A 66-year-old Japanese man might be in hot water for selling mask covers with images of characters from Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen. A police officer stumbled across the case while doing cyber patrol, and then looked further into the situation. Police believe that the …Read more »
Add another sports anime to the list, because Ryman’s Club has been announced as an original badminton anime series. The project comes from TV Asahi and LIDEN FILMS, who revealed the series for broadcast on Asahi Broadcasting, BS Asahi, and 22 other affiliates as part …Read more »
Prepare for the Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 anime’s first season to be summed up in style in the upcoming compilation film, Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 – Sustainable Warfare, which just got a new full trailer and visual. The movie opens in Japan for …Read more »
SEGA’s Ange Vierge: Girls Battle smartphone game first kicked off service for iOS and Android devices in Japan back in 2013, and now its run is about to come to an end. According to the official website and Twitter account, the game will end service …Read more »
Mark Millar and artist Leinil Francis Yu’s Super Crooks graphic novel is coming to Netflix in an anime produced by BONES (My Hero Academia), and more info is here along with a full trailer. Motonobu Hori (Carole & Tuesday) is directing the adaptation, with Dai …Read more »
That’s pretty cool. Tatsunoko Production, the anime studio behind seriously famous properties like Gatchaman, Yatterman, Time Bokan and Mach GoGoGo (also known as Speed Racer), turns 60 years old next year. It’s kicked off the year-long countdown with an illustration featuring 60 of its most …Read more »
Blue Giant, Shinichi Ishizuka’s manga about an aspiring jazz musician, is getting the theatrical anime treatment. The film will open in 2022. Blue Giant launched in 2013 and ended in 2016. It won several awards during its run, and Ishizuka has gone on to pen …Read more »
Sometimes when you take a break from your day job, you get a chance to work on your true passion, but it doesn’t always work out as one might hope. In the case of one 28-year-old civil servant in Kanagawa Prefecture’s Hiratsuka City, he got …Read more »
The “Volume S” Blu-ray Disc and DVD for Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S will be released in Japan in January and will contain an unaired episode. The episode in question is called “Nippon no Omotenashi (Attend wa Dragon Desu),” which is translated as “Japanese Hospitality …Read more »
Virtual YouTubers have really taken off in recent years, but how many of these anime avatars are posting content on YouTube? The Japanese data analysis firm UserLocal decided to find out. It began crunching the numbers, seeing not only how many VTubers there are, but …Read more »
If you’re a fan of the KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR anime—based on the manga by Aka Akasaka—you’re in for a treat. The series is set to return in April 2022 with a third season titled KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR -Ultra Romantic-, and the announcement came …Read more »
Another light novel anime adaptation is on the way to the screen, this time with a project that aims to tackle Yu Shimizu’s school fantasy series The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy. This marks the author’s second original novel work to be made into …Read more »
A new character visual is here for World Trigger season 3, which is currently airing in Japan and being simulcast on Crunchyroll. This one is all about Hyuse, who boldly proclaims he’ll be the second ace at the start of B-Rank battle round 7. Check …Read more »
One of the best surprises in recent years was the debut of Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, which proudly carries on the torch that was originally lit by Rumiko Takahashi’s beloved Inuyasha series. Set years after the end of Inuyasha, the first season introduced us to Sesshomaru’s …Read more »
The I’m Quitting Heroing light novel series—written by Quantum—is just one letter away from being about something completely different. Now, the series is about to hit the small screen with a TV anime adaptation planned for April 2022. Check out the debut promo and visual …Read more »
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