visit the McDonald’s drive-in to grab a bite, but Lupin has forgotten …Read more »
Kawaisugi Crisis (Too Cute Crisis), a sci-fi comedy manga by Mitsuru Kido, will be getting the anime treatment in 2023. The manga is about an alien sent to earth to destroy it… until she discovers the cuteness of cats, that is. Yeah, I get that. …Read more »
The RPG NieR:Automata is receiving an anime called NieR:Automata Ver1.1a that will come out this January. A specific date within January has not yet been revealed. The Aniplex Online Fest 2022 event over the weekend shared two character videos as a sneak peek for fans. …Read more »
During the Aniplex Online Fest 2022 event over the weekend, a new trailer dropped for Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, the upcoming anime that will go over the remainder of the Bleach manga. The subtitled trailer is just over half a minute, and you can hear …Read more »
The Sorcerous Stabber Orphen anime—a reboot by Studio DEEN based on the light novels by Yoshinobu Akita—is ready to come back for more very soon. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen season 3 was announced for a January 2023 premiere, and a couple cast additions were detailed along …Read more »
This past weekend kicked off with the Aniplex Online Fest 2022 event, which delivered a bunch of new info on various Aniplex anime titles that are on the way. One of the updates concerned the upcoming new Urusei Yatsura anime, which will offer up an …Read more »
Another attempt is being made to bring horror master Junji Ito’s manga to the screen in Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, and now we have a date for the premiere. The Netflix Tudum Japan livestream revealed some more details over the weekend, …Read more »
A second season was recently revealed for the Girlfriend, Girlfriend anime, based on the manga by Hiroyuki, and now we have a new visual to go along with it. The latest teaser has all the girls lined up—including Rika, Nagisa, Saki and Shino—to declare that …Read more »
Good news, Jujutsu Kaisen fans: there’s a lot more of the show headed our way in 2023. It was announced this weekend that once season 2 kicks off, it’ll run an entire six months without a break. That’s two whole cours in anime season speak. …Read more »
There’s more Seven Deadly Sins on the way to Netflix later this year, with the first part of The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh—a new two-part anime film featuring an original story by creator Nakaba Suzuki—set to premiere worldwide this December. The story of …Read more »
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