Everyone's understandably amped for the spring 2017 return of the Attack on Titan anime, and the latest volume of Hajime Isayama's manga has some more details. According to the wraparound jacket band on volume 21, the second season is set for an April premiere. It's …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Just when it seems as if we have a firm grip on the positive powers of social gaming, a rogue organization has to swoop in and ruin all the fun. It's up to the Gatchaman gang to put an end to this mess, …Read more »
After a 15th anniversary run of Spirited Away that resulted in encore screenings, it's now time for Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke to get the spotlight. The beloved anime film is celebrating its 20th anniversary next year, and GKIDs is wasting no time …Read more »
Gutted. That’s how you may feel after finishing the series and films on this list, which feature the most tragic endings in anime history, according to the Japanese fans who voted on ranking site Goo. We definitely do not recommend watching them all at once. …Read more »
Yuri on Ice has become one of this season’s most popular shows, thanks in large part to the relationship between two of its main characters, Yuri and Victor. In a recent interview, the producer of Yuri on Ice commented on one of the early scenes …Read more »
Pop culture magazine Nikkei Entertainment, published by Japanese media conglomerate Nikkei, has released its list of the best entertainment of 2016. The list is made to resemble rankings of sumo wrestlers, and like the sumo world, has separate “east” and “west” divisions (in sumo, east …Read more »
A couple new updates recently popped up for the new Gintama anime, which heads to late night TV in Japan on January 9. In addition to a list that reveals returning staff, the official website shared a new visual for the latest adaptation of Hideaki …Read more »
We’ve seen average-person-transported-to-a-fantasy world stories play out in so many ways that we pretty much take them for granted now. Despite starting out in a pretty standard manner, however, none have gone the route of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, contrary to whatever the …Read more »
Hailed by its director Shinichiro Watanabe as a series that is a genre unto itself, Cowboy Bebop has enthralled millions of fans around the world. Debuting in 1997, the series rocked the world of anime with its impeccable pacing, imaginative and believable world, and well-defined …Read more »
Lupin has a new feature film on the way, with Lupin the Third: Goemon Ishikawa's Spray of Blood set to open in Japan on February 4, 2017. Redline director Takeshi Koike helms the latest movie at TMS Entertainment, and a new 30-second preview was posted …Read more »
Little Witch Academia , the little anime short that launched studio Trigger, is all grown up. Luna Nova Magical Academy is making its way to TV, and we’ve got your latest peek at the series via a brand-new trailer courtesy Toho Animation. The series is …Read more »
It’s a go-to for anime otaku visiting Tokyo, but not for much longer: the life-size Gundam statue that towers over Odaiba, Tokyo, will fade into stardust memory this March 5. That’s not the only sad news: Gundam Front Tokyo, the Gundam -centric complex in the …Read more »
Are you a fan of Zestiria (and, specifically, Tales of it)? Have you been itching for more of those Tales since September, when the first season of the anime wrapped up? Have no fear, for Zestiria is here. Or will be, at least, come this …Read more »
For some folks, it just ain't Dragon Ball if it isn't dubbed. For those who enjoy the familiar English voices behind Goku and friends, Funimation officially confirmed the dub cast for Dragon Ball Super , and it's full of all the veterans you would expect. …Read more »
Bones' 2015 production isn't the last we'll be seeing of the Bones Blockade Battlefront anime adaptation. Based on the manga by Trigun author Yasuhiro Nightow, Kekkai Sensen is coming back for another round, and the staff is getting a bit of a shakeup along the …Read more »
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