Some more casting news for Hollywood's live-action Ghost in the Shell film surfaced out of Deadline earlier today. We previously posted about Pilou Asbæk joining the production as Batou alongside Scarlett Johansson's leading role, and now it looks like the film might have its villain. …Read more »
When it comes to books, VIZ Media is best-known for its manga, but it will also sometimes publish prose. Viz previously released the prose anthologies The Future Is Japanese and Phantasm Japan , and now there's the recently-released Hanzai Japan . Hanzai means “crime,” and …Read more »
Fairy Tail 's Happy. You know the ones. Those anime and manga characters where you can’t help thinking, “man, that is some high-level kawaii.” If you’ve ever wondered if your taste in cute mascot characters – be they animal, fairy, robot, god, whatever – matches …Read more »
Yesterday, Japanese TV station NHK announced starting next year, they will be showing reruns of Love Live! , the popular series about idols who team up to prevent their school from shutting down. That and a weird conflux of other otaku-related topics, prompted a wave …Read more »
A new Valkyria Chronicles game is heading to Playstation 4, reports Famitsu. That’s on top of a HD remaster of the first game, which started the World War II-themed fantasy tactical RPG franchise. The new game, entitled Valkyria: Azure Revolution in English, launches in winter …Read more »
NCSoft West announced an official date for Blade & Soul 's launch in North America and Europe . The free-to-play MMO is set to make its full debut on January 19, 2016 at 12:00am EST. Name Reservation will be available ahead of launch on January …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks announced a new license earlier today in the form of the Utawarerumono OVA. The fantasy anime will be available through select digital outlets, with a home video release to follow. The Utawarerumono OVA is directed by Kenichiro Katsura (animation director on Wake Up, …Read more »
Some details have surfaced for David Production's recently-confirmed anime adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable . Naokatsu Tsuda returns to direct, with Toshiyuki Kato as series director and Yuuta Takamura as chief director for the production, which is set for an …Read more »
The Assassination Classroom anime adaptation returns for more in January, and so does the main staff and cast from the first season. While we still have some waiting to do for the season two premiere, you can see the first teaser commercial from the official …Read more »
Dimension W is set to deliver an all-new anime adaptation of Yuji Iwahara's sci-fi mystery manga of the same name next year, and FUNimation is here with an English-subtitled promo. Directed by Kanta Kamei ( Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend ), with Shotaro …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: There comes a moment in everyone's life that involves moving on, even if it's from something truly fantastic. That's where Yuno's mentors are at right now, so the burden of being a big sis is about to fall to her in Hidamari Sketch …Read more »
If you've been holding out for an animated preview of the upcoming My Hero Academia anime, look no further. The first preview arrived alongside the announcement of the series' leads, and now it's available online to get everyone pumped for the Bones-produced adaptation. As previously …Read more »
In the video games and anime, the Pokémon Gym is where you take your pet monsters to exercise. In (real life) Japan, the Pokémon Gym is now where you go to buy Pokémon merch. Something seems a bit lost in translation here; when you build …Read more »
Hot on the heels of yesterday's news about Kodansha Comics licensing Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail Zero prequel manga is the announcement of a TV anime adaptation. Plans were revealed on the wraparound jacket band of the main manga's 52nd volume in Japan, with more details …Read more »
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