While we wait for the latest anime film from director Mamoru Hosoda, one of his previous hits is making a comeback in an unexpected way. A musical adaptation has been announced for Hosoda’s 2015 feature Bakemono no Ko, AKA The Boy and the Beast, with …Read more »
Discotek, everyone’s favorite licensor of classic and otherwise awesome anime, released a slew of new title announcements today for that finest of formats, the blue ray diskette. At the top of the list is Lupin the Third: Part V, the most recent season of Lupin. …Read more »
Veteran voice actress Kikuko Inoue has been voicing our favorite anime and game characters for decades. From romantic heroines to terrifying baddies (and a certain Tall Vampire Lady), this eternally youthful star has done it all. But do you know where you’ve heard her? Here …Read more »
Our favorite anime already exist in awesome, elaborate universes. Figuring out the nuances of those is already a full-time job. So when we find out series have shared universes, it’s extra cool. Here are a few anime where fictional boundaries bleed over each other. Have …Read more »
The Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness CG anime is on the way to Netflix on July 8, and the Japanese voice cast has officially been revealed. Among the cast are returning VAs Yuko Kaida (Tsukuyo in Gintama) as Claire Redfield and Toshiyuki Morikawa (Griffith in Berserk) …Read more »
Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Yuji Naka worked at Sega for more than two decades, then he became the president and CEO of the PROPE game development company. In 2018 he began working for Square Enix, and this past weekend he announced that he has left …Read more »
SSSS.Dynazenon is receiving something extra in its Blu-ray and DVD home video releases: live-action video shorts called “Gridknight Fight.” “Gridknight Fight” is being produced by Tsuburaya Productions, a studio known for its tokusatsu work. SSSS.Dynazenon will receive four home video releases, and there will be …Read more »
Father’s Day is June 20, and Shonen Jump has a page set up on its site where you can help Anya from Spy X Family come up with a surprise gift for her adopted dad. The campaign coincides with the release of the seventh volume …Read more »
Eito Hara has been obsessed with kaiju monsters since he was a kid, when he got a Godzilla toy. As an adult he got a job at Kaiyodo Co., which makes figurines. While there he made all sorts of figurines, including ones of anime characters, …Read more »
Voice actor Jonah Scott, who voices Legosi in BEASTARS, lost his job in Mr Love: Queen’s Choice, which is brought out by the Chinese mobile game company Papergames. An anime adaptation has been made of the same property. Scott got in trouble after tweeting, “Taiwan …Read more »
If you feel like wearing your Jujutsu Kaisen fandom, UNIQLO has you covered. For the second time UNIQLO is collaborating with Jujutsu Kaisen to come out with a clothing collection. The original collection used artwork from the manga. The new collection, which will become available …Read more »
Kotaro Yamada’s manga adaptation of Riku Misora’s High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World light novel series officially sees the light at the end of the tunnel. The latest issue of Square Enix’s Young Gangan magazine revealed that the manga is about …Read more »
A new visual is here for the third My Hero Academia movie, which hits theaters in Japan on August 6. The latest preview for My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes Mission brings Deku together with Katsuki Bakugou, Shoto Todoroki, film-original character Rody Soul, and …Read more »
When the new Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU anime premieres on Japanese TV, it will do so with double the content for excited fans. The official website announced plans for the continuation to kick off on July 1 with a broadcast that will include …Read more »
The final volume of Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan manga hits shelves in Japan on June 9, so promotion is out in full force. One of the most impressive advertisements is a massive 45.6-meter-long LED panel display that’s been put up in Shinjuku Station, thanking …Read more »
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