An anime adaptation was announced for Sai Sumimori’s Am I Actually the Strongest? light novel series back in September, and now we have premiere timing and more info on the folks behind the adaptation. The series will premiere this July, with Takashi Naoya (Osamake: Romcom …Read more »
The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior anime—based on the light novel series by Tenichi and Suzunosuke—is on the way to the small screen this July, and the first preview has officially arrived. Along with it we have details on more staff …Read more »
A launch date and title have been set for the next manga from Inoue, the creator behind The Duke of Death and His Maid. The author’s next series will be titled Kimi no Katana ga Oreru Made – Tsukimiya Matsuri no Koigataki—or Until Your Sword …Read more »
The World Cosplay Summit, billed as the world’s largest cosplay competition and event, takes place every summer in Nagoya. Various world events have made the last few years tough — 2020 took place entirely online, while the last two years were held in person but …Read more »
Masao Maruyama, who was a protégé of Osamu “God of Manga” Tezuka, has co-founded Madhouse and founded both MAPPA and Studio M2, and has helped launch the careers of Mamoru Hosoda, Satoshi Kon and others. To say he knows a bit about the anime business …Read more »
Most manga creators live in Japan, but many artists around the world would love to make their own official manga. That just happened to Elena Vitagliano, an Italian-born artist who currently resides in England. Her manga Miriam of the Skulls nabbed first place in the …Read more »
This season’s Oshi no Ko is winning over fans with its blend of gorgeous art and dark subject matter. As we delve deeper into Ai Hoshino’s backstory each week through her children’s eyes, we’re hungry for more. As terrifying as the implications may be. If this …Read more »
There are famous characters, then there is Hello Kitty. Reaching her 50th anniversary, Hello Kitty has been a part of the global market for a few decades. One could argue the expressionless cat is more popular than Mickey Mouse. From marketable goods in all shapes …Read more »
The ongoing CG anime series isn’t the only Ultraman project in the works at Netflix. Lest we forget, the streaming service previously announced plans for a 3DCG film, and now the co-production with Tsubaraya Productions has locked in a release window for sometime in 2024. …Read more »
Sawayoshi Azuma’s Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru (The Foolish Angel Dances With Demons) manga has been running in Kadokawa’s Dengeki Maoh magazine since June 2016, and it looks like an anime adaptation is in the works. A listing for this year’s June issue …Read more »
The Idolland PriPara mobile app is next up for the PriPara series, but it’s still getting hit with delays. The new game was originally planned for a spring 2021 launch before being pushed back to summer 2021. After that it was delayed to spring 2022, …Read more »
The live-action adaptation of Makoto Ojiro’s Insomniacs After School manga is set to open in Japan on June 23, so now we have another look at the feature. The full trailer has arrived along with a preview of the film’s theme song, which has singer-songwriter …Read more »
A new trailer has arrived for the final season of the Ultraman CG anime, which will bring the Netflix series to a close when it hits the streaming service on May 11, 2023. NOILION and MIYAVI were revealed as the opening theme song performers with …Read more »
It’s a match made in heaven — er, Yokohama, anyway. For a three-game series starting June 30, the Yokohama DeNA Baystars baseball team will leave their usual helmets on the bench and and instead don official Pikachu helmets. It’s part of an event dubbed “Pokemon …Read more »
The life-size Gundam down in Yokohama — you know, the one that can move and stuff — has just been given a major upgrade: it can now play rock-paper-scissors. Now that’s impressive. To demonstrate its finger-curling prowess, the RX-78-2 will go up against, well, whoever …Read more »
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