Sentai Filmworks made a quick announcement today regarding the Maoyu — Archenemy & Hero anime. The 12-episode series will be available soon through select digital outlets, with a home video release to follow later. Based on the light novel series by Log Horizon 's Mamare …Read more »
If our observations on a trip there last summer are any indication, anime is pretty popular in Taiwan. Animate, the otaku-centric anime shop, have a few stores there, and just as in the States, anime regularly airs on the TV. That became a small problem …Read more »
As OUSA readers are well, well aware, Hayao Miyazaki retired last year. From directing anime films, at least. For a retired guy, Miyazaki is supposedly pretty busy, working on a new manga about Japan’s “warring states period.” But no more movies, he says. So NTT …Read more »
Those looking forward to Polygon Pictures' anime adaptation of Tsutomu Nihei's Knights of Sidonia manga can now enjoy a brief preview of the sci-fi series. Starchild recently announced that the first cut of the anime is online , and that angela and Eri Kitamura are …Read more »
Remember when we posted about the returning Dragon Ball Z Kai anime taking over Toriko 's slot on Fuji TV in April? Well, Mantanweb confirmed that the continuation of Kai will follow the end of the Toriko anime adaptation, which has been running since 2011. …Read more »
Viz Media is getting ready to unleash a special Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo pack for the 13-episode K anime series. The special release will come with a bundle of extras when it arrives alongside the standard edition on February 25. The 4-disc Limited Edition comes …Read more »
Publisher GungHo Online Entertainment's mobile game Puzzle & Dragons has collaborated with Neon Genesis Evangelion before, but the next pairing between the two is actually coming to the west. Puzzle & Dragons will be mixing in special Evangelion -themed dungeons and more in an upcoming …Read more »
While the top spot for this one is kind of a no-brainer, fans in Japan have taken to the MyNavi Student website to vote on which live-action anime adaptations were the biggest failures. Out of 599 people, the majority of the votes went to Dragonball …Read more »
Little Battlers eXperience —the anime series based on the Danbōru Senki model kit RPG from Level-5 ( Professor Layton , Inazuma Eleven )—is making its way to Nicktoons in English-dubbed form. Dentsu Entertainment announced plans to run the TV show later this year. The anime …Read more »
There’s a new Legend of Galactic Heroes anime on the way. Legend of Galactic Heroes , a sweeping space opera novel series by Japanese author Yoshiki Tanaka, was the basis for a long-running original video animation directed by legendary animator Noboru Ishiguro. An epic achievement, …Read more »
According to the April issue of V Jump , which hits shelves on February 21, revised anime series Dragon Ball Z Kai is getting ready to return to television in Japan. The show previously ended along with the close of the Cell Saga in March …Read more »
Viz Media announced an evolution for its Neon Alley subscription service, which is officially taking over as the distributor's digital streaming anime brand. Starting April 1, all of Viz's weekly episodic anime programming will make the transition to Hulu and the subscription-based Hulu Plus under …Read more »
Two new U.S. TV spots for director Hayao Miyazaki's final feature film, The Wind Rises , have been posted on the Studio Ghibli movie's official YouTube channel. The promos couldn't come at a better time, since Studio Ghibli International also recently announced more screenings for …Read more »
Anime series can be based on a wide variety of source material—from manga to light novels, visual novels, games, and more—or they might be entirely original. The amount of series that debut as adaptations of something else varies from year to year, and now we …Read more »
The J-Stars Victory Vs . fighting game is back with more footage, this time taking a few select members of its roster out for a spin. The 45th anniversary Shonen Jump fighting game is set to arrive on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita in Japan …Read more »
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