I want to watch I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die I could die! Gotta wait, though: the live-action series based on Umi Shiina’s manga isn’t out until spring 2022. The series will star Shori Sato, a member of Japanese boy band …Read more »
Despite theaters in Tokyo and other major cities across Japan being closed the last week or two (thanks Covid), Evangelion 3.0+1.0 is still racking up yen. 8.28 billion yen, to be precise. That means 3.0+1.0 has surpassed the 2016 hit Shin Godzilla, which made 8.25 …Read more »
Kozue Amano’s manga Amanchu! is set to conclude May 10. Amanchu! started way back in 2008. Its 17th volume will be its last. The manga, about high school scuba divers, inspired multiple seasons of anime between 2016 and 2018. Here’s how Crunchyroll describes the first …Read more »
Wow, if you ever noticed this, you’ve got a much sharper eye than I. A new post on blog Spoon & Tamago has made me aware for the first time that the girl on that iconic My Neighbor Totoro isn’t actually in the movie! That’s …Read more »
The anime adaptation of manga Girlfriend, Girlfriend (Kanojo mo Kanojo) is set to hit screens July 2. That’s the word from the anime’s official website. The series, about a guy who’s dating two girls, is directed and penned by the team behind The Quintessential Quintuplets: …Read more »
The sad news that anime director Osamu Kobayashi has passed away is making its way across the internet today. The director and animator was known for his work on BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, Paradise Kiss, Naruto Shippuden, Gurren Lagann, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt and …Read more »
The Big G is coming. Netflix has revealed that Godzilla Singular Point, the new anime series about Godzilla—and, uh, a singular point?—will hit the streaming service in June. Singular Point is currently airing in Japan. It’s scheduled to run for 13 episodes. It’s animated by …Read more »
Masami Obari wants to make a super robot anime. That’s the word straight from the Twitter account of the famed director, who’s helmed works like Detonator Organ, Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector and more. Obari tweeted April 12: …Read more »
There’s manga with great storytelling—then there’s manga with great storytelling and great art. With all due respect to all the manga artists pumping out pages week after week, some are just, well, better than others. Japanese site Magmix has just put out an article listing …Read more »
EDENS ZERO, Hiro Mashima’s kinda-sorta sci-fi followup to Fairy Tail, just hit Japanese screens, with its first episode airing April 11. Meanwhile, the official EDENS ZERO Twitter account has revealed that the show, which is bound for Netflix, will hit that service worldwide in fall. Says …Read more »
If you’re in NYC, here’s an exhibition you’ve got to check out. The new Philippe Labaune Gallery in Chelsea is holding an exhibition dedicated to Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo. The exhibition features art from well over a dozen artists paying tribute to the manga and …Read more »
Couple quick items related to Evangelion 3.0+1.0 and its ongoing success. One: the film has now surpassed 7 billion yen at the box office, making it far and away the most successful Eva film (financially, anyway). At present, 7 billion yen is about $64 million. For …Read more »
If you stick around for the credits when you watch anime (which you totally should!), you’ll notice that a lot of the folks who help make it happen are from outside Japan. It’s been pretty standard practice for decades for Japan to outsource animation—especially in-between …Read more »
Tesla Note, a manga that is not about cars or Elon Musk, is getting the anime treatment. The TV anime series revealed a teaser trailer, key art and cast and crew details today. Based on a manga by Masafumi Nishida (writer, Tiger & Bunny), Tadayoshi …Read more »
Award-winning rapper and noted anime fan Megan Thee Stallion is showing off her love of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba today. The artist just posted a pretty sweet looking Demon Slayer manicure on Instagram with the caption “Demon $layer $et.” Her nails feature Tanjiro’s signature …Read more »
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