The Black Clover anime series has concluded in Japan, but if you’ve been waiting to see the last bit on Toonami, the wait is almost over. Adult Swim announced that the fourth and final season of Black Clover will begin playing at 2 AM on …Read more »
This past weekend a fire broke out at the home of mechanical designer Kazutaka Miyatake. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. Miyatake survived and was hospitalized, but his wife, 60-year-old Tomoko Watanabe, unfortunately died. Miyatake remains in the hospital as of the …Read more »
Yutaka Abe and Jiro Maruden just finished up their manga adaptation of the Detective Conan: Fist of Blue Sapphire movie (twenty-third in the series!), and they’re on to the next project. It was just announced that they’ll adapt the fifteenth Conan movie, Detective Conan: Quarter …Read more »
Get ready for more high-flying action, because Sentai Filmworks has announced the license of The Magnificent Kotobuki anime film. Featuring a returning cast and staff, including director Tsutomu Mizushima and screenwriter Michiko Yokote, the compilation movie opened in Japanese theaters last September, and Sentai will …Read more »
Two more cast members are here for the How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord anime’s second season, AKA How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Ω. Joining the fun this time around are two members of the church, with Kosuke Toriumi (Acnologia in Fairy …Read more »
BELLE, the next theatrical film from acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, The Boy and the Beast), is set to premiere in Japan on July 16, and more cast members have been revealed in the weeks leading up to its debut. The latest to make …Read more »
Lyricist Akira Ito has passed away at age 80 from renal failure, after a lifetime writing the lyrics for some of Japan’s best-known jingles and anime openings. He wrote the words for the original Urusei Yatsura opening theme song “Lum’s Love Song,” as well as …Read more »
The Farewell, My Dear Cramer TV anime—which adapts the sports manga by Your Lie in April‘s Naoshi Arakawa—is about to introduce a new player with a first-time voice actor behind it. Hinatazaka46 member Yuka Kageyama will make her voice acting debut as new player Ayame …Read more »
We’re approaching 50 years since the debut of Go Nagai’s Devilman. Considered by the manga creator himself to be his magnum opus, the series changes quite a bit in every iteration. But there’s one version in particular that’s especially different: the original TV series. Made alongside the …Read more »
Decades before the era of VTubers, one anime idol made waves in the media mix world. Creamy Mami, despite her odd name, was a massive hit. And thanks to her, a lot of what we consider to be anime idol culture became popular. Not only …Read more »
When it comes to creating new characters, anime names are all over the map. Some are, of course, just common names. Others are completely new and fanciful. And then sometimes, someone opens up a cookbook and just goes to town. Some of our favorite inspirations …Read more »
Japan can’t seem to get enough Attack on Titan displays. Statues of characters have been placed in creator Hajime Isayama’s hometown, there’s an Attack on Titan museum, and there’s even a Titan-sized Attack on Titan manga. And right now if you head over to the …Read more »
The new Shojo☆Kageki Revue Starlight movie is scheduled to come out in Japan on June 4, after its initial May release was rescheduled due to COVID-19. Ahead of this the first four minutes of the film was released on YouTube. It does not contain English …Read more »
Some new info is here for The Case Study of Vanitas anime, based on the manga by Jun Mochizuki. In addition to a new teaser trailer, the latest update reveals that Yuki Kajiura will provide the music for the anime. Check out the video below, …Read more »
First up, the bad news: Like a handful of recent series that were planned for a summer debut, The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat has been hit with a delay. The adaptation of the light novel by Rui Tsukiyo …Read more »
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