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There are some changes in the anime business world as TOHO is completely acquiring GKIDS, a North American animation distributor that works with Studio Ghibli titles, other anime, and animation from outside of Japan. The amount of money involved has not been made public. Going …Read more »
Spring Storm and Monster is both lighthearted and angsty, simple and psychological. It opens with high schooler Ranko, who is so anti-social she doesn’t want any friends. She has her mother, her pet pig, and an online person she plays video games with, and that’s …Read more »
Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! is a fantasy manga based on a light novel series where everything is about class. The series is also getting an anime adaptation. The main character, Arel, is the son of two powerful people: his mother is …Read more »
Saint Seiya, or Knights of the Zodiac by Masami Kurumada, is a popular manga series that has received multiple adaptations. In 2023, there was a live-action Knights of the Zodiac, but this is not the first time the franchise has used live-action. In fact, in …Read more »
Kurokiya-san Wants to Lead Him Around by the Nose is a quirky comedy about high schoolers who are opposites but have feelings for each other. Tadao Tadashi is studious and hardworking, and he has the grades to prove it. Ruu Kurokiya is a gyaru who …Read more »
Bubblegum Crash, the sequel to Bubblegum Crisis, is getting a Blu-ray home video release thanks to AnimEigo. It arrives on January 21, 2025, and is available for pre-order. Bubblegum Crash is an OVA that came out in 1991, four years after Bubblegum Crisis. It consists …Read more »
The game Palworld quickly became a bestseller after its release, but there was also talk among fans that it seemed especially close to Pokémon. Some people even gave it the nickname “Pokémon with guns.” In January, Nintendo put out an official statement on the matter, …Read more »
Gannibal is a creepy horror manga (check our review on it here) that also has a live-action adaptation on Hulu. With the second manga volume dropping on September 24 from ABLAZE, Otaku USA interviewed creator Masaaki Ninomiya on becoming a manga artist, the series’ cannibalism …Read more »
I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History will debut on October 1, and ahead of this a trailer has dropped that offers a short sneak peek of the very first episode. The episode in question is called “Villainess and Muscle Training” — and …Read more »
On September 10, Otaku USA shared the sad news that veteran voice actress Emi Shinohara, who played Sailor Jupiter in Sailor Moon and Naruto’s mom in Naruto, had died. She was 61 and had been battling an illness that has not been made public. Condolences …Read more »
The anime movie trapezium, which hit Japanese theaters in May, is getting a very brief (and I mean brief) theatrical screening in America and Canada. Tickets are already available, and Crunchyroll will screen the movie on September 18. As of now, it will only screen …Read more »
Hate Me, But Let Me Stay is an angsty, escapist read. It takes place in an omegaverse (a storytelling gimmick where men can get pregnant), and the main character, Koga, had his daughter while still in high school. The pregnancy was the result of rape, …Read more »
Maybe manga artist Yusuke Murata takes inspiration from his son, Keisuke, when drawing One-Punch Man. Keisuke may only be in high school, but he already looks as if he could take someone out with one punch. That’s because the younger Murata just got second place …Read more »
The anime A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School! (or Yokai Gakko no Sensei Hajimemashita! in the original Japanese) has revealed it will premiere on October 8, right in the middle of Halloween season. It also took this opportunity to say the series will play as …Read more »
San Diego Comic-Con is in full swing, and mangaka Kenichi Sonoda and Hitoshi Ariga have won the esteemed Inkpot Award. Comic-Con explains that this award is “given to individuals for their contributions to the worlds of comics, science fiction/fantasy, film, television, animation, and fandom services.” …Read more »
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