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As we learned from last year’s AJA report, the international market for anime has expanded rapidly in the recent years, and now makes up almost half of total revenue. With that in mind, anime companies are expanding their efforts abroad. Here’s the most recent example: …Read more »
Publisher Kadokawa has a division called eb-i Xpress specifically dedicated to performing market research on the Japanese entertainment industry. This week they sent out a press release revealing the top 20 results from their study on the most anticipated anime TV series of the upcoming …Read more »
Massive publishing and media conglomerate Kadokawa is buying Dark Souls developer From Software, and nobody’s quite sure how that’s going to affect the direction of future games from the scrappy Tokyo-based studio. After years of languishing in obscurity, developing niche titles like the mecha simulation …Read more »
The Case Book of Arne, also known as Arne no Jiken-bo, is a mystery game that Harumurasaki created and brought to the Game Magazine site in Japan back in 2017. Now, according to the official X (formerly Twitter) account, it’s celebrating its seventh anniversary with …Read more »
Back in June, we learned that Unnamed Memory Season 2 is scheduled for a January 2025 premiere. Now, thanks to a new teaser, we have confirmation that the cast and staff from the first season will be back for the second. Unnamed Memory Season 2 …Read more »
The nineteenth and next volume of the manga Otherwordly Izakaya “Nobu” (a.k.a. Isekai Izakaya “Nobu” in Japanese) is not going to have a cover or bonus features, unless something changes. That’s because Virginia Nitohei, the artist for this manga — published originally in Japan by …Read more »
Based on the manga by Masakuni Igarashi, the Detectives These Days Are Crazy! anime is on the way sometime in 2025. While we wait for a concrete premiere date, Kadokawa shared a new character trailer for the series, revealing two new cast members in the …Read more »
Writer Shirohi and illustrator Mika Kamisu’s Gorilla no Kami kara Kagosareta Reijou wa Ouritsu Kishi-dan de Kawaigarareru (Having been blessed by the gorilla god, the young lady is loved by the Royal Knights) manga series pretty much lays out its story right there in the …Read more »
A trailer has dropped for season two of A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized. It lets us know more about the Japanese cast, offers a clip of the opening theme song “Brave one” being performed by Fukurow note, and says we can …Read more »
Jiro Sugiura’s My Wife Has No Emotion manga is currently enjoying an anime adaptation as part of the summer 2024 season. While that runs, the author announced that the manga will be going on hiatus due to the stress of his personal life. As Sugiura …Read more »
Re:ZERO season 3 just had its extended first episode start screening in Japan on August 30, and now we know when the new season will hit TV in Japan. As revealed during the weekend’s MF Bunko J Summer School Festival 2024 event, Re:ZERO season 3 …Read more »
It’s time to lock and load, because a premiere date is in place for Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online season 2. Following up on last month’s trailer, word came out of the Aniplex x Kadokawa Anime Festival event this week that the long-awaited …Read more »
An anime adaptation was first announced for writer Mato Kousaka and illustrator Suzu Yuuki’s I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time light novel series back in July 2023. We’ve still got a bit of a wait …Read more »
This week closed out with a big Aniplex x Kadokawa Anime Festival event in Japan, bringing with it more news about the “University Arc” adaptation of the Seishun Buta Yarou / Rascal Does Not Dream series. Mirroring the title of volume 13 of the light …Read more »
Back in February, we learned that Rent-a-Girlfriend author Reiji Miyajima’s The Shiunji Family Children manga is next up for an anime adaptation. While we still have much to learn about the series, we now know that Doga Kobo is the animation studio behind the production. …Read more »
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