Anime Expo 2020 was canceled last month in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. But it appears we’ll be getting at least a taste of the convention that was. That’s because Anime Expo has announced Anime Expo Lite for July 3 and 4, 2020. But, …Read more »
We learned late last year that Gege Akutami’s manga Jujutsu Kaisen would be jumping from the pages of Shonen Jump to TV screens. Thanks to an info dump today, we know a whole lot more, including the fact the series will premiere in October. We’ve …Read more »
Your Bad Box Office in April. Okay, jokes aside, this is some pretty depressing (though unsurprising) box office news. Compared to April 2019, Japan’s movie theaters pulled in 96.3% less yen. In total, the country’s theaters made just 688 million yen—about $6.4 million. Thanks, COVID-19. …Read more »
Netflix is hard at work on live-action adaptations of Cowboy Bebop and One Piece—or as much work as they can do during a pandemic, anyway. Producer Marty Adelstein recently had an interview with SyFy Wire in which he let us in on how both shows …Read more »
Both fans of the 1998 classic and those who have never seen it, rejoice: Cardcaptor Sakura is headed to Netflix. The series will begin streaming in the US and Canada on June 1. Cardcaptor Sakura aired in Japan from 1998 to 2000, but the road …Read more »
Neon Genesis Evangelion is never far from the mind of anime fans. The franchise, now 25 years old, is still a perennial favorite, as evidenced most recently by the huge number of streams each of the films pulled in on YouTube last month. Japanese public …Read more »
Now that’s dedication. A YouTuber in Japan with the username Tarue Totsugeki is praying for the return of Yoshihiro Togashi’s manga Hunter x Hunter in his own special way: by throwing 1,000 karate punches every day. On his channel, the user promises “one thousand thankful …Read more »
Looking for something new (new to you, that is) to watch? You could do worse than ticking some films off this list. Straight from the folks at the British Film Institute, it lists the best Japanese film of the year for each year starting in …Read more »
Sing “Yesterday” For Me will feature a new opening theme song starting with its seventh episode, reports the series’ official Twitter account. The song, called “Aoibashi,” will be performed by Sayuri. Sayuri, who made her major-label debut in 2015, is well-known by many anime fans: …Read more »
Time for a matsuri. COVID-19 lockdowns have forced most anime conventions for the foreseeable future to cancel. That’s led to a new phenomenon: the online con. We’ve already seen a few fan conventions take place on the ‘net, and Funimation has announced its own online …Read more »
Posuka Demizu, the artist behind The Promised Neverland, has drawn an image supporting Japan’s efforts to socially distance and help stop the spread of COVID-19. The illustration, posted on the official Promised Neverland account, depicts the manga’s three main characters staying a safe distance from …Read more »
Things are a long way from normal in Japan, but efforts by health professionals and citizens doing their best to stay home have led to a reduction in cases in Tokyo and elsewhere. Meanwhile, it looks like anime voice actors, who were largely on standby …Read more »
Lots of exciting Ghibli news out today via the studio’s uber-producer Toshio Suzuki. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Suzuki says that 36 minutes of Miyazaki’s new film, Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka (How Do You Live?) are complete. He adds that COVID-19 has not …Read more »
Lapis Re:Lights, a multimedia franchise about idol singers that includes a smartphone game, manga and more is adding an anime series. We’ve learned that series is set to hit screens in July. We’ve also got a fresh new trailer and some cast and crew details. …Read more »
Looking for more sci-fi anime in your life? Check out the first trailer for Shikizakura, which is set to hit screens early next year. Shikizakura is described as a “battle action science fiction” series set in the near future. The trailer depicts a battle scene …Read more »
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