A show with “eternity” in the title has to stick around for a while, right? To Your Eternity, the anime adaptation of the manga by Yoshitoki Oima, is getting a second series. It’s set to premiere in fall 2022. The first series finished airing this …Read more »
To get folks caught up before the new season of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, a series of compilation specials that cover the first season are set to air on Japanese TV in September. Demon Slayer completists may want to get their eyeballs on these …Read more »
Hey, who doesn’t love rankings? Here’s a new one voted on by Twitter users in Japan, who ranked the top 20 anime series from 2010 to present. Without further ado, here’s the list their collective brains came up with: 20. Hyouka 19. A Certain series …Read more »
Kazuo Umezu is the king of horror manga, the brilliant and twisted mind behind stuff like Orochi, Makoto-chan, Drifting Classroom, Cat Eyed Boy and much more. Umezu hasn’t drawn a new manga in a while (26 years, to be exact), but that long drought is …Read more »
Blue Thermal, Kana Ozawa’s manga about aviation gliders, is getting a theatrical anime film. The movie will debut in Japanese theaters March 2022. The catchphrase on the poster reads “fall in love with this sky.” The manga is about a first-year college student whose goal …Read more »
My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission, the latest MHA film, is coming to screens in the US and other countries this October. That’s courtesy Funimation, which is screening the film October 29 in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland on October 29 (plus Australia …Read more »
If you’re anything like me, you could just sit around and listen to Hideaki Anno talk about Evangelion all day. If the recent NHK documentary on the director didn’t sate you, here’s another opportunity to hear from the Eva creator himself. Starting tomorrow in Japan, …Read more »
Aw, that’s sweet. The main voice cast of Evangelion 3.0+1.0, which is now available worldwide, left messages for their fans on Twitter the other day, and they’ve been translated into inglés for us. The messages come from Megumi Ogata (Shinji), Megumi Hayashibara (Rei), Yuko Miyamura …Read more »
A whole bunch of new Spirited Away merch is on the way in Japan. That’s to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the film, which came out on July 20, 2001. Included in the new merch is a squeezable plush of No-Face. There’s also a statuette …Read more »
Well, better late than never? Back to the Future, which was released back in 1985, is being turned into a children’s novel in Japan. The text is being written by Ichiro Omiya, while illustrations are being provided by Zerogo Iwamoto. The novel is aimed at …Read more »
A while back, we learned the manga The Vampire Dies in No Time by Itaru Bonnoki would getting an anime adaptation. Now we know when that adaptation is set to hit screens: October 4. We’ve also got some fresh details on the cast: Yoshimasa Hosoya …Read more »
Love All Play, Asami Koseki’s series of novels about badminton, are getting the anime treatment in spring 2022. The anime will be animated by Nippon Animation and OLM. Here’re the principal crew members: Director: Hiroshi Takeuchi (Blade & Soul) Scripts: Tomoko Konparu (Nodame Cantabile), Miharu …Read more »
Japan’s anime production market contracted in 2020, bringing in less money than the year before for the first time since 2010. In total, the market brought in some 251 billion yen, or about 2.3 billion dollars. That’s a 1.8% decrease compared to 2019. (Hey, isn’t …Read more »
Enako, Japan’s most famous cosplayer, appears in this week’s edition of Monthly Action cosplaying Tohru from Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid. But not without some controversy: some fans complained that the cosplay is disrespectful to the character and property, causing a bit of a flare up …Read more »
Boobs: real or animated, a pretty huge segment of the world likes lookin’ at ‘em. But like any other body part, they can be hard to draw well. Enter Hiro Mashima, the creator of Fairy Tail and Edens Zero and known illustrator of said chest-level …Read more »
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