ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio announced more plans for the English screenings of Mari Okada’s Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms anime film. In addition to the previously-revealed U.S. screenings, the film will make its debut at the same time in Canada on July 20. The …Read more »
Pretty swords-as-pretty boys franchise Touken Ranbu is getting a big-screen live-action adaptation, and we’ve got our first peek via a poster revealed today. The poster features actor Hiroki Suzuki as Mikazuki Munechika. Suzuki played the same role in the stage play based on the franchise. …Read more »
Eren, Mikasa, Armin and the whole Attack on Titan have faced some pretty hairy situations—but nothing like this. Attack on Titan branding is being used to help sell kits for removing unwanted nose and body hair out now from Japanese retailed Don Quixote. The kits …Read more »
This July, the little busters known as The Pillows are heading to the US. The Japanese rock band, best known in the West for their music used in FLCL, are embarking on a six-city US tour courtesy Adult Swim. The occasion is, of course, the …Read more »
The Godzilla anime film series will close out its city-stomping saga when the third entry hits theaters in Japan this November. That means there’s still plenty of time for more reveals, and the latest introduces the title and teases the return of another classic Godzilla …Read more »
The hard-hitting Baki returns to the small screen in a new anime, which is coming to Netflix in Japan this summer, followed by other regions this fall. Keisuke Itagaki’s series looks as wild as ever in the latest promo, featuring an assortment of underground fighters …Read more »
As fans of Love Live! Sunshine!! are aware, the series takes place in the real-life city of Numazu in Shizuoka, Japan. Thanks to Sunshine!!, the city has had a lot of new visitors, and has paid tribute to this new interest by recently installing custom …Read more »
According to the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu’s The Promised Neverland manga is officially getting a TV anime adaptation. An official website is live, and the series is currently set for a January 2019 premiere on Fuji TV’s …Read more »
A six-part film series is on the way for the K franchise, with the first entry set to open in Japan on July 7. The theatrical project features a theme song by angela, and you can check out a sample in the new opening movie …Read more »
Lelouch of the Rebellion? More like Lelouch of the Man Cave. Or wherever you want him, really. Bandai has just announced a life-size (181cm, to be exact) standee of Lelouch for the Code Geass fan who has everything. The standee, which is up for preorder …Read more »
Khara, the studio founded by Hideaki Anno that has animated all the Evangelion films since 1.0, is putting out the call for animators for a “new Evangelion film.” That refers, no doubt, to the long-awaited Evangelion 4.0 (or 3.0+1.0 or whatever it’ll eventually end up …Read more »
We do quite a few reports on anime T-shirts, sneakers and other apparel, but this is one of the most original accessories we’ve seen in a while. Fans of Hunter x Hunter may remember when main character Gon Freecss did his transformation thing, with his …Read more »
The cast and staff of the Natsume’s Book of Friends anime are returning for more in a new movie that’s set to open in Japan on September 29. Natsume’s Book of Friends the Movie: Tied to the Temporal World features an original story supervised by …Read more »
The 11th and 12th episodes of the Maerchen Maedchen anime were previously postponed, following a similar issue with episodes 9 and 10, which were pushed back two weeks during the show’s original broadcast. Now we know when to expect the final pair of chapters, with …Read more »
Anime studio P.A. Works has an original TV anime on the way in the form of Sirius the Jaeger, which has factions of vampires and werewolves going to battle against one another in 1930s Tokyo. Masahiro Ando is on board as director, and you can …Read more »
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