The anime You are Ms. servant (a.k.a. Kimi wa Meido-sama in the original Japanese) dropped a trailer that not only teases us with new footage, but also lets us know that the series will begin on October 5. Crunchyroll has already been confirmed as the …Read more »
It’s back-to-school season, and things are getting educational in the trailer for the previously announced I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons (a.k.a. Kisaki Kyoiku kara Nigetai Watashi in Japanese). While the anime won’t be here until sometime in 2025, the trailer is already out …Read more »
A number of anime piracy sites have shut down recently, and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment coalition is involved with at least some of it. Aniwave, a particularly big piracy site, had this on its screen: “Creating better products that provide an improved user …Read more »
CG animation in anime is somewhat controversial (never mind the controversy about AI art). Orange Studio, which is known for using CG for Trigun Stampede, Beastars, and other anime, talked about the controversy while at Anime NYC. “The original design is really important in characters,” …Read more »
Maybe manga artist Yusuke Murata takes inspiration from his son, Keisuke, when drawing One-Punch Man. Keisuke may only be in high school, but he already looks as if he could take someone out with one punch. That’s because the younger Murata just got second place …Read more »
When police need help, who do they turn to? Well, the police in Ibaraki have tapped an Ingram from Patlabor the Mobile Police. This video of the mecha was shared online, along with this note from police headquarters: “‘Ibaraki Prefectural Police x Mobile Police Patlabor’ …Read more »
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will hit theaters on December 20, and now we just received our first good look at it. A trailer that’s almost three minutes long has dropped, and a lot of it concentrates on Shadow (and how Sonic is going to have …Read more »
A percentage of Japan’s manga output includes sexually explicit material, and sometimes foreign credit card companies balk at the idea of certain titles. For example, website Manga Library Z was told by multiple credit card brands from the West that it needed to cease …Read more »
Kodansha USA Publishing took the opportunity at this weekend’s Anime NYC to share upcoming title releases, like a new Attack on Titan book. Attack on Titan FLY includes the new 18-page “Bad Boy” manga about Captain Levi’s past. Let’s take a look at what titles …Read more »
The anime movie Look Back is based on a one-shot of the same name by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of Chainsaw Man. So far the film has raked in about $12 million in Japan, and now an American theatrical premiere date is on the horizon. …Read more »
Things are moving forward with the live-action Hollywood Naruto adaptation. Screenwriter Tasha Huo said she’s finished her script, and that director Destin Daniel Cretton “is now doing his stuff.” In February it was revealed that Cretton would be stepping into the director’s chair for Naruto, …Read more »
The winners of the inaugural American Manga Awards, as decided by people working in American manga publishing, have been revealed. Let’s take a look at the results! For starters, the American Manga Awards Hall of Fame inducted Frederik L. Schodt in honor of his work …Read more »
Tales of the Tendo Family is a historical fiction manga where a nameless young woman pretends to be someone she’s not. Specifically, she pretends to be noblewoman Hojo Ran, who is engaged to a man she doesn’t want to marry. The nameless woman was raised …Read more »
VIZ Media and Amazon Freevee have inked a deal to give the Naruto anime a free, ad-supported linear channel. People interested can go the on-demand route or watch Naruto on a dedicated linear channel. Senior director of digital distribution at Viz Media JP Villanueva remarked, …Read more »
Mad Cave Studios — which already has the imprints Papercutz, Maverick and Amazing Comics — has announced its new imprint, Nakama Press. Along with publishing manga, it will offer licensed titles, manhwa (Korean comics), manfra (French comics inspired by manga) and manhua (Chinese comics). Nakama …Read more »
Danica Davidson
