As fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion know, the relationship between characters Shinji Ikari and Asuka Langley was… complicated. Megumi Ogata, the voice of Shinji, referenced that relationship while having some fun with an Asuka-themed piece of merchandise on Twitter this week. The merchandise in question …Read more »
Cardcaptor Sakura is back, and a cafe celebrating the series is coming to Tokyo. The limited-time Cardcaptor Sakura cafe, themed around the series’ adorable Kero-chan, will be hosted in Tokyo Soramichi, which located in Tokyo Skytree Town, from April 27 to July 8. There are several Kero-chan-themed …Read more »
Last year’s live-action Gintama film is getting a sequel, and all three main stars are back. Masaki Suda, Shun Oguri, and Kanna Hashimoto are back as Shinpachi Shimura, Gintoki Sakata and Kagura, respectively, and posters revealed today show off their looks for the film. It …Read more »
Wes Anderson’s stop-motion-animated film Isle of Dogs opens in Japan on May 25, and a big-name manga and anime creator got in on some of the promotional action. Akira author Katsuhiro Otomo illustrated a poster for the occasion, capturing the spirit of the film with …Read more »
Believe it or not, the anime adaptation of Ryo Ikehata and illustrator Hagane Tsurugi’s comedic horror light novels Calamity of a Zombie Girl was announced back in 2012. Well, it’s finally coming to fruition, with the GONZO and Stingray production set to premiere this July. …Read more »
Nakaba Suzuki’s The Seven Deadly Sins is getting an anime film in Japan this year, with The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky set to premiere on August 18. The story has Meliodas and Hawk visiting a Sky Palace, where Meliodas gets …Read more »
As was the case with the original Himouto! Umaru-chan manga, which ended in 2017, Sankaku Head‘s sequel is about to follow suit. Himouto! Umaru-chan G kicked off its run in the 53rd 2017 issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump magazine, and the final chapter is …Read more »
Funimation revealed more premiere dates for a slew of spring 2018 season SimulDub anime, with the next in line set to kick off on April 18. Here’s a rundown of what you can look forward to for the rest of the month and beyond, with …Read more »
News site Anime Anime had a fit of nostalgia this week, listing some of the anime that was on the tube 10 ten years ago in 2008. Some of the series the folks at Anime Anime listed were moderate-to-big hits with folks in the West, …Read more »
Here’s some happy news for old-school anime fans: Sentai Filmworks has licensed the 1983 mecha series Aura Battler Dunbine for digital and home video release. The series, which was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino, ran for 49 episodes, and was based on the director’s …Read more »
It’s been revealed Naoshi Komi’s romantic comedy manga Nisekoi: False Love is getting the live-action film treatment. The announcement came via an ad in the latest edition of Weekly Shonen Jump, the magazine in which the manga ran from 2011 to 2016. The film is …Read more »
Quite a few of you were excited about the announcement of Holmes at Kyoto Teramachi Sanjo, a new anime series that transports Sherlock Holmes to Kyoto, Japan. Now we’ve got more details (clues, shall we say?) about that series, including its first trailer, plus some …Read more »
Avengers: Infinity War opens in Japan on April 27, and what better anime is there to collaborate with than My Hero Academia? Bones’ adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi’s hit Jump manga is getting in on the action with a series of collaboration promos and a new …Read more »
Fans of Cowboy Bebop may want to start planning a trip to Japan next month. Shinichiro Watanabe’s series is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and one of the attractions getting in on the action is a collaboration with the Goodsmile Animate Cafe. The Cowboy Bebop x …Read more »
Acclaimed anime screenwriter Mari Okada (Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Anthem of the Heart) makes her directorial debut with Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. We’ll get a chance to check it out in North America soon, because ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio announced …Read more »
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