One of the hotly (sorry) anticipated shows of this year is Fire Force Season 3, which is officially set to premiere on April 4. The date was announced in a new trailer that debuted during IGN Fan Fest 2025 earlier today, bringing with it news …Read more »
A global streaming premiere date is in for the From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman anime, which is on the way soon to adapt Shigeru Sagazaki’s light novel series. The series is set to hit Amazon Prime Video around the world starting at midnight …Read more »
A new month is just around the corner, and with a new month comes new manga! Kodansha has lots of new titles coming your way, including two new first volumes and a standalone paranormal romance. And we’ve got reviews of these three new Kodansha manga …Read more »
A new anime is getting ready to take a hot dip into history with the announcement of a Hikuidori (Fire Eater) adaptation. Based on the historical novel by Shogo Imamura and its upcoming manga adaptation by Shujin Riku‘s Shinobu Seguchi, the Hikuidori anime is planned …Read more »
A new cast member has been announced for the Orb: On the Movements of the Earth anime, which is currently enjoying a 25-episode run. The latest addition throws voice actor Shoya Ishige (Joshua Juukulius in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-) into the mix as …Read more »
Like clockwork, the latest annual Detective Conan film is headed to Japanese theaters this April. The film, which is called One-Eyed Flashback (that’s the direct translation, anyway; I haven’t seen an official English title revealed yet) has just dropped its main piece of key art …Read more »
Have you ever been curious about the history of anime in North America? The YouTube documentary series The Anime Business, brought to us by anime distributor AnimEigo and parent company MediaOCD, will interview influential people in the North American anime industry. Its first episode, coming …Read more »
Hatsune Miku has teamed up with a lot of companies and groups, so why not team up with McDonald’s, the restaurant chain that keeps showing its love for otaku interests? A few days ago, McDonald’s Japan shared an image on social media that was clearly …Read more »
A premiere month has been put in place for The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4, which continues adapting the light novels by Aneko Yusagi and Seira Minami. The new season will officially kick off in July 2025, and a new visual arrived along …Read more »
We previously got to check out the titles and staff for each episode of Miru: Paths to My Future, an upcoming original omnibus anime from Yanmar Holdings and various studios. Now we know who will be voicing characters in the episodes, so let’s take a …Read more »
Earlier this month, the Transformers line of toys, cartoons and more released a special video in Japan to mark the franchise’s 40th anniversary. Titled “We Are Not Alone,” the result is an impressive video full of stop-motion animation that has the Transformers figures coming to …Read more »
In a mix of live actors and familiar voice talent, the cast of the live-action My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 movie is in the spotlight in a new trailer. In addition to Mizuki Yamashita and Ryuta Sakuma as the IRL versions of Akane …Read more »
Last September brought the news that Kirio Fanclub, the manga by Ponchan Chikyu no Osakana about two high school girls who have a crush on the same classmate, would be getting both anime and live-action adaptations. Today we’ve got some news on the latter. The …Read more »
When I think of the late great Kentaro Miura’s dark fantasy epic Berserk, “cute” is not the first word that pops into mind. But this new Guts figure from the brand Cutie1 might just change that. The figure, which depicts Guts in cute-ified style in …Read more »
Mondo, a company that creates posters, vinyl soundtracks, collectibles and the like, has teamed up with none other than Yu-Gi-Oh! for a new collection with a high-end soft vinyl figure and large-format screen prints. The launch party took place at Los Angeles’ Funko Hollywood Store …Read more »
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