When you get into the realm of multiple spinoffs, you have to get creative to differentiate them from one another. That’s what Kodansha has done with Attack on Titan, which now has a new children’s book to add to its growing library. Shingeki Tantei Armin: …Read more »
Hopefully you’re all ready for the grand return of Rumiko Takahashi’s Inuyasha, because upcoming spinoff anime Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon has an official premiere date. The series is set to kick off on October 3, and VIZ Media shared the debut trailer to go along with …Read more »
The world is going through a lot right now, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic isn’t making things any easier. It’s understandable if some folks are having a harder time than others, which is why it’s so important to work together so we can all get …Read more »
Is the Order a Rabbit? season 3 finally brings Koi’s slice-of-life four-panel manga back to the small screen starting this October, and the latest tease is here to preview the opening theme. This season has the series’ five-member voice actress unit Petit Rabbit’s returning to …Read more »
Last month saw the announcement of Mr. Osomatsu season 3, which is currently gearing up to bring the Matsuno sextuplets back to TV screens in Japan this October. Now, as we patiently await their return, a new key visual is here to depict a daring, …Read more »
You may recall the amazing “Muscle Video” that was released along with the single version of the OP theme for the How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? anime. The song, “Onegai Muscle,” topped the iTunes Anisong charts in Japan last summer, and now the …Read more »
The pair of Sailor Moon Eternal anime films are on the way to Japan early next year, starting with part one on January 8, 2021, followed by part two on February 11. Now a new update is here in the form of cast additions, with …Read more »
Originally set for October 2020, the final season of the TV anime adaptation of Nakaba Suzuki’s The Seven Deadly Sins manga has a new date. According to the official website, Anger’s Judgment will now kick off on TV Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo in Japan in …Read more »
Founded in 1996, Arms—the anime studio known for projects such as Queen’s Blade, Ikki Tousen, and Elfen Lied, known officially as Common Sense in recent years—has declared bankruptcy. The report comes from credit research company Tokyo Shoko Research, which noted that Arms made the decision …Read more »
58-year-old voice actor Toshihiko Seki—known for roles such as Iruka Umino in Naruto, Muzan Kibutsuji in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and Senketsu in Kill la Kill, among many others—is the latest in the industry to test positive for COVID-19. The announcement came through agency …Read more »
Jiro Kuwata was a prolific manga author known for co-creating pioneering manga and anime superhero 8 Man, as well as working on Shonen King’s ’60s Batman manga—released in English as Batman: The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga. Unfortunately, publisher Akita Shoten announced this week that Jiro Kuwata …Read more »
One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda has attempted to calculate the ending of his sprawling series more than a handful of times over the past two decades. For once, however, Shonen Jump is doing the teasing in an ad in the latest issue, which claims One …Read more »
With the Summer 2020 anime season underway, it’s time once again to see what mobile phone operator NTT Docomo managed to pull out of its regular online research. The company polled users of its dAnime Store streaming service to find out what their favorite shows …Read more »
This weekend saw the debut of One Piece episode 935, and with it came the anime’s 23rd opening theme, Da-iCE’s “DREAMIN’ON.” The CD single—which includes a cover of Hiroshi Kitadani’s first One Piece theme, “We Are!”—hits stores in Japan on August 26, and you can …Read more »
Back in 2015, voice actress Shizuka Furuya got into a traffic accident and announced her retirement from the industry shortly after. Now, after spending the last few years recovering from what sound like some pretty traumatic injuries, Furuya has decided to return to voice acting. …Read more »
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