The Red Turtle is an upcoming film from Dutch animator and director Michael Dudok de Wit, who previously helmed animated shorts The Monk and the Fish and Father & Daughter . One of the most notable aspects of the film is that it has French …Read more »
The debut of the Brave Witches anime, which spins off from Strike Witches as the franchise's third TV series, has been confirmed for fall 2016. The official website announced the time frame along with a "Take Off" promotional event that will be held at Tokyo's …Read more »
One of the best things about Neon Genesis Evangelion 's Hideaki Anno directing the new Godzilla Resurgence / Shin Godzilla movie with Shinji Higuchi is the crossover promotion campaign. As we've seen in some previous art, they're fully leaning in on the Evangelion x Godzilla …Read more »
New Gundam is getting ready to make its way to Adult Swim's Toonami block. Turner acquired the rights to air the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans anime on Adult Swim, and Toonami co-founder Jason DeMarco confirmed the Toonami plans . Directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai and written …Read more »
We’ve probably never uttered “Shonen Jump” and “sexy” in the same sentence (the manga magazine is ostensibly for children, after all), but that didn’t stop ranking site Goo from asking its readers: in the long history of Shonen Jump, who have been the sexiest villains? …Read more »
Who could have predicted in 1998 that there would be a social media service called Twitter, that the country of Canada would have an official account, and that 18 years since a little game called Pokemon was released there, that account would be asking, “which …Read more »
Photo: Sankei News A vocational facility in Kyoto at which several mentally and physically disabled people help to create anime has been garnering praise – and criticism – reports Japan’s Sankei News. At Kyoto’s Fukushi Kobo P&P, a social welfare vocational facility where community members …Read more »
Try as he might, Mamoru Oshii just can’t get into recent anime. That’s the word from a recent interview with the director of Urusei Yatsura , Patlabor and Ghost in the Shell in which Oshii talked anime, Dragon Quest Builders , and attempting to provoke …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks' latest license is Hanaukyou Maid Team: La Verite , a 2004 reimagining of a 2001 anime adapted from Morishige's original manga. The series is coming to select digital outlets soon, with a home video release to follow. Takuya Nonaka (episodes of Fate/Zero , …Read more »
Fans of the Ushio and Tora anime—which adapts the 1990-1996 Weekly Shonen Sunday manga by Kazuhiro Fujita—will be both excited and mildly dismayed that the final visual is here. This one is doing its best to get everyone ready for the grand finale of the …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Spottoon is home to a plethora of renowned Manhwa and Webtoon artists, and one of the truly classic creators is Soo-Yeon Won. Her most well-known titles include Full House and Mary Stayed Out All Night , both of which have been adapted into …Read more »
Sachiko Fujinuma from ERASED , one of our favorite anime moms. Here’s a timely survey. On Mother’s Day, ranking site Goo asked its readers what anime women would make the best moms. Basically, goes the idea, if you could 2Dify yourself and jump into anime, …Read more »
Japanese talent agency Walkure (no relation to the fictional Macross Delta idol unit) is recruiting voice actors in an upcoming Tokyo audition, and Japanese netizens have discovered an interesting piece of fine print on Walkure’s recruitment site. Specifically, Walkure warns that potential voice actors who …Read more »
The second season of Heroic Legend of Arslan , Dust Storm Dance , is on the way this summer, and the premiere date and episode count have been revealed. Arslan ’s second season will debut July 3 on MBS and TBS in Japan, and will …Read more »
Tiger and Bunny protagonist Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, also known as Wild Tiger, is a busy guy, crushing for justice all over Sternbild City. And so it stands to reason that sometimes all Kaburagi wants to do is relax. That’s the point of this new figure, …Read more »
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