More details have arrived for The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World, the upcoming anime adaptation of Nana Mikoshiba’s light novel series, including the ending theme and more cast members. The episodes will close out with Maaya Uchida’s “Loudhaler” ending theme when the show premieres …Read more »
There are plushies and then there are plushies. The latest Demon Slayer plushies are serious plushies, and though the characters were created with chibi proportions, they’re far from being small. In fact, these plushies are just under forty-two inches in height and about twenty-five and …Read more »
Seven new cast additions have been revealed for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Northern War TV anime, which brings the RPG series to a different format when it premieres in January 2023. In addition to that timing confirmation, you can see who’s …Read more »
Writer Miku and illustrator Rein Kuwashima’s I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World light novels are coming to TV in an anime adaptation, and a new teaser arrived to give us an idea of what to expect. The series is set to premiere in …Read more »
The latest issue of Otaku USA should be arriving in the hands of subscribers and on newsstands throughout the week, and this is a big one! Longtime shonen staple Ichigo Kurosaki is once again in the spotlight thanks to the new Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War …Read more »
An anime adaptation is in the works for Taku Kawamura’s My Clueless First Friend manga, which will arrive sometime in 2023. The official Twitter account is live along with a teaser trailer, visual, and info on the main cast and staff members. Let’s start with …Read more »
Earlier this year Virtual YouTuber Kizuna Ai went on an indefinite hiatus, and the staff behind her said this was so that they could gear up for “future activities with the goal of further developing Kizuna Ai.” Well, now we know at least some of …Read more »
For the first time in the program’s history, Hokkaido’s Furano City has rejected use of the Hometown Tax system funds for the third season of the Dropkick on My Devil! anime. The Furano City Council’s Special Committee for the Examination of Settlement of Accounts decided …Read more »
Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama series is known for playing tricks on pretty much everyone, so it’s understandable if no one ever believes when it claims to have ended adaptations or even the main manga series itself. It seems now is finally time to bid farewell to …Read more »
Is Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto on Twitter? In the past there’s been a Twitter account called Koharu Nagayama that claims it’s Fujimoto’s little sister. It would tweet artwork and commentary on the anime. The general belief was that this was probably Fujimoto himself behind …Read more »
Following up on June’s announcement of a Me & Roboco TV anime adaptation and the sporadic updates since, we recently got our biggest reveal yet for the upcoming comedy. Thanks to a new trailer, we know who’s voicing who in the main cast and have …Read more »
Dead Mount Death Play, a manga by Ryohgo Narita and Shinta Fujimoto, is getting the anime treatment. The fantasy series about necromancers, reincarnations and battles between good and evil will debut in 2023. It’ll be animated at GEEKTOYS, directed by Manabu Ono (Sword Art Online: …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai, the director of your name. and Weathering With You, appears to have another hit on his hands. His latest film, Suzume, which opened in Japan on November 11, was #1 at the box office over its debut weekend. The film earned 1.88 billion …Read more »
Voice actor Takahiro Sakurai—who voices Suguru Geto in the JUJUTSU KAISEN anime among many other roles—has been in the news of late due to the reveal of an extramarital affair that has been going on for the past decade. There has been some fallout since …Read more »
Voice actor Yume Miyamoto will be taking a brief hiatus according to talent agency Gekidan Himawari. While she’ll be doing some work with restrictions, she has been feeling unwell since the end of October and thus will be on hiatus due to her poor health. …Read more »
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