The anime for the franchise Idoly Pride finished last week, but there’s still plenty of Idoly Pride to enjoy. A new video has already been released that has the characters singing “Sayonara kara Hajimaru Monogatari” (translated as “A Story That Begins With Goodbye”). What do …Read more »
Crunchyroll has revealed more anime that will soon be streaming on its platform. The titles in question are 86 EIGHTY SIX, Backflip!!, Cestvs: The Roman Fighter, SD Gundam World Heroes, and Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun! Season 2. At the end of March, Crunchyroll also …Read more »
Nippon published a lengthy article about mangaka Takao Yaguchi and his work for the Masuda Manga Museum. Yaguchi, who passed away last year, was the mangaka behind Tsurikichi Sampei, which has not been licensed in America but has been an iconic bestseller in Japan. Yaguchi …Read more »
Aquatope of White Sand (or Shiroi Suna no Aquatope in Japanese) released a trailer ahead of its July premiere. The trailer includes more information on the cast and the music. ARCANA PROJECT is doing the opening theme song “Tayutae, Nana-iro” (translated as “Sway, Seven Colors”), …Read more »
The manga A Couple of Cuckoos, which was created by Miki Yoshikawa and is published by Kodansha, is getting an anime adaptation. A trailer was dropped along with the announcement. Kodansha gave this description of the manga series: “16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at …Read more »
The manga Kakushigoto by Koji Kumeta has already received an anime adaptation, and is getting a movie adaptation in addition. The movie will be called Kakushigoto: Himegoto wa Nan Desu ka (the subtitle can be translated as What is a Secret?) and will hit Japanese …Read more »
The 122nd best Super Smash Bros. gamer in Japan, who is known as Souther, says he’s offering a special Super Smash Bros. school, though he hasn’t said how much he’s charging for it. “I have set up a school to help all Smash Bros. players …Read more »
Japanamerica author Roland Kelts penned an article for Nikkei Asia about Netflix’s anime school. Classes have begun for the ten students selected, who all receive a scholarship and will be employed by Netflix when their courses are done. “The most important thing about this new …Read more »
Mangaka Shigeru Mizuki, who passed away six years ago, was best-known in his lifetime for his yokai manga GeGeGe no Kitaro and his historical manga. So it makes sense he would do a manga adaptation of Tono Monogatari, a Japanese classic from 1910 that records …Read more »
Back in the day Media Blasters was one of the main companies in America bringing over anime. It hit some hard times, but while other companies folded, it’s hung on. Now, says CEO John Sirabella, the company is back on a real schedule, re-releasing titles …Read more »
Sometimes you see cars driving around with ads on them. Well, in Japan a company called Cheer Drive is paying people to drive around with otaku ads. Japanese drivers who are interested can download the app and pick what otaku project they’d like to advertise. …Read more »
Dennō Sentai Last Angels (translated as Cyber Squad Last Angels) is part of the Voogie’s Angel reboot, and it released a very short trailer. Short as in 18 seconds. But it still gives us some action, some music and a glimpse of what’s to come. …Read more »
Zombie Land Saga Revenge, the sequel to Zombie Land Saga, debuts on Amazon Prime Video in Japan this Thursday. After that it becomes available on TV and streaming services, including Crunchyroll. A trailer has been released ahead of this that is narrated by character Tae …Read more »
Steve Aoki’s company Dim Mak Collection has joined forces with VIZ Media for a second Dim Mak x Naruto collaboration. The first collection came out in fall of last year, and the new second collection became available over the weekend. The clothes come in different …Read more »
Eiga Sayonara Watashi no Cramer First Touch is adapted from the manga Sayonara, Football, a prequel to the manga Farewell, My Dear Cramer. The movie will hit Japanese theaters June 11, and a trailer and new visual poster were both released. During the trailer you …Read more »
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