Many fans were displeased to learn that Final Fantasy XV was delayed from September 30 to November 29, but life goes on, and we'll likely end up with a better game in the long run. While the wait continues you can take another look behind …Read more »
The hotly-anticipated Persona 5 is set to launch in North America and Europe on Valentine's Day 2017, and Atlus is here with a new promo ahead of the September 15 Japanese release. This short movie follows the protagonist as he pays a visit to a …Read more »
Kimura played Howl in 2004's Howl's Moving Castle . Come 2017, the members of Japanese boy band SMAP are going to find themselves with some spare time on their hands. The group, which has been together for 25 years, is set to split up December …Read more »
It’s-a-me, Shinzo! With the 2016 Olympic Games wrapping up in Rio, the next time the summer games happen in 2020, they’ll be held in Tokyo. To receive the metaphorical baton, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and prime minister Shinzo Abe both showed up in Rio, the …Read more »
Isao Takahata: co-founder of venerated animation studio Ghibli, director of anime classics like Grave of the Fireflies and Only Yesterday , and… DJ? That’s right: 80-year-old Takahata will man the decks at Fukushima music festival Kazetorock Imony World, it was announced yesterday. Takahata will also …Read more »
Directed by Sayo Yamamoto ( Michiko & Hatchin , Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine ), with character designs and storyboards by manga author Mitsurou Kubo, the Yuri!!! on Ice anime is scheduled to premiere this October. Now a new promo is here along …Read more »
Hot on the heels of Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi's Shin Godzilla is news that the Big G is heading to the world of animation. Knights of Sidonia studio Polygon Pictures is producing an anime film, with Gen Urobuchi ( Fate/Zero , Madoka Magica , …Read more »
Thanks to the success of an earlier Kickstarter campaign, the 20th anniversary of The Vision of Escaflowne anime will be celebrated in style this October. Funimation's Blu-ray/DVD releases of the series and movie arrive on October 18, and a pair of promos are here to …Read more »
Eir Aoi, known for performing multiple anime opening and ending themes since her debut in 2011, is going on hiatus, according to a press release from her label Sony Music Entertainment. The press release cited the singer’s poor physical health as the reason for the …Read more »
Sure, Konami may have fired Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, but no one really doubted for a minute that meant they were going to abandon the franchise. Today the games company announced its first Kojima-less Metal Gear game, Metal Gear Survive , which certainly seems …Read more »
Big news has been coming out of early leaks of the latest Shonen Jump , and it looks like the final chapter of Bleach is being celebrated in style. That celebration will come in the form of a live-action movie based on Tite Kubo's manga, …Read more »
Among all the upcoming fall anime about giant robots, high school romance and zombie invasions, this one sounds pretty unique – Miss Bernard said. is a comedy about a girl who wants to become well-versed in literature without actually reading any books. Miss Bernard said. …Read more »
The latest issue of Shonen Jump Giga —a magazine that features spin-off titles, special works by Jump manga authors, and other stories by new creators—includes a meeting of the minds between Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto and Hunter x Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi. This offered a …Read more »
Koei Tecmo and Omega Force's Attack on Titan action game is nearly here, with a physical release planned on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One along with digital-only releases on PlayStation 3, PS Vita, and PC. Europe gets it first on August 26, followed by the …Read more »
The wheels of the upcoming live-action Pokémon movie, based on the Detective Pikachu game, continue to spin. The latest development has Nicole Perlman and Alex Hirsch in talks to write Legendary's feature, which Universal Pictures will distribute outside of Japan. Nicole Perlman previously worked in …Read more »
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