A third season is on the way for the BanG Dream! anime, and it officially has a release date. The girls will be back on the stage once more starting January 23, so there’s no better time than now to check out a video recapping the latest …Read more »
Just like the song says, George Michael wants YOUR sex. Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino, on the other hand, wants absolutely any sex at all in a Makoto Shinkai film, which he says are lacking in physical intimacy. Tomino recently spoke with Japan’s Weekly Playboy magazine while promoting the upcoming …Read more »
Studio Trigger producer Kazuya Masumoto has some numbers for us. Fresh off a keynote speech at Ufotable’s Machi Asobi, a yearly festival set up by the studio, Masumoto logged onto Twitter and repeated some of his key points. Being a producer, Masumoto’s a money guy, and he …Read more »
Taika Waititi, the director of Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit, is set to direct a live-action adaptation of the classic manga Akira. But with a new Thor movie in the works, Akira was pushed down the road — to the point where some speculated the project might be over and done for, at least with …Read more »
Satoru Yamaguchi and Nami Hidaka’s My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! light novel series is coming to TV in an April 2020 anime adaptation, and the first promo is here to get everyone ready. The trailer also reveals Maaya Uchida as lead …Read more »
Writer Kisetsu Morita and illustrator Benio’s comedic light novel series I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level is officially getting the anime treatment. An adaptation has been revealed for the series, with the voice cast of the audio drama CDs set to …Read more »
It looks like curious fans will need to wait a little longer to see how Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop series turns out. Unfortunately, shortly after filming kicked off, lead actor John Cho—who plays Spike Spiegel in the adaptation—suffered a serious on-set injury that has production shutting down …Read more »
Another isekai anime adaptation is on the way in 2020, and this one adapts the Mushoku Tensei light novels written by Rifujin na Magonote and illustrated by Shirotaka. StudioBind handles the animation production for this one, with GAMERS! director Manabu Okamoto at the helm. While we wait for more …Read more »
Waiting for the films of Studio Ghibli to hit your favorite streaming service? Don’t hold your breath, says GKids. The distributor, which holds the North American rights to Ghibli’s films, had the following to say to Polygon: “Studio Ghibli does not make their films available digitally, …Read more »
Everyone’s been eager for the third season of the anime that adapts Wataru Watari’s romantic comedy light novel series My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong, As I Expected, which is in production now. While we wait for that, though, the original series is about to come …Read more »
Even the best in the business have to tip their hat to the competition at some point, and it’s always interesting to see what movies end up impressing fellow directors. In the case of Makoto Shinkai—who is still riding high on the success of his …Read more »
It can be a challenge keeping up with all the new Lupin III stuff coming out these days. There’s Part 5, which wrapped up last year, Fujiko Mine’s Lie, which came out a few months ago, the upcoming CG film, and now a new TV special. The last item on …Read more »
Just when you thought you wouldn’t get to stream any Studio Ghibli films, HBO Max comes through to dash that notion. Thanks to a partnership with GKIDS, HBO Max will be the first US streaming service to host the entire Studio Ghibli film library, with a whopping …Read more »
Fans of the Hozuki’s Coolheadedness manga will soon get to see how it ends. The manga’s author, Natsumi Eguchi, announced plans to conclude the series—which has been running in Kodansha’s Weekly Morning magazine since 2011—in the next five chapters. Eguchi took the opportunity to share an image along with …Read more »
P.A.Works, the folks behind Shirobako and Fairy Gone, have a new original anime on the way. It’s called Appare-Ranman!, and it’s about an engineer and a samurai who get stranded in America and decide to compete in a race from Los Angeles to New York called the Trans-America Wild …Read more »
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