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Kyoto Animation has big news for its archery-themed Tsurune anime — they’re making a feature film. The Japanese Twitter handle for the anime shared the announcement, along with a teaser trailer. Meanwhile, their website tells us to stay tuned for more news. Meanwhile, their website …Read more »
For fifteen years, the Louvre has commissioned graphic novels from top cartoonists around the world. Seinen manga legend Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys, Pluto, Monster) joins the ranks of Louvre artists with Mujirushi, a heist thriller that combines the brainy eccentricity of a colorful French …Read more »
Fans of card-battling now have another obsession to dive into thanks to ZENONZARD: Artificial Card Intelligence, a new digital card game from Bandai. There are a handful of intriguing hooks that separate this one from the competition, including advanced artificial intelligence, a system full of …Read more »
Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shinu is a 2020 anime series about idol fandom. We’ve got a new look at the series, which hits screens in January, thanks to a trailer unveiled today. The series, which translates to If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to …Read more »
Join Rito, Mari, and Kotoko in their crusade against the Scoopers, a malevolent race of aliens bent on sucking all the culture out of Harajuku, the fashion capital of Japan. The girls know how important Harajuku is to them and everyone else in the world …Read more »
Kämpfer, the 2009 anime series about gender-swapping fighters, is turning ten this year—and finally getting an English-language dub. That’s the word from Sentai Filmworks, who announced the dub with a simple, one-sentence tweet today.
Initial D is one of the most popular anime series out there revolving around street racing (let’s be honest, probably the most popular), and it continues to attract new fans as the years pass. So it’s not surprising that the film trilogy is being released …Read more »
In theory, Japanese animation is a rich medium with a diverse palette of storytelling conventions and character archetypes. And to a large degree this is true—within just the past five years you can find dark fantasy (Attack on Titan), figure skating (Yuri!!! on Ice), and …Read more »
The streaming anime service HIDIVE continues to expand its selections, not just for simulcasts and much of the Sentai Filmworks catalogue but also older, somewhat forgotten classics that would have stood little chance of seeing the light of day through other means. Just as was …Read more »
Nothing beats getting a nice surprise in the mail, especially when that surprise features several of your favorite anime series. That’s exactly what Loot Crate’s Loot Anime service specializes in, with a themed and fully-licensed mystery box landing on your doorstep every single month. There’s …Read more »
Picture a life in which the mere act of lifting your head from your school desk involved colossal levels of effort. Perhaps you live that life, or perhaps you’re just living with a debilitating condition that makes it so. In either case, I salute you. …Read more »
In anime and manga there’s a subgenre that we only have a passing familiarity with over here, that of iyashikei or “healing” series. These are series may be part of the slice-of-life genre and offer a more atmospheric and relaxing tone for their audience. With …Read more »
When you think about anthropomorphic squids (if you think about them at all), Nintendo's Splatoon video game series likely comes to mind. But there's another important squid in the anime realm as well: Squid Girl! Short in stature, tentacle-esque hair, clad in white, her name …Read more »
Wataru Yoshizumi's Marmalade Boy manga ran from 1992 to 1995, and is generally considered to be one of the classics of shoujo. It's been adapted into an anime series, anime movie, light novels, dating sim, and even a live-action TV show in Taiwan, and now …Read more »
As fans around the globe celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Pokemon franchise, the latest film, Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You! , is here to bring wave upon wave of nostalgia to those who grew up with the original anime series. The film, which …Read more »
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