Back in August, we learned that the classic ‘70s Go Nagai manga and anime Grendizer had landed a reboot called Grendizer U for 2024. Now we know who’s in the cast, and we’ve got a brand-new piece of key art, too. The series will star: Miyu …Read more »
Now that’s a lot of Kingdom. Yasuhisa Hara’s Kingdom, the epic manga about China’s Warring States period, now has over 100 million copies in circulation. The manga celebrated the news with a new illustration by Hara as well as a commemorative video. Kingdom launched in …Read more »
Pokémon Concierge, the stop-motion animation from Netflix about a Pokémon resort, has revealed an English-language trailer as well as its launch date. In English the show will star Karen Fukuhara as Haru, who’s played by Non (In This Corner of the World) in Japanese. The …Read more »
Turns out there are consequences to John Wick being such a popular series: aside from two live-action spinoff series, it looks like there’s going to be an anime, too. That’s the word from John Wick director Chad Stahelski on the podcast The Discourse, who said: …Read more »
Nintendo will team up with producer Avi Arad and director Wes Ball to produce a live-action film based on its long-running series The Legend of Zelda. That’s the word from the Big N itself, which says the film will be co-produced by Zelda creator Shigeru …Read more »
Believe it or not, Liz and the Blue Bird is five years old. The Naoko Yamada film, a spinoff of Kyoto Animation’s Sound! Euphonium franchise, was a fan and critical favorite when it came out back in 2018. Now you can celebrate the film with …Read more »
Japan’s live-action Golden Kamuy film is set to hit screens January 19, 2024. Now the film, based on the manga by Satoru Noda, has released a boatload of stills from the set. The film is directed by Shigeaki Kubo (HiGH & LOW series) and stars …Read more »
Godzilla may be minus one, but he’s also plus 1.04 billion. Godzilla Minus One, the latest Godzilla film and the first Japanese live-action production since Shin Godzilla in 2016, earned 1.06 billion yen (just under 7 million USD) in its opening weekend, which included a …Read more »
More Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These is on the way. The new anime adaptation of the classic science fiction epic by Yoshiki Tanaka continues apace. Die Neue These, which kicked off in 2018, has had several “seasons,” both on TV and as …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki’s long-awaited The Boy and the Heron (aka How Do You Live?) is set to hit theaters in the US via GKIDS December 8. Now we’ve got our first look (er, listen?) to the film’s English-language version via a new trailer. In English the …Read more »
The Elusive Samurai, an upcoming 2024 anime based on the manga by Yusei Matsui, has been building the hype with a series of preview videos. The latest, released this week, centers around the character Ayako, played by Sayumi Suzushiro. A new piece of key art …Read more »
I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons, a series of novels by Izumi Sawano, is getting the anime treatment. That’s the word from the latest volume of the I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons manga, which is illustrated by Uri Sugata. The series of …Read more »
SPY x FAMILY CODE: White, the brand-new original SPY x FAMILY film, is on the way to Japanese theaters December 22. Now we’ve got a new look at the film thanks to a new trailer, which also reveals the song’s theme song, “Soulsoup” by Official …Read more »
Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- is the loooong-awaited sequel to the last Madoka Magica film, Rebellion, which came out in 2013. The film is set for winter 2024, and now we’ve got a fresh look via what they’re calling “Teaser 1.1.” The point-one here is pretty …Read more »
Good day to be a Digimon fan! The first four minutes of the new film Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning are now streaming — with English subtitles! The opening minutes of the new Digimon movie were streamed as part of a 45-minute long special featuring …Read more »
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