Shaman King Flowers, the follow-up to the recent Shaman King remake anime, hits the airwaves starting on January 9. Ahead of its premiere, we’ve got a few screengrabs of episode 1, plus news of a Shaman King radio show. The radio program is called Shaman …Read more »
Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen is a certified smash. The manga, which debuted back in 2018, now has over 90 million copies in circulation. To celebrate that, and the release of its 25th volume, an ad has been published in today’s editions of the Asahi Shinbun …Read more »
Michiro Ueyama’s manga Akuyaku Reijo Tensei Oji-san is getting animeized. The manga, whose title translates to something like “A Middle-Aged Dude Who Gets Reincarnated as a Villainess,” currently has six volumes out in Japan. It’s about, well, a middle-aged dude who gets reincarnated as a …Read more »
Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199, the latest in a long time of Space Battleship Yamato remakes, is on the way. The first part of Rebel 3199 is set to hit theaters in Japan on July 19, 2024. We’ve also got our first glimpse at what …Read more »
A recent survey of elementary schoolers in Japan that asked “who do you admire?” had many of the results you might expect: mom, dad, teacher, a friend. But there were also some surprising entries. In third place was Ai Hoshino, the singer from the manga …Read more »
Daisuke Ashihara’s World Trigger will be skipping out on February’s issue of Jump SQ, which goes on sale January 4. That’s because Ashihara is taking a break due to health issues, reports the official Twitter account for the manga. Ashihara has previously taken a few …Read more »
The good news: Kore Yamazaki’s The Ancient Magus’ Bride manga is back with a new arc, and fans will be able to read it in English in simultaneous release. The bad news: that English-language translation is being written by AI. Specifically, the manga is using …Read more »
An anime adaptation of Shinobu Takayama’s Haigakura is set to hit screens in 2024. Now we know what the series will look like thanks to a new teaser trailer. Check it out! The series is directed by Junichi Yamamoto (More Than a Married Couple, But …Read more »
Godzilla Minus One, this year’s Godzilla film, will soon be coming at you sans color. The film is getting a monochrome release called Godzilla -1.0/C, or Godzilla Minus One Minus Color. The desaturated version of the film hits Japanese theaters January 12. According to director …Read more »
Japan gets all the good stuff. This time, it’s a tie-up promo campaign between Godzilla and McDonald’s, complete with a logo that looks right out of a Godzilla film. There’s a nice 30-second add, too. The main object of the campaign seems to be a …Read more »
Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, the manga from Inio Asano about high school girls and a giant alien mothership, is getting an anime adaptation next year in the form of two films. Now we’ve got a fresh look at those films thanks to a new …Read more »
Two big franchises, Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star, are, believe it or not, 20 years old this year. The first Haruhi Suzumiya light novel was published in June 2003, while the Lucky Star manga kicked off in December of the same year. Both properties were …Read more »
More SHY coming our way soon. That’s the word from the official site of the anime based on the manga by Bukimi Miki, who uploaded an illustration to celebrate the news. New cast members for season two will include Shunichi Toki as Doki and Saori …Read more »
Macross II: Lovers Again is the disavowed stepchild of the Macross franchise, but the current Kickstarter from Animeigo proves there’s still plenty of love for the series. Animeigo’s bid to crowdfund a new Blu-ray release of the six-episode ‘90s OVA is already a huge success …Read more »
Every year, anime industry watchers eagerly await the release of the annual report by the Association of Japanese Animations, or AJA. It’s finally out, and while we haven’t read it cover to cover just yet, the topline numbers are certainly worth writing about. Specifically, the …Read more »
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