Last Period -Owarinaki Rasen no Monogatari- (A Story of Endless Spirals) is a new TV anime based on a mobile fantasy RPG by Happy Elements. The story follows a group of adventurers who find themselves doing more penny pinching than monster fighting, and it’s officially …Read more »
It may be arriving on April 1, but the premiere of Uma Musume Pretty Derby ain’t no joke. The cute-girls-are-also-racing-horses series has a date lined up, with the official website revealing Japanese broadcast premieres for Tokyo MX and BS11. The Uma Musume premiere will kick …Read more »
Digimon Adventure tri. Our Future will close things out as the sixth and final entry in the anime film series when it premieres in Japan on May 5. Ahead of the three-week screening, a second promo is here to sample the finale. Source: Official website …Read more »
Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo‘s Shinichiro Watanabe is directing a new original anime at studio BONES, which he previously worked with on Space Dandy. Carol & Tuesday will debut as part of Fuji TV’s recently-revealed Plus Ultra anime block in April 2019. In addition to …Read more »
It’s almost time for the 21st season of Pokémon anime to make its way to the United States. This time it’s the latest from the Sun & Moon series, Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Adventures, which hits Disney XD on March 24. …Read more »
Another day, another light novel that gets the anime adaptation treatment. This time it’s Fuse and Mitz Vah’s That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, which is currently being published in English by Yen Press. The announcement comes from an early look at volume …Read more »
Touken Ranbu, the popular video game franchise about swords anthropomorphized as hunky guys, is getting a live-action film adaptation. It’s set to be released in 2019. The film will feature many actors who have appeared the Touken Ranbu stage plays, including Hiroki Suzuki (Mikazuki Munechika), …Read more »
In a recent poll from Charapedia that either proves they’re either running out of ideas or getting more creative (or both), the pollsters have asked readers to list the anime and manga characters they’re confident they can draw without looking at a reference. Unsurprisingly, the …Read more »
Back Street’s back, all right. There are so many new series every season (or cour, if you prefer) it’s impossible to highlight them all—but the premise of this one definitely caught our attention. The comedy series, which premieres in July, is called Back Street Girls, …Read more »
Recently, we reported singer Eir Aoi, who had taken a hiatus from recording and performing, was back in action. Now it’s been announced Aoi will contribute the opening theme song to Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, which is set to hit screens this …Read more »
This seems like the week for big news from manga creators. From word about Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto’s new serialization to some teasing from Fairy Tail‘s Hiro Mashima, there’s a lot going on in the industry! There’s also something coming from Ushio and Tora author …Read more »
The second Yu-Gi-Oh! theatrical feature originally dueled in U.S. theaters well over a decade ago, but now Yugi and co. are set to make a triumphant comeback. The digitally remastered version of the 2004 anime box office hit Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie returns to cinemas for …Read more »
Director Kunihiko Ikuhara (Revolutionary Girl Utena, Mawaru Penguindrum) recently revealed plans for a new original anime called Sarazanmai. The mysterious new project is currently slated for 2019, and in the meantime a second “That’s unpleasant” version teaser has arrived. Heres the latest teaser, which reads …Read more »
Fairy Tail may be over, but much like Naruto‘s Masashi Kishimoto, series creator Hiro Mashima has been hard at work. According to his latest update, he should be able to reveal a few things this April.
Fans of the Naruto manga will be happy to know that series creator Masashi Kishimoto is now hard at work on his next project. During a Weekly Shonen Jump press conference, editor-in-chief Hiroyuki Nakano confirmed that Kishimoto’s new manga will be a serialization, and that …Read more »
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