Here’s one more reason 2020 can’t end fast enough: the new Macross Delta film, Macross Delta: Zettai LIVE!!!!!!, is headed to theaters in 2021. Macross Delta: Zettai LIVE!!!!!! (man, I love that title!!!!!!) was announced back in 2019. It’s a direct sequel to the Macross …Read more »
Isekai anime involves average characters from everyday life discovering powers beyond even their own imagining. Sometimes our heroes get them as a gift, and sometimes they train up. In Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest, it’s a little of both. But even in the face …Read more »
Puella Magi Madoka Magica first aired in 2011, but continues to be hugely popular, with spinoff games and anime keeping the flame alive. October 3 is the birthday of Madoka Kaname, the protagonist of the series, and Japan marked the occasion with some tweets from some …Read more »
Neon Genesis Evangelion, one of the most celebrated properties in anime history, has been licensed for home video and theatrical distribution by GKIDS. The kids are set to bring the original 26 episodes, plus the films Evangelion: Death (True)² and The End of Evangelion, to …Read more »
As if there wasn’t already enough excitement surrounding the newly launched Fall 2020 anime season, we can now turn our attention back toward My Hero Academia season 5. The anticipated continuation is officially set to premiere in Spring 2021, and a new visual and trailer …Read more »
Chibi or SD art is a mainstay of anime and manga. It brings a fun flavor to a story, either accentuating the comedy in a scene or just bringing the cuteness. While some shows use this style sparingly, others are drawn solely with this look. …Read more »
The most recent update regarding Hollywood’s Your Name remake—which was revealed back in 2017 and aims to take Makoto Shinkai’s hit film into the live-action realm—had the director changing from Marc Webb to Lee Isaac Chung (Munyurangabo, Minari). We’ve had some time to process the …Read more »
Considering the way animation production works—especially when compounded with the COVID-19 pandemic—it’s understandable to be concerned about the state of shows like The Quintessential Quintuplets season 2. It turns out we have nothing to worry about as far as timing is concerned, though, and Bibury …Read more »
One Piece had delays earlier this year because of the coronavirus, and Weekly Shonen Jump recently announced that there will be no new chapter in the next issue because of creator Eiichiro Oda’s “sudden illness.”
It’s almost time to find out how all those wild animals were created, because the Heaven’s Design Team anime is about to start its run. The official Twitter account revealed the news, setting the adaptation of Hebi-Zou, Tsuta Suzuki, and Tarako’s manga for a January …Read more »
Netflix may not have released the numbers of its bestsellers, but content marketing company NeoMam Studios has done some interesting research. Utilizing Google’s Keyword planner and Flixable, they got an idea of which Netflix-produced anime were getting the most searches in 2019. NeoMam’s client Budget …Read more »
Kichiku Uchi, a Japanese typing game, has gone viral in Japan after Twitter user @mk_momota thanked it for giving her such enviable typing skills. But Kichiku Uchi (translated as Devil Typing) isn’t your usual ho-hum typing game. It’s a BL typing game made for fujoshi. …Read more »
Yoshiaki Sukeno’s Twin Star Exorcists manga has been running in the pages of Shueisha’s Jump SQ. magazine since November of 2013, and now it’s getting ready to enter the last stages of its story. According to this year’s November issue of the magazine, the Twin …Read more »
It feels like the Sherlock Holmes canon has been reimagined in pretty much every way possible. It’s been modernized, retold with animals, set in Kabukicho… and then there was that one time with the robot dinosaurs. The point is, it feels like the canon has been …Read more »
With the recent release of Final Fantasy VII Remake and announcement of Final Fantasy XVI, the world has Final Fantasy on the brain. In comes ranking site Goo, which has asked its readers that age-old question: who are Final Fantasy’s hottest babes, man? Well, 2,907 …Read more »
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