Earlier this month we got a premiere date for EDENS ZERO season 2, which brings the adaptation of Hiro Mashima’s latest manga back to the screen for more sci-fi fun on April 2. Now a new key visual is here to help send us out …Read more »
In yet another example of Japan’s excellent number-punning, February 22 (2/22) is Ninja Day! Naturally, our minds probably go to Naruto. Or, if you’ve been keeping up on the news, the upcoming adaptation of the Under Ninja manga. But there are plenty more shadowy figures lurking in anime …Read more »
Rintaro is a director who has some world famous anime films under his belt, including works like Metropolis and Galaxy Express 999, the latter adapting the landmark manga by the late Leiji Matsumoto. Now, at 82 years old, Rintaro is getting ready to return to …Read more »
Last time we posted about the Under Ninja TV anime—which adapts the manga by Kengo Hanazawa—it was set to air sometime in 2023. Now another update is here to narrow that premiere down to October 2023 while also revealing a key visual and some of …Read more »
Umamusume: Pretty Derby season 3 is getting ready to continue the horse girl racing fun, and while we look ahead to the 2023 broadcast debut we can check out a new promo and visual for the next chapter of Cygames’s mixed media project. Dig into …Read more »
The first season of The Eminence in Shadow anime (a.k.a. Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! in Japanese) concluded on February 15. The anime did a livestream, which appeared to just be about marking the final episode, but it also slipped in a big reveal: there …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai’s anime movie Suzume will be hitting international theaters on April 14, but it turns out the film’s North American debut will occur before that. The New York International Children’s Film Festival (a.k.a. NYICFF), which will take place March 3-19, is now set to …Read more »
Leiji Matsumoto has been a driving force in the world of anime for literal decades. His works have influenced, inspired, and carried on. His loss is heartbreaking, but he filled our world with beautiful stories in his time. So many, in fact, that we’d be …Read more »
Akita Shoten is getting in on the vertical-scrolling manga game, as announced in this year’s third issue of the publisher’s Young Champion Retsu magazine. Akita Shoten’s first vertical-scrolling, full-color manga service has been revealed as the Webtoons brand J-TOON, which will soon be available across …Read more »
An adorable new character trailer is here for Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear season 2, which was previously showcased in a full trailer and is on the way this April. This one is all about the anime’s protagonist, Yuna, so get yourself reacquainted before the second …Read more »
Last year, we learned the manga My Clueless First Friend by Taku Kawamura would be getting the anime treatment. Now we’ve learned when the show is set to hit screens and more. The series, which is known as Jijou wo Shiranai Tenkousei ga Guigui Kuru. …Read more »
Microsoft has signed a 10-year contract to bring “Xbox games and Activision titles like Call of Duty” to Nintendo consoles, says Microsoft president and vice chairman Brad Smith. Releases will happen on the same day across platforms. Kotaku points out that one reason for this …Read more »
Ryo Saeba is back, y’all. There’s a new City Hunter film on the way, and the deets were just revealed. The film is called City Hunter the Movie: Angel Dust, and it’s set to be released in Japan this fall. The trailer description also mentions …Read more »
Amazingly, Takara Tomy’s ZOIDS series of robot animal model kits is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and as such the occasion calls for something special. While we don’t yet know what that is, we do know that a new project is in the works, …Read more »
Back in November it was announced that voice actor Yume Miyamoto would be going on a hiatus due to some undisclosed health issues. One of the roles she had to leave behind was that of Nika Nanaura in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, …Read more »
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