It’s been a while since we got any updates on One-Punch Man season 3, but that just changed earlier today! The 30th volume of ONE and Yusuke Murata’s manga launches in Japan this week, and the series is celebrating 30 million copies printed physically, so …Read more »
Late last year it was announced the manga Nina the Starry Bride (a.k.a. Hoshifuru Ōkoku no Nina in Japanese) is getting an anime adaptation. A trailer for it has just dropped, and it tells us about the crew and how we can anticipate an October …Read more »
A start date is in for the Kaiju No. 8 anime, which will bring its adaptation of Naoya Matsumoto’s manga to the screen starting on April 13. The date was revealed in a new trailer, which also announced the theme song performers. The opening theme …Read more »
What makes a strong anime character? Is it physical fortitude? Loyalty to their friends? That moment when they drop their leg weights and go absolutely wild? What counts for “strength” changes from show to show, as every fictional universe rates things a bit differently. And …Read more »
Hebereke kicked off a series of games from SUNSOFT after launching on Famicom in Japan back in 1991 before heading to Europe as Ufouria: The Saga. The exploration-based platformer had early Metroidvania vibes, and while it didn’t make its way to NES in North America …Read more »
The second season of the popular anime Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (titled Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation II) will be back in April. Ahead of this, the crew made announcements about the new opening and ending theme songs. The new opening theme song will be called …Read more »
Yui Ninomiya—the voice actor behind characters like Ema Hinata in Aikatsu Friends! and the ending theme performer for Classroom of the Elite season 3—is on hiatus as of this Tuesday. According to her staff, she is taking a break due to poor health and will …Read more »
Crunchyroll is making waves in the anime industry over its decision not to let digital copies people bought on Funimation transfer over, and The Verge recently wrote an article on how difficult its writer found getting any kind of help from Crunchyroll. Now another controversy …Read more »
Funimation is officially shutting down in the beginning of April as part of its merger with Crunchyroll. However, digital copies at Funimation are not transferring, which is controversial to many anime fans. Crunchyroll has since responded. “[We] are working really hard directly with each [customer] …Read more »
Anime producer Kouichirou Itou, whose credits include your name., Weathering With You and Suzume, was recently arrested after being accused of trying to get a 15-year-old girl to give him nude photos. Director Makoto Shinkai, who has worked with Itou for years, put out a …Read more »
Today was POKÉMON DAY! That made it the perfect day for a new Pokémon Direct presentation. The Pokémon Company International is expanding upon the success of 2022’s Pokémon Legends: Arceus with a new entry in the series titled Pokémon Legends: Z-A. This time around the …Read more »
Ahead of the new Overlord anime film’s premiere sometime in 2024, the project will have a presence at next month’s AnimeJapan 2024 event. We’re still waiting on a concrete date for Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom—hey, maybe at AnimeJapan!—but for now you can check out the …Read more »
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 will be on full display during next month’s AnimeJapan 2024 event, and KADOKAWA went ahead and shared the main visual that will accompany the next leg of promotion. Following earlier looks, Subaru, Beatrice and a wedding-dress-clad Emilia …Read more »
Following a first part that was beset with delays, The Misfit of Demon King Academy II is now preparing to return with its second cour. A new trailer, visual and cast additions made their way online along with confirmation that the series will be back …Read more »
A lot of things go into making an anime worthwhile. Story, music, voice acting, and (of course) animation are all part of the package. A show doesn’t have to have stunning animation to be memorable. But when it combines all those other factors with beautiful …Read more »
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