In May, Otaku USA reported on a new law in Japan meant to protect women from coercive practices at host clubs. There were 207 criminal investigations into host clubs in 2024, and these revolved around cases where, for example, host clubs pressure customers who owe …Read more »
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun is Osamu Nishi’s surprisingly wholesome series about a boy adopted by a high-ranking demon. As he attends demon school, he inadvertently teaches the underworld about the power of friendship. But in a new spinoff series, Iruma descends into a very …Read more »
Are you ready to accept that Gundam Wing is now 30 years old? The series premiered in 1995, and Bandai Namco Filmworks announced some of the celebratory plans during a San Diego Comic-Con panel this week. Chief among them are a new video, anniversary art …Read more »
A new cast member has been revealed for Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube. The anime adaptation of the manga by Takeshi Okano and Sho Makura is currently airing, and starting with episode 6 we’ll be treated to a performance by Hiroko Kose as Teke Teke, …Read more »
Charles Martinet spent years voicing the characters Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi, but was recast and put into a different role as “Mario Ambassador.” That’s far from the only voice change in the Super Mario Bros. video game franchise, though, as we now have new …Read more »
Gaou, an artist known especially for his light novel illustrations, is in hot water after saying in a livestream that he did some sort of sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl. According to Japanese law, the age of consent is 16. The girl, who was …Read more »
You may recall back in December 2022 when “KICK BACK,” Kenshi Yonezu’s Chainsaw Man opening song, surpassed 180 million global streams. That number has risen further since, naturally, and the music video for the song also hit a major milestone this week. According to the …Read more »
The remastered Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP isn’t the only new thing going for the cheeky action game. Nada Holdings and Dragami Games recently teased the development of new projects, and now those have been confirmed as an anime adaptation and a new game. We don’t know …Read more »
An anime adaptation has been announced for Keigo Shinzo’s Hirayasumi manga, with VIZ Media co-producing alongside Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. Details are light beyond that, but Production +h.—which previously worked on The Orbital Children and Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction—has been announced as the animation …Read more »
The Mechanical Marie anime aims to adapt the manga by Aki Akimoto starting this October, which means we have time to fit in plenty more previews. The latest has arrived in the form of a new key visual, and there are also two more cast …Read more »
Hip-hop dance is in the spotlight thanks to the upcoming anime adaptation of Coffee’s Wandance manga. We previously got our first look at the adaptation’s main cast, and now the first full trailer is here to show off a sample of what the staff at …Read more »
The upcoming movie Aikatsu! x PriPara THE MOVIE -Deai no Kiseki!- (translated as Aikatsu! x PriPara THE MOVIE -The Miracle of Encounters!-), has dropped its very first trailer, and it’s a musical one. The movie is a mashup of the Akari generation of Aikatsu! and …Read more »
The upcoming movie With Alice in Wonderland -Dive in Wonderland- (a.k.a. Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to -Dive in Wonderland- in Japanese) dropped a trailer that’s a bit under two minutes long. In it you can hear the movie’s theme song “Zukan” (translated as “Guidebook”) …Read more »
Masuo Kinoko’s A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai light novel series is coming to the screen this October, and the first full trailer is here along with a new key visual. Watch a snippet of the series—including a sample of the voice actors and opening song …Read more »
As much as we’d love to pretend it’s the ‘ber months already, and all the creepiness and fun that brings, we are right in the middle of summer. But that means we’re also right in the middle of summer anime, which means DAN DA DAN is …Read more »
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