Gosho Aoyama‘s long-running Detective Conan manga is about to take a fairly lengthy break, but it’s nothing to worry about. This year’s 32nd issue of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine announced that a seven-week hiatus will begin with the next issue, and that Aoyama will …Read more »
The official website and Twitter account for the My Hero Academia the Movie: The Two Heroes anime film updated with a special peek at some designs. In addition to a look at Deku and the rest of the gang all dressed up to the nines, …Read more »
LDH USA announced details for its first North American event, OTAQUEST LIVE. Eight stars from Japan’s pop and electronic music scene will be performing, including three first-timers: DJ group PKCZ, R&B trio m-flo, and Yasutaka Nakata, the renowned producer of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Perfume. …Read more »
The Piano Forest, AKA Piano no Mori, recently ended its first season on Japanese TV. We’ll have to wait a little longer to see it over here because Netflix has the rights, but in the meantime, we can already look forward to a second season. …Read more »
The first of six K: Seven Stories anime films opens in Japan on July 7, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to preview the latter half of the series. The official K website popped up a trio of new previews this week, highlighting the …Read more »
Did not see that one coming. Comedian, actor and existentialist Jim Carrey is reportedly in talks to play Dr. Robotnik, Sonic’s arch-enemy, in the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog film. As we reported recently, the live-action/animation hybrid will place Sonic in “a pretty straight rural environment” …Read more »
The original Ghost in the Shell film from 1995 (and the best Ghost in the Shell anime made to date—fight me) was just rereleased in Japan in a 4K remaster. To mark the occasion, Panasonic brought together voice actors Atsuko Tanaka (Motoko Kusanagi) and Akio …Read more »
At last. Fate/Extra Last Encore, the latest entry in the Fate/ franchise that aired from January to April of this year, is finally on Netflix in the U.S. The series is baed on the Fate/Extra video game, and is animated at Shaft and directed by …Read more »
Ever the ambitious studio, Kyoto Animation has just announced that the Violet Evergarden project they’ve been hinting about for a while is a full-length theatrical film set to hit in January 2020. The news was announced at an event for fans of the series. Violet …Read more »
More information is finally here for the upcoming Yuri!!! on ICE anime film. As revealed at the Yuri!!! on Concert event, the movie is titled Yuri!!! on ICE the Movie: Ice Adolescence, and it’s currently set for a 2019 premiere in Japan. Sayo Yamamoto will …Read more »
After failing at his old school, spineless rookie teacher Haruaki Abe finally lands his dream teaching assignment. Eager and bright eyed, he arrives at Hyakki Academy Island, where he’ll be teaching Japanese language classes. To his dimay, he discovers the school is for yokai, Japanese …Read more »
What happens when you take two very different teenagers from what seem like two worlds that clash in a big way and throw them into a relationship? It might look a little something like the gorgeously animated Tsukigakirei. It’s an emotional and endearing tale that …Read more »
Have you ever gotten so drunk that you end up saving a living dragon from potential death, and then said dragon appears at your doorstep prepared to live with you and repay a debt for all eternity? Well, Kobayashi did once, and now this dragon …Read more »
Director Masaaki Yuasa’s acclaimed anime film The Night is Short, Walk on Girl is about to come to US theaters for a special two-night event. GKIDS and Fathom Events have teamed up for the theatrical screenings, which are scheduled for August 21 and 22 at …Read more »
Nobuo, an affable young salaryman with hipster chin scruff, has a secret: his wife is a space alien whom he met when he was abducted by a UFO. Posing as an ordinary housewife, she wears a cute-faced human disguise to go outside but hangs around …Read more »
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