My little sister can’t be this expensive. A limited-edition figure of one of the series’ female protagonists, Ruri Goko (Kuroneko), has been announced with the price-tag of ¥1,598,400: as of today’s exchange rate, that’s $14,578. The figure is life-size, measuring in at 139 centimeters, or …Read more »
The first episode of FLCL Progressive just hit Adult Swim in English-dubbed form—but if you’re holding out to see the series in Japanese, prepare to wait a while. Seasons 2 and 3, aka Progressive and Alternative, were originally slated to stream subbed online while the …Read more »
Fans of Sound! Euphonium: take note. Back in 2017, it was announced that not one but two original films set in the world of Kyoto Animation’s Sound! Euphonium would be released in 2018. (The first of those, Liz and the Blue Bird, came out in …Read more »
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, the popular Shonen Jump manga from Koyoharu Gotoge, will soon be taking anime form. That’s the word from this week’s edition of said manga magazine, where Demon Slayer has been running since 2016. The anime series will be animated over …Read more »
Pretty swords-as-pretty boys franchise Touken Ranbu is getting a big-screen live-action adaptation, and we’ve got our first peek via a poster revealed today. The poster features actor Hiroki Suzuki as Mikazuki Munechika. Suzuki played the same role in the stage play based on the franchise. …Read more »
Westworld’s James Marsden is about to head somewhere even stranger. The actor has signed on to star in the live-action/animation hybrid Sonic the Hedgehog film, Variety reports. Sonic will be directed by Jeff Fowler, an animator who will make his feature directorial debut with the …Read more »
Eren, Mikasa, Armin and the whole Attack on Titan have faced some pretty hairy situations—but nothing like this. Attack on Titan branding is being used to help sell kits for removing unwanted nose and body hair out now from Japanese retailed Don Quixote. The kits …Read more »
This July, the little busters known as The Pillows are heading to the US. The Japanese rock band, best known in the West for their music used in FLCL, are embarking on a six-city US tour courtesy Adult Swim. The occasion is, of course, the …Read more »
There seem to be more plays and musicals based on anime and manga than we can keep track of these days, but this one caught our attention when it was announced a while back: a play based on Naruto done in the style of kabuki. …Read more »
As fans of Love Live! Sunshine!! are aware, the series takes place in the real-life city of Numazu in Shizuoka, Japan. Thanks to Sunshine!!, the city has had a lot of new visitors, and has paid tribute to this new interest by recently installing custom …Read more »
Hikari-Man, the manga by Ichi the Killer creator Hideo Yamamoto, is back in publication after a two-year hiatus. The first chapter of the manga in two years is out in issue 26 of Big Comic Spirits, which went on sale May 28. The manga, which …Read more »
My Hero Academia The Movie is headed to theaters in Japan this summer, and now we’ve got a look at another official poster—or “key visual,” if you will. The poster , the full title of which is My Hero Academia The Movie ~Futari no Eiyu~, includes …Read more »
Lelouch of the Rebellion? More like Lelouch of the Man Cave. Or wherever you want him, really. Bandai has just announced a life-size (181cm, to be exact) standee of Lelouch for the Code Geass fan who has everything. The standee, which is up for preorder …Read more »
Khara, the studio founded by Hideaki Anno that has animated all the Evangelion films since 1.0, is putting out the call for animators for a “new Evangelion film.” That refers, no doubt, to the long-awaited Evangelion 4.0 (or 3.0+1.0 or whatever it’ll eventually end up …Read more »
Good news for Godzilla fans: there appears to be a lot more Big G material headed down the pipeline—and there might be room for some of his friends, too. Toho, the studio behind Godzilla since his debut in 1954, has announced they’ll be creating a …Read more »
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