How much do you love Pokémon? There are plenty of folks out there who love it enough to get a tattoo of one of the series’ many pocket monsters, but not many of them are as famous as Ariana Grande. One of the biggest pop …Read more »
If you found yourself particularly fond of the Killer T Cell in Cells at Work!, you’re in luck, because he’s getting his own manga spinoff. Cells at Work! FRIEND follows the act of other series spinoffs, focusing on Killer T as he uses his brute …Read more »
Fate fans have a big celebration to look forward to this year. TYPE-MOON, Aniplex of America, and Delight Works, Inc. have teamed up for Fate/Grand Order U.S.A. Tour 2019, which kicks off with a two-day event in Los Angeles this February. It all starts on …Read more »
Hey, how many kilos are the dumbbells you lift? This may sound like a completely off-topic question, but it happens to be the roughly translated title of Danberu nan kiro moteru?, a workout comedy manga by MAAM and Kengan Ashura author Yabako Sandrovich. The series …Read more »
With Tokyo’s 2020 Summer Olympics on the not-so-distant horizon, it’s only right that there be some thematically appropriate anime available around the same time. Kyoto Animation is on top of it, because a brand new Free! anime film has officially been revealed for summer of …Read more »
Voice actress Yūka Morishima currently has a role as Gripen in the Girly Air Force TV anime, based on the light novels written by Kōji Natsumi and illustrated by Asagi Tousaka. With the series currently on air, Avex Pictures took the opportunity to promote it …Read more »
One of the ongoing delights of the last two cours has been the anime adaptation of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, which is about to add another new cast member. The latest to get in on the fun is Takahiro Sakurai, who …Read more »
In/Spectre, AKA Kyokousuiri, is a series of super natural light novels written by Kyo Shirodaira, with illustrations by Hiro Kiyohara. The story follows a young woman imbued with supernatural powers after a run-in with the spirit world, and the main staff has been announced for …Read more »
Kengan Ashura, the upcoming adaptation of the hit manga by Sandrovich Yabako and by Daromeon, has found its opening band. That band is My First Story, who will perform the series’ opening theme, called “King & Ashley.” My First Story first got together in 2011, …Read more »
Ensemble Stars!, a smartphone game in which players produce the careers of male idol singers, is getting the anime treatment. Now we’ve learned that series will be airing in July. The news was announced at a concert in Tokyo January 13, which also included the …Read more »
It’s January, meaning we’re being hit with an onslaught of 2018 in review pieces, polls and more. We really like this one, though: it’s a look back not at any anime in specific, but the most memorable pieces of anime news. Here’s what the anime …Read more »
Setta Kobayashi, the artist and writer for Black Clover spinoff Asta-kun Mahotei e no Michi, took to Twitter this week to reflect on the feedback (or lack thereof) received by manga artists. In the posts, Kobayashi noted that unlike many other creatives, like musicians, manga-ka …Read more »
The World of Chihayafuru is an original art exhibition that previously ran in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya last spring. Those showings were a success, so its next stop is Kanazu Forest of Creation in Fukui Prefecture between April 27 and June 23. This time around, …Read more »
Last year was a great one for Dragon Ball video games, thanks in full to the success (and quality) of Dragon Ball FighterZ. Now it seems as if Bandai Namco has something else up its sleeve, because they’re promising some special reveals for an upcoming …Read more »
GKIDS has another limited theatrical release for an anime film on the way this April. The latest is Okko’s Inn, a 2018 movie known in Japan as Wakaokami wa Shogukasei!, directed by Kitarō Kōsaka and produced by MADHOUSE. Based on the children’s books written by …Read more »
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