Square Enix's long-running, wildly popular Dragon Quest RPGs are making the leap to the stage in Japan, with the Dragon Quest Live Spectacle Tour set to celebrate the series' 30th anniversary this summer. This is just one aspect of a multi-pronged approach to celebrating the …Read more »
The adventures of Speed-o'-Sound Sonic continue in the latest Japanese home video release of One-Punch Man . Volume 3 ships with episodes 5 and 6 on February 24 with some nice extras, including an OAD episode titled "The Ninja Who is Too Complicated." The story …Read more »
FUNimation is getting ready for the U.S. theatrical debut of Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy and the Beast anime film with some new information. First up, following up on our previous post , the film is now set to open in select theaters in the United …Read more »
Ayuko Hatta's shoujo manga Wolf Girl & Black Prince is getting the live-action treatment in Japan, with the film adaptation set to open on May 28. The official website posted the film's main visual, which nicely mimics Hatta's manga illustration with Fumi Nikaidou as Erika …Read more »
Some more voice talent is on the way to the Haikyu!! anime, with the announcement that Masayuki Shoji (Keiji Tokiwa in Silver Spoon ) will be joining the second season cast as Date Tech High setter Kanji Koganegawa. 【新キャラクター&キャスト】伊達工の新戦力・黄金川貫至の設定画公開！演じるのは庄司将之さん！身長190cm越えの大型1年セッターで生真面目な黄金川が加わった、新たな“鉄壁”とは…!? https://t.co/5fI5iuCjac pic.twitter.com/XRngA6CAAc — アニメ「ハイキュー!!」 (@animehaikyu_com) January …Read more »
This April Magi fans can look forward to the anime adaptation of the Magi: Adventure of Sinbad spinoff manga by Shinobu Ohtaka and Yoshifumi Ōtera. The series will kick off as part of MBS's Animeism block this April, with the staff and cast from the …Read more »
Call it a shot heard around Twitter. On January 13, Twitter user @riekitazawa fired off a tweet that criticized the general public's view of otaku, using a metaphor that involved some Australian marsupials. The tweet quickly went viral, attracting almost 15,000 retweets and a lot …Read more »
Magic of Stella ( Stella no Mahō ), a manga about high school girls who make doujin video games, is getting an anime series, reports Manga Time Kirara Max magazine. The four-panel comedy manga Magic of Stella by artist Cloba.U launched in 2013 and is …Read more »
The Manga Taishō, also known as the Cartoon Grand Prize, is a yearly award given to the author of a relatively new manga (eight volumes or less). The 2016 edition is on its way, and 11 titles have been announced nominees for the prize. The …Read more »
Funimation has the Blu-ray/DVD release of Tokyo ESP set for February 23, so it's time to dig into the English dub cast . Funimation notes that there are some actors new to its dubs in the lineup, including Adam Dahlberg, also known as Sky from …Read more »
Following up on early word that the fourth season of the Uta no Prince-sama anime would kick off this fall, the time frame has been confirmed via the franchise's official Twitter. Plans for the season itself were hinted at in messages at the end of …Read more »
The second part of Digimon Adventure tri. , "Ketsui" (Determination), kicks off with a limited theatrical run in Japan on March 12. Prior to that cast members Hitomi Yoshida (Mimi Tachikawa) and Junya Ikeda (Joe Kido) will present a preview at Shinjuku Wald 9 on …Read more »
Mimana Orimoto's motorcycle manga Bakuon!! , which first debuted in Akita Shoten's Young Champion Retsu magazine in 2011, is getting an anime adaptation this April, and a new promo is here to reveal the main cast. Nao Tōyama (Chitoge Kirisaki in Nisekoi ) plays Rin …Read more »
Two more voices have been announced for the cast of My Hero Academia , which adapts Kōhei Horikoshi's hit manga of the same name when it premieres this April. The latest cast members are Aoi Yūki (Madoka Kaname in Puella Magi Madoka Magica ), who …Read more »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rolled out the nominees for the 88th annual Oscars, and Studio Ghibli's most recent feature is among the animated contenders. Hiromasa Yonebayashi's When Marnie Was There , based on the novel by Joan G. Robinson, is up …Read more »
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