Whether you’ve seen the series already or not, it’s almost time to jump into the world of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- on home video. Funimation has “Season One Part One” coming to a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack on June 19, and you …Read more »
In addition to the previously announced North American screenings, GKIDS has some big plans for director Mamoru Hosoda’s latest. MIRAI, also known as Mirai no Mirai in Japan, is officially set to screen at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight section. GKIDS …Read more »
Is one dose of Golden Kamuy anime not enough for you during the week? NBC Universal has a supplemental show that’s just for you, with the debut of a series of Golden Kamuy anime shorts called Golden Douga Gekijou (Golden Waypoint Theater). The first in …Read more »
The anime adaptation of IAM’s coffee shop comedy Rainy Cocoa is preparing to return for more. A fifth season has been announced for a 2019 debut, with the main voice cast returning to reprise their roles. Beyond the returning cast, we’ll have to wait for …Read more »
Fans of the Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions anime will get a kick out of Sentai Filmworks‘ latest license. The company announced plans to release the Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me anime film, which premiered in Japan back in January. We’ll have …Read more »
It should come as no surprise that an isekai novel series is making the leap to anime. The latest otherworldly adventure to do so is Takeru Uchida’s Isekai Cheat Magician series, which had its upcoming adaptation revealed via Shonen Ace magazine’s Twitter. Isekai Cheat Magician …Read more »
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 will be getting a sequel, it was announced Saturday. Director Seiji Mizushima, who helmed the original, is working on the project. It is not yet clear whether the sequel will be a new series, film, OVA or something else entirely. It was …Read more »
As fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion know, the relationship between characters Shinji Ikari and Asuka Langley was… complicated. Megumi Ogata, the voice of Shinji, referenced that relationship while having some fun with an Asuka-themed piece of merchandise on Twitter this week. The merchandise in question …Read more »
Believe it or not, the anime adaptation of Ryo Ikehata and illustrator Hagane Tsurugi’s comedic horror light novels Calamity of a Zombie Girl was announced back in 2012. Well, it’s finally coming to fruition, with the GONZO and Stingray production set to premiere this July. …Read more »
Nakaba Suzuki’s The Seven Deadly Sins is getting an anime film in Japan this year, with The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky set to premiere on August 18. The story has Meliodas and Hawk visiting a Sky Palace, where Meliodas gets …Read more »
Funimation revealed more premiere dates for a slew of spring 2018 season SimulDub anime, with the next in line set to kick off on April 18. Here’s a rundown of what you can look forward to for the rest of the month and beyond, with …Read more »
News site Anime Anime had a fit of nostalgia this week, listing some of the anime that was on the tube 10 ten years ago in 2008. Some of the series the folks at Anime Anime listed were moderate-to-big hits with folks in the West, …Read more »
Here’s some happy news for old-school anime fans: Sentai Filmworks has licensed the 1983 mecha series Aura Battler Dunbine for digital and home video release. The series, which was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino, ran for 49 episodes, and was based on the director’s …Read more »
Quite a few of you were excited about the announcement of Holmes at Kyoto Teramachi Sanjo, a new anime series that transports Sherlock Holmes to Kyoto, Japan. Now we’ve got more details (clues, shall we say?) about that series, including its first trailer, plus some …Read more »
Avengers: Infinity War opens in Japan on April 27, and what better anime is there to collaborate with than My Hero Academia? Bones’ adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi’s hit Jump manga is getting in on the action with a series of collaboration promos and a new …Read more »
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