Featured Spotlight: For the uninitiated, Webtoons are a bold new frontier for online comics, and is right there at the forefront. Those who have experienced Korean manhwa before know they share many stylistic and genre sensibilities with manga. When combined with the Webtoon format they …Read more »
Bandai Namco Games' One Piece: Burning Blood is bringing 3-on-3 brawling action to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PS Vita in North America on May 31, with a PC version and European launch to follow in June. To get everyone ready we have a new …Read more »
With Viz Media bringing the 2011 Hunter x Hunter anime adaptation to DVD and Blu-ray, an English dub is currently in the works. Viz revealed the main members of the dub cast during their panel at this past weekend's C2E2 event, so see who's playing …Read more »
If the IBM-sponsored Sword Art Online: The Beginning virtual reality project has piqued your interest, you'll be happy to know that there's plenty more footage of the alpha test and how it all works. DAISUKI.net has a full report online in the form of a …Read more »
Another awesome guest announcement! Otaku USA Magazine 's Jason Thompson is coming to the Anime Fan Fest NJ - 5/6-8 at the Garden State Exhibit Center! Jason Thompson is manga editor for Otaku USA , author of the Eisner Award-nominated Manga: The Complete Guide , …Read more »
The Tokyo Anime Award Festival, the snazzy Oscars of anime, has announced the results of its Anime of the Year Grand Prix, given annually to the best television series and film of the year. Which 2015 anime won? You will just have to click the …Read more »
Today new promotional videos for the upcoming anime adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable hit screens across Japan. Three screens, that is. The videos debuted on large screens outside major train stations across the country, causing impromptu meetups for JoJo’s fans wanting to …Read more »
Get your pencils ready. Toonz, the animation software used by Studio Ghibli on every film since 1997’s Princess Mononoke , will go open-source and available for free starting March 28. The software, renamed OpenToonz, will contain the custom Ghibli Edition developed by the legendary anime …Read more »
Viz Media, publishers of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, announced plans to stream David Production's anime adaptation. Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable is set to premiere this spring, and Viz will stream the new series, as well as parts I-III, on Viz.com . #C2E2 …Read more »
Koei Tecmo announced plans to bring the latest RPG in the Atelier series, Atelier Sophie: Alchemist of the Mysterious Book , to the west this June. It's set to launch physically and digitally on PlayStation 4, with a digital-only release planned for PS Vita. North …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: is a Webtoons portal full of fantastic online comics from some of Korea's most talented creators. Every genre is represented, from drama, fantasy, and romance to thriller, comedy, action, and mystery, so you'll find no shortage of quality content to dig into right …Read more »
For the first time, a Japanese court has ruled computer-generated images can be considered child pornography, sentencing a creator of such images to a one-year prison term, says Tokyo Reporter. The court rejected the defense’s claims that the works were art and simply representations. Akashi …Read more »
About 95% of directors of so-called eroge, or erotic Japanese video games, throw in the towel, and 10% of those within a week of getting the job, says Akabeisoft 2 president Kei Mimasu. Mimasu shared those and other interesting stats in a series of tweets …Read more »
A second season of KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!! has been given the go-ahead, according to the staff of the series, the first season of which wrapped this week. For fans of the series, this news is truly subarashii . The second …Read more »
The Saekano anime, based on the light novel series by Fumiaki Maruto, is set to continue with a second season. We'll have to wait a bit for the follow-up, though, because it's currently planned for an April 2017 debut on Fuji TV's noitaminA anime block. …Read more »
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