A Girl & Her Guard Dog, the manga by Hatsuharu, is getting a live-action film adaptation. The film will star Riko Fukumoto as Isaku and Jesse from SixTONES as Keiya. It’ll be directed by Keiichi Yobayashi (Koi wa Hikari). The manga, which launched in 2018, …Read more »
Happy Kanako’s Killer Life, the comedy manga from Toshiya Wakabayashi about an accidental assassin, is getting the live-action treatment. The live-action TV adaptation will star Non (In This Corner of the World) as Kanako and Taisuke Fujigaya (Kis-My-Ft2) as her mentor Sakurai. The series will …Read more »
*sniff* I’m getting notes of vanilla, oak and… combat vehicles. Armored Trooper VOTOMS, the long-running mecha action series created by Ryosuke Takahashi, now has its own official whiskey. It’s a single malt scotch, to be specific, called Fettercairn 2010, which is described as having “a …Read more »
Good news for fans of BLUELOCK: the second season of the soccer anime is set to kick its way onto screens this October. That’s exactly two years after the first season, based on the manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura, hit the airwaves. Since …Read more »
Back in March, we learned that Netflix’s popular fighting series Baki Hanma and Kengan Ashura would be getting a crossover anime. Now we’ve got a trailer for the series, and some new details on who’s working on the show. The trailer reveals the following crew …Read more »
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, the anime adaptation of the Fairy Tail sequel manga by Hiro Mashima and Atsuo Ueda, is set to hit screens in July. We learned back in April that all our favorite voice actors would be back to voice their famous …Read more »
Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits, the anime adaptation of the light novels by Midori Yuma, is getting a second season, it was announced today. It’s been a long time coming: the first season aired back in 2018. Season 2 will hit screens in the …Read more »
People in Japan sure love their Detective Conan. The latest annual Conan film, The Million-dollar Pentagram, released back on April 12, has brought in bundles of yen over the past few weeks (9.29 billion yen as of April 29, to be exact). The film has …Read more »
What do you get when you combine the Keigo Shinzo manga Hirayasumi and the musical stylings of Skirt (Oddtaxi opening theme)? The following music video, which features Hirayasumi characters hanging out in the Tokyo neighborhood of Asagaya. The song is called “Kimi ni Ai ni …Read more »
Grendizer U, the upcoming anime based on the popular Go Nagai robot franchise, just revealed its premiere month: look for this series to hit screens in July. In addition, we’ve got some new cast details and a brand-new promo video for the series. The video …Read more »
Haruko Ichikawa’s Land of the Lustrous, the manga about a world inhabited by people made of jewels, has come to an end. The final chapter was published in the April 25 edition of Afternoon magazine. The manga, which began in Afternoon in 2012, inspired a …Read more »
If you’re headed to Tokyo this fall, here’s one exhibition to check out. Gallery AaMo, which is located in the Tokyo Dome City complex, is holding an exhibition dedicated to Naoya Matsumoto’s Kaiju No. 8 manga. The exhibition runs from September 13 to November 10. …Read more »
A few months ago, we learned that Ghibli-alum studio Ponoc was teaming up with Netflix for a multi-picture exclusive streaming deal, starting with the studio’s recent film The Imaginary. Now we’ve learned when that film is set to hit Netflix: July 5. In addition, the …Read more »
Acro Trip, the anime adaptation of the shoji comedy manga by Yone Sawata, was announced for a 2024 release back in December of last year. Now we’ve learned that the series is set for the fall season, with a start in October. We’ve also got …Read more »
My Oni Girl (Suki Demo Kirai na Amanojaku), the new film from Studio Colorido (Drifting Home) has just revealed a trailer and poster. The film, directed by Tomotaka Shibayama (A Whisker Away) and written by Shibayama and Yuko Kakihara (Digimon Adventure tri.), will hit theaters …Read more »
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