Horimiya, the anime adaptation of Daisuke Hagiwara’s manga, is set to start airing January 9. A spinoff of a four-panel manga by HERO, Horimiya is about two high schoolers with secret lives who end up hitting it off. The series is directed by Masashi Ishihama …Read more »
The latest adult anime from ComicFesta, the producers of series that are too hot for TV, is on the way. The series is called JimiHen—!! ~Jimiko o Kaechaū Jun Isei Kōyū~, and it’s set to hit screens and the web in January. JimiHen is about …Read more »
Banished From The Heroes’ Party, also known as Banished from the brave man’s group, I decided to lead a slow life in the back country (whew, let me catch my breath for a second), a series of comedy fantasy novels, is getting the TV anime …Read more »
Kanojo mo Kanojo (She’s a Girlfriend Too), the romantic comedy manga by Hiroyuki, is getting the anime treatment. The news was revealed by the manga author himself on Twitter Tuesday. Kanojo mo Kanojo has been running in the pages of Weekly Shonen Magazine since March …Read more »
Hong Kong politician and activist Agnes Chow called out the Hong Kong police force on Twitter yesterday for their new mascot that looks suspiciously familiar to anyone who’s seen Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Chow, who taught herself Japanese by watching anime, posted in Japanese: …Read more »
We’ve been hearing rumblings the last couple years about a sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam 00. Now director Seiji Mizushima is here with some good news and some bad news. The project, said Mizushima at an event at Gundam Cafe Tokyo November 15, is definitely …Read more »
Naoki Urasawa, the celebrated manga-ka behind works like Monster, 20th Century Boys, Yawara, Master Keaton and much more is creating an anime. That’s the word from Urasawa himself, who wrote in the pages of Weekly Big Comic Spirits this week: “I’m making an anime. I …Read more »
SSSSuper news for Toonami fans: the tokusatsu anime SSSS.Gridman is set to hit the programming block this January. That word comes straight from the source, Toonami, which announced the news on its livestream. SSSS.Gridman is, of course, the anime from Trigger and Tsuburaya based on …Read more »
Japan outdoes itself again. The latest Japanese invention to leave us gaping is a smartphone app that combines gaming with digestive health. The app is called UnColle, which combines unko, a Japanese word that translates to “poop,” with “collection.” Here’s how it works: do your business, …Read more »
We’re always excited to see what studio Shaft and master director Akiyuki Shinbo whip up next. This time around, it’s Pretty Boy Detective Club, or Bishonen Tanteidan. The series, based on the novels by Nisio Isin (Monogatari) is set to hit airwaves in 2021. The …Read more »
A 34-year-old man in Fujimicho, Tokyo has been arrested for allegedly selling a counterfeit Puella Magi Madoka Magica figure on an auction site. And the figure, it turns out, was very, uh, special. Get this: the suspect allegedly took the head off a legit figure …Read more »
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, the first in a planned Gundam film trilogy, was supposed to come out in Japan earlier this year. But, y’know, stuff. Now the film has a brand-new release date: May 7, 2021. Sayeth the official Gundam YouTube channel: We have decided …Read more »
You might’ve heard of the Japanese practice of enjo kosai, or compensated dating, where (usually) men pay (usually) young women to go out with them (and sometimes a bit more). Well, move over, compensated dating: now we’ve got compensated gaming. This via a new site …Read more »
Attack on Titan is barreling toward its conclusion, with the manga nearly complete and the last season of the anime set to air soon. Now the hometown of Hajime Isayama, the creator of Attack on Titan, is honoring the manga-ka and his titanic achievement with …Read more »
SK8 the Infinity, the Hiroko Utsumi-helmed series about some sk8er bois, just landed a fresh trailer and a premiere date: January 9. Here’s the cast: Tasuku Hatanaka as Reki Chiaki Kobayashi as Ranga Takuma Nagatsuka as Miya Kenta Miyake as Shadow Hikaru Midorikawa as Cherry …Read more »
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