A certain rumor has been swirling around these here nets courtesy A Certain Magical Index producer Kazuma Miki: that it’s certainly possible for the series to return for a third season. For fans of the series, certainly intriguing news. This juicy bit of news is …Read more »
©2015 Hiro Mashima/BOKU/Kodansha, Ltd. A spinoff of the popular shonen manga Fairy Tail , Fairy Girls follows a night of misadventures featuring four wizards of the Fairy Tale Guild: Lucy, Juvia, Erza, and Wendy. While out on a lark to see the sights of the …Read more »
Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace is an interesting series. The original production from anime studio Lerche ( Assassination Classroom , Monster Musume ) came about in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of author Edogawa Rampo’s passing in 1965, and its mysteries are all woven from …Read more »
The Love Live! Sunshine!! TV anime is set to deliver more idol fun this summer, and a new promo is here to introduce all nine members of Aqours, the new school idol unit on the block. Love Live! Sunshine!! is directed by Kazuo Sakai ( …Read more »
When Earth is invaded by dragons—giant reptilian monsters—tween siblings Mitsuki and Yuu are separated and their town and family are destroyed. Three years later, Yuu has grown into a young man doing unsavory jobs to survive, when he’s summoned to appear at Midgard Academy, a …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: If you're brave enough for a concentrated shot of horror, prepare to enter the relentlessly eerie world of Japanese ghost stories. Lock the door, turn off the lights, and get ready for some intense frights with now available on Blu-ray and DVD. The …Read more »
The Naruto Shippuden anime is preparing to return to material based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga this May, with the next arc to feature the "final decisive battle" between the original Team 7 and Kaguya. Accompanying the new arc is a new opening, "Blood Circulator," by …Read more »
Blanc et Noir: Takeshi Obata Illustrations is a beautiful, limited edition hardcover book of Obata’s art. Only 10,000 copies are being made, and it also comes with several posters (there are more foldout pages in the book that could work as posters, if you’re willing …Read more »
So often, even when I write film reviews (even positive ones), it’s with qualifiers. Even if I don’t flat out say it, it’s at least implied, crouching there in the text like the proverbial elephant in the room. Yes, this movie is good – for …Read more »
It’s a topic that comes up every so often on sites like Reddit or 4chan (and on message boards, BBSes and in convention halls before that): what should people just getting into anime watch first? For a Japanese take on the matter, we turn to …Read more »
Chi’s Sweet Home , the unbearably cute manga series about an adopted kitten, is getting a CG-animated series, reports Kodansha’s Morning magazine. Likelihood CG Chi will be cuter than CG Bill Murray Garfield? Extreme-chi. There aren’t many details on the series yet, but we know …Read more »
The first advance review for the live-action adaptation of Terra Formars , which opens Friday in Japan, is out, and it is not exactly glowing. Critic Yuichi Maeda of the movie review site Chou Eiga Hihyou gave the film 5 out of a possible 100 …Read more »
Eden of the East has had a pretty turbulent trajectory in fan consciousness. Created by Kenji Kamiyama, director of the critically acclaimed Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex and Moribito , and sporting some strong introductory episodes, it got a lot of attention when it …Read more »
Princess Jellyfish © Akiko Higashimura/Kodansha, Ltd. All rights reserved. They say that your favorite pet shows your self-image: if you think of yourself as a quiet individualist, you’ve probably got a cat; if you’re outgoing and sporty, you might own a dog. Tsukimi loves jellyfish, …Read more »
In 1972 a prominently-chinned grappler named Antonio Inoki—a.k.a Kanji Inoki a.k.a Muhammad Hussain Inoki (it’s complicated)—unveiled his brawny brainchild at the Ota Ward Gymnasium. Its name: New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Bearing the slogan “King of Sports,” they slammed onto the scene with a bold mission statement: …Read more »
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