Puella Magi Madoka Magica is going big for its tenth anniversary with… another film! Walpurgisnacht will continue the dark tale that stunned anime fans around the world back in 2011. But let’s be real… there were plenty of tells early on in this series. We should …Read more »
In further evidence that some people need to take a break from mobile gaming and stop taking gacha mechanics so seriously, a knife-wielding attacker was recently arrested at the Shanghai offices of miHoYo, the developer behind hit game Genshin Impact. While this is a very …Read more »
Founded by Samuel Pinansky in 2016, light novel publishing service J-Novel Club has made some waves since its launch. Now, the latest announcement is here to reveal that Kadokawa has acquired a majority stake in the company, and aims to have it and Bookwalker work …Read more »
The winners for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize have been announced! The prizes are given yearly to manga creators who follow the tradition laid out by Osamu Tezuka. The Grand Prize, which comes with a bronze statue and approximately $19,000 in cash, goes …Read more »
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Kodansha Publishing have teamed up to use Cells at Work! in the fight against COVID-19. Creator Akane Shimizu finished her Cells at Work! series about anthropomorphic cells with a chapter about COVID-19. This chapter, plus a new …Read more »
The picture book Riku wa Yowakunai came out in 2020 and has about 22,000 copies in circulation. A teaser trailer for the anime film adaptation has been released. The book was written by Shinobu Sakagami, who has fourteen dogs and four cats. The illustrator, Kunihiro …Read more »
A brand-new trailer has dropped for the live-action Chinese movie Dynasty Warriors. Dynasty Warriors is based on the video game of the same name from Japanese company KOEI, and the video game in turn is inspired by The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written by …Read more »
The live-action series Night Head played in Japan in the early 90s, and it led to the anime and manga Night Head Genesis more than a decade later. The franchise is getting a new anime series titled Night Head 2041 that’s debuting this July, and …Read more »
Shingo Natsume, who directed One-Punch Man and Space Dandy, is coming out with a science fiction anime called Sonny Boy that he conceived, wrote and directed. The story follows 36 students who find themselves in an alternate dimension and also discover that they have special …Read more »
A trailer for Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- has been released ahead of its July debut. It’s based on the novels by Kei Azumi, and helmed by Shinji Ishihira, who directed Fairy Tail. It also revealed more of the cast. Saori Hayami plays Emma, Shinpachi Tsuji plays …Read more »
Knights of Sidonia: The Star Where Love is Spun hits Japanese theaters May 14, but moviegoers don’t have to wait that long to see the opening. The first several minutes of the movie has been released on YouTube as a teaser. It’s in Japanese, but …Read more »
One of the great composers of anime is no longer with us, as Shunsuke Kikuchi has passed away. Known for composing music for everything from Doraemon‘s famous “Doraemon no Uta” theme song the entire Dragon Ball series from the original up to Dragon Ball Z …Read more »
Kyoto Animation’s hotly anticipated Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S anime starts this July, and ahead of that we have another cute key visual to get us excited for the return. This one marks the first of five that will be shared over the coming weeks, …Read more »
In a very quick turnaround after their Japanese theatrical debut, Netflix announced plans to bring the two-part Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie to its streaming service globally, with a premiere date set for June 3, 2021. Based on the Dream Arc of Naoko …Read more »
VIZ Media is publishing the Demon Slayer manga in America, and it’s pretty excited to see how well the movie has been doing, especially now that it’s broken records at the U.S. box office. The VIZ Media blog wrote, “To say people are hyped for …Read more »
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