Where would modern anime be without anthropomorphism? In anime series of recent years, boys and girls have been turned into computers, months, aircraft carriers and, perhaps most famously, countries involved in World War II. But starting in April it’s rice rice baby. Love Kome -We …Read more »
Hirune Hime is coming. We had kind of forgotten about this film, to be totally honest, as we haven’t heard much about it since it was announced way back in April . But we’ve got a fresh reminder courtesy a slick visual revealed today. Hirune …Read more »
Naoki Urasawa fans, get hype. The legendary artist, who has penned some of the most memorable and best-selling manga of the last quarter-century, including Yawara! , Monster , 20th Century Boys , and Billy Bat , among others, will start a new series in 2017. …Read more »
Masamune-kun’s Revenge , the anime based on romanic comedy manga by Hazuki Takeoka, hits airwaves this January, and now the cast for the series’ six main characters has been announced. The principal characters and their respective voice actors are as follows: Masamune Makabe – Natsuki …Read more »
Fans of last spring’s High School Fleet (also known as Haifuri ) have a bit more high school fleeting to look forward to with a recently-announced direct-to-video project due out next year. At a recent Haifuri event, a few more details about just what the …Read more »
The monster girls are coming. Manga artist Petosu’s Interview with Monster Girls ( Demi-chan wa Kataritai ) is set to be animeized over at A-1 Pictures and will begin airing in January. Interviews with Monster Girls , which has been running in Kodansha’s Young Magazine …Read more »
Sure, Konami may have fired Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, but no one really doubted for a minute that meant they were going to abandon the franchise. Today the games company announced its first Kojima-less Metal Gear game, Metal Gear Survive , which certainly seems …Read more »
The rumors are true. Pokemon will be coming to a silver screen near you courtesy film studio Legendary, according to a report by the Hollywood Reporter. The film, announced shortly after the augmented reality game Pokemon Go exploded into a blaze of profit for Nintendo …Read more »
Well, that’s pretty cool. Wake Up, Girls! , the anime series about a Tohoku-based production company that forms an idol group, is becoming a stage play that’ll open in January 2017. Okay, anime-based plays are pretty common these days, but here’s the thing: the play …Read more »
Rumors have been swirling on this one for the last few weeks, but with an official announcement, it can no longer be denied: Gintama is coming to flesh-and-blood cinema in 2017. Shun Oguri, who appeared as Lupin in the live-action Lupin III film , as …Read more »
With lots of Ghost in the Shell fans upset that a live-action version is even being created, let alone starring a non-Asian as main character Motoko Kusanagi, two guys who appear to be down with the project – at least enough to go visit the …Read more »
Perhaps you were a fan of boys’ love series Super Lovers ? And why not? It had all those classic boys’ love elements. Boys, for example. And… love. Okay, so maybe I didn’t personally watch Super Lovers – but I’m happy to report to anyone …Read more »
Get set for more pedaling. The third season of cycling anime Yowamushi Pedal is set for January 2017, it was announced yesterday. Not only that: an anime adaptation of the spinoff, Spare Bike , is also on the way. Yowamushi Pedal season three will continue …Read more »
Kuroko’s Basketball is preparing to settle in for a extended occupation of Japanese movie theaters. The games will begin in 2016 with a series of three compilation films summarizing the events of the Kuroko’s anime series, which ran from 2009 to 2014. They’ll then go …Read more »
Matt Schley
