This week, Weekly Shonen Jump gets a fresh dose of Norse history with Otr of the Flame! The new manga from Yuki Kawaguchi mines history, fantasy, and folklore to spin its tale. But how will this new series fare in the pages the massive manga mag? Will …Read more »
The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows is currently airing as part of the spring 2025 anime season, but that hasn’t stopped the staff from releasing new visuals. This week saw a new ‘Moonlit Rendezvous” story visual along with the launch of a corresponding …Read more »
A new trailer is here for the Secrets of the Silent Witch anime, which means we also have some new details for the adaptation of Matsuri Isora and illustrator Nanna Fujimi’s light novel series. The anime is now set to premiere on July 4, and …Read more »
Another trailer is here for the From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman anime, introducing two new cast additions as the series airs. The latest casting has Ai Kayano (Darkness in KONOSUBA – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!) voicing Rose Marblehart, Lieutenant of the …Read more »
Squint, and they’re kinda sorta similar: the Detective Conan crew and Mission: Impossible’s IMF both solve crimes, employ fast vehicles, and have iconic theme songs, right? More importantly for the purposes of this story, they both have films out at about the same time in …Read more »
Thanks to everything from anime to its ancient culture, Japan is a country that attracts a lot of tourism. The Japan Tourism Agency likes this and wants to keep up the tourists coming, so it decided to survey foreign tourists as they were about to …Read more »
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (a.k.a. METI) is a section of the Japanese government, and it recently said that using generative AI in the wrong ways could run afoul of the country’s Unfair Competition Prevention Act. Namely, METI pointed out how using generative …Read more »
When the JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death compilation film opens in Japan, it will bring a new mini-anime with it. A new entry in the Juju Stroll series of shorts will be included with screenings, this one featuring Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto and …Read more »
After a couple dozen volumes, it’s time to bid farewell to The Devil is a Part-Timer! manga. The series by Akio Hiiragi—which adapts the original light novels by Satoshi Wagahara—first kicked off in December 2011, and according to Kadokawa the 24th volume will be its …Read more »
A new arc is on the way for the Umamusume: Cinderella Gray anime, which will enter the Chuo Hennyu-hen storyline starting with episode 7 on May 18. With the new arc comes new cast members, and they’re in the spotlight in a new trailer and …Read more »
A new cast member is here for The Unaware Atelier Meister anime, which started its run adapting Yosuke Tokino’s light novel series as part of the spring 2025 season. The latest voice actor to join the series is Ai Kakuma (Eris Boreas Greyrat in Mushoku …Read more »
An anime adaptation is officially in the works for Shiki and Wan Hatipisu’s An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess light novel series. Official social accounts and a website went live for the adaptation, which is lined up for broadcast sometime …Read more »
After almost 50 years, the annual Kodansha Manga Award is one of Japan’s most prestigious, well, manga awards. The winner of this year in all three categories were just announced, so let’s check ‘em out. The award for shōnen manga went to Versus, the manga …Read more »
Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (and Proud of It)!, the series of fantasy/isekai light novels by Atekichi, has landed an anime adaptation. Along with that news comes a first piece of key art as well as news on who’s playing the leads. Yume …Read more »
Back in March, we learned A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai, a series of light novels by Masuo Kinoko, would be getting anime-ified. Now we’ve learned that series, produced by Genco and directed by Yoshinori Odaka (Mr. Villain’s Day Off), is hitting screens starting this October. …Read more »
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