Who doesn’t love mysterious countdowns? The Ultraman manga has something big in store, at least according to a recently-added countdown on the official website. The countdown went up alongside a tweet that simply said “important information” will be revealed when the timer comes to an …Read more »
The upcoming Cardcaptor Sakura -Clear Card- TV anime previously added Maaya Sakamoto as the opening theme performer after performing the same duty for the 1998 anime. She’s on the new opening “CLEAR,” and the latest update has Saori Hayami performing the ending theme. Hayami’s new …Read more »
If you were hoping to catch the live-action Gintama film at some point, you’ll finally get your chance on home video. Well Go USA announced plans to bring the adaptation of Hideaki Sorachi’s manga to North America in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. The North American …Read more »
If you’re one of the many folks who enjoyed the anime adaptation of Akihito Tsukushi’s Made in Abyss manga, you’re in luck. As revealed during a special Deep in Abyss Recital event, which took place at Tokyo’s Congress Square Nihonbashi convention center on November 26, a …Read more »
Upcoming TV anime Butlers—based on the popular Chinese webcomic known as Intouchable Butlers—was recently delayed from its original January 2018 debut to April 2018’s spring season. Despite the hiccup, a new key visual is here to get everyone hyped for the adaptation. Butlers ~Chitose Momotose …Read more »
One of the most hotly anticipated anime adaptations on the horizon is Golden Kamuy, which brings Satoru Noda’s manga to the small screen with the help of anime production house Geno Studio (Genocidal Organ). An update on the official website sheds some light on the …Read more »
Dragon Ball Z, YuYu Hakusho, Slam Dunk, Yu-Gi-Oh!… for many fans of Shonen Jump, the ‘90s is the decade to beat. Those fans will be excited to hear there’s an upcoming Tokyo exhibition dedicated to that era of the manga magazine. Today, the first poster …Read more »
Akkun to Kanojo (Akkun and His Girlfriend), a popular shoujo manga, will be getting an anime adaptation. The announcement came via the 7th volume of the manga, which is written by Waka Kakitsubata. Akkun to Kanojo centers around the relationship between the tsundere Atsuhiro “Akkun” …Read more »
Yurucamp△, also known as Laid-Back Camp for the upcoming English release of Afro’s original manga, is coming to TV in Japan in January. Ahead of that, the anime adaptation’s official website went up with a new visual, as well as news regarding the theme song …Read more »
Call it the crime of the century. A woman has been arrested in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan for stealing eight of her boyfriend’s anime DVDs, reports the Kobe Shimbun. Yup: the crime of stealing eight DVDs was enough to make the newspaper. To be fair, these …Read more »
Cities, prefectures, public facilities—name a place, and it’s more than likely Japan has a mascot for it. There are a reported 1,157 of these mascots, known in Japan as “yuru-kyara,” and they’ve just faced off in a yearly competition. After a hard struggle, Unari-kun, who …Read more »
Master manga artist Rumiko Takahashi is getting ready to end another one of her long-running series. According to an early preview of Weekly Shonen Sunday, Rin-ne will be coming to an end soon, with three chapters left to go. Rin-ne, AKA Kyoukai no Rinne, has …Read more »
Masaki Yamada‘s Basilisk novels are getting another adaptation soon in the form of Basilisk: Oka Ninpocho, and a new update is here via the official website. The latest news includes the reveal of a January 8, 2018 premiere date for the series, as well as …Read more »
Fans looking forward to any TV airings of the live-action Rurouni Kenshin films in the near future might be better off grabbing the DVD. The scandal involving Rurouni Kenshin author Nobuhiko Watsuki, who is facing charges for possession of child pornography, has stopped the serialization …Read more »
School-Live! is going live-action. The manga by Norimitsu Kaiho about cute girls, schools and zombies is getting a live-action film adaptation, according to the cover of next week’s upcoming Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine. That magazine, where School-Live! has been published since 2012, is also …Read more »
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