While all of the performances may have been postponed for The Rising of the Shield Hero stage play adaptation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show must go on. You can see evidence of this in a new video that showcases an audience-free performance that …Read more »
The winners of the 57th Galaxy Award—which was established by the Association of Broadcast Critics in Japan in 1963—have been announced, and some high honors went to anime. Among them is the Individual Award in the TV category, which was given to Sairi Ito for …Read more »
Studio Ghibli has been teasing a second feature film project—on top of Hayao Miyazaki’s gradual production of How Do You Live?—ever since the beginning of the year. We recently found out that it refers to a new movie by Miyazaki’s son, Goro Miyazaki, and Ghibli …Read more »
The 2019 BEM TV anime is about to make the transition to the big screen with a new anime film called BEM ~BECOME HUMAN~. The continuation of the reboot—which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the original ’60s anime Humanoid Monster Bem—is scheduled to premiere this …Read more »
It’s always disappointing to read about people who threaten creators, regardless of the reasons behind it. This happened again recently, when a 21-year-old Kyoto man named Fukuta Kishimoto was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Kemono Friends anime director Tatsuki. According to the NHK report, …Read more »
The small pink alien Kirby stars in his own video game franchise, anime, and manga, so why not have an art book about him? Kirby: Art & Style Collection was originally published in Japan in 2017, to celebrate the 25 years since Kirby’s creation in …Read more »
Last month saw the announcement of Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, a new Inuyasha spinoff anime that’s being produced at Sunrise. Now we have another look at the characters at the heart of the upcoming series thanks to some character designs, all of which were drawn by …Read more »
We recently shared the first trailer for Attack on Titan the Final Season, which will bring the saga to a close with the help of anime studio MAPPA instead of WIT Studio. Now we know more about who brought the trailer to life, specifically the …Read more »
Japanese audiences missed out on the Sonic the Hedgehog movie’s initial premiere plans due to a COVID-19 pandemic-related postponement. Now that the State of Emergency has been lifted, however, a new date has finally been set for the feature’s debut in the region. Sonic the …Read more »
We’ve got a small but interesting update regarding the planned Studio Ghibli theme park, which is aiming to have certain areas open by fall of 2022. To make sure they get done in time, construction is now set to begin this July. The company under …Read more »
25 years after the original Neon Genesis Evangelion hit Japanese airwaves, you might assume the NERV logo has been slapped on every possible product known to man. But the folks behind Evangelion licensing continue to surprise us. The latest Eva-branded piece of merch is a …Read more »
Following up on the recent visual for the upcoming Jujutsu Kaisen TV anime—which adapts the hit Jump manga by Gege Akutami—the official site shared some fresh artwork for the four main characters of the series. See how Yuji and the rest of the gang look …Read more »
George Akiyama, whose real name is Yūji Akiyama, was a renowned and controversial manga author who made his debut in 1966 with the Gaikotsu-kun (Skeleton-kun) manga. Publisher Shogakukan announced the sad news this weekend that Akiyama passed away on May 12 at the age of …Read more »
Fantasy light novel series The Misfit of Demon King Academy was supposed to kick off its anime adaptation in April, but like many other projects it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While concerns over the virus are far from over, the State of …Read more »
Chinese cosplayer and singer Liyuu was a regular at Comiket and moved on up from there, eventually performing as the opening theme song artist for the Hatena☆Illusion anime. Now, despite the inability to actually go and show off her work at events, she’s back online …Read more »
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