photo: Comic Natalie As of this past weekend, the Live Spectacle Naruto stage play is open for business in Tokyo! Japanese websites Famitsu , Cinema Today , Nico Nico , and Comic Natalie were given a sneak peak via a dress rehearsal on Friday, followed …Read more »
Are you ready for the One-Punch Man anime? Madhouse is producing the adaptation of Yusuke Murata's manga, and the official website shared the very first promo. The trailer is light on footage, but what little we do get to see is pretty exciting. Even better …Read more »
This past weekend Tokyo hosted AnimeJapan, the second annual event that combined the Tokyo International Anime Fair and the Anime Contents Expo into one massive convention for both industry types and regular fans. With around 120,000 attendees, it’s one of the biggest anime gatherings in …Read more »
Good news for all of you who can’t get enough Free! : a prequel film has been announced by Kyoto Animation. Based on the same light novel series as the series, High Speed! -Free! Starting Days- will take place during the Free! characters’ junior high …Read more »
This is pretty wonderful. At a panel promoting the upcoming film Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ at last weekend’s AnimeJapan, it was decided that everyone, including Goku voice actor Masako Nozawa, should all get together and do the “kamehameha” pose. So they did. Nozawa, who …Read more »
As if one giant anime event weren’t enough, the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2015 also took place this past weekend, and the prize for best anime TV series of the year went to Masaaki Yuasa’s adaptation of Taiyo Matsumoto’s Ping Pong . The 11 episode …Read more »
Folks attending this year's Sakura-Con—held April 3-5 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle—can look forward to checking out the U.S. premiere of Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works season two. The series returns to Japanese TV at midnight Japan Time on April 4, and …Read more »
Set to debut this spring, Plastic Memories is a new original robot girl anime series from Dogakobo. Infinite Stratos original character designer and illustrator okiura is collaborating with MAGES.' Steins;Gate writer Naotaka Hayashi on the anime, which is being directed by Yoshiyuki Fujiwara ( GJ-Bu …Read more »
With all the recent controversy over Hollywood's live-action Ghost in the Shell movie, it's easy to forget that there's also a new Ghost in the Shell anime on its way to movie theaters. Its official website updated today with a new promo video and key …Read more »
Back in July of last year we posted about the creation of Manga-Anime Guardians , an initiative started by the Japanese government in order to reduce piracy of anime and manga online. Manga-Anime Guardians have now reported about their progress for the first time. In …Read more »
Hard to believe, but it’s been almost five years since the far-too-early passing of Satoshi Kon, director of films like Tokyo Godfathers , Paprika and the TV series Paranoia Agent . Satoshi Kon’s directorial debut was Perfect Blue , the thriller about an idol-turned-actress who …Read more »
It was just about nine days ago that we first posted about MAPPA and production company GENCO's efforts to crowdfund the In This Corner of the World anime film. Well, it's officially been successfully funded in that time, having reached its goal of over ¥20million …Read more »
It's time to look forward to the second part of the Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin anime adaptation, based on the prequel manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin II: Artesia's Sorrow is scheduled for a fall release, and a new trailer recently …Read more »
FUNimation has a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack release of the BlazBlue: Alter Memory anime set for June 30, so now it's time to learn who all will be portraying the cast of the fighting game-based series in the English dub . See the full list below: …Read more »
Nakaba Suzuki's The Seven Deadly Sins manga is getting a special OVA, set to be bundled with the 15th volume. The announcement comes from this year's 16th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine , which reveals the Ban-centric episode, "Ban no Bangai-hen," and lists the …Read more »
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