Early last month we reviewed Production I.G's anime film Hal . The movie was licensed by FUNimation, with plans for a Blu-ray and DVD release set for September 2, and a premiere of the full English dub planned for this week's Anime Expo. With the …Read more »
Yana Toboso's Black Butler is returning to anime on July 10 with the premiere of the new TV adaptation Black Butler: Book of Circus . Directed by Noriyuki Abe, Book of Circus covers the "Noah's Ark Circus" storyline, and will run on the Animeism block …Read more »
After 10 years, magical girl anime series Pretty Cure has done the unthinkable and matched the original TV versions of Dragon Ball in episode count: 508. Whoa. Let’s break this down. Dragon Ball had 153 episodes, Dragon Ball Z with its notorious Hyperbolic Time Chamber-level …Read more »
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Hall of Fame announced last Thursday that Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki is one of the four new inductees for this year, alongside other visionary creators like fantasy artist Frank Frazetta and 2001 director Stanley Kubrick. For those wondering, the …Read more »
Ao Haru Ride , Production I.G's adaptation of the shoujo manga by Io Sakisaka, is set to make its debut in July. The series is being directed by Ai Yoshimura, who previously directed My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU and worked on Daily Lives of High …Read more »
Tokyo Station, the main hub for a whole mess of local trains, bullet trains in and out of the capital city, plus a vast underground shopping center, recently turned 100, and, naturally, an anime was released to mark the occasion. Because Japan. The short, which …Read more »
It's been both rumored and expected, especially since the manga has been such a success, but it's now official : Yusei Matsui's Assassination Classroom is getting a TV anime adaptation, set to air on Fuji TV in 2015. That's not all, though, because the series …Read more »
The people making the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure TV series have to do a lot of condensing to get through the original manga's sheer amount of content. The first part, Phantom Blood , was sped through in just nine TV episodes. The rest of the 26-episode …Read more »
The live-action superhero series Garo has had a major (likely pachinko-fueled) revival in the last few years. Garo's a Makai Knight, a Kamen Rider-like superhero. The show borrows the structure of a kids' hero show, but the contents are a little darker, the hero not …Read more »
You know what's sweet about robots? Docking. Docking definitely rules. Admit it, it's totally satisfying when two giant mechanical pieces lock into place like Legos. When two fire engines dock? That's pretty cool. When a man flies his little hovercraft into the head of a …Read more »
The first of two anime film compilations for Attack on Titan is coming to theaters in Japan later this year, covering the first 13 episodes of the TV anime. Advance tickets for "Guren no Yumiya" come with a B6-size mini clear file of two types …Read more »
The new take on Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon manga is gearing up for its big premiere, and Viz Media is celebrating by promoting the upcoming simulcast on Neon Alley and Hulu. Sailor Moon Crystal premieres on both services July 5, the same time as its …Read more »
If you're not aware, a long-overdue child pornography law was passed in Japan this week which finally bans the possession (production and sales were already outlawed) of pornographic depictions of children. The exception is, notably, comics and cartoons, rationale being that children aren't abused in …Read more »
Long heroes of the old-school anime fan, tiny anime distributor Discotek opts to avoid the latest, hottest stuff and opts instead to quietly license cult-- and typically older-- anime in cheap DVD box sets to the great joy of fans. At the risk of sounding …Read more »
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