Hopefully you’re ready for more of the Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun anime adaptation, because Iruma-kun season 2 is right around the corner. The official website was updated to reveal a new key visual along with April 17 premiere plans and the opening theme artist. …Read more »
With the pandemic still ongoing and social distancing still in effect, it’s no surprise that the huge event San Diego Comic-Con has called off its in-person con scheduled for this July. Like last year, it will hold a Comic-Con@Home virtual event in its stead. This …Read more »
ICv2 is reporting that manga sales grew in the United States last year. “Manga sales were up around 44% in the book channel in 2020, as measured by NPD BookScan, which tracks sales at book chains, mass merchants, large online retailers, and other retailers,” ICv2 …Read more »
Leiji Matsumoto’s beloved character Maetel is getting beers inspired by her. The initial release, Galaxy Express 999: Maetel Weizen, officially came out in Japan yesterday, and was made by Sawauchi Brewery. The image to go with it was produced by Toei Animation. More Galaxy Express …Read more »
Slowpoke is Kagawa prefecture’s official Pokémon ambassador. The prefecture and the Pokémon decided to make this connection because Kagawa is associated with udon noodles and Slowpoke’s Japanese name, Yadon, is close to the word “udon.” So as the ambassador for Kagawa, it only makes sense …Read more »
The fifth season of My Hero Academia premieres in Japan on March 27, and the franchise is ready to celebrate this milestone. Fans are being teased that a bunch of new merchandise is expected along with some sort of artwork from character designer Hitomi Odashima, …Read more »
Megumi Hayashibara has been doing voice-over work for more than thirty years. She’s voiced Rei Ayanami in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Jessie in Pokémon, Lina Inverse in Slayers, Ranma in Ranma ½ and Faye Valentine in Cowboy Bebop, to name a few. She’s written about all …Read more »
The Dropkick on My Devil! series recently celebrated the successful funding of another bonus anime episode, and now it has the stage play adaptation to look forward to. A trailer debuted this week for the production along with four cast visuals that show off cast members …Read more »
If you’re looking for some new figures and other enticing items to add to your collection this year, Bandai has just the event for you. A Tamashii Nations pop-up shop has been announced for New York City, with the store set to be open and …Read more »
Gege Akutami’s popular Jujutsu Kaisen manga—which runs in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump—has hit another milestone in its successful print run. The latest has it leaping past 36 million copies in print, covering both physical printings and copies sold digitally. That number is looking …Read more »
The latest slice of ARIA anime—ARIA The CREPUSCOLO—is coming to theaters in Japan on March 5, making now as good a time as any to take a look back at the series. The anime adaptation of Kozue Amano’s slice-of-life fantasy manga is doing just that …Read more »
How do you get music fans to sit up and pay attention to your new anime? How about recruiting J-pop legend Hikaru Utada to do your opening theme? That’s the strategy being employed by the upcoming series To Your Eternity. The series just announced that …Read more »
Kousuke Oono’s manga The Way of the Househusband is getting the anime treatment. Today we got our initial glimpse of the anime thanks to its first trailer, courtesy Netflix. Here’s how the ‘flix describes the series: This world-class househusband was once a feared legendary member …Read more »
2021 marks Pokémon25 — the 25th anniversary of everyone’s favorite monster-fighting kids’ show. (Besides Digimon, obviously.) Pokémon made its mark on the world and hasn’t left. It’s hard to believe there were only 151 collectible ‘mons to start. But after all this time, the series’s two most …Read more »
Tropical Rouge PreCure has just kicked off its run, making it the first show in the franchise to get a U.S. simulcast from day one! But that’s not the only reason we’ve got our eyes on this year’s magical girl adventure. We’ve talked before about …Read more »
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