Have you been missing Trevor, Drac, and the rest of the stars that make the heart of Netflix’s Castlevania animated series beat? You won’t have to wait too much longer for more, because Netflix officially announced Castlevania season 3 for a March 5 premiere. The …Read more »
Japanese mobile phone operator NTT Docomo is back again to rank the current season of anime, with more than a little help from all the Japanese fans out there. This time it’s the Winter 2020 anime season, for which the fans cast 79,943 votes during …Read more »
Last time we posted about the Studio Ghibli theme park, it was set to open in 2022, and it looks like that timing is still on track. There is a cool update, though, with the introduction of more concept art that shows some of the …Read more »
Ryohgo Narita and illustrator Suzuhito Yasuda’s Durarara!! light novel series is making the leap to the stage in Japan, with performances set to kick off in Tokyo this April. Ahead of that, the adaptation lifted the veil on some of its costumed cast members, and …Read more »
In 2008, American businessman and journalist Michael Howard moved to Japan to become a salaryman. Here he experienced culture shock, made more than a few faux pas, and kept a journal of everything so he could turn it into a “painfully funny” book. A decade …Read more »
Fans of the Gundam Build anime saga now know when to expect the continuing mecha adventures. The official site revealed more plans for Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE season 2, which kicks off on the franchise’s YouTube channel at 8:00pm Japan Time on April 9. Once …Read more »
To say that it’s been a good run for Koyoharu Gotoge‘s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga would be quite the understatement. Just a couple weeks ago, the series managed to take 19 of the 20 spots in Amazon Japan’s Top 20 list of best-selling …Read more »
What happens when the worlds of Sword Art Online and Persona 5 collide? We’ll find out soon thanks to a new collaboration between Persona 5 Royal and a pair of Sword Art Online mobile games: Memory Defrag and Integral Factor. The event was previously announced …Read more »
Back in December, it was revealed that Negi Haruba’s The Quintessential Quintuplets manga would end with the 14th volume, which is due out in Japan this spring. Now we have an even more precise idea of how much longer is left for the publication, with …Read more »
Considering how heated the battle for streaming anime dominance can be each season, it’s not too surprising that some companies might be snatching up titles they haven’t looked into closely enough. Whether that’s the actual case with Funimation is anyone’s guess, but the company recently …Read more »
If there’s one thing anime is great at, it’s transforming the ostensibly mundane into the exciting. Anime can take any sport, no matter how mundane, and turn it into an electrifying matchup for the ages, and while it may not be a sport, this definitely …Read more »
Anime News Network founder Justin Sevakis once dismissed Yoshiyuki Tomino—creator of the Gundam franchise, Space Runaway Ideon, and dozens of other series both influential and forgotten—as “one of anime’s naked emperors,” a storyteller with a style “muddled and distracted,” lacking for “dramatic timing and emotional …Read more »
If you like the idea of Pokémon ASMR but want something a little slimier, the official Pokémon YouTube channel came through with something that might be right up your alley. Following up on videos featuring the likes of Charmander and Chespin, the channel is back …Read more »
The five-part compilation anime film project for Gundam Reconguista in G continues with Reconguista in G the Movie II: Bellri’s Fierce Charge, and series creator Yoshiyumi Tomino is getting in on even more of the action with a new key visual. Tomino provided the rough …Read more »
We recently posted about how the Japanese Red Cross Society was once again turning to Take’s notably busty manga, Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!, to try and get folks to donate blood. Now the character is back in the spotlight, and this time it’s because …Read more »
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