Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans is currently running, but we also have another Gundam anime series to look forward to. Yasuo Ohtagaki's Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga is getting an adaptation, with the official reveal having arrived via a teaser website that opened this week. …Read more »
FUNimation is fully embracing the debauchery of Akira Hiramoto's Prison School . The company already streams the J.C. Staff anime adaptation, and now the live-action Prison School drama is on the way. Directed by schlock filmmaker Noboru Iguchi ( Machine Girl , Robogeisha , Zombie …Read more »
New Game! is a manga by Shōtarō Tokunō that follows Aoba Suzukaze, a high schooler who joins a game company after graduation. Her senior at the company was responsible for making the game she loved as a child, and the four-panel manga centers on the …Read more »
If you were hoping David Production's anime adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's long-running JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga wouldn't stop at Part III: Stardust Crusaders , some good news arrived this weekend. After a bunch of teasing, production of Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable has officially been …Read more »
Based on the light novels written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Shiki Douji , the Full Metal Panic! anime debuted in 2002 and was followed by a comedy spin-off, a second series, and an OVA. The world of FMP! is gearing up for more, …Read more »
When volume 9 of the Japanese Blu-ray/DVD release of the third Kuroko's Basketball anime season, it will come packing a special bonus OVA episode called "Saikou no Present-desu" ("This is the Best Present"). Set one month after the Winter Cup on protagonist Tetsuya Kuroko's birthday, …Read more »
Harmony is one of the new films based on the works of late author Satoshi Itō, AKA Project Itoh. Directed by Michael Arias ( Tekkonkinkreet ) and Takashi Nakamura ( A Tree of Palme ) at Studio 4ºC, the film opens in Japanese theaters on …Read more »
Some big things are brewing for Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga, which is published in North America by Viz Media. First up is the reveal that a new spin-off manga from Hirofumi Neda, My Hero Academia Smash!! , is on the way to the …Read more »
When the 21st volume of Naoshi Komi's Nisekoi manga ships in Japan, a limited edition version will be available with an original anime DVD as a bonus. Set to arrive on January 4, with pre-order deadlines up on October 26, the volume 21 OAD will …Read more »
You may recall some casting news about the 2017 Power Rangers movie popping up earlier this month when Naomi Scott was announced for the role of the Pink Ranger . The reboot—directed by Dean Isrealite ( Project Almanac ), with Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz …Read more »
Publisher Yen Press announced plans to simul-pub Yana Toboso's Black Butler manga at New York Comic Con, and the endeavor has officially begun. New chapters of the series will arrive alongside their Japanese debut each month, and will be available on a variety of platforms. …Read more »
FUNimation has a small theatrical run brewing for Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie , which originally debuted in Japan back in June. The latest big-screen outing—featuring Kazuchika Kise ( Ghost in the Shell: Arise ) as chief director, Kazuya Nomura ( Robotics;Notes ) …Read more »
Osamu Tezuka's life and extensive body of work is being celebrated in a manga biography by Toshio Ban & Tezuka Productions, with a translation by Frederik L. Schodt ( Manga! Manga! , Dreamland Japan , The Astro Boy Essays ). The Osamu Tezuka Story: A …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks shared a two-minute video previewing the English dub for Black Bullet , which is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on October 27. The dub cast was announced back in September , and includes the likes of Chris Patton as Rentaro Satomi, Luci Christian …Read more »
Author Sankaku Head of Himouto! Umaru-chan fame announced plans to expand the series with a spin-off manga. Akita Imokko! Ebina-chan will follow Umaru's shy friend, Nana Ebina, when it begins serialization on Nico Nico Seiga at the end of November. You can see Sankaku Head's Twitter …Read more »
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