The anime adaptation of Yoshihiro Togashi’s Yu Yu Hakusho manga is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and among the plans is a brand new original animation. The new anime will ship as part of the upcoming Yu Yu Hakusho 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Box set in Japan, …Read more »
Back in July, it was announced Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece would be getting a live-action TV adaptation in Hollywood. At this weekend’s Jump Festa 2018, producer Marty Adelstein revealed some details about the series. Appearing in a pre-recorded video, Adelstein said the series will begin …Read more »
The smartphone rhythm game Idolish 7 is getting an anime adaptation in January 2018, and now it’s been announced that series is getting its own spinoff. The spinoff, which will be a YouTube original series, is called TRIGGER -before The Radiant Glory-. It tells the …Read more »
Nintendo’s monster franchise Pokemon has been entertaining children for over two decades with games, anime and more. But did you know that 20 years ago, an early episode of the TV series put hundreds of Japanese children in the hospital? December 16, 1997 saw the …Read more »
The live-action adaptation of Akiko Higashimura’s Princess Jellyfish is less than a month away, and we’ve now got a look at the entire principal cast in costume. Last week, we saw Koji Seto in costume as Kuranosuke Koibuchi. Now we’ve got the entire group of …Read more »
There’s been a lot of buzz going on already this weekend thanks to Jump Festa 2018, and the hype includes Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball franchise. Next year will mark the debut of the 20th theatrical anime film, which is officially penciled in for a December …Read more »
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love continues with Tenmei-hen (Karma Chapter), the fourth film in the series, on January 27. Ahead of that, the official website went up with a 60-second preview offering a look at the latest in the seven-film series. This one …Read more »
Michiru Shimada—a 58-year-old anime scriptwriter with credits that include series composition and script work on anime such as Little Witch Academia, One Piece, Urusei Yatsura, Little Busters!, and many more—has passed away due to illness. News of Shimada’s passing comes from her daughter, who made …Read more »
Studio Gokumi is producing an anime adaptation of Naru Narumi’s Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles manga, with The Asterisk War‘s Kenji Seto directing and Tatsuya Takahashi (And you thought there is never a girl online?) on series composition. The show makes its broadcast debut in …Read more »
It’s a pretty quick burst of footage, but Koei Tecmo‘s latest ad for Attack on Titan 2 manages to sneak in a cool Story Mode tease in the process. See how Omega Force’s sequel incorporates moments from the anime’s second season in the Japanese TV …Read more »
Following up on successful screenings for Digimon Adventure tri.: Reunion, Fathom Events and Toei Animation have partnered to bring the final three chapters in the six-part anime film series to theaters throughout the United States. With story recaps and cast and crew interviews kicking off the …Read more »
As the year comes to a close, we’re about to get hit with a spate of lists (actually, listing things has become pretty much a year-round affair, but I digress). Here’s a pretty interesting one for Japanophiles out there: a list of buzzwords heard in …Read more »
Satoru Noda’s Golden Kamuy manga is getting an anime adaptation, and thanks to an announcement today, we know when it’ll start to air—and we’ve got our first look at the animation courtesy a short trailer. The series will begin airing in April 2018. The adaptation is …Read more »
Akiko Higashimura wrapped up two of her most famous manga, Princess Jellyfish and Tokyo Tarareba Girls, in 2017, leaving many fans with a Higashimura-sized hole in their hearts. But that hole’s about to get plugged with a new series from the acclaimed manga-ka. The series will …Read more »
Director Kunihiko Ikuhara’s Revolutionary Girl Utena anime turned 20 this year, and to celebrate, Japan has seen a range of merchandise, exhibitions and more dedicated to the series. Now a few more pieces of merchandise have been snuck in at the end of the year …Read more »
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