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One of the series lighting up screens in Japan and on Crunchyroll this season is The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic, which just unveiled its third official key visual. Get ready for more of the adaptation of Kurokata’s isekai fantasy light novel series and …Read more »
The judges have revealed 19 people who are being added to the Will Eisner Comics Awards Hall of Fame in 2024. One of them is Keiji Nakazawa, whose manga Barefoot Gen was inspired by his own life story of surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. …Read more »
Late last year it was announced the manga Nina the Starry Bride (a.k.a. Hoshifuru Ōkoku no Nina in Japanese) is getting an anime adaptation. A trailer for it has just dropped, and it tells us about the crew and how we can anticipate an October …Read more »
The second season of the popular anime Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (titled Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation II) will be back in April. Ahead of this, the crew made announcements about the new opening and ending theme songs. The new opening theme song will be called …Read more »
Crunchyroll is making waves in the anime industry over its decision not to let digital copies people bought on Funimation transfer over, and The Verge recently wrote an article on how difficult its writer found getting any kind of help from Crunchyroll. Now another controversy …Read more »
Funimation is officially shutting down in the beginning of April as part of its merger with Crunchyroll. However, digital copies at Funimation are not transferring, which is controversial to many anime fans. Crunchyroll has since responded. “[We] are working really hard directly with each [customer] …Read more »
Anime producer Kouichirou Itou, whose credits include your name., Weathering With You and Suzume, was recently arrested after being accused of trying to get a 15-year-old girl to give him nude photos. Director Makoto Shinkai, who has worked with Itou for years, put out a …Read more »
krage is the singer of Solo Leveling’s ending theme song “request,” which was produced and has lyrics by TK of Ling Tosite Sigure. The track is out now from Milan Records, and krage spoke to Otaku USA about how she got into music, what “request” …Read more »
This past weekend, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- — which combines the end of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc with the beginning of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc — hit the U.S. box …Read more »
Tower of God’s second season is all set to premiere in July, and over the weekend’s IGN Fan Fest, a teaser for the new season was released. It’s not your regular teaser, though, as it opens with a subtitled introduction from Taichi Ichikawa, who plays …Read more »
The Oshi no Ko anime has been massively successful — so successful, in fact, that it shocked the voice actors involved. “The manga was of course already well known, and there’s a buzz when each new book comes out,” Megumi Han, the voice of Kana …Read more »
There is sad news as Anime News Network reports that Mark Merlino, the cofounder of Cartoon/Fantasy Organization, has passed away. ANN is basing this on reports on social media, including from Merlino’s organization Prancing Skiltaire Parties. The GoFundMe page that was set up to cover …Read more »
Multi-faceted artist TiaCorine just released her major-label debut EP Almost There from Interscope Records and is about to be headlining a tour. The reason she’s here at Otaku USA is because she’s a major anime fan, and anime has influenced her music, art and aesthetics. …Read more »
A trailer has just dropped for the anime The New Gate. It lets us know more about the voice talents involved and announces that the series will launch in April. According to the trailer, Shunya Hiruma plays Wilhelm Avis, Akiho Suzumoto plays Millie, and Kaori …Read more »
There’s a teaser trailer out for the anime Sword of the Demon Hunter Kijin Gentosho, along with info on the cast and crew. Looking toward what we now know about the cast, Taku Yashiro plays Jinta, Reina Ueda plays Suzune, and Saori Hayami plays Shirayuki. …Read more »
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