There’s good news for fans of The Rising of The Shield Hero! The anime’s third season will debut this October, and a trailer for it has dropped: The third season will be directed by Hitoshi Haga, continuing the pattern where each season has a different …Read more »
The light novel series Tearmoon Empire is becoming an anime, and a trailer has just dropped for it. The anime will debut sometime in October, though we don’t have a specific date yet. Looking toward what we know about the voice actors, Sumire Uesaka plays …Read more »
The two-parter Sailor Moon Cosmos movies are going to tell the story of the manga’s “final battle.” The first movie will hit Japanese theaters on June 9, followed three weeks later by the second part on June 30. To get people excited, a short character …Read more »
The nominees for Kodansha’s 47th annual Manga Awards have been revealed! There are fifteen different titles competing, with three different categories. Let’s take a look at what’s in the running. For the category of Best Shojo Manga, the nominees are My Girlfriend’s Child by Mamoru …Read more »
The people behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie were hoping they could have the biggest opening for a feature film based on a video game. But as the movie’s opening weekend is over and the numbers are being crunched, we can safely say it succeeded …Read more »
Congratulations to manga creator Rumiko Takahashi, who has received the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (translated as the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) from the French government! Takahashi didn’t travel to France to pick up this prestigious honor. Instead, …Read more »
The Super Mario Bros. Movie from Nintendo and Illumination is here! According to Deadline, it netted about $26 million during its first day (and this doesn’t include previews that took place Tuesday). Crunching numbers, pundits are expecting it to bring in $127.5M from yesterday (Wednesday …Read more »
There’s some movement with the VRV streaming service bundle as it is becoming part of Crunchyroll in an official merging. VRV is a Crunchyroll brand that also has Cartoon Hangover, Rooster Teeth, and Mondo. It used to also have anime from HIDIVE, though that changed …Read more »
Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of Abrams Books that’s turning into a division, has made several announcements about its future, including the fact it will begin publishing manga. Media-Participations, a firm in France, is the owner of Abrams, and France also happens to be the biggest …Read more »
Junji Ito’s short story “Bloodsucking Darkness” is being turned into a live-action American feature film, and Ito himself is producing. It’s being backed by Fangoria Studios, the recently-made studio that’s an offshoot of the popular Fangoria magazine. Ito shared his excitement about the project. “Fangoria …Read more »
The anime Hell’s Paradise debuted this last weekend on April 1 and is available to stream on Crunchyroll. Twin Engine, the company that planned the anime, released clean opening and ending sequences. The ending theme song, “Kamihitoe,” is performed by Uru, while the opening theme song …Read more »
The anime I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness: I’ll Spoil Her with Delicacies and Style to Make Her the Happiest Woman in the World! (known in Japanese as Konyaku Haki Sareta Reijō o Hirotta Ore ga, Ikenai Koto …Read more »
Musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who has spoken publicly about battling cancer, has passed away at age 71. Last summer he said he had stage IV cancer. He wrote a series of articles called “How Many More Times Will I See the Full Moon?” to …Read more »
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku is a manga series about otaku having relationships, but it’s also just a love letter to geekdom. The main character, Narumi, has lost each of her relationships after her boyfriends find out she’s an otaku. More specifically, she’s a …Read more »
Three videos just got released to get people excited about the second cours for Vinland Saga’s second season. It turns out the new opening theme song will be called “Paradox” and performed by Survive Said the Prophet, who is back from the first season. This …Read more »
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