Ever the ambitious studio, Kyoto Animation has just announced that the Violet Evergarden project they’ve been hinting about for a while is a full-length theatrical film set to hit in January 2020. The news was announced at an event for fans of the series. Violet …Read more »
More Overlord coming at you. The third season of the light novel series-turned-anime, Overlord III, hits screens July 10, and now we’ve got a fresh look with a new trailer with English subs. Overlord III will stream in Japanese on Crunchyroll and with an English …Read more »
In these troubled times, let us take solace in the fact that for a few moments, we can kick back with some footage of Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno sipping on a Sapporo. The 58-year-old director, who has also helmed projects like Gunbuster, Nadia and Shin …Read more »
We knew it was coming: the question was what. Now we’ve got some deets on the long-awaited Fairy Tail spinoff manga teased by creator Hiro Mashima. It’ll be called Fairy Tail City Hero, and is set to debut this fall. Mashima tweeted a preview image …Read more »
Popular manga-slash-anime Seven Deadly Sins is coming to the stage in Japan this August, and today, we got a look at a new version of the play’s main visual, plus photos of the main cast in costume. The main visual, which was first unveiled in …Read more »
Grisaia: Phantom Trigger, the latest in the popular series of Grisaia video games by Frontwing, is getting an anime adaptation this year. A key visual and promo video for the show were revealed June 22—but what really caught our attention was a tweet from Ryuichiro …Read more »
Japanese jewelry brand U-Treasure has just unveiled two rings inspired by the one named Sailor Moon. The are, respectively, the Princess Serenity Ring and the Moon Castle Ring. According to the press release, the former is an engagement ring based on the dress worn by …Read more »
Ever wanted your haircut to look like it popped straight out of Steins;Gate? Now’s your chance. Wille, a hair salon in Shibuya, Tokyo, is offering up a special Steins;Gate 0 menu, with cuts based on Kurisu, Mayuki, Moeka and others. There are seven styles in …Read more »
Ever watched an anime and thought to yourself, “I’d love to bury myself in that long, flowing hair”? Plenty of Japanese fans have, and they’ve rated the males with the most luscious locks in a poll released by Goo this week. Here are the top …Read more »
Last year, we reported a new episode of Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- was on its way. Now we’ve got some more info about that OVA, including a key visual and premiere date. The new Re:Zero episode, which is entitled “Memory Snow,” will premiere …Read more »
For reasons beyond our comprehension, Hollywood has taken on the task of creating a live-action/CG Sonic the Hedgehog film, and now we’ve got some details about that film thanks to an interview with its producer. Said producer, Neal H. Moritz, described the film as taking …Read more »
As if we needed another reason to make our way to Anime Expo next month: the con has now given us two. The films Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms and Kase-san and Morning Glories with both get their U.S. premieres at the con, it …Read more »
The live-action film adaptation of Tite Kubo’s Bleach is set to open in Japan next month, and our most recent peek comes from a series of stills released today. The stills are just a few of the 60,000 (!) included in Deathberry Days Document, a …Read more »
It’s a question that echoes throughout message boards and in convention halls around the world: what was the anime that got you into anime? A recent thread on popular Japanese site for all things geek, Otakomu, asked just that, and the variety of responses, across …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa has every right to take it easy. The director pumped out back-to-back films in 2017 (The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl and Lu Over the Wall) and followed them up with the year’s most talked about anime, Devilman Crybaby, this spring. But …Read more »
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