Thanks to an announcement made at the recent Dengeki Game Festival 2014 event, we can start looking forward to more anime based on Durarara!! A new TV series was confirmed , with key staff from the original returning to work on it. Baccano! and Durarara!! …Read more »
The second installment of Hiroshi Hiroyama's Fate/stay night spin-off manga, Fate/Kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei! , is getting an anime adaptation in July. The manga was originally serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp-Ace from 2009 to 2012 after the original Prisma Illya , and the third, …Read more »
Two of the cast members from the Fairy Tail anime adaptation follow-up—Ryōko Ono (Mirajane Strauss) and Shinpachi Tsuji (Makarov Dreyar)—recently appeared on a special Nico web broadcast to promote the anime. Thus, we now have a new promotional clip previewing some of the action. Fairy …Read more »
FUNimation has been building up plenty of hype for its upcoming release of the Attack on Titan anime, with English dub cast announcements trickling out ahead of the Anime Boston premiere. At this point we have a pretty good lineup, though we'll have to wait …Read more »
Some key visual art for the upcoming Sailor Moon anime recently popped online, and we don't have too long to wait for even more news. The official website kicked off an eight-day countdown that starts today, with the end coinciding nicely with the inaugural AnimeJapan …Read more »
Don't expect much footage, but the latest trailer for the anime adaptation of Taiyo Matsumoto's Ping Pong manga is here. This one introduces Manabu "Akuma" Sakuma, voiced by Subaru Kimura (Gian in Doraemon , Allan Adams in Gundam Build Fighters ). As the ANN post …Read more »
NIS America recently shared a new trailer for its rerelease of the Toradora anime, which hits Blu-ray and DVD on July 1 with a new English dub. The dub cast includes Cassandra Lee as Taiga Aisaka, Erik Scott Kimerer as Ryuji Takasu, Christine Marie Cabanos …Read more »
If you find virtual Vocaloid idol Hatsune Miku interesting at all, you'll want to check out the first installment of a new documentary. The eight-and-a-half minute clip takes us behind the scenes of a music video by BUMP OF CHICKEN, exploring the technology behind Hatsune …Read more »
If you’re a fan of Attack on Titan , this may be one of those articles that has you packing your bags for a trip to Japan. Firstly, this April, the series’ infamous Colossal Titan will rampage through the streets of Kawasaki, just south of …Read more »
We talked a lot last year about how with the release of The Wind Rises , Hayao Miyazaki’s last film (most likely) and Princess Kaguya , Isao Takahata’s last film (most likely), Studio Ghibli is preparing to pass the torch to a new generation of …Read more »
Like most idol acts, AKB48 is all about youth, with the average age of its members hovering around 17. But AKB’s looking to raise that average by hunting for an adult member. Yes, if you’re a woman over 30, AKB48 wants you – at least …Read more »
Fans of Naruto are definitely well aware that the next update to the fighting game series, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution , is coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this year. In addition to a roster that rolls around 100 fighters deep, Revolution …Read more »
There’s been a lot of talk about the future of the anime industry lately, a lot of it doomy and gloomy. Many of the masters of the medium are retiring or dying with no clear heirs to step up and replace them, wages and working …Read more »
Something special is brewing for the 35th anniversary of Sunrise's Mobile Suit Gundam anime. An anniversary site launched earlier today, commemorating the April 7, 1979 debut of the first TV anime series. While the exact date is a little under a month away, Sunrise has …Read more »
Fans of Mine Yoshizaki's Sgt. Frog , rejoice. For the first time in nearly three years everyone's favorite amphibian invader is getting ready to return to the world of animation in a new Sunrise Flash anime. The new Keroro show is directed by Haruki Kasugamori, …Read more »
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