Shin Megami Tensei V is set for a Nintendo Switch-exclusive release next year. That’s the word from today’s Nintendo Direct Mini. The game, the latest in the Shin Megami Tensei series, will have a simultaneous worldwide release. Shin Megami Tensei is, of course, a series …Read more »
Good news for folks who were enjoying Gal & Dino: the series about a gyaru living with a kyoryu will be back in October. The series was another victim of delays due to that virus thing. It began airing in April, and made it through …Read more »
It’s not uncommon for a famous manga to get multiple anime adaptations, especially with the passing of time. Just look at Hunter x Hunter, which has had two separate TV shows, or Berserk, whose early chapters were adapted for TV back in the ‘90s and …Read more »
Late last year, we reported that a new skating show in vein of Yuri on Ice was on the way. The show was called Skate-Leading Stars, and it was set to skate onto screens this July. But then—well, you know the deal by now. The …Read more »
As you may already know, aside from the Gregorian calendar, Japan also employs its own eras, based on the reign of the current emperor (at last, that’s been then case since the 1800s—it gets complicated). You may recall that Japan recently entered the Reiwa Era, …Read more »
The Magnificent Kotobuki, the 2019 series directed by Shirobako’s Tsutomu Mizushima, is swooping into theaters with a compilation film. Today we learned the film, which retells the story of the series with some new animation and 4D effects, will be released in Japanese theaters on …Read more »
Get ready for some serious sleepage. The anime adaptation of Kagiji Kumanomata’s Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle in set to debut in October. That’s the word from a new trailer for the series, which came along with a new visual. We’ve also learned the …Read more »
Usagi Yojimbo, Stan Sakai’s long-running comic about a samurai rabbit, is getting an animated series from Netflix. The series, created with Gaumont and animated with CG, will be called Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles. It won’t be a straight adaptation of Sakai’s comic. Instead, it …Read more »
Eight years and six months after kicking off in the pages of Shonen Jump, Haikyu!! is set to come to an end. The final chapter of Haruichi Furudate’s volleyball manga will be published in the July 20 issue of Shonen Jump, it was announced today. …Read more »
You’d think voice actors would just have to sound good. But these days, Japan’s seiyuu increasingly appear at events and on TV, meaning there’s increasing pressure to look good too. Is this fair? The latest person to weigh in on the question is Mitsuo Iwata, …Read more »
Haikyu!! To the Top is headed back to screens this October. The second half of the series was initially set for July—but then COVID-19 hit. Now production has resumed, and we can look forward to the continuation of Haikyu!! To the Top this fall. The second …Read more »
Rent-A-Girlfriend, the new anime about, well, renting a girlfriend, kicks off in Japan tomorrow, July 10. For a final bit of pre-broadcast enticement, Shonen Magazine has published a photo spread with popular cosplayer Enako dressed as the show’s main squeeze, Chizuru Mizuhara. In the series, …Read more »
Isekai light novel series Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation is getting the anime treatment. Announced last year, the series is set to hit screens in 2021. In the meantime, a new trailer for the series, and some casting, has just been revealed. The cast members announced …Read more »
If you guys are like me, you’ll take any good news you can get these days. Well, here’s some: the development team for the next Final Fantasy VII Remake game are not feeling a big impact from COVID-19. That’s the word from head honchos Yoshinori …Read more »
There’s more Seitokai Yakuindomo on the way! Seitokai Yakuindomo 2, originally set for July 2020 until this whole COVID thing happened, will now hit Japanese theaters January 1, 2021. The film has all the main cast and staff members returning, with Hiromitsu Kanazawa (Princess Lover!) …Read more »
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