Uramichi hosts a TV program for preschoolers. You know the type — manically happy adults teaching life lessons, dressing in silly outfits, singing along with their live studio audience of children. But Uramichi sings songs like “How Come It Only Rains When You Forget Your …Read more »
The Chainsaw Man manga continues to do well, and its publisher Shueisha announced that the manga’s eleven volumes has more than 9.3 million copies out in circulation. Chainsaw Man began its publication in late 2018 in Weekly Shonen Jump. VIZ Media is simultaneously publishing the …Read more »
Pokémon, which is in the midst of celebrating its 25th anniversary, has released some videos to help people through the COVID quarantine, like relaxing ASMR videos. But it also understands the importance of exercise to health, so none other than buff Machamp has come out …Read more »
In 2019, Wit Studio released a ten-minute long anime adaptation of the manga The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún. In 2021, they’ve announced they’re doing a feature-length adaptation of the same manga. A trailer has been released. It will be an Original …Read more »
Amazon Studios is developing a live-action movie adaptation of the vampire series Hellsing. Screenwriter Derek Kolstad, who has written the John Wick movies, is working with them. “Ever since my brother introduced me to the Hellsing manga and anime some years ago, I’ve been obsessed …Read more »
Fruits Basket the Final, the last season of the Fruits Basket remake, will debut on Japanese TV on April 5. A new visual has been released for it, along with the tagline “The final banquet begins.” It was also revealed that the opening song (“Pleasure”) …Read more »
In February, Japan’s dTV played Valentine’s Day-themed short animated videos with characters from the anime Mr. Osomatsu. March 14 is the Japanese holiday White Day, where people give gifts back to whoever gave them gifts on Valentine’s Day. So Mr. Osomatsu is coming out with …Read more »
MAPPA has been busy working on RE-MAIN, an original anime about a high schooler named Minato who joins the water polo team. It’s scheduled to debut this year, though a release date has not yet been given. Masafumi Nishida, who worked as a scriptwriter for …Read more »
The nominees for the 48th Annual Annie Awards have been revealed, and some of them are anime. The Annie Awards is specifically set up for animated movies and shows. In the Best Indie Feature category, Ride Your Wave from Masaaki Yuasa (who just won an …Read more »
ICv2 interviewed VIZ Media VP-Publishing Sales Kevin Hamric about manga sales and what the book publishing climate is like for VIZ during coronavirus. This is on the heels of ICv2 reporting manga sales going up dramatically during 2020. “VIZ Media saw a 70% increase in …Read more »
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is a part of the Japanese government, and it has revealed who it’s rewarding for the 2020 “Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Fine Arts Recommendation Awards.” The Cabinet Minister Award in the media fine arts category went …Read more »
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation gets a new arc starting with the episode debuting in Japan on March 7. Funimation is streaming the series in America, and a new video in Japanese has been released to show some of what the new arc will entail. Are …Read more »
Anime Expo, the largest anime convention in North America, will not have an in-person event this year. Instead, they’re opting for a virtual con. “We will miss gearing up for a full weekend of parading around the LACC [Los Angeles Convention Center] and reuniting with …Read more »
Handbag and luggage company LeSportsac Inc. is feeling the Totoro love. Its new collection is inspired by Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro movie, and the merchandise goes on sale March 10. The official theme for each of these is “It was a dream, but it …Read more »
The comedy manga General Manager of Baby is getting an anime adaptation. The story follows a 47-year-old general manager who transforms into a baby but is still able to keep his intelligence, and therefore his job. The anime will debut shortly after midnight on March …Read more »
Danica Davidson
