As previously reported, the Yowamushi Pedal anime—based on the manga by Wataru Watanabe—isn't just recapping things with a compilation film. There's also an all-new anime film on the way, directed by My Little Monster 's Norihiro Naganuma and set to open in 80 theaters throughout …Read more »
Featured Spotlight Whether you've seen the Netflix-streaming anime adaptation or not, Tsutomu Nihei's original Knights of Sidonia manga is in a world of its own. Known for beautifully dark sci-fi stories with style to spare, Nihei takes the story of humanity trying its best to survive, …Read more »
The "Kishimoto Masashi Naruto Ten (Exhibition)" is making its move to the Osaka Culturarium at Tempozan in Osaka-city starting July 18, and is set to run there until September 27. The exhibition features loads of stuff that should interest Naruto fans, including creator Kishimoto's original …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki may be retired from directing feature films, but there are other ways for the 74-year-old creator to stay busy. Miyazaki's son Goro—director of Tales from Earthsea , From Up on Poppy Hill , and Ronia the Robber's Daughter —originally revealed one of those …Read more »
In addition to the anime that's currently running, Kazune Kawahara and Aruko's My Love Story!! ( Ore Monogatari!! ) manga is getting a live-action film adaptation. Directed by Hayato Kawai ( Hanakage , Hachimitsu Drops ) and starring Ryohei Suzuki as extra-large protagonist Takeo Gouda, …Read more »
Last year, reviewing the first Attack on Titan compilation film, I wrote that while seeing and hearing Titan on the big screen was fun, the compression of 13 episodes into 2 hours made for a pretty unsatisfying experience. But this time around, my thoughts are …Read more »
True story: a 44-year-old man from Kagoshima, Japan was arrested July 6 for selling counterfeit Love Live! pins, reports the Sankei Shinbun. The man has admit ted to the charges. The man was selling the pins on an internet mail order site, making up to …Read more »
Pictured: a disgruntled Berserk fan. For every manga artist who faithfully turns in their work on time month and after month, there are definitely a few that subscribe to Douglas Adams’ philosophy about deadlines whooshing by and all that. Some delays are unavoidable, like when …Read more »
A nice bit of news for Keiichi Hara ( Summer Days with Coo , Colorful ). The director’s latest effort, Miss Hokusai , has won the Jury Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Miss Hokusai , which was released in Japan in May, …Read more »
You may remember the 2012 announcement of a real, functioning giant robot prototype called Karatas, by Suidobashi Heavy Industries of Japan. A human pilot can actually sit inside the cockpit, drive it down the streets, manipulate its arms, and deploy its weapons. Intended as an …Read more »
Ajin: Demi-Human is one of the best manga series being released in English right now. Gamon Sakurai has taken the relatively simple story of a certain breed of people who can't be killed and turned it into a tense game of cat and mouse between …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks announced the addition of another summer 2015 show to its anime lineup yesterday. The latest to join the company's roster is Monster Musume , which is coming to select digital outlets soon, with a home video release to follow. Here's how Sentai describes …Read more »
Over the weekend we posted about Vertical's plans to release the Attack on Titan: Lost Girls novel in English next year. The novel has Hiroshi Seko collecting three short stories that focus on Mikasa and Annie—"Lost in the cruel world," "Wall Sina, Goodbye," and "Lost …Read more »
It's okay if you don't recall Saber Marionette . I barely even remember what it was about, but it was one of those shows that was kind of always lingering in your peripheral if you were an anime fan during or shortly after the one-or-two-eps …Read more »
Featured Spotlight There's nothing quite like a good mystery, and Is the Order a Rabbit? has plenty of them to spare. Cocoa Hoto bumps into many of these mysteries when she moves to a new town and starts living and working in the …Read more »
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