The Chain Chronicle TV anime is getting the movie trilogy treatment in Japan, with the first part, Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari , set to begin its limited theatrical release on December 3. Parts two and three will follow on January 14, 2017 and February …Read more »
A Silent Voice , the recent anime film that centers around a deaf high school student and the bullying she faces, has been a critical and financial success in Japan. But what does the deaf community itself think about the film? To find out, Buzzfeed …Read more »
Are you a fan of the world of Mamoru Oshii ( Ghost in the Shell , Sky Crawlers ) but sometimes wish he’d cram all his visual and aural goodness into one tiny micro-package? Your wish is Toonami’s command. We’ve got some new deets on …Read more »
Strike Witches spinoff Brave Witches just started airing this month, but it’s already facing production difficulties. Episode four of the series will be delayed, it was announced during the airing of yesterday’s episode. The Strike Witches OVA episode “St. Trond’s Thunder” will be aired in …Read more »
What do Tom Cruise, Jon Bon Jovi and animation studio Tatsunoko Production have in common? It’s right there in the headline, dude. Tatsukoko is gearing up to celebrate its 55th, and it’s unveiled a visual that rings in a year of celebration at the studio, …Read more »
Dragon Ball fans have been patiently waiting for a legal way to stream Dragon Ball Super , and Toei Animation finally has some information. The series will be simulcast with English subtitles on Crunchyroll, Daisuki, and AnimeLab, with the series to kick off with episode …Read more »
Izetta: The Last Witch is the first of Funimation's fall SimulDub titles, and it's set to premiere in English tonight, October 19, at 10:00pm Eastern Time. Now that the dub is upon us, Funimation went ahead and revealed the full English voice cast. CHARACTER CAST …Read more »
Electronic musician Porter Robinson went extra ambitious with his new music video, which involved teaming up with Crunchyroll and anime studio A-1 Pictures. The result is SHELTER , a six-minute short anime that features an original story and characters created by Robinson himself. Why drag …Read more »
Thanks to daylight savings time, Adult Swim's Toonami block will be getting an extra hour of broadcast to play around with. Not one to let an opportunity slip by, the block announced plans to use that time to air Children Who Chase Lost Voices , …Read more »
Polygon Pictures collaborated with Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's son, director Goro Miyazaki, on an adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's Ronja the Robber's Daughter novel. Now the 3DCG series is finally making its way to the Amazon Prime streaming service, and all 26 episodes will feature …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: He may not be the most powerful gun for hire in the universe, but when it comes to sneakiness no one's got a thing on the man who wields the mighty Psychogun… Cobra! He's a legend in space and a legend in the …Read more »
Details are light at the moment, but there's currently an anime adaptation in the works for Higasa Akai's The Royal Tutor manga. Yen Press publishes the English version of the series, which debuted in Japan back in 2013. The latest release, volume 6, came out …Read more »
Thanks to an update on the official website , we have a new preview for the Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic anime film. The movie opens in Japan on January 21, 2017, and the latest update also tossed in a new visual and cast …Read more »
Here’s an interesting use of polling: college student-centric site Gakumado has asked its readers how many series they keep up with per “cour,” or quarterly anime season. How do these college-age anime fans’ viewing habits align with yours? Question: how many anime series do you …Read more »
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