The official website for the Boruto -Naruto the Movie- anime film unleashed a new full trailer for the feature, introducing the new generation of main characters. Naruto's son Boruto, played by Yuko Sanpei, leads the charge, and you'll also hear the film's opening theme song, …Read more »
The Psycho-Pass anime film will open in Singapore's Golden Village Suntec City theater on Friday, so Southeast Asian channel Aniplus-Asia is here with an English-subtitled version of the second trailer. See the subbed preview of the film—which Makoto Fukami ( Chotto Kawaii Iron Maiden ) …Read more »
In the back of Dream Fossil , Vertical's collection of Satoshi Kon's manga shorts, composer Susumu Hirasawa shares some thoughts on meeting and getting to know the late creator. While discussing his unique style—which he describes as being neither like animation nor live action–Hirasawa says, …Read more »
The Prison School anime is scheduled to kick off next month, and after that we can look forward to the release of the opening and ending theme singles. Warner Bros. has the OP, "Ai no Prison" ("The Prison of Love"), and ED, "Tsumibukaki Oretachi no …Read more »
When dressing up as your favorite anime and manga characters just doesn't cut it, sometimes you gotta go the extra mile and smell like them. Or at least protect yourself from smells like them… or something. That's what Premium Bandai seems to be aiming for …Read more »
Featured Spotlight Imagine only being able to retain the memory of your friends for one week. After that, poof, it's all gone and you're forced to start all over again. It's hard enough to make friends in high school as it is, so Kaori Fujimiya …Read more »
When the live-action Attack on Titan films open in Japan, they'll be the first of their kind to offer an immersive "4D" experience with motion seats, scents, and wind effects to go along with the on-screen IMAX action. The official website for the adaptations of …Read more »
June 20 saw the Japanese premiere of the new Ghost in the Shell film ( Kokaku Kidotai: Shin Gekijou-ban ), but an all-night event in Shinjuku on June 19 hosted a (slightly) early look at the film, a Ghost in the Shell marathon, and reflections …Read more »
With the start of the series imminent, some big Dragon Ball Super (how are we going to abbreviate this series, anyway? DBS ?) news out today. First off, the name of one of the series’ new characters, the purple Beerus-lookin’ guy featured on the new …Read more »
Are you looking forward to the new Death Note series but aren’t sure how you’re going to watch it? Leave it to the crunchy folks at Crunchyroll. The site plans to stream the series in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and, most importantly for Otaku …Read more »
This weekend, Mad Max: Fury Road finally, finally opened in Japan, and to mark the occasion, the morning TV show Mezamashi Doyoubi showed off a neat Japanese connection to the film. As it turns out, anime designer and director Mahiro Maeda ( Gankutsuou: Count of …Read more »
The mainstream success of Final Fantasy VII in 1997 introduced many gamers to the JRPG genre, and the gap leading up to Final Fantasy VIII left many scouring desperately for the next PS1 quest to devour. In this time of need, Star Ocean: Second Story …Read more »
The worlds of Shotaro Ishinomori's Cyborg 009 and Go Nagai's Devilman are getting ready to clash in a Cyborg 009 vs Devilman OVA. The three-episode crossover event will make its debut in eight Japanese theaters this October for a limited time, with two complete Blu-ray …Read more »
Based on the Red Dragon role-playing fiction story—taken from the tabletop gaming sessions of creators like Gen Urobuchi ( Madoka Magica , Fate/Zero ), Kinoko Nasu ( Garden of Sinners ), and others—the Chaos Dragon anime is making its way to TV in Japan on …Read more »
Publisher Digital Manga launched its latest Kickstarter campaign , this time aiming to fund Osamu Tezuka's short story shoujo manga collection Storm Fairy . The Kickstarter has a goal of $14,200—it's already past the $10k mark at the time of this writing—and once it hits …Read more »
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