“More maniac! More extreme!” is the exclamation that kicks off the Kickstarter pitch for Gunsmith Cats and Riding Bean creator Kenichi Sonoda’s new project. Sonoda took this weekend’s Anime Central convention as an opportunity to announce plans to crowdfund an original 5+ minute anime starring …Read more »
Yuu Watase’s Arata: The Legend manga went on hiatus back in August 2015, but the creator has resurfaced to announce the next steps. While Watase says she is still recovering from depression, she wants to attempt to resume the series sometime this year. Yuu Watase …Read more »
Is it wrong to be a fan of a series with dull characters and a largely inconsequential plot? If so, I’m in trouble, because I somehow became a fan of the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? anime. Maybe …Read more »
The second season of Attack on Titan had an uphill battle ahead of it in more ways than one. I’m not just talking about the ever-raging fight against the Titans themselves; the expectations alone were an enemy that could have demolished a slightly less sturdy …Read more »
UPDATE: The contest is over and a winner has been chosen and contacted! The Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern anime film makes its way to theaters throughout North America next month, and we’ve teamed up with distributor ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio for a special celebratory giveaway. …Read more »
The Super Star arc isn’t the only new Shaman King manga making its debut in Japan. Author Hiroyuki Takei’s new story kicked off in the latest issue of Kodansha’s Shonen Magazine Edge, bringing with it the announcement of a spinoff manga by Jet Kusamura. Shaman …Read more »
The intense fight continues in the second Godzilla anime film, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle. The sequel opens in Japan on May 18, and you can see more footage along with a sample of “The Sky Falls” theme song by XAI below.
From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of Spirited Away, and Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, comes a dazzling aerial adventure set in and above the scenic port towns of the Adriatic Sea. Porco Rosso is preparing to make a daring barrel roll back into theaters …Read more »
Some nice news for fans of The Ancient Magus’ Bride: two books based on the manga are set for an English-language release courtesy Seven Seas. Those two books (short story collections, to be precise) are called The Golden Yarn and The Silver Yarn, and are …Read more »
If you drew a Venn diagram of Sherlock Holmes and anime fans, there’d be plenty of overlap. At least, that’s the feeling we get based on the excitement about the upcoming Holmes at Teramachi Sanjo, a series that transports the famous detective to Japan’s ancient …Read more »
Kyoto Animation’s latest series, Violet Evergarden, wrapped up about a month ago, but for those of you feeling everlost, good news: there’s a bonus episode of the series on the way. The trailer for that episode was revealed yesterday by the series’ official Twitter feed …Read more »
It’s the event fighting game fans anticipate all year: Evo, or Evolution Championship Series, in which the world’s greatest players of Street Fighter, Tekken, Guilty Gear and more battle for supremacy (not to mention a nice bundle of cash). Years in the making, the first …Read more »
Revered Studio Ghibli co-founder and director Isao Takahata passed away last month at age 82, and the staff of his studio gathered to remember the late creator at a farewell ceremony. The ceremony was held on Tuesday at the Ghibli Museum, where Hayao Miyazaki shared …Read more »
The Tokyo Ghoul:re anime is getting a CD single release for its opening theme song, “asphyxia,” which features the band Cö shu Nie. Since original Tokyo Ghoul manga author Sui Ishida personally chose the band to perform the opening, it’s only fitting that he came …Read more »
We’re not too far off from the July 2018 premiere of the Angolmois TV anime, based on the historical seinen manga by Nanahiko Takagi. The series follows a band of samurai as they face the overwhelming 1274 ACE Mongol invasion of Japan, and you can …Read more »
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