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It’s almost time for the Tsurune anime film to take aim at theaters in Japan. A new trailer debuted for the feature this week, announcing plans for an August 19 premiere alongside a new key visual that reveals the full title as Tsurune The Movie: …Read more »
Call of the Night is an upcoming TV anime series that will adapt the manga of the same name by Kotoyama, and a couple of new items have arrived to preview what’s in store. In addition to a new key visual, a teaser trailer is …Read more »
A new promo and visual have arrived for The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody, the upcoming anime adaptation of writer Myojin Katou and illustrator Sao Mizuno’s light novel series. More details came with them, too, including plans for an April 2022 …Read more »
The manga Call of the Night by Kotoyama is getting an anime adaptation. The anime will debut in July, and meanwhile we’ve been given a teaser trailer with some information on the cast and crew. In it we can also hear the theme song “Yofukashi …Read more »
Love All Play, Asami Koseki’s series of novels about badminton, are getting the anime treatment in spring 2022. The anime will be animated by Nippon Animation and OLM. Here’re the principal crew members: Director: Hiroshi Takeuchi (Blade & Soul) Scripts: Tomoko Konparu (Nodame Cantabile), Miharu …Read more »
Sixteen years after its completion, the manga Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch is getting a sequel. The new manga will be called Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch aqua and be about protagonist Lucia’s daughter. The original manga, which was published in America by Del Rey, …Read more »
Netflix has been revealing a bunch of anime announcements during this week’s Annecy Film Festival, and one of them has the streaming service teaming up with CLAMP and WIT STUDIO for a Brothers Grimm anime. The fairy tale-based series will include a mixture of horror …Read more »
Get ready for more high-flying action, because Sentai Filmworks has announced the license of The Magnificent Kotobuki anime film. Featuring a returning cast and staff, including director Tsutomu Mizushima and screenwriter Michiko Yokote, the compilation movie opened in Japanese theaters last September, and Sentai will …Read more »
The anime adaptation of the manga The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! by Wakame Konbu is debuting on July 31. Members of the cast were also listed: Naomi Ozora plays Jahy, Ai Kayano plays Store Manager, Yoko Hikasa plays Oya, Kana Hanazawa plays Druj, …Read more »
Ren Kawahara’s romantic comedy manga Ao-chan Can’t Study! is getting an anime adaptation, and the latest update has it set for an April 5 premiere in Japan. Check out the new preview of the upcoming series—including a sample of Edoga Sullivan’s “Wonderful Wonder” opening theme—in …Read more »
Ao-Chan Can’t Study!, the racy comedy manga by Ren Kawahara, is setting an anime series. The manga, which is about a high school girl whose obsession with studying is interrupted by her first encounter with the opposite sex, is being adapted by Silver Link, with …Read more »
Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai (The Kotobuki Squadron in the Wilderness) is an original TV anime on the way from Girls und Panzer director Tsutomu Mizushima, writer Michiko Yokote (Squid Girl), Digital Frontier (Gantz:0), and GEMBA (Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us). The story follows …Read more »
Tsutomu Mizushima, the director behind Girls und Panzer and Shirobako, is back. He’s teaming up again with Shirobako writer Michiko Yokote for Koya no Kotobuki Hikotai, a just-announced series about a female fighter pilot squadron. The series, whose name translates to Kotobuki: The Wasteland Squadron, …Read more »
The rumors have finally been confirmed: Shirobako, the anime about people who make anime, will be getting a cinematic sequel. The project was announced this weekend at a Shirobako-themed event in Tokyo. The film will bring back director Tsutomu Mizushima, scriptwriter Michiko Yokote, studio P.A. …Read more »
Comedy is all about premise. Whether we’re talking stand-up, sitcoms, or anything else along the side-splitting spectrum, every joke starts with the backbone of a good setup. A particularly solid one can serve as fuel for a series of jokes depending on how agile a …Read more »
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