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This time of year is tough when you don’t have a valentine. We all want someone around who cares a lot about us, right? Well, good news… in the world of anime, there are some big-hearted heroes! And we like to imagine that, in another …Read more »
You thought Groundhog Day was over? Think again. These days, the holiday is less about meteorological predictions and more about an existential karmic cycle. (Movies are weird, huh?) The concept of time loops is a long-standing one, and serves an interesting narrative function. And we …Read more »
The Neon Genesis Evangelion anime hasn’t been out for 30 years—though it’s getting dangerously close!—but it does hold a reign for that period of time in the world of karaoke. Nagoya-based company XING announced the JOYSOUND Karaoke 30th Anniversary Ranking in celebration of its own …Read more »
The Sorcerous Stabber Orphen anime—a reboot by Studio DEEN based on the light novels by Yoshinobu Akita—is ready to come back for more very soon. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen season 3 was announced for a January 2023 premiere, and a couple cast additions were detailed along …Read more »
Kakegurui (Kakkokari) is a spinoff manga by Taku Kawamura that’s based on Homura Kawamoto and Toru Naomura’s Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler series, and it’s about to come to an end. According to the September issue of Square Enix’s Gangan Joker magazine, the final chapter is …Read more »
After lighting the charts on fire with her previous Demon Slayer themes, LiSA is back for more with the opening theme song for the TV anime version of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc. “Akeboshi” is one of two songs featured on …Read more »
Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler writer Homura Kawamoto’s new isekai manga Killing the People Reincarnated into the Other World -Cheat Slayer- was cancelled after one chapter because editors thought the way some characters looked like other creators’ isekai characters could be seen as “intentionally denigrating particular …Read more »
For a hot second, Kakegurui creator Homura Kawamoto had us curious with the promise of Isekai Tenseisha Goroshi: Cheat Slayer. The manga, which purported to be full of all sorts of sexy scary bad times, made it one chapter before it got cancelled. The reason was clear: Kawamoto …Read more »
Earlier this month it was announced that Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler writer Homura Kawamoto was coming out with a new isekai manga called Isekai Tenseisha Goroshi -Cheat Slayer- (translated as Killing the People Reincarnated into the Other World -Cheat Slayer-). Now June isn’t quite over …Read more »
Homura Kawamoto, the creator of Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler, is coming out with a new manga series called Isekai Tenseisha Goroshi -Cheat Slayer- (translated as Killing the People Reincarnated into the Other World -Cheat Slayer-). The manga is illustrated by Aki Yamaguchi and being published …Read more »
With Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time off to a strong start in Japan, the same can also be said for its theme song. Hikaru Utada’s “One Last Kiss” theme hit 72,000 downloads and topped the latest weekly digital single charts in the days following …Read more »
Even though we know it to be true, it’s still kind of hard to believe that it’s been a decade since the Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime debuted. The Shaft-animated series kicked off back in January of 2011, and now a special 10th anniversary event …Read more »
Writer Homura Kawamoto and illustrator Toru Naomura’s Kakegurui manga has already had its fair share of adaptations, and another is on the way in the form of the live-acton web drama adaptation of the Kakegurui Twin series. This eight-episode take on the prequel story is …Read more »
Another live-action Kakegurui film is on the way, based on the high-stakes gambling manga by writer Homura Kawamoto and illustrator Toru Naomura. The sequel is set to premiere in Japan this May, featuring an original story supervised by Kawamoto and directed by the first film’s …Read more »
It was just around the middle of the month that we posted about LiSA’s Demon Slayer movie theme song, “Homura,” officially going platinum. Now the single has been awarded with the top honor at this year’s Japan Record Awards, where LiSA took home the Grand …Read more »
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