Last month we reported on the possibility of the Bleach anime coming to an end after 7.5 years on March 27, though the details weren't particularly concrete. Now a TV listing on the online edition of Newtype Magazine confirms what many believed to be the …Read more »
The official site for the Nazo no Kanojo X ( Mysterious Girlfriend X ) TV anime, which adapts Riichi Ueshiba's manga of the same name, began streaming a 30-second commercial for the show earlier. Mysterious Girlfriend X introduces transfer student Mikoto Urabe, who certainly earns …Read more »
Confession: I wasn't a regular subscriber to Shonen Jump magazine. Unfortunately, there was never a point at which I was caught up enough with any of its series to warrant picking it up, but I still grabbed the occasional issue from bookstores and the ever …Read more »
The 12th and final volume of Kou Yaginuma's Twin Spica manga is upon us at last, and it's a bittersweet farewell to a series that hopefully hasn't fallen under the radar for too many. It's a rare treat to follow a story from beginning to …Read more »
Have you been keeping up with the new Hunter x Hunter anime? If you're a fan, you'll be pleased to know there is now a film in the works, a first for the series. An interview with the staff today revealed that the project has …Read more »
Yesterday was a humdinger of an announcement barrage from Discotek Media. The company kicked things off with the 1993 Casshan: Robot Hunter OVA series, and then went for a nostalgic haymaker, announcing Samurai Pizza Cats for DVD in two versions. The fun didn't stop there, …Read more »
The Strike Witches movie opens in Japan next Saturday, March 17, but a new promotional clip offers some footage not seen before for those who can't wait. The clip was presented by the anime's voice cast during a Nico Nico Live event this weekend. Get …Read more »
Change is good sometimes, but when it comes to an iconic voice, it can be more than a little jarring. With that in mind, Japanese website MyNavi asked its users what anime characters they would never want to change voice actors, and of course a …Read more »
While watching The Legend of the Legendary Heroes —featured in the latest issue of Otaku USA —I couldn't help but think of the 1990 Record of Lodoss War OVAs. Actually, that happens when I watch any anime that's even vaguely fantasy-related, and it's not because …Read more »
It's been a while since we got a look at the live-action adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin manga, starring Takeru Satō as Kenshin Himura. Thankfully, NTV show ZIP! has us covered with a brief new clip . You'll have to sit through a bit …Read more »
Space Brothers is one of a handful of April season anime additions that looks like it has a ton of potential. Based on the manga by Chūya Koyama, the series follows two brothers, Mutta and Hibito, who vow to become astronauts. While only Hibito makes …Read more »
The Hiromasa Yonebayashi-directed Studio Ghibli film The Secret World of Arrietty finally fell out of the box office top ten, but still ended up with one of the most successful Ghibli theatrical runs in North America. Now, thanks to some retailer listings, we know when …Read more »
The next anime from Gainax ( Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann , Neon Genesis Evangelion ) is an adaptation of the Shonen Jump manga of the same name, written and illustrated by Nisio Isin and Akira Akatsuki, respectively. The ongoing manga involves the suggestion box of …Read more »
Earlier this month we took a look at the cast of the Code Geass stage play, Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion on Stage: Riot's Eve , in costume. Don't forget, however, that there's also an all-male musical on the horizon in the form of …Read more »
It's been almost 20 years since Master Keaton was last serialized in Big Comic Original , where it ran from 1988-1994, amassing 18 volumes. Now Hokusei Katsushika and Naoki Urasawa's series is set to return with a story appropriately set 20 years after the original. …Read more »
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