Well, folks, it’s been… quintessential. The Quintessential Quintuplets, the manga from Negi Haruba, has come to a close in the pages of Weekly Shonen Magazine. To commemorate the manga’s ending, the magazine is offering some new merchandise in shops around Japan. The merch includes trading …Read more »
Tamayomi, a new series in the under-appreciated genre of baseball anime, is set to hit screens in April. Now we’ve got a new look at how the series is shaping up thanks to a new trailer. The series is about a team of high school …Read more »
As we learned from last year’s AJA report, the international market for anime has expanded rapidly in the recent years, and now makes up almost half of total revenue. With that in mind, anime companies are expanding their efforts abroad. Here’s the most recent example: …Read more »
A few weeks ago, we reported that the upcoming Rurouni Kenshin films would feature baddy Yukishiro Enishi, the main antagonist of the manga’s Jinchu arc. Now we now know’s set to play Enishi: actor Mackenyu. Mackenyu, whose full name is Mackenyu Maeda, has previously been …Read more »
We’re about halfway through the winter 2020 anime season, which means the spring stuff will be here before you know it. One spring series we’re particularly looking forward to is Appare-Ranman!. That’s the original anime from P.A.Works about a Japanese duo in an coast-to-coast race …Read more »
Anime didn’t get a whole lot of love at this year’s Academy Awards, but the ceremony did feature the appearance of a certain Battle Angel. At least, if you craned your neck upward. A plane flown over the Dolby Theater, which hosted the event, carried …Read more »
Sword Art Online Alicization – War of Underworld is getting ready to hit us with a new opening theme. That theme, which comes into play in April, will be performed by ReoNa, we learned today. The song will be called “ANIMA.” ReoNa is no stranger …Read more »
This is the most flexible figure we’ve seen in a while. It’s a figure of Tanjiro Kamado from the ultra-popular Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — and, man, just look at all he can do! Swinging a sword, kneeling down, making a face like he …Read more »
There will be a little less Toonami in our lives in a few weeks. The programming block, which currently airs about six hours of content every week, will be shortened to three hours starting February 29. The decision comes, in part, because the current length …Read more »
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a long-planned movie museum created by the folks behind the Oscars, is set to open December 14, 2020. One of the first exhibitions on display will be dedicated to Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of films …Read more »
At Anime Expo last year, Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) revealed a new sci-fi anime film called Orbital Era. Now it looks like production is ramping up. A recent job posting reveals that studio Yamatoworks is hiring CG artists to work on the film. Yamatoworks was founded …Read more »
Well, this is a nice bit of synergy between anime and real life. Nai Br.XX and Celeina Ann, the performers behind the titular characters of 2019 anime Carole & Tuesday, are set to play music festival South by Southwest. The performance by the duo will “recreate …Read more »
All good things must come to an end, and that includes The Quintessential Quintuplets. The Negi Haruba manga is wrapping up in two short chapters, and to pay tribute to the popular sisters, Bessatsu Shonen Magazine is featuring them on its cover. But they’re not …Read more »
Every year, the Tokyo Anime Award Festival asks anime fans to vote on the best anime of the previous year. Today the results, which came from a total of 551,491 ballots, were released. Without further ado, here are the winners: Best Film: Weathering With You …Read more »
Okay, Summer Wars fans: this is news that’s going to make you want to hop on a plane to Tokyo. The hit Mamoru Hosoda film, which turned 10 last year, will to cap off its 10th-anniversary celebrations with an orchestral concert featuring its score. The …Read more »
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