Gosho Aoyama’s Detective Conan series has had a long and successful history of anime film releases, and the latest is set to open in Japan on April 17, 2020. Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet marks the 24th theatrical outing for everyone’s favorite pint-sized sleuth, and the official website went up with …Read more »
Developer Gust is taking Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail series and retelling part of the saga in the form of an RPG, and Koei Tecmo’s release now has a date. Fairy Tail is set for March 19, 2020 on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC around the world, with Japan …Read more »
This January’s Lupin III TV special, Goodbye Partner, features a very special cameo from none other than Russia-based whistleblower Edward Snowden. Er, in the anime he’s actually called Edward Znoden, but come on. A screenshot of Mr. Znoden in the show from anime superfan and sometimes Otaku USA …Read more »
A new promo has arrived for the Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story anime, which adapts the mobile game of the same name. The series is now officially set to premiere in Japan on January 4, 2020, and ClariS was just announced as the performer …Read more »
Fans of catgirl maids, watch out, because NEKO WORKS’ adult visual novel Nekopara is making the leap to TV screens with an upcoming anime adaptation. A fresh update surfaced this week, lining the series up for a more specific premiere date of January 9. There’s also a …Read more »
More details have surfaced for the long-awaited fourth season of the Haikyu!! anime, which officially continues adapting Haruichi Furudate’s manga when it hits the airwaves in Japan on January 10. In addition to the new date, Haikyu!! To the Top has been confirmed as a split-cour season, with the …Read more »
If you had told me a few years ago that I’d be this excited for a CG-animated Lupin the 3rd movie, I’d have thought you were outta your mind. Here we are, though, in 2019, getting pumped for the December 6 Japanese debut of Lupin the 3rd: The …Read more »
Looking for some unconventional post-Thanksgiving streaming material? Allow us to present Star Wars in kabuki form. Yeah, you heard right. This is the Star Wars kabuki play announced earlier this month starring Japan’s most famous kabuki actor, Ebizō XI, as Kylo Ren (or Kairen, as he’s called in the play). The …Read more »
Japanese fans of Mamoru Hosoda’s Summer Wars are getting ready to rock and roll this January. That’s when the film, now celebrating its 10th anniversary, will blast back into Japanese theaters with 4DX screenings. Yes, we’ll soon know what the online world of OZ smells like. The screenings …Read more »
Quro’s Koisuru Asteroid manga previously had an anime adaptation announced, and now we know when to expect it. According to the latest update on the official website, the series officially kicks off on AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto,TV Aichi, and BS11 in Japan on January …Read more »
If you kinda forgot about Appare-Ranman!, the new original anime from P.A.Works, no worries — here’s a fresh reminder via a new visual. The visual shows the series’ two main characters, engineer Sorano Appare and samurai Isshiki Kosame, who somehow find themselves in Los Angeles, where they decide …Read more »
Dropout Idol Fruit Tart, the manga about an idol singer unit called Fruit Tart, is set to drop onto TV screens before too long. The series was first announced back in May, but now we’ve got an idea of what it’ll look like thanks to a newly-released …Read more »
When it comes to visual novels from a variety of regions on Steam, many of them tend to skew toward the overtly sexual. From horror to romance, there’s a reason Steam has rejected so many from its platform, but the developers behind original English language …Read more »
Overflow, an adult manga by author Kaiduka, is getting the anime treatment. The news, revealed yesterday, comes complete with one of the most, uh, creative pieces of key art we’ve seen in a while. Overflow tells the tale of college student Kazushi and his childhood …Read more »
Otaku. We’ve written many posts about the various ways the word has been used over the years, and how attitudes toward people with geeky interests has evolved. Here’s the latest word from a poll conducted in Japan by marriage consulting firm Partner Agent. The poll, which collected information …Read more »
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