Tomorrow marks the debut of the Attack on Titan: Junior High English dub, which will kick off FUNimation's Dubbletalk Block for the evening. The premiere is set for Wednesday, November 11 at 8:00pm ET, so FUNimation took the opportunity to go ahead and reveal the …Read more »
Fans of ridiculous comedy will be delighted to learn that Mr. Osomatsu ( Osomatsu-san )—the anime celebrating the 80th anniversary of the birth of "Gag Manga King" Fujio Akatsuka, who passed in 2008—has been updated with plans for a second cour. Mr. Osomatsu is currently …Read more »
Featured Spotlight At times the most ordinary of lives end up being those most profoundly affected by change. Toko Fukami leads such a life in her small seaside town, but quaint dreams of carrying on the family glassblowing business are soon eclipsed by something far …Read more »
Heavy Object , the anime adaptation of the light novels by A Certain Magical Index / Scientific Railgun author Kazuma Kamachi, is set to debut on Friday, November 13 at 11:30am ET. The series will be part of FUNimation's fall dub lineup, and FUNimation is …Read more »
Following up on the weekend's news about Last Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing- the Movie: Over the wishes , which will feature 500 shots that are either reshot or newly animated (100 shots in the case of the latter), we now have a new trailer. …Read more »
The nefarious cheaters known as the Foxy Pirates—first seen in their Davy Back Fight with Luffy and the Straw Hats before returning in in an anime-only story—are coming back for more. An original One Piece special is planned for December 19, with the Foxy Pirates …Read more »
Over the past few years, the organizers of the Tokyo International Film Festival have been adding one of Japan’s biggest cultural exports, anime, to the mix, featuring films and talks with directors including Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hideaki Anno. This year, TIFF also rolled out a …Read more »
Over the past few months, teaser shots from the new Ghost in the Shell stage play, based on the Arise OVA series, have been trickling out, showing its principals, including lead Kaede Aono as Motoko Kusanagi, in costume. Now the play has premiered in Tokyo, …Read more »
For fans of English-dubbed anime, it’s the end of an era. Magnitude 8, the dubbing studio run by audio engineer Les Claypool III, it closing its doors, according to a post by Claypool on Facebook. In his post, Claypool laments the death of an era …Read more »
Last month, we shared some concept art of the upcoming Evangelion bullet train, which was set to take passengers from Fukuoka to Osaka and back in purple and green Evangelion style. Now the first departure and christening ceremony of the train have taken place, and …Read more »
Fans of the Show By Rock!! anime—based on the rhythm game by Sanrio and Geechs—can officially look forward to more. The voice cast of the show's various bands made an appearance at the weekend's Girls Band Festival event, which included the announcement of a new …Read more »
A theatrical film is on the way to recompile the Last Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing- TV anime, and some new details emerged from the December issue of Animedia magazine. According to the report, Last Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing- the Movie: Over the wishes …Read more »
Following up on the recent confirmation and official site launch for the My Hero Academia anime, which adapts the manga by Kohei Horikoshi, the main staff has been revealed. We already know anime studio BONES ( Fullmetal Alchemist , Blood Blockade Battlefront ) will be …Read more »
We’re a month into the fall 2015 season, and anime polling site Charapedia has asked its readers: after a month, what series are you still keeping up with? Without further ado, let’s find out what Japan is thinking! 20. Fafner in the Azure: Exodus 19. …Read more »
Your favorite world powers are headed to the stage this December. Yes, Hetalia: Axis Powers , the webcomic-turned-manga-turned-anime is now being adapted into a musical, and today we got our first look at the cast. Photos of the nine powers Italy, Germany, Japan, America, England, …Read more »
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