This week Funimation announced plans to bring the live-action Black Butler movie to home video in North America. The Blu-ray and DVD release is due out on May 2, with pre-orders now open ahead of release. The Black Butler Live-action Movie is coming to home …Read more »
Shirow Miwa originally launched his RWBY prequel manga—based on the animated series by Rooster Teeth and its late creator, Monty Oum—back in November 2015. Now, in this week's March issue of Ultra Jump magazine, the series will officially be coming to an end. The RWBY …Read more »
Feeling a little burnt out on Pokemon Go ? Already caught ‘em all? Have you Pokemon… Stopped? The latest update to the smartphone game might get you Go ing again: developer Niantic are adding more than 80 new Pokemon to the game. The new Pokemon …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai fans in particular and curious anime fans at large may be wondering why mega-hit Your Name is taking so long to be released in America when it’s already come out in China, South Korea, Australia and the U.K., among others. This may be …Read more »
It's been quite a while since the 2001-2002 XEBEC anime adaptation of Hiroyuki Takei's Shaman King manga, and it turns out we missed out on a potential remake. According to one of Takei's answers to a fan's question, he previously received an offer for a …Read more »
The next charming anime from P.A. Works isn't too far off, as the latest promo for Sakura Quest reveals an official premiere date. The small town tourism revival kicks off in Japan on April 5 on Tokyo MX, ABC, and AT-X, with airings also planned …Read more »
Whether you've seen The Seven Deadly Sins anime—which adapts the fantasy manga series by Nakaba Suzuki—on streaming service Netflix or not, you'll soon have a chance to own it on home video. Funimation announced the acquisition of home video distribution rights, with the entire first …Read more »
The 21st Detective Conan anime film, Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter , is getting in the spirit of Valentine's Day over at the official website. A special "Love Song Movie Part 1" video was uploaded in time for the romantic occasion, featuring Ran and Kazuha …Read more »
The My Hero Academia anime is coming back to TV in Japan on March 25, and TOHO shared a new promo to further stoke the excitement. The latest preview is a quick one, and features a bit of the action to come, with a focus …Read more »
Shimizu in Kamen Rider Fourze Fumika Shimizu, a 22-year-old actress best known in otaku circles for her roles as Yuki Jojima in Kamen Rider Fourze and Aiko Himeno in Hentai Kamen , has announced she is retiring from acting to focus on the religious society …Read more »
Akagi , Nobuyuki Fukumoto’s manga about a mahjong-playing wunderkind that began in 1992, is set to come to an end next year. The manga, which runs in magazine Kindai Mahjong, will end in February 2018 after 26 years of serialization. Akagi , which so far …Read more »
From teasers to the recent Super Bowl TV spot, we've seen plenty of snippets of the upcoming live-action Hollywood adaptation of Ghost in the Shell . Now it's time to soak in another proper full trailer, showing Scarlett Johansson and the rest of the cast …Read more »
Designing anime characters is a tough job, man. Each character has to look distinct enough to be memorable, but at the same time resemble the rest of the cast enough so it looks like they all belong in the same series together. Balancing those two …Read more »
If you’ve been watching anime for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed a mysterious entity called DR Movie keeps popping up in the credits. This is not a human named Movie who has completed a doctorate (though that would be pretty awesome), but a …Read more »
This past Saturday, it was Yuri on Ice all night, as about 30,000 fans of the ice-skating series assembled at 49 theaters around Japan for an late-night viewing of all 12 episodes. One theater in Roppongi, Tokyo also held a special talk event with several …Read more »
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