Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle hit theaters in Japan this past weekend, and featured a brand-new take on Mechagodzilla, one of the Big G’s most iconic foes. Starting this July, fans can get their hands on a soft vinyl version of the new …Read more »
Mitsuo Iso, the director of Really Great series Den-noh Coil, is blessing us mere mortals with a new original anime series called Chikyugai Shonen Shojo. That’s the word from Anime Central, where Iso is guesting up a storm. The series will be animated over at …Read more »
“More maniac! More extreme!” is the exclamation that kicks off the Kickstarter pitch for Gunsmith Cats and Riding Bean creator Kenichi Sonoda’s new project. Sonoda took this weekend’s Anime Central convention as an opportunity to announce plans to crowdfund an original 5+ minute anime starring …Read more »
The intense fight continues in the second Godzilla anime film, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle. The sequel opens in Japan on May 18, and you can see more footage along with a sample of “The Sky Falls” theme song by XAI below.
If you drew a Venn diagram of Sherlock Holmes and anime fans, there’d be plenty of overlap. At least, that’s the feeling we get based on the excitement about the upcoming Holmes at Teramachi Sanjo, a series that transports the famous detective to Japan’s ancient …Read more »
Kyoto Animation’s latest series, Violet Evergarden, wrapped up about a month ago, but for those of you feeling everlost, good news: there’s a bonus episode of the series on the way. The trailer for that episode was revealed yesterday by the series’ official Twitter feed …Read more »
Revered Studio Ghibli co-founder and director Isao Takahata passed away last month at age 82, and the staff of his studio gathered to remember the late creator at a farewell ceremony. The ceremony was held on Tuesday at the Ghibli Museum, where Hayao Miyazaki shared …Read more »
The Tokyo Ghoul:re anime is getting a CD single release for its opening theme song, “asphyxia,” which features the band Cö shu Nie. Since original Tokyo Ghoul manga author Sui Ishida personally chose the band to perform the opening, it’s only fitting that he came …Read more »
We’re not too far off from the July 2018 premiere of the Angolmois TV anime, based on the historical seinen manga by Nanahiko Takagi. The series follows a band of samurai as they face the overwhelming 1274 ACE Mongol invasion of Japan, and you can …Read more »
Studio Colorido is adapting Tomihiko Morimi‘s Penguin Highway novel, and the production house has lined up a big act to perform its theme song. The duty falls to Hikaru Utada, known for her own albums as well as themes for the Evangelion movies and Kingdom …Read more »
When the Gintama anime adaptation returns this July, we can look forward to new opening and ending themes. As revealed on their respective websites, performers this time around will be SPYAIR on the opening and CHiCO with Honeyworks on the ending. Gintama‘s July return follows …Read more »
If you ever wanted to see what Luffy looks like in the real world, the latest opportunity comes in the form of the One Piece Oto Utage – Episode of East Blue stage production. Performances will be held at the Tokyo International Forum Hall C …Read more »
FLCL fans have a lot to look forward to, with a pair of long-awaited followups coming to Adult Swim this year. We’re not far out from the first, FLCL Progressive, which hits the anime programming block on June 2 at midnight. Ahead of that, it’s …Read more »
Dragon Garow Lee is a manga artist with a particularly adaptable visual style. He became internet-famous drawing mashup and doujinshi like One-Punch Man x Dragon Ball, and his sense of humor and ability to match the drawing style of so many different series landed him …Read more »
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation, the fourth film in the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, will explode into Japanese theaters October 19, it was announced Sunday. A poster for the film, which shows Nanoha and crew ready for action, was also revealed. Filmgoers who purchase …Read more »
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