Originally announced in September 2024, Kyoto Animation’s anime adaptation of Keiichi Arawi’s CITY manga now has a premiere month. CITY THE ANIMATION will make its way to the screen in July 2025, and you can see a new visual and some cast additions below. The …Read more »
Otaku USA readers might recall the One Piece Fitness BragMen gym, a One Piece-themed gym that opened in Shibuya in 2023. They have themed classes like Haki Projector Combat, Pirate Pilates, Marine Yoga, and Alabasta Belly Dance. And now that the facility is celebrating its …Read more »
Mark your calendars, LiSA fans — the J-pop singer is having a 2025 North American tour! She’s doing this in collaboration with Crunchyroll, and the tour will consist of three stops. The first concert in her North American Another Great Day tour is in New …Read more »
It’s always nice to see heroes teaming up, and we’re getting a great example of that in a new collaboration between My Hero Academia and Captain America: Brave New World. The latest MCU film opens around the world next week, so the final season of …Read more »
A premiere date is in place for The Catcher in the Ballpark!, the anime adaptation of Tatsuro Suga’s Ballpark de Tsukamaete! manga. According to the official website, the series is set to premiere this April. As previously reported, Fairouz Ai (Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: …Read more »
Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! is a light novel series by Ryuto and Tetsuhiro Nabeshima, and it’s also the latest to get an anime adaptation. Kadokawa announced anime plans this week, and while the company will be producing, …Read more »
There is another twist in the case of Shinji Aoba, the convicted Kyoto Animation arsonist who was sentenced to the death penalty for murdering 36 people and injuring 32 more. Aoba and his legal team appealed the death sentence after he received it last year, …Read more »
A premiere date has been confirmed for the Anne Shirley anime, which will be the latest project to adapt the classic Ann of Green Gables novel series by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The series is set to premiere in Japan on April 5, and you can …Read more »
An anime adaptation was announced for Aya Hirakawa’s romantic comedy manga Mikadono Sanshimai wa Angai, Choroi back in July, eyeing a 2025 premiere window. Now a new cast addition is here to welcome Aoi Koga (Kaguya Shinomiya in Kaguya-sama: Love is War) into the cast …Read more »
This April marks the premiere of The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei: He Just Solves All the Mysteries, which is based on the supernatural manga by Aki Shimizu. Ahead of that, the ending song performer has been revealed alongside a pair of cast additions. The …Read more »
A new character is debuting in episode 5 of the Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE anime, and the voice cast member behind them has been revealed. Mariko Higashiuchi (Annabel in Drug Store in Another World – The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist) is getting in …Read more »
Valentine’s Day is 10 days away, and couples who are Ghibli fans can find a great date spot at Shirohige’s Cream Puff Factory. Tokyo’s Shirohige’s Cream Puff Factory is a bakery dedicated to Ghibli, and it’s made a special Jiji and Lily dessert just for …Read more »
Originally announced back in May 2024, the anime adaptation of Hisaya Nakajo’s Hana-Kimi manga is closer than ever thanks to a new teaser trailer. The latest update on the anticipated series also includes the reveal of the main cast members, so let’s see who’s in …Read more »
A release month is in place for the second That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime anime film! Soukai no Namida-hen (Tears of the Blue Sea Arc) is officially set to open in Japanese theaters in February 2026, so fans have a full year …Read more »
Vampire-chan Can’t Suck Properly—known in Japan as Chanto Suenai Kyuketsuki-chan)—is a comedy manga by Kyosuke Nishiki, and it’s officially getting an anime adaptation. Plans for a TV anime were revealed for 2025 along with the commemorative illustration above, a teaser visual and the main cast …Read more »
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