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 »
Delays, delays, delays. Seems like that’s all we’re writing about these days. Today’s delay is of a release a lot of folks around here were no doubt looking forward to: the US home video release of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna. The film, which hit …Read more »
Dragon Goes House-Hunting, the comedy fantasy manga about a dragon looking to purchase some real estate, is getting the anime treatment. The anime adaptation was originally announced last October, but now we’ve got a visual and some production details. The anime series will be produced …Read more »
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter (Ore Dake Haireru Kakushi Dungeon ~Kossori Kitaete Sekai Saikyo), a series of fantasy light novels, is getting the anime treatment. That’s the word from Kodansha, which also released a teaser visual from the upcoming TV anime. The show …Read more »
SSSS.DYNAZENON, the SSS.GRIDMAN followup by the folks at Trigger and Tsuburaya, was announced last November. Now we’ve got a fresh look at the series via (an admittedly low-resolution) new visual and some cast details. While we’d previously been given a look at the series’ main …Read more »
Hey, this looks neat. Today’s Inside Xbox stream revealed a new game for the Xbox Series X and Xbox One called Scarlet Nexus, an anime-style actioner from the folks at Bandai Namco. It takes place in a Blade Runner-y future world featuring creepy baddies known …Read more »
The third season of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU was originally set to air in April before COVID-19 had its say in the matter. Now the delayed series has been given a new start month: July. That’s the news from Tokyo Broadcasting System’s official website. …Read more »
All finished with Final Fantasy VII Remake and ready to play the sequel? Um, about that… An interview with co-directors Naoki Hamaguchi and Motomu Toriyama in the recently-published book Final Fantasy VII Remake Ultimania put a bit of a damper on the idea that we’re …Read more »
As you may be aware, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, the manga from Koyoharu Gotouge, is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the day. It’s sold about a gazillion copies in Japan, prompting some bookshops to adopt a lottery system or even hide it from would-be …Read more »
If you’ve been hankering to own Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba on Blu-ray disc, hanker no longer. The hit show is coming to Blu via Aniplex of America starting this June. Here’s how the release schedule breaks down: Limited edition Volume 1 (episodes 1-13): June …Read more »
COVID-19 has put a damper on anime conventions for this year, but there’s good news: Funimation is setting out to replicate the con experience at home. Funimation Con 2020, the first convention for the anime distributor, will take place online July 3-4. That’s when Anime …Read more »
Musicians and other artists are getting inventive in the face of COVID-19, holding free streaming concerts and the like. But this might be the most, uh, creative idea we’ve heard of yet. AKB48, the chart-dominating, many-member-having pop group from Akihabara, Tokyo, is famous for its …Read more »
Tired of showing friends and colleagues blank walls or messy rooms during video calls? Check out these free backgrounds courtesy Tsuburaya Productions, the creators of Ultraman and its various spinoffs. Released today as part of the company’s “Stay At Home With ULTRAMAN” campaign, the backgrounds …Read more »
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