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THE FIRST SLAM DUNK anime film has been a remarkable success in and outside of Japan since it opened six months ago, ultimately becoming the fifth highest-grossing anime film of all time around the world. Series creator and film director Takehiko Inoue obviously took note …Read more »
As promised, the key details have arrived for anime studio TRIGGER’s adaptation of Ryoko Kui’s Delicious in Dungeon manga, AKA Dungeon Meshi. The series is set to premiere in January 2024, and you chow down on the first trailer along with the visual and main …Read more »
A new visual and trailer have arrived for the Hero Classroom anime, which is dashing toward us to adapt the fantasy light novel series by Shin Araki. Check out the introduction of six of the main characters below—including Blade (VA: Reiji Kawashima), Arnest Flaming (Misuzu …Read more »
Murder is a family affair in My Home Hero, one of this season’s darkest new anime. Based on the seinen manga by Naoki Yamakawa and Masashi Asaki, it follows a husband and father trying to protect his family after making a deadly choice. But the choice isn’t just …Read more »
The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash is an isekai light novel series by Honobonoru500, and it currently has an anime adaptation in the works. Featuring direction by Naoki Horiuchi (episodes of Naruto Shippuden), series composition by Katsuhiko Takayama (Miss KUROITSU from …Read more »
There are lots of upcoming anime being announced all the time. (The recent AnimeJapan probably helped a lot with that.) Titles are springing up everywhere, and we can’t wait to dig into all of them! In fact, we’re not going to… we’re going to get …Read more »
An anime adaptation was announced for Shin Araki’s Hero Classroom (AKA Classroom for Heroes) light novel series way back in September 2023, and now its release is finally on the horizon. The official accounts revealed plans for a July 2023 premiere along with the first …Read more »
The Precure series’ fourth and fifth installments, 2007’s Yes! Precure 5 and 2008’s Yes! Precure 5 Gogo!, are getting a sequel in the form of Kibou no Chikara ~ Otona Precure ’23~. The official website just opened for the followup, and thanks to that we …Read more »
THE FIRST SLAM DUNK anime film has been a huge success in Japan, and now that success has translated to a major milestone elsewhere. In addition to becoming the 12th highest-grossing anime film of all time in Japan, THE FIRST SLAM DUNK can now boast …Read more »
CG anime film THE FIRST SLAM DUNK was, to put it as obviously as possible, a total slam dunk at the Japanese box office, raking in over 10 billion yen as of earlier this month. With all that amazing success on the court, Toei Animation …Read more »
As you may have seen, PLUTO is coming this year to Netflix. The gorgeous, gritty anime series has lots of classic anime fans excited. But why? And what relationship does this series have to Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy? That’s what we’re here to talk about! If you’re …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki’s Pluto manga—based on one of the many story arcs from Osamu Tezuka’s classic Astro Boy manga—still exists! Netflix finally provided an update on the project, locking in 2023 premiere plans and offering up a sneak peek …Read more »
A premiere window is in for the Liar Liar anime, based on the light novels by Haruki Kuou and konomi. Naoki Matsuura (episodes of Black Clover) is at the helm for this one alongside Satoru Ohno, with Momoka Toyoda (My Happy Marriage) on series composition …Read more »
THE FIRST SLAM DUNK, the big screen CG anime take on Takehiko Inoue’s classic Slam Dunk manga, has had a mighty run since it opened in Japan on December 3. Now its latest milestone has it crossing the 10 billion yen mark at the Japanese …Read more »
My Home Hero, the suspense manga by Naoki Yamakawa and Masashi Asaki, is getting a TV anime adaptation that hits screens this April. Now we’ve got our first look at that anime in action via the series’ first trailer. We’ve also got the word on …Read more »
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