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Want a look at the latest anime films out of Japan? Make your way to Texas. This year’s Dallas-based AnimeFest will host screenings of some of 2017’s biggest theatrical releases, like Masaaki Yuasa’s The Night is Short, Walk on Girl and Lu Over the Wall …Read more »
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 »
100 Meters (Hyakuemu), the upcoming film from director Kenji Iwaisawa (On-Gaku: Our Sound), is set to race into US theaters this October via distributor Gkids. The film will hit Japanese screens on September 19. It’s based on the track and field manga by Uoto, who’s …Read more »
More details are here for 100M, the upcoming anime film adaptation of the manga by Uoto. The main cast has been announced along with the composer and September 19, 2025 premiere plans. You can see the new teaser below. 100M Teaser Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4qDUrkoNpc Tori Matsuzaka …Read more »
Grand Blue Dreaming season 2 previously unveiled plans for a July 7 premiere date, and now we can sample the new ending song that’s on the way. When the show—which adapts the manga by Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka—returns, episodes will close to the tune …Read more »
Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc will be here on April 5, and a new trailer for it dropped over the weekend at AnimeJapan 2025. Along with showing us glimpses of what Sebastian and Ciel will be up to, the trailer offers clips of both the …Read more »
A second full trailer has arrived for the Teogonia anime, which is on the way to adapt the light novels by Tsukasa Tanimai. Along with the trailer comes the reveal of the opening song, which has Emi Noda performing “Shodo” (“Impulse”). The series kicks off …Read more »
Next up for the anime adaptation of Yana Toboso’s Black Butler manga is Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc-, which now has a premiere date. The series returns to the screen to enter the new storyline on April 5, with Crunchyroll streaming alongside the Japanese broadcast. …Read more »
Fuji TV continues to be in hot water from the sexual assault scandal that’s rocked it. Otaku USA readers might recall that in December 2024, Japanese magazine Weekly Bunshun reported that Masahiro Nakai from the boy band SMAP — who was a TV host on …Read more »
After the Girls Band Cry TV anime finally got an English release in August 2024, the next thing to look forward to for the series is the two-part compilation film release. According to the official accounts, the first movie, Seishun Kyoso Kyoku, will open in Japan …Read more »
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