There’s tons of activity these days around the SPY x FAMILY franchise, with a film and new season on the way, and even top cosplayers like Enako getting in on the action. Now Viz Media has announced there’s even more SPY x FAMILY stuff coming, …Read more »
My Home Hero, the suspense manga by Naoki Yamakawa and Masashi Asaki, is getting a TV anime adaptation that hits screens this April. Now we’ve got our first look at that anime in action via the series’ first trailer. We’ve also got the word on …Read more »
January 31 shall henceforth be known as Final Fantasy VII Day. Cue the victory music! The proclamation of this new and awesome holiday comes from the Japan Anniversary Society, which is in the business of, y’know, looking up and declaring significant anniversaries. January 31, 1997 …Read more »
Magical Girl Raising Project Restart, a series of novels in the Magical Girl Raising Project light novel series by Asari Endou, is getting the anime treatment. That’s the word from a franchise event on Sunday. Meanwhile, on Twitter, Magical Girl Raising Project anime director Hiroyuki …Read more »
Back in the day, the anime version of Kaiji Kawaguchi’s The Silent Service manga was a perennial fixture on my local Blockbuster shelf. Now, 35 years after the manga first debuted, we’re finally getting a live-action adaptation. The film, an Amazon original, will hit Japanese …Read more »
Last year, we learned the manga The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse would be getting a TV anime adaptation. Now we’ve learned more details, including who’s animating it and when it’ll hit the airwaves (well, roughly, anyway). First, the who: The series …Read more »
Suzume is headed to Berlin. Makoto Shinkai’s film, released in Japan last year, will play in the competition lineup at the Berlin International Film Festival, which kicks off in late February. It’ll be the first anime film to be in competition in Berlin since Spirited …Read more »
A couple years ago we learned Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto’s wine manga Drops of God would be getting a live-action series. Now we have some fresh deets on that series, including which streaming service has landed the rights. The series, produced by Legendary Entertainment, …Read more »
Back in June 2022, we learned that the crime suspense manga My Home Hero would be getting the anime treatment. Now we’ve got some fresh details on that adaptation, including some key art and cast announcements. The cast members unveiled today are: Koichi Yamadera as …Read more »
Skip and Loafer, the anime adaptation of the Misaki Takamatsu manga, will hit screens in April. That’s the word from a news dump about the series, which also included a fresh piece of key art and some new cast announcements. New cast members include: Yuka …Read more »
Any fans of Rainbow Days out there? Good news: its creator, Minami Mizuno, is launching a new manga in the pages of Bessatsu Margaret. The manga is called Ao Haru-so e Yokoso, which means something like Welcome to Blue Spring Dorm. It’s about five high …Read more »
Lycoris Recoil was 2022’s best anime, according to some. And now it’s a stage show! The stage version of Lycoris Recoil hit The Galaxy Theater in Tokyo starting January 7, and now you too can get a peek at the show thanks to a digest …Read more »
My One-Hit Kill Sister is coming to screens sometime this year. Now we’ve got a fresh look at the series thanks to a new teaser. The teaser also gives us a first listen to the opening theme song, “Karei One Turn” by TrySail. It’s so …Read more »
Mysterious Disappearances (Kaii to Otome to Kamikakushi), a manga by Nujima, has landed a TV anime series. That’s the word from Kadokawa, which just revealed a teaser and key art for the series. In addition, Nujima contributed a celebratory illustration. The manga, which launched in …Read more »
Last year, it was announced that JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) would be working with anime studios to develop films and Kickstarter projects. Now Studio 4°C has revealed its JETRO collaboration. It’s a film called Future Kid Takara, and it’s centered around the theme of …Read more »
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