October’s the right time for another spooky season of Tokyo Ghoul:re. Now there’s a new commercial out for Tokyo Ghoul:re season 2 to get us in the re mood. The commercial may only be 15 seconds, but it teases some important details: namely, that this will “finally …Read more »
Fans of gambling franchise Kakegurui, take note: we’ve now got a debut month and first look at the second season of the anime. Kakegurui season 2, which is titled Kakegurui xx, will premiere in January 2019. The series will be co-directed by Yuichiro Hayashi, who …Read more »
Ellation, the company that runs Crunchyroll and several other streaming services, has just announced a new division devoted to original animation productions—and its first original production. The division is called Ellation Studios, and has production centers in Tokyo and Burbank, California devoted to “anime-inspired” original …Read more »
Acting can be a truly cutthroat profession, and aspiring 13-year-old Maya Kitajima is about to discover its many ups and downs for herself. Drama is the name of the game in the 1984 anime Glass Mask, and the classic will officially be available in a …Read more »
The official website for the Vinland Saga anime—which adapts the manga by Makoto Yukimura—updated with more information about the project. In addition to a new visual, we now know some of the main staff behind the 2019 series. Director: Shuhei Yabuta (Inuyashiki Last Hero) Script …Read more »
Fafner fans have waited beyond a long time for Fafner in the Azure: The Beyond, the latest series in the long-running franchise. The Beyond was announced way back in late 2016, but there hasn’t been much word about “the Faf” since then. Until now. It’s …Read more »
Depending on how you pronounce them, the numbers 819 can be read “baiku” in Japanese, making August 19 “Bike Day.” (That’s bike as in motorcycle or other powered two-wheeler, not bicycle. This really threw me when I first started learning Japanese.) Anyway, the occasion prompted …Read more »
The Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur anime is set to premiere in Japan this October, and the official website recently went up with new info on the series’ theme song artists. The adaptation of Square Enix’s MMO will open to the tune of Ayaka Ohashi‘s “Highlight” theme …Read more »
Those who watched JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable will remember the convenience store in Morioh called Owson—and Japan fans will recognize it as the JoJo’s take on Lawson, a real life convenience store chain. Now Owson is set to appear in real life. From …Read more »
Forget “get in the damn robot.” Now it’s “put on the damn robot” thanks to these bizarre but awesome Evangelion Unit-01 shoulder cushions. The cushions, seen below, are hitting the online and physical Evangelion stores September 1, and cost 4,800 yen (about $44) per cushion. …Read more »
The most notorious set of brothers ever are officially coming to the big screen in a new movie! Eiga Osomatsu-san (Mr. Osomatsu The Movie) will follow the sextuplets as they head to their high school reunion, and the feature is currently set for a spring …Read more »
Legendary veteran voice actor Unsho Ishizuka has sadly passed away due to esophageal cancer. Agency Aoni Production announced that the actor passed on August 13, and information about his public memorial service will be revealed at a later date. Ishizuka was known for many notable …Read more »
Mari Okada’s Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms anime film first opened in theaters across North America on July 20, and now it’s set to make a comeback in English-dubbed form. The feature’s dub will debut when it returns to U.S. theaters on September 21, …Read more »
The next arc of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime—which covers Hirohiko Araki’s Vento Aureo, AKA Golden Wind saga—is now set to premiere on Tokyo MX in Japan on October 5. To go along with the news, a new teaser promo is here featuring the latest in the JoJo line, …Read more »
The long-awaited third season of Sword Art Online, which covers the Alicization arc, is finally set to debut this October, and now we know who will be performing the themes. LiSA—who previously performed first season OP “crossing field,” second season EDs “No More Time Machine” …Read more »
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