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If the Villainess and Villain Met and Fell in Love opens with the villainess, Brigitte, getting dumped by her fiancé, the prince. Though she’s already been engaged, they’re still only in high school, and her ex is hanging out with another girl who wants to …Read more »
It was just announced that the anime Whisper Me a Love Song (a.k.a. Sasayaku yō ni Koi wo Utau) will premiere on April 13, a little over a month away. Its opening theme song, titled “Follow Your Arrows,” is performed by the band in the …Read more »
Fans around the world are expressing sadness and shock at the unexpected passing of Dragon Ball Z creator Akira Toriyama. Toriyama was a major influence on manga, and some other big-name manga authors have taken to the internet to pay homage to him. One Piece …Read more »
Four people involved with the major anime piracy site B9GOOD were found guilty and sentenced at the People’s Court of Taizhou Pharmaceutical High-Tech Industrial Development Zone in China. The piracy site was aimed at people in Japan. The names of the people were not given. …Read more »
Rahul Purini, the president of Crunchyroll, mentioned in a recent interview that the company was experimenting with using AI for subtitles. This got a generally negative response from many anime fans, with their main contentions being that AI cannot properly translate Japanese with its subtleties, …Read more »
J-Novel Club has just inked a partnership deal with Yen Press so that Hachette Book Group (which owns Yen Press in a joint venture with Kadokawa Corporation) will begin handling sales and distributing J-Novel physical books in North America. Hachette is a major publisher, one …Read more »
The dub for the entire Dragon Ball Super anime series has just joined Crunchyroll. The anime started in July 2015 and concluded in March 2018, consisting of 131 episodes. Its English dub first became available through Funimation’s streaming service in late 2016. The dub also …Read more »
March 16 is going to be a big day for Ghibli Park! The Valley of Witches section will officially open, and five exhibits are joining the Grand Warehouse. The exhibits showcase characters from Hayao Miyazaki’s new movie The Boy and the Heron, plus Spirited Away’s …Read more »
Over the years Japan has been putting otaku decorations on manhole covers, and now Minato Ward, located in Tokyo, is joining in with manhole covers featuring Sailor Moon. This was chosen because the characters are involved with Minato Ward’s Azabu-Juban district. While the people who …Read more »
New accusations have risen against anime producer Kouichirou Itou, who has produced multiple films with award-winning director Makoto Shinkai. Itou was originally arrested last month after allegations he paid an underage girl for nude photos. Now Wakayama Prefectural Police say he paid money to a …Read more »
The Crunchyroll 2024 Anime Awards took place over the weekend. JUJUTSU KAISEN did really well all over, and many of Chainsaw Man’s Denji voice actors in various languages got honored. Let’s take a look at all the winners below! Best Continuing Anime Series – One …Read more »
The very first trailer for the anime VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream has arrived! Besides giving us our first real look at the show, it announces two cast members, and a July debut. According to its latest …Read more »
Chillin’ in Another World With Level 2 Super Cheat Powers (a.k.a. Lv2 kara Cheat datta Moto Yūsha Kōho no Mattari Isekai Life in Japanese) dropped a trailer that lets us know the anime will start on April 8. There’s also new info on additional cast. …Read more »
One of the series lighting up screens in Japan and on Crunchyroll this season is The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic, which just unveiled its third official key visual. Get ready for more of the adaptation of Kurokata’s isekai fantasy light novel series and …Read more »
The judges have revealed 19 people who are being added to the Will Eisner Comics Awards Hall of Fame in 2024. One of them is Keiji Nakazawa, whose manga Barefoot Gen was inspired by his own life story of surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. …Read more »
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