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Ancien and the Magic Tablet (known in Japanese by the less clunky Hirune Hime , or “Nap Princess”), the latest film from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex director Kenji Kamiyama, is a veritable grab-bag of current Japanese buzzwords, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, …Read more »
With lots of Ghost in the Shell fans upset that a live-action version is even being created, let alone starring a non-Asian as main character Motoko Kusanagi, two guys who appear to be down with the project – at least enough to go visit the …Read more »
Not too long ago we were remarking how more anime is moving off the America-based Kickstarter and onto Japan-based crowdfunding platforms. Well, here to prove us wrong is Coluboccoro , a new fantasy anime project from Kenji Studio. The good old “if it ain’t broke, …Read more »
Have you ever found yourself asking: What's Kenji Kamiyama up to these days? The director best known for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Eden of the East released his last film, 009:Cyborg , around this time last year and since then, we …Read more »
Another anime voice acting veteran is gone, sadly, with the passing of Kenji Utsumi on June 13. Utsumi was 75, and best known as the voice behind Fist of the North Star villain Raoh. Utsumi passed at 3:01 pm at a hospital in Shinjuku Ward, …Read more »
Heads up: contains some Eden of the East spoilers As we know from grade school in the U.S., a democracy is rule by the people. So how about a gerontocracy? Is that a state ruled by the old (the geriatric)? This fancy-pants term comes up …Read more »
A new trailer and two more cast members have been revealed for Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE, which brings the final season of the adaptation of Boichi and Riichirou Inagaki’s series to the screen in January 2025. Check out the video and a new visual below. …Read more »
AnimEigo and MediaOCD are bringing the anime Time of Eve to Blu-ray. Pre-orders have begun, and the Blu-ray becomes available on December 10. Time of Eve got its start in 2008 as a web series consisting of six episodes. Two years later it got a …Read more »
The AQUARION Myth of Emotions anime was previously unveiled as the next entry in the series, and now the first character visual and main key visual are here to preview the project. Along with the character trailer comes confirmation of the lead cast, so let’s …Read more »
Back in April, just before the My Hero Academia manga kicked off its epilogue, Kohei Horikoshi’s recently-concluded series announced that it had 100 million copies printed physically and sold digitally around the world. Horikoshi provided an illustration to mark the momentous occasion, and now it’s …Read more »
Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc, the latest part of the decades-long Kinnikuman franchise, is not doing as well as creator Takashi Shimada would like. Shimada is half of the manga duo known as Yudetamago, and he shared his thoughts online. A new MyAnimeList ranking put Kinnikuman: …Read more »
Kenji Kamiyama’s Tolkien anime movie The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim will hit the big screen this December, and it will include voice work from renowned British actor Christopher Lee. It makes sense, seeing that Lee was Saruman in the live-action …Read more »
Aquarion: Myth of Emotions, the upcoming anime in the long-running Aquarion franchise, has revealed several details, including who’s making it and when it’s set to premiere. We’ve also got a brand-new piece of key art for the series, which you can see in full below. …Read more »
Demon Lord, Retry! R, the sequel anime to Demon Lord, Retry!, began on October 5, and anyone watching the Japanese version was sure to notice that nearly all of the voice actors had been recast. Kenjirō Tsuda is back as Hakuto Kunai, but every other …Read more »
Now that the My Hero Academia manga is over, the My Hero Academia final season is on the horizon for the anime. Following the final episode of season 7, plans for season 8 were announced along with confirmation that it will be the last one, …Read more »
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