The Morose Mononokean is back. The series based on the manga by Kiri Wazawa is back for a second season, and today it was revealed that season will begin January 5, 2019. Season 2 will be animated by Itsuro Kawasaki (Magical Girl Ore), who’s taking …Read more »
Milla Jovovich may have retired from the Resident Evil universe, but she’s still out there making video game movies. The live-action adaptation of Capcom’s Monster Hunter, starring Jovovich, is currently in production, and we’ve got our first look via a still released this week. The still …Read more »
Osamu Tezuka, the godfather of manga, may be best known for Astro Boy and Black Jack, but the prolific author tackled a huge variety of genres, and wrote some stuff that’s definitely not for kids. That includes Barbara, the 1973-74 series about a writer with …Read more »
Get ready for more ghoulin’. The sequel to last year’s live-action adaptation of Sui Ishida’s Tokyo Ghoul is headed to theaters in summer of 2019. The film, which is tentatively titled Tokyo Ghoul 2, will again star Masataka Kubota as Ken Kaneki. Shuu Tsukiyama will …Read more »
Rei Hiroe is getting busy. Aside from the brand-new manga revealed last week, it’s now been announced the manga-ka will also be resuming his most famous creation, Black Lagoon. The manga, which began in 2002, most recently went on hiatus in August 2017. The Black …Read more »
Back when the My Hero Academia film was released earlier this year in Japan, the first one million attendees got a special gift: a short manga about the origins of All Might. Now that manga is being turned into a short anime. The anime short, …Read more »
The cells are still working. Cells at Work!, the popular 2018 anime series that personified the cells working hard in the human body, is back for more. It was announced over the weekend that the series would be getting a new episode, plus a smartphone …Read more »
Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho, the Saint Seiya spinoff by Chimaki Kuori, is getting an anime adaptation. Now we’ve got the first look at the original net series, plus some cast and crew announcements. We’ve learned today that Saintia Sho will be animated over at Gonzo …Read more »
We learned back in October that A Certain Magical Index spinoff A Certain Scientific Railgun would be getting a third season. Now, thanks to an interview with creator Kazuma Kamachi, we’ve learned the third season is set to air in 2019. That’s in addition to …Read more »
If you’re in Tokyo from November 16 to January 6, make your way to the Evangelion Store in Ikebukuro for a tipple at the just-opened Evangelion Bar. The bar features a range of drinks based on the popular giant robot franchise. That includes the Asuka …Read more »
Eureka Seven fans in the States might be bummed out that unlike their counterparts in Japan, they don’t yet have access to Anemone, the new Eureka Seven film. But here’s the next-best thing: the first ten minutes. The film, which is titled Anemone: Eureka Seven: …Read more »
The live-action version of popular franchise Touken Ranbu is due out January 18. To get the hype machine rolling, Toho Cinemas has revealed a few stills taken on the set of the film. The film stars the cast of the Touken Ranbu stage play, which …Read more »
Kingdom Hearts III is on its way, and Square Enix is turning up the hype. The latest trailer features everyone’s favorite denizen of the Hundred Acre Wood, Winnie the Pooh. The trailer, which was streamed as part of Microsoft’s X018 presentation, also showed a bit …Read more »
Sarazanmai, the latest series from Kunihiko Ikuhara (Utena, Penguindrum) is set to hit the Noitamina programming block April 2019. Now we’ve got some more details on the series, including character designs and a synopsis. The series, an original work by Ikuhara, centers around a group …Read more »
Rei Hiroe, the creator of Black Lagoon, will be back with a new serialized manga in 2019. The war manga, which is tentatively called 341 Sentodan (341 Combat Team) will launch in magazine Monthly Shonen Sunday in spring. 341 Sentodan is about a group of …Read more »
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