The first season of the new Fruits Basket anime—which aims to completely retell the manga by Natsuki Takaya—aired today, and a big announcement came along with it. Following a tease in this year’s 20th issue of Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume magazine, the adaptation will return with a second season …Read more »
The final episode of the given anime—based on the yaoi manga written and illustrated by Natsuki Kizu—aired today, which means it’s time to find out what’s next for the series. If you’ve been enjoying your time with the boys, they’ll officially be back in town in 2020 …Read more »
Uniqlo has been killing it with collaborations lately, and the latest teams them up once more with Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball Z franchise. The results are a new FW19 collection dubbed Dragon Ball UT, which is set to launch in stores worldwide and online starting November 25. All …Read more »
If you’re eagerly anticipating the TV anime adaptation of Tasuku Karasuma’s No Guns Life manga—AKA the series about the detective with the giant gun head—we’re now officially less than a month away from its debut. According to the website‘s latest update, the series is set to premiere in …Read more »
At Otakon 2019 in Washington, DC I was able to see an advance screening of Promare, the first theatrical film offering from anime studio TRIGGER. Courtesy of the film’s US distributor, GKIDS Films, I was able to ask them collectively some questions leading up to the …Read more »
We recently posted about the status of injured victims who survived the July 18 arson attack on Kyoto Animation’s Studio 1. Of the 34 injured, 7 remained in the hospital and three were in critical condition at the time. According to the latest update, though, all 34 injured victims …Read more »
Shōtarō Tokunō, the writer and illustrator of New Game!, is the very picture of a successful manga-ka. His manga has been running since 2013 and it’s been adapted into multiple anime series and even a video game. But there was a time before all this success — and …Read more »
If you have the license for a particular property, it’s perfectly fine to use said license to produce huggable and extremely popular body pillow covers—AKA dakimakura—based on various characters from the series. This applies to the Love Live! franchise, as well, but there’s no way in hell …Read more »
It’s one thing to admire the weaponry of your favorite manga and anime characters; it’s another entirely to use them to commit crimes of your own. That’s what one Lupin III fan did in Japan when he allegedly attempted to rob a convenience store using Lupin’s iconic …Read more »
In an article from Buzzfeed Japan published this week, a Japanese voice actress working in anime, video games and other media detailed the sexual and power harassment she and others have faced. The voice actress, identified as Ms. K, told Buzzfeed that “compared to the past, things …Read more »
Fans of Natsume Akatsuki’s fantasy comedy light novel series KONOSUBA: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World can look forward to a nice bonus with the recently released anime film. Third week showings of Legend of Crimson will include free giveaways of newly-drawn colored paper panels by original novel illustrator …Read more »
It’s no surprise that one of the most hotly anticipated shows of the upcoming Fall 2019 season is October’s premiere of My Hero Academia season 4. With the anime adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi’s smash hit manga preparing to return, a new key visual is here to preview …Read more »
Considering all of the awful words spewed out on the Internet on a second-by-second basis, comparing someone to a nerdy character like Doraemon protagonist Nobita seems about as harmless as it gets. That turned out not to be the case for YouTuber AuronPlay, who referred to Josep …Read more »
Yesterday we posted about the miraculous circumstances that led to the Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memories Doll spin-off anime film being completed just one day prior to the arson attack on Kyoto Animation. At the time, the full-length main Violet Evergarden feature was still scheduled for January 10, 2020, …Read more »
A 25-year-old man has been arrested for threatening to set fire to the offices of Visual Arts, a visual novel publisher based in Osaka. His alleged plan shares details with the arson attack on Kyoto Animation July 18 which killed 35 of that studio’s employees. In fact, …Read more »
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