We first posted about A NEW DAWN—an original anime film that’s being made as a Japanese/French co-production between companies Asmik Ace and Miyu Productions—back in April 2024, and now a fresh preview is here for a look at what writer and director Yoshitoshi Shinomiya (background …Read more »
Rent-a-Girlfriend season 4 was previously penciled in for 2025, and now we have a better idea of when to expect it. The latest piece of news has the next season airing over two parts with the first premiering this July. The main cast and staff …Read more »
Earlier this month, Fortnite Festival hinted that none other than Vocaloid Hatsune Miku would be getting involved with the video game franchise. Now the cat’s out of the bag as the official details are being released! Fortnite’s website explains that Miku is the Icon for …Read more »
There are some updates in the legal case involving publisher PCR Distributing and adult manga site nHentai. PCR Distributing alleges that nHentai has been pirating the publishers’ work and ignoring their demands to take it down. The adult site fought back, alleging that PCR Distributing …Read more »
Three more cast members have joined the ranks of live-action One Piece season 2 as of this morning. The latest additions include Sophia Anne Caruso as Baroque Works member Miss Goldenweek, Mark Penwill as Chess and Anton David Jeftha as K.M. all pictured below. Some …Read more »
The How I Attended an All-Guy’s Mixer anime made its way to HIDIVE as part of the Fall 2024 anime season, and now it’s time to look toward its English dub. The dub will begin its weekly schedule on Wednesday, February 19 at 12:00pm ET, …Read more »
It’s a match made in… well, the minds of AidaIro, the team behind Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, and Mai Tanaka, the creator of A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!. A new visual has been released that pairs the titular Hanako-kun with Haruaki Abe, said Terrified Teacher. Why? …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Sentenced to Be a Hero, the light novel series by Rocket Shokai, will hit screens this year, we learned today. We also got a new piece of key art, and some new cast announcements. Joining the cast are Yohei Amazaki, who …Read more »
Hey folks in and around New York: get thee to a screening of The Colors Within next week. Why? Not only will you be able to see the latest film by Naoko Yamada, you’ll also get to see the director herself in person. Yamada is …Read more »
The international screenings of the Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK compilation film are right around the corner, starting with Australia and New Zealand on February 6 and heading to the United States on February 10, among other regions. With less than a month to …Read more »
Mike McFarland, a prolific anime voice actor and director, recently had emergency surgery after a tumor was discovered in his brain. Thankfully, the surgery did what it needed to do. Now McFarland is going to need time and aid to recover, so anime voice actors …Read more »
A case of murder in New Zealand has taken a new turn involving anime. In 2017, Gabriel Hikari Yad-Elohim — whose birth name appears to be Jung Hoon Song — viciously murdered 69-year-old Michael Mulholland. Yad-Elohim, who is now 36, had recently been discharged from …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Koyoshi Nakayoshi’s The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World manga is underway as part of the Winter 2025 season, and a new trailer made its way online along with the premiere. This one highlights the team from which the …Read more »
Kana, a new manga imprint from Abrams, is publishing the first volume of Silence by Yoann Vornière on January 14 in bookstores and January 15 in comic shops. Otaku USA gets the first exclusive look with these preview pages, following our exclusive look at some …Read more »
This season’s sports anime are pouring all their blood, sweat, and tears into aiming for the top. And the girls starring in these series are going for the gold—in some cases literally! Whether it’s a last chance at high school glory, a late start in …Read more »
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