If there’s one thing we can depend on in this crazy world, it’s the annual Detective Conan film coming out like clockwork every April. Except that one time with the Covid and stuff. Anyway, next year’s Conan film is set for April 18, and we’ve …Read more »
The Colors Within, the new original anime film from director Naoko Yamada (Liz and the Blue Bird) now has an English dub. The cast reveal and trailer come via GKIDS, which is distributing the film in the US. The film stars: Libby Rue as Totsuko …Read more »
Yowayowa Sensei, the romantic comedy manga by Kamio Fukuchi, is getting the TV anime treatment. The manga is about a new high school teacher named Hiyori Hiwamura who has a feeble (“yowayowa”) voice and constitution and the students who misread her feebleness for scariness. The …Read more »
Gundam news alert! Let’s get into it: There’s a new Gundam series on the way It’s called Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX It features scripts co-written by Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno Scripts are supervised/co-written by Yoji Enokido (Bungo Stray Dogs) It’s animated at Anno’s …Read more »
Gag Manga Biyori, the classic comedy manga from Kosuke Masuda, is coming back in anime form. The manga is receiving a new anime TV adaptation, its first in 15 years. The series will be called Gag Manga Biyori GO and will debut in April 2025. …Read more »
You and I Are Polar Opposites, the manga by Kocha Agasawa about opposites attracting, is set to get a TV anime series in January 2026. The series will be animated by the studio Lapin Track (Sarazanmai, Undead Murder Farce). The manga, which launched as a …Read more »
I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time, the anime adaptation of the light novels by Mato Kosaka, is set to hit screens January 10. In addition to that news, a new video preview for the series …Read more »
Alice-san Chi no Iroribata, the Bunta Kinami manga about a woman who returns to her rural hometown after living in Tokyo for a decade, is getting the live-action treatment. The series will star Fumika Baba as Alice, and premiere on January 7, 2025. Baba is …Read more »
Shohei Hino, a Japanese actor who appeared in films and on TV for many decades, has died at the age of 75. The actor had suffered a lumbar fracture this summer. Hino may be best known to anime fans as the voice of Great Uncle …Read more »
Still can’t believe it: after a decade of Quirky fun, My Hero Academia came to an end this year. Now we’ve got the first look at the cover of the final collected volume, which is due out in Japan December 4. In addition, we’ve got …Read more »
The long-awaited final volume of Land of the Lustrous, the fantasy manga from Haruko Ichikawa, is set for release in Japan this month. To celebrate, publisher Kodansha has unveiled some giant illustrations that will grace Japan’s Shibuya Station, Osaka-Umeda Station and Kodansha’s office in Tokyo. …Read more »
Shinji Higuchi, the co-director of Shin Godzilla and the director of Shin Ultraman, is helming Bullet Train Explosion, a remake of a 1975 Japanese classic, for Netflix. The film is set for 2025. The original 1975 film is about a bullet train that will explode …Read more »
Well, this is a tough one to swallow if you hate people looking at their phones while you’re watching a movie. The upcoming film from the Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- franchise is being billed as Japan’s first “interactive film.” The movie, which opens February 21, …Read more »
Is there any franchise in Japan that hasn’t been adapted for the stage? The latest piece of pop culture to get the stage play treatment is none other than Trials of Mana, the 1995 Super Nintendo RPG also known as Seiken Densetsu 3. Seiken Densetsu …Read more »
For claiming to be so laid-back, Laid-Back Camp is pretty ambitious: The anime adaptation of the manga by Afro has just picked up a fourth season. That’s the word from the franchise’s official X account this weekend. Afro contributed a new illustration to go along …Read more »
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