Getting to the top requires a lot of work, and so does staying there. Singer Yoko Takahashi knows this well, which is why she doesn’t just rest on her laurels despite having her theme song to the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime, “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis,” …Read more »
My Hero Academia is one of the most popular franchises out now, and we have the numbers to prove it. Last Friday, February 3, the official Twitter account for the My Hero Academia manga said that there are now more than 85 million copies of …Read more »
The light novel series Isekai One Turn Kill Nee-san: Ane Dо̄han no Isekai Seikatsu Hajimemashita (translated as One Turn Kill Sister in Another World: I Started Living in Another World with My Older Sister) is receiving an anime adaptation with a slightly different and shorter …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume anime film keeps making waves at the box office in Japan, and now it’s hit another milestone. Suzume has officially sold over 10 million tickets in Japan, and it’s the third Makoto Shinkai film to do so after your name. and Weathering …Read more »
Jun Esaka’s Naruto: Sasuke’s Story—The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust spinoff novel launched a manga adaptation illustrated by Shingo Kimura back on October 23, and now it has its ending plan set in place. As revealed in the release of the first collected volume, the …Read more »
Another new cast member has been revealed for TRIGUN STAMPEDE, studio Orange’s ongoing CG anime adaptation of Yasuhiro Nightow’s manga. The latest is Genki Muro (Dom in BEASTARS), who will start his role as Livio the Double Fang in episode 6. Check out the episode …Read more »
Otomate’s Collar x Malice otome game is inspiring a two-part anime film project, and now we know when both films will open. The news arrived along with more cast members and a visual for the films, which will open in Japan on May 26 and …Read more »
There’s tons of activity these days around the SPY x FAMILY franchise, with a film and new season on the way, and even top cosplayers like Enako getting in on the action. Now Viz Media has announced there’s even more SPY x FAMILY stuff coming, …Read more »
Kazuha Kishimoto and Shimahara’s Summoned to Another World… Again?! (Isekai Shokan wa Nidome Desu) light novel series is coming to the screen in a TV anime adaptation, and a new trailer and visual are here to whisk us away along with it. The series is …Read more »
A new trailer is here for the ongoing sixth season of the My Hero Academia anime, and this time we’re all getting ready for the Dark Hero arc. The next part of the saga kicks off on February 11, and you can see what’s in …Read more »
Another character trailer is here for The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses, the upcoming TV anime adaptation of the manga by Kouji Seo. The latest focuses on Riho Tsukishima, voiced in the anime by Aya Yamane (Cathy in Sugar Apple Fairy Tale), and you can …Read more »
You thought Groundhog Day was over? Think again. These days, the holiday is less about meteorological predictions and more about an existential karmic cycle. (Movies are weird, huh?) The concept of time loops is a long-standing one, and serves an interesting narrative function. And we …Read more »
Netflix recently put out an anime short from WIT Studio on its Japanese YouTube channel. The anime, titled “Inu to Shonen” (translated as “The Dog and the Boy”) has a very unique feature: the backgrounds are AI-generated, using concept art done by people and getting …Read more »
This week it was revealed that the Love Live! School Idol Festival mobile game will be ending service after nearly a decade, but fans needn’t be too concerned. A sequel is also in the works, and now we already know that it’s lined up for …Read more »
The anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-Hen in Japanese) will debut in April, but some teaser goodies have just been released in the meantime. A Demon Slayer livestream event talked about the anime arc’s opening theme …Read more »
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