Thanks to the first promo for The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious—based on the manga by Wakame Konbu, known in Japan as Saikin Yatotta Maid ga Ayashii—we now know when to expect its premiere. The series is set to kick off its broadcast on …Read more »
According to talent management agency 81 Produce, veteran voice actress Kumiko Takizawa is sadly no longer with us. The announcement states that she passed away on June 11 at the age of 69 due to a heart attack, and her family already held a private …Read more »
A TV anime adaptation has been revealed for The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague, a fantasy romantic comedy manga by Miyuki Tonogaya. The series has been running in Square Enix and pixiv’s Gangan pixiv magazine since July 2019 and has printed over 500,000 …Read more »
In February Otaku USA reported on the news that a 28-year-old man named Kohei Ohori had been arrested for stealing school items. When asked why he did it, he replied, “I wanted to get a taste of the world of Love Live!” But loving an …Read more »
Record of Ragnarok season 2—which will continue adapting the manga by composition writer Shinya Umemura, story creator Takumi Fukui and artist Ajichika—was first announced last August, and we’re still waiting for its planned premiere sometime in 2023. To make that wait easier (or harder, depending …Read more »
The Luminous Witches anime is about to kick off on July 3, and a new promo arrived to jumpstart the hype with a preview of the show itself and its theme song, which has the cast belting out the tune “WONDERFUL WORLD.” Check it out …Read more »
My Home Hero, a manga about a family man out for revenge, is getting a TV anime series. The manga, by Naoki Yamakawa and Masashi Asaki, recently resumed in the pages of Young Magazine after a hiatus. It launched back in 2017, and currently has …Read more »
The TV anime adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia manga is getting ready to return to the airwaves this fall, so it’s almost time for an intense confrontation between heroes and villains. You can preview some of the action to come in a new …Read more »
It’s Father’s Day, and you know what that means: time for everyone to have opinions on anime dads. There are so many out there: good, bad, “okayest.” Some anime dads love their kids unconditionally; others are more interested in doing weird experiments with them. Or with them. …Read more »
It feels like everyone out there has started playing Fortnite. The battle royale MMO is everywhere — both literally and in terms of crossovers. From Star Wars to the MCU to last year’s Naruto collab, the Battle Bus has stops everywhere. And it’s picking up everyone. Except for …Read more »
The finale is right around the corner for the Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic- anime, and the series is going out with a bang. Next week will see the season come to a close with an hour-long finale, which was announced along with a …Read more »
Last year Evangelion:3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time dominated the Japanese box office, taking in 10.28 billion yen (about $85 million). This year, we’re going to see how well it does in the American box office, because GKIDS has just announced it’s gotten North American theatrical, …Read more »
Osamu Tezuka’s beloved and iconic Astro Boy franchise is getting a reboot. French animator and director Thomas Astruc, who created Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, will be directing a 52-episode CGI-3D series. It’s being produced by Method Animation and Shibuya. Shibuya Productions …Read more »
A major dose of nostalgia just arrived on Blu-ray with the release of Sailor Moon: The Complete First Season, which collects 46 episodes on six discs in high definition with both English and Japanese audio options. Whether you’ve seen the series a million times or …Read more »
Following up on some teases, the new project from Studio Orange (BEASTARS, Land of the Lustrous) has officially been unveiled. The team is bringing back Yasuhiro Nightow’s classic Trigun manga as the brand new TRIGUN STAMPEDE anime, which is currently set to premiere sometime in …Read more »
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