Fans of the Encouragement of Climb anime can officially look forward to its season 3 return this year. According to an update on the official website, the adaptation of Shiro’s moe mountain climbing manga will begin airing as part of 2018’s summer season. The staff …Read more »
Ever take a selfie and feel disappointed your eyes aren’t glittering like the ones in anime? Japan has just the thing for you. This light-up, diamond-shaped freebie included in the January 4 edition of shoujo manga magazine Sho-Comi attaches to smartphones to give selfie-d eyes …Read more »
Come January 9, Black Clover will be sounding a little different. The series based on the manga by Yuki Tabata will be getting both new opening and ending theme songs starting next week. The new opening, “PAiNT it BLACK,” will be performed by BiSH, a …Read more »
Hinomaru Zumo, the Shonen Jump manga about sumo wrestling, will soon wrestle its way into animated form. The manga by Kawada will be the subject of a TV anime adaptation, it was announced today. Hinomaru Zumo, which began serialization in Shonen Jump in 2014, is …Read more »
Good news for fans of anime auteur Masaaki Yuasa: both of the director’s 2017 films have been licensed for distribution in North America. The distributor with the good sense to snap up both Night is Short, Walk On Girl and Lu Over the Wall was …Read more »
Otaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii (“Love is Hard for Otaku”), an award-winning manga about the trials and tribulations of otaku love, is getting an anime adaptation this April. The series will be animated at A-1 Pictures, and star Arisa Date, Kent Ito, Tomokazu Sugita, Miyuki …Read more »
If you’re pumped about the upcoming anime adaptation of Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, it’s time to mark your calendars. The latest update has the series—which is based on the novels by Kino’s Journey author Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kouhaku Kuroboshi—making its …Read more »
Today is the 50th anniversary of the first TV anime adaptation of the late Shigeru Mizuki’s classic Gegege no Kitaro manga, and it looks like some big plans are in store. While the specifics of those plans remain a mystery at the moment, an anniversary site went …Read more »
What happens when you put four young ladies together in a dormitory for manga artists? You get the Comic Girls anime, of course! Based on the four-panel comedy manga by Kaori Hanzawa, the series is set to premiere on Tokyo MX and other stations in …Read more »
Every now and again we just need to disconnect. It’s a healthy way to curb the constant distractions, but Hotaru Ichijo had no idea just how far off the grid she’d be going when her family was first transferred to a rural countryside town. Thankfully …Read more »
Something big is cooking for the Saga of Tanya the Evil anime, AKA Youjo Senki. Based on the light novels written by Carlo Zen and illustrated by Shinobu Shinotsuki, the anime’s official Twitter account stated that a major announcement will be revealed soon. The series …Read more »
If you’re up on your Chinese zodiac calendar, you’ll know 2018 is the Year of the Dog, and the Evangelion Store in Tokyo is celebrating by ringing in the year with a few poochy items and giveaways. First, a standing panel featuring Asuka in a …Read more »
This is not, in all likelihood, the final time we’ll see a “best anime of 2017” poll this month—but it does have the distinction of being the first. Anime Anime got in on the game early and polled its readers from December 27 to 29, …Read more »
Classic visual novel YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world is coming to TV in the form of a two-cours anime adaptation. The 2018 production teams game developer MAGES. up with anime studio feel (Dagashi Kashi, Hinamatsuri) and production company …Read more »
If you’re having trouble keeping the various spinoffs of Type-moon’s Fate series straight, well, this isn’t going to help. But it does look tasty! The latest addition to the franchise is a net anime adaptation of Today’s Menu for Emiya Family, or Emiya-sanchi no Kyo …Read more »
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