Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation will bring Sega's online game to TV stations in Japan, and now we have a premiere date, as well as a new visual and promotional video. The series will debut on January 7, 2016 on the TBS station, with …Read more »
Over the weekend we posted about a "big announcement" set to follow the next One Piece TV special, One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia . We'll have to wait until it airs on December 19 to find out what's in store, but in the meantime you …Read more »
Somehow this one snuck by me, but back in 2012, the unlikely combination of Masamune Shirow ( Appleseed , Ghost in the Shell ) and Koushi Rikudou ( Excel Saga ) teamed up to create a manga called Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn …Read more »
Carddass: a series of anime and manga trading cards launched by Bandai in 1988, these cards bearing a distinctive reflective foil mark were a huge hit among kids into series like Gundam and Dragon Ball . Now the Dragon Ball version, out of print for …Read more »
Toonami ran a promo Sunday morning informing us that it will be running a marathon of Parasyte: The Maxim during its block on Thanksgiving weekend. Parasyte: The Maxim , based on Hitoshi Iwaaki’s Parasyte manga, is about a high school student who battles an …Read more »
Crunchyroll recently started streaming the episodic version of the Digimon Adventure tri. film project, with the first four episodes now available and the next part slated for winter 2016. For a better idea of when to expect more, we now know when the second film …Read more »
Along with the debut of the next One Piece anime special, which we posted about earlier this month , will be a "big announcement." According to the latest issue of the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump , One Piece: Adventure in Nebulandia will conclude with an …Read more »
Based on the light novels written by Tsukasa Kawaguchi and illustrated by Yoshi ☆ o and Hinata Katagiri, the Lord Marskman and Vanadis anime is coming to home video on February 9, 2016. We're still a few months away from the release, but FUNimation went …Read more »
Crunchyroll made a surprise announcement last night regarding streaming plans for the latest Digimon project. The first four episodes of Digimon Adventure tri. are available to stream for premium members as of 7:00am PST on November 20 (hey, that's basically right now!). The schedule for …Read more »
Early news regarding an anime adaptation of Yoshiaki Sukeno's Twin Star Exorcists manga popped up in tiny form on the cover of Weekly Shonen Jump , which featured a small image of the cover of Jump SQ. 's January 2016 issue. Yes, it's a cover …Read more »
Fairy Tail 's Happy. You know the ones. Those anime and manga characters where you can’t help thinking, “man, that is some high-level kawaii.” If you’ve ever wondered if your taste in cute mascot characters – be they animal, fairy, robot, god, whatever – matches …Read more »
Yesterday, Japanese TV station NHK announced starting next year, they will be showing reruns of Love Live! , the popular series about idols who team up to prevent their school from shutting down. That and a weird conflux of other otaku-related topics, prompted a wave …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks announced a new license earlier today in the form of the Utawarerumono OVA. The fantasy anime will be available through select digital outlets, with a home video release to follow. The Utawarerumono OVA is directed by Kenichiro Katsura (animation director on Wake Up, …Read more »
Some details have surfaced for David Production's recently-confirmed anime adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable . Naokatsu Tsuda returns to direct, with Toshiyuki Kato as series director and Yuuta Takamura as chief director for the production, which is set for an …Read more »
The Assassination Classroom anime adaptation returns for more in January, and so does the main staff and cast from the first season. While we still have some waiting to do for the season two premiere, you can see the first teaser commercial from the official …Read more »
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