If you were watching anime in the 90s, there’s little doubt you saw something either created or character-designed by the legendary Kenichi Sonoda. The director/writer/creator’s been out of the game for a while (running his family’s centuries-old confectionery, apparently!) but it was recently announced he’d …Read more »
In what will no doubt be a dream come true for many anime fans, Studio Ghibli is getting its own theme park in Japan. The opening is now scheduled for sometime in 2022 on a 200-hectare plot of land in Nagoya, and concept art has …Read more »
The sixth episode of the Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin anime makes its debut on May 5, but you can go ahead and check out a decent chunk of it online. Gundam.info shared the opening 15 minutes of Gundam the Origin VI: Rise of the …Read more »
Multiple manufacturers have been taking pre-orders for a variety of Berserk collectible statues over the past year, with Prime 1’s $999 Guts figure finally shipping this week. To accompany the release, Prime 1 announced two new statues for their Berserk line: Godhand members Slan and …Read more »
Two more voice actors were announced for the cast of the Golden Kamuy anime. The latest to join the lineup are Masaki Terasoma as Kiroranke and Eiji Takemoto as Hajime Tsukishima. The official website updated with the latest info, and you can see the design …Read more »
It’s Batman vs. Joker by way of Ninja Scroll in an exclusive clip from the new anime film Batman Ninja. The feature is available digitally today—with a Blu-ray/DVD release to follow on May 8—and you can watch the Dark Knight take on the Clown Prince …Read more »
When you see something lacking in your life, it often comes down to you to make a change yourself. That’s exactly what Kurogo Kurusu does for the sake of the stunning performance art known as Kabuki in the Kabukibu! anime, which is coming to Blu-ray …Read more »
YuruYuri, the comedic slice of life manga-turned-anime, will be getting a new OVA, it was announced today. The news comes from the official YuruYuri Twitter account and a teaser video released today. YuruYuri, which went into serialization in the pages of Comic Yuri Hime S …Read more »
For a lot of Gundam fans I know, the mobile suits themselves are the sexy part, but anyway: ranking site Goo has asked fans to list Gundam’s sexiest females. And since the franchise stretches back all the way to 1979, there’s a fair amount of …Read more »
Puella Magi Madoka Magica, one of modern anime’s most popular magical girl series, turns seven this year. In fact, the final two episodes of the series aired on April 21, 2011, exactly seven years ago this Saturday. The moment was marked by a fan on …Read more »
The My Hero Academia anime is finally getting the English TV spot it deserves! In what seems like a total inevitability, the BONES adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi’s manga will make its debut on Cartoon Network’s Toonami anime block on May 5 at 11:30pm Eastern Time. …Read more »
We’re officially a month away from the Japanese theatrical release of the second Godzilla anime film, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle. Kōbun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita helm the Polygon Pictures and TOHO Animation-produced followup, which has humanity fighting back with the help of …Read more »
“Heroes Deadend Program” is an escape game based on Kohei Horikoshi’s hit series, and it’s set to make a comeback in Japan. The event’s return is scheduled for June 2-3 at Tokyo’s Osaki Bright Core Hall, where participants will get a chance to take on …Read more »
Otaku of a certain age (or younger fans who just love old-school anime) will remember Gunbuster, aka Aim for the Top, the Gainax OVA that served as the directorial debut of one Hideaki Anno. The first episode of the OVA was released in October 1988, …Read more »
Last year, we reported that manga School-Live! would be making the move to live-action. Now the four main stars of the live-action film adaptation have been revealed. All four actors are pop idols: specifically, they belong to sub-groups of the idol group Last Idol. Kurumi Ebisuzawa …Read more »
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