Honobu Yonezawa’s Shoshimin light novel series—known in English now as How to Become Ordinary—are officially getting an anime adaptation. A trailer made its way online along with July 2024 premiere plans and info on the cast and staff, so check out everything we know so …Read more »
A new cast member is here for The Apothecary Diaries, the anime adaptation of Natsu Hyuuga and Touko Shino’s light novel series that just kicked off its second cour this month. The latest is Kouki Uchiyama (Tomura Shigaraki in My Hero Academia), who’s getting in …Read more »
AnimeJapan is the annual industry event in Tokyo where anime distributors, producers, journos and fans alike gather to marvel at reveals, previews, cosplay, cardboard cutouts and more. AnimeJapan 2024, set for March 23 and 24, has just revealed its new key art for this year. …Read more »
Fans of old-school anime and manga, rejoice: Kia Asamiya is about to launch a new manga series. It’s called Captain Symphonica, and it’s set to debut on Web Comic Gamma this month. According to Asamiya’s Twitter/X account, it’s a “retro future sci-fi action” series about …Read more »
A pair of Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun spinoff manga were announced back in July 2023, including one that focuses on Naberius Kalego. The series is titled Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Kalego Gaiden and was initially planned for five chapters, and now its time in serialization is …Read more »
Koji Shinasaka’s Tohai – Ura Route Mahjong Tohairoku is a mahjong manga that ran in Akita Shoten’s Young Champion magazine from 2006 to 2011, and it’s officially getting an anime adaptation. Pony Canyon announced TV anime plans this week, with the animated version due out …Read more »
GLAY is a major Japanese rock band, and 2024 marks a major milestone for them: 30 years since their major debut in 1994. As a result, GLAY is offering its GLAY EXPO this year. A big event like this needs a visual image to go …Read more »
The popular manga series Golden Kamuy is getting a live-action movie that will hit Japanese theaters on January 19. Ahead of this, multiple videos have been released to get fans excited. This first video both shows scenes from the movie, as well as behind-the-scenes shots …Read more »
Gundam Seed Freedom, the long-awaited feature film sequel to Gundam Seed/Gundam Seed Destiny, hits theaters in Japan on January 26. In anticipation, there’s a new music video out today featuring the film’s ending theme song, “Sarigiwa no Romantics” by See-Saw. See-Saw previously contributed multiple Seed …Read more »
The second annual Niigata International Animation Film Festival is on the way. The festival, which takes place from March 15 to 20 in the port city of Niigata, has just announced the “Niigata Animation Camp,” which seeks to give young animators a leg up in …Read more »
A new anime film is on the way from director Saku Sakamoto, who previously helmed projects like Feast of Amrita and Aragne: Sign of Vermillion. Sakamoto is once again handling direction as well as the original story, screenplay, music and animation production, with voice acting …Read more »
No Face is one of the most iconic and mysterious characters from Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning anime movie Spirited Away. Kinyo Roadshow (translated as Friday Roadshow) is a weekly Friday-night movie segment on Japan’s Nippon TV, and while playing Spirited Away last week, it tweeted some …Read more »
AI voice technology company Replica Studios (a.k.a. Replica) just made an agreement with The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (a.k.a. SAG-AFTRA) about the use of artificial intelligence in the voiceover world, and some anime actors are not fans. SAG-AFTRA …Read more »
Tomoko Boryoku’s An Older Guy’s VR First Love manga first kicked off on Ichijinsha’s Zero-Sum Online website in 2020, and now it’s getting a live-action adaptation. NHK announced plans for a live-action series, which is currently lined up for an April 2024 premiere. The series …Read more »
The Dangers in My Heart season 2 just kicked off on January 7, and we now have a new cast member getting in on the adaptation. The latest to join the anime cast is Yoshimasa Hosoya, who will voiced Anna Yamada’s father. You can see …Read more »
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