January 12 marks the annual awards dinner for The Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the group will be taking some time to honor revered anime director Hayao Miyazaki in the process. The Studio Ghibli co-founder will receive the association’s Career Achievement Award during the …Read more »
There’s no shortage of adaptation material out there when it comes to fantasy light novels, and the latest to get the anime treatment is Kei Amagi’s Assassins Pride. The adaptation was announced during this past weekend’s Fantasia Bunko Daikanshasai 2018 event, with further details to …Read more »
If you’re hyped for the second season of the Mob Psycho 100 anime and plan to be anywhere near New York City next month, you’ll be able to catch the first episode a couple months before its broadcast debut. The world premiere of Mob Psycho …Read more »
Streaming platform Nico Nico has one heck of a way to commemorate what would have been God of Manga Osamu Tezuka’s 90th birthday. Starting Halloween night at 6:00pm Japan Time, viewers can look forward to a 90-hour marathon of classic Astro Boy anime. A talking …Read more »
Last week we posted about the return of the World Trigger manga, which picks back up in the October 29 issue of Shonen Jump after a two-year hiatus. Author Daisuke Ashihara is surely pumped to be back in the pages of Jump, and it looks …Read more »
Prepare for more live dating: Date A Live season 3 will hit screens this January 2019. That’s the word from a Fantasia Bunko event this weekend, at which a teaser visual and more information about Date A Live III were also revealed. That additional information …Read more »
Here’s a bit of news that’s anything but boring for Saekano fans. We have a big update on the previously-announced Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend film, including title, visual and release date (well, season, anyway). In Japanese, the title is Saenai heroine no …Read more »
Back in June, we reported that Konosuba -God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!- would be getting an animated film. Now we’ve learned said film will be opening in Japan in 2019. That news comes from jacket of the latest Konosuba light novel, which comes out …Read more »
The Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions – Take on Me anime film had its North American premiere last month at the Los Angeles Anime Film Festival. Now more fans will get a chance to check it out for themselves, because Azoland Pictures and Sentai Filmworks …Read more »
Even if the world ends tomorrow, you’ll still get a chance to check out the new teaser trailer for Even If the World Ends Tomorrow. The original anime film comes from CRAFTAR, which implements the same “smart CG animation” technology used in the studio’s INGRESS …Read more »
Following up on last month’s license announcement, distributor GKIDS came through with more details about the upcoming theatrical release of Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki. The 2016 documentary follows the famed anime director after his 2013 “retirement” and through his struggles creating the CG-animated Boro the …Read more »
Karaoke is a favorite pastime here in Japan, and anime fans are among its greatest adherents. But once they get into their karaoke boxes, which songs are fans most interested in belting out? That was the question from Anime Anime, who’ve just published a top …Read more »
Rifle is Beautiful, a four-panel manga about a high school marksmanship club, will be getting an anime adaptation. The manga, which runs on the Tonari no Young Jump website and is written and illustrated by Akki Sarumi, is about a high school freshman who takes …Read more »
Tatsunoko Production aims to celebrate its 55th anniversary in style, and part of the plan includes a new original TV anime called Egao no Daika (The Price of a Smile). The story of a princess and a soldier and their life on a far-away planet …Read more »
We got a new visual recently, but it’s been a while since we saw a teaser for The Saga of Tanya the Evil anime film. The feature is set to premiere in Japan on February 8, 2019, and the official site is here to tease …Read more »
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