News program Focus Today , on government-run China Central Television, ran a segment yesterday alleging that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks war with China. The news caster mentions all the weapons Japan's acquired from the United States, as well as weapons Japan is keeping …Read more »
FUNimation has big plans for the summer anime season, including 20 simulcast titles, 18 of which have been announced on the company's website . Broadcast Dubs program info will be announced later, but for now you can see what shows have been revealed thus far …Read more »
Featured Spotlight Louise Francoise le Blanc de la Valliere and her pet human Saito are back for more in the latest Familiar of Zero collection! Whether you've been keeping up with every season of the anime—from the first through Knight of the Twin Moons and …Read more »
Plans for a new Vampire Hunter D animated TV series will be unveiled this Thursday at Anime Expo, according to an exclusive story at Anime News Network . Japanese animation studio Digital Frontier (behind the CG productions Resident Evil: Degeneration , Tekken: Blood Vengeance , …Read more »
For anyone who doesn't already have have 4th of July plans, Toonami has you covered. If you missed the announcement over the weekend, Adult Swim's Toonami block will be celebrating the occasion with a marathon of Dragon Ball Z Kai episodes. The DBZ-Athon runs from …Read more »
Volleyball anime Haikyu!! —based on the shonen manga by Haruichi Furudate—is making the leap to stage play in Japan later this year, with performances scheduled to begin in November. Worry Kinoshita, who helms the Tokyo One Piece Tower stage attraction based on Eiichiro Oda's mega-popular …Read more »
Even anime fans who aren’t particular Dragon Ball experts are probably familiar with the premise: assemble the seven dragon balls and your wish is Shenron’s command. Japanese ranking site Goo has polled its readers with the question: if you had the seven dragon balls, what …Read more »
Love Live! The School Idol , the Love Live! movie currently out in Japan, is heading Stateside this September courtesy distributor Azoland Pictures, who today published a list of the theaters throughout the U.S. that’ll screen the film. Without further ado: Tempe, AZ – Harkins …Read more »
Daisuke Jigen, partner-in-crime to Lupin the Third, subject of last year’s Daisuke Jigen’s Gravestone and recent winner of a poll ranking anime’s coolest old guys, has been spotted around Italy lately, according to Japanese news source Culture Lab. To be more specific, Jigen’s visage has …Read more »
NIS America's The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura Complete Premium Edition set is coming to North America on August 4, giving us the perfect opportunity to gather up some reader questions and send them over to the anime's director, Masahiko Ohta. See what he had …Read more »
We're getting closer and closer to the July 5 premiere of Dragon Ball Super , the first Dragon Ball TV anime in 18 years. Based on an original story by creator Akira Toriyama and set after the Majin Buu saga, Dragon Ball Super is here …Read more »
According to a preview of the September issue of Kodansha's ARIA magazine, Akira Hiyoshimaru's First Love Monster ( Hatsukoi Monster ) manga is getting an anime adaptation. The series kicked off in ARIA in 2013, and Yen Press will be releasing the manga in North …Read more »
Anime pollsters, it appears, are on a parents kick. Last week we featured a controversial poll about anime’s worst dads , and this week the question posted by ranking site Charapedia asked Japanese fans, “what anime would you like to show your parents?” As many …Read more »
The hype train for the new Mamoru Hosoda film, The Boy and the Beast , is chugging along at full steam. And speaking of chugging, the latest ad for the film features its main characters gulping down some Green Dakara, a Japanese drink brand. The …Read more »
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