The Pokémon Company and Netflix have teamed up to make a bunch of people happy. A variety of Pokémon anime is coming to the service, and you'll be able to start watching it this weekend. Chief among the upcoming additions is the classic first season …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks made a quick announcement today regarding the Maoyu — Archenemy & Hero anime. The 12-episode series will be available soon through select digital outlets, with a home video release to follow later. Based on the light novel series by Log Horizon 's Mamare …Read more »
It’s hard to believe, but Millennium Actress is 12 years old. Millennium Actress , a film about a famous actress recalling the story of her life, was the second feature directed by Satoshi Kon ( Paranoia Agent, Paprika ), who died in 2010. The film …Read more »
If our observations on a trip there last summer are any indication, anime is pretty popular in Taiwan. Animate, the otaku-centric anime shop, have a few stores there, and just as in the States, anime regularly airs on the TV. That became a small problem …Read more »
As OUSA readers are well, well aware, Hayao Miyazaki retired last year. From directing anime films, at least. For a retired guy, Miyazaki is supposedly pretty busy, working on a new manga about Japan’s “warring states period.” But no more movies, he says. So NTT …Read more »
Sometimes the only response to the existence of something stupefying is to shrug your shoulders and say: “Hey, it was the Eighties.” This phrase could be the mantra of Battle Royal High School , not to be confused with Battle Royale , the book by …Read more »
Those looking forward to Polygon Pictures' anime adaptation of Tsutomu Nihei's Knights of Sidonia manga can now enjoy a brief preview of the sci-fi series. Starchild recently announced that the first cut of the anime is online , and that angela and Eri Kitamura are …Read more »
Remember when we posted about the returning Dragon Ball Z Kai anime taking over Toriko 's slot on Fuji TV in April? Well, Mantanweb confirmed that the continuation of Kai will follow the end of the Toriko anime adaptation, which has been running since 2011. …Read more »
Viz Media is getting ready to unleash a special Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo pack for the 13-episode K anime series. The special release will come with a bundle of extras when it arrives alongside the standard edition on February 25. The 4-disc Limited Edition comes …Read more »
Publisher GungHo Online Entertainment's mobile game Puzzle & Dragons has collaborated with Neon Genesis Evangelion before, but the next pairing between the two is actually coming to the west. Puzzle & Dragons will be mixing in special Evangelion -themed dungeons and more in an upcoming …Read more »
While the top spot for this one is kind of a no-brainer, fans in Japan have taken to the MyNavi Student website to vote on which live-action anime adaptations were the biggest failures. Out of 599 people, the majority of the votes went to Dragonball …Read more »
There’s a new Legend of Galactic Heroes anime on the way. Legend of Galactic Heroes , a sweeping space opera novel series by Japanese author Yoshiki Tanaka, was the basis for a long-running original video animation directed by legendary animator Noboru Ishiguro. An epic achievement, …Read more »
According to the April issue of V Jump , which hits shelves on February 21, revised anime series Dragon Ball Z Kai is getting ready to return to television in Japan. The show previously ended along with the close of the Cell Saga in March …Read more »
Last summer, anime superstore Animate were kind enough to give us an exclusive tour of their flagship store in Ikebukuro . You’ll recall that Ikebukuro is the home of Otome Road, the hub of female anime and manga fans (“fujoshi,” if you will) in Tokyo. …Read more »
We’ve reported before on the strange phenomenon of the brother-sister/forbidden love anime shows that’ve been popping up recently, the most infamous of which is probably My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute , also known as OreImo . Well, this season’s version is called Recently, …Read more »
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