When the Gintama anime adaptation returns this July, we can look forward to new opening and ending themes. As revealed on their respective websites, performers this time around will be SPYAIR on the opening and CHiCO with Honeyworks on the ending. Gintama‘s July return follows …Read more »
The superheroics of My Hero Academia are coming to Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC worldwide this year, but Japan is just getting the Quirk-infused brawler on Switch and PS4. While the region has a more limited selection of platforms to choose from, the official …Read more »
If you ever wanted to see what Luffy looks like in the real world, the latest opportunity comes in the form of the One Piece Oto Utage – Episode of East Blue stage production. Performances will be held at the Tokyo International Forum Hall C …Read more »
FLCL fans have a lot to look forward to, with a pair of long-awaited followups coming to Adult Swim this year. We’re not far out from the first, FLCL Progressive, which hits the anime programming block on June 2 at midnight. Ahead of that, it’s …Read more »
Dragon Garow Lee is a manga artist with a particularly adaptable visual style. He became internet-famous drawing mashup and doujinshi like One-Punch Man x Dragon Ball, and his sense of humor and ability to match the drawing style of so many different series landed him …Read more »
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation, the fourth film in the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, will explode into Japanese theaters October 19, it was announced Sunday. A poster for the film, which shows Nanoha and crew ready for action, was also revealed. Filmgoers who purchase …Read more »
The NES Classic Edition, the retro gadget that launched the current mini-console boom, was not easy to find upon its release back in late 2016. Because it’s easy money to help folks who didn’t get their hands on it the first time, Nintendo of America …Read more »
The husband-wife team of Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich cracked the video game-to-movie code, raking in big bucks and churning out sequel after sequel in the Resident Evil franchise. They may have said goodbye to zombies, but not to video game movies, apparently: they’re …Read more »
BanG Dream!, the anime series about a rockin’ girls’ band, has gotten the green light for both a second and third season, it was reported today. The second season will premiere in January 2019, while the third will come in October of the same year. …Read more »
Stories about underpaid animators and struggling manga authors have been pretty prominent in the last few years, but until now we hadn’t heard much about these problems extending to other parts of the industry. Aya Hirano is among the more successful voice actors in Japan, …Read more »
Fumi Hirano is a veteran voice actress with some classic roles under her belt, the most notable being Lum in Urusei Yatsura, based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi. Next up is a role in the One Piece anime adaptation, in which Hirano will be …Read more »
The latest anime license from Sentai Filmworks is Scum’s Wish, a 12-episode series based on the manga by Mengo Yokoyari. Anime studio Lerche is behind the adaptation, and Sentai plans to release the series on home video and via electronic sell-through in the United States, …Read more »
Seiichi Takayama’s fantasy light novel series The Master of Ragnarök & Blesser of Einherjar is coming to TV in Japan this July, bringing with it an isekai story dipped in an extra large vat of Norse mythology. The official website recently popped up a teaser …Read more »
Slasher-in-an-abandoned-building anime Angels of Death—based on the horror manga/freeware game—is set to light up the airwaves in Japan this July. Ahead of that, the opening and ending song artists have been revealed, with Masaaki Endoh lined up for the former and Haruka Chigusa handling the …Read more »
The Lord of Vermillion: Guren no Oh TV anime—based on the arcade game by Square Enix—recently updated with fresh details. The latest has the series premiering in Japan this July, along with a full unveiling of the voice cast. Following up on the previously-announced Yuuki …Read more »
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