Among the fun planned for this coming weekend's Otakon convention—which takes place at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD August 8-10—is a special Sailor Moon Day. Viz Media is organizing the event for Saturday, August 9, and it will include a cosplay gathering, official …Read more »
FUNimation has been promoting the North American theatrical release of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods pretty heavily, from a collaboration with comedy video creators Mega64 to a handful of clips previewing the anime film's English dub. With the theatrical expansion set for August 5, …Read more »
As previously reported, the next Naruto anime flick has the foreboding title of The Last: Naruto the Movie , and it's slated to open in Japanese theaters on December 6. Series creator Masashi Kishimoto is supervising the story and designs, and the official website was …Read more »
Sit back and take a long, hard look and you'll see we're living in a pretty swell period for anime. Each season has had at least a few standout shows, both new and recurring, one of which involved Mind Game director Masaaki Yuasa returning to …Read more »
Hajime Isayama's mega-popular Attack on Titan series is getting the live-action theatrical treatment, and director Shinji Higuchi ( God Warrior Attacks , special effects director on the '90s Gamera films) confirmed the project for two films. Based on the manga, with new elements and characters …Read more »
Naoshi Komi's Nisekoi manga—which was also adapted into this year's Shaft-produced anime series, directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Naoyuki Tatsuwa—is getting a "love adventure" game in Japan, scheduled to hit PS Vita this fall. Konami recently offered a first look at the portable outing, titled …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Nakaba Suzuki's shonen fantasy adventure The Seven Deadly Sins is set to premiere in Japan this October, airing Sundays at 5pm on MBS/TBS. While we still have a bit of a wait ahead of us, Aniplex posted a brief ad for …Read more »
The TV anime adaptation of Yusei Matsui's Ansatsu Kyoushitsu/Assassination Classroom manga is set to premiere in Japan in January 2015, and a new video is here to serve as a quick tease. This 15-second commercial from the official website comes in two flavors, and features …Read more »
Last month The Daily Show host Jon Stewart tackled the ill-informed CNN story that vilified manga as child pornography , and now he's back on a similar topic for different reasons. Japan recently jailed artist Megumi Igarashi for creating a 3D printing of her genitals, …Read more »
Thanks to Vertical Inc. the number of Moyoco Anno manga available in English has been rising at a nice pace, from Sakuran to the gag-filled chronicle of life with Evangelion director and husband Hideaki Anno, Insufficient Direction , and now In Clothes Called Fat . …Read more »
In addition to the next Dragon Ball Z movie, we can officially look forward to another Naruto flick in the not-too-distant future. This one's coming at the tail end of this year, with The Last -Naruto the Movie- slated to open in Japan on December …Read more »
A little over a week ago we posted about the announcement of the next Dragon Ball Z anime feature , which is due out in 2015 with a "funny story" written by series creator Akira Toriyama. That news was quickly followed up with the reveal …Read more »
Sailor Moon is experiencing a major resurgence at the moment, so the timing is perfect for the debut of the Moon Animate Make-Up project. The crowd-sourced group animation effort ended up bringing over 250 fans together to animate a full episode of Sailor Moon , …Read more »
Kamen Rider: Battride War II recently hit PlayStation 3 and Wii U in Japan, providing another ample dose of action that blends the worlds of Neo-Heisei-era Riders and the gameplay stylings of the Dynasty Warriors franchise. Needless to say there's an endless well of beating …Read more »
It may not be the addition of Kill la Kill that some were hoping for, but Adult Swim's Toonami block is still adding some more action from the director/writer duo of Hiroyuki Imaishi and Kazuki Nakashima. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is the next anime to …Read more »
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