Fans of Cowboy Bebop may want to start planning a trip to Japan next month. Shinichiro Watanabe’s series is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and one of the attractions getting in on the action is a collaboration with the Goodsmile Animate Cafe. The Cowboy Bebop x …Read more »
Acclaimed anime screenwriter Mari Okada (Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Anthem of the Heart) makes her directorial debut with Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. We’ll get a chance to check it out in North America soon, because ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio announced …Read more »
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Dengeki Bunko, and Kadokawa is helping the light novel imprint celebrate in style. One of the characters getting in on the party is Asuna from Sword Art Online, who dons a swimsuit in a new 1/7 scale figure …Read more »
The next movie from acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda (The Boy and the Beast, Summer Wars) is Mirai of the Future, which is coming to Japan on July 20 with an international release to follow. In the meantime, TOHO shared a new trailer featuring more footage along with a …Read more »
As previously-revealed, the 21st Pokémon movie is 2018’s Pokémon the Movie: Everyone’s Story, and it’s set to open in Japan on July 13. Attack on Titan‘s Wit Studio handles animation production for the feature, with Tetsuo Yajima directing and Shizue Kaneko handling character designs. Ahead …Read more »
Have you ever been watching an anime series that suddenly takes a left turn, leaving you scratching your head saying “wait, what just happened?”? If so, you’re not alone. This week, ranking site Goo asked Japanese fans to rank the series that suddenly veered off …Read more »
If you watched Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel and thought, “man, I wish I could wear that male uniform,” well, prepare to experience the feels. The uniform worn by main character Shirou Emiya and pals at Homurahara Academy will be available from Japanese cosplay specialists ACOS …Read more »
Wow, Yuki Yuna is a Hero! For a remote shrine in Kanonji, Japan, anyway. The shrine and its torii gate tower over the city and offer great views, but they’re hard to get to, and visits had waned in recent years. But thanks in part …Read more »
If you’re in the United States (and there’s a good chance you are, this is Otaku USA, after all) and have a Netflix account, as of today, you have access to Violet Evergarden, the latest series from Kyoto Animation. If you happen to binge it …Read more »
One of the features of the upcoming My Hero Academia The Movie: The Two Heroes is the opportunity to spend some time with All Might in his prime. You can see a quick glimpse of the younger hero in a new teaser from the official website. …Read more »
Waki Yamato’s classic shoujo manga series Haikara-san ga Tōru is coming back in the form of a pair of anime films, and ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio announced plans to bring the first to theaters in the United States. Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern is coming …Read more »
Crunchyroll has been announcing a bunch of spring 2018 anime simulcast titles as the season kicks off, and the latest was Lupin the 3rd Part 5. The series begins on April 3 at 11:30am Pacific Time for Crunchyroll members in North America, South and Central …Read more »
The K franchise is getting a six-part anime film series in the form of K: Seven Stories, and Viz Media announced the license of the features during its Anime Boston panel over the weekend. Now that we know they’re coming to North America at some …Read more »
The official website for the Black Clover TV anime went up with a new cast member announcement this week. The latest voice actor to get in on the adaptation of Yūki Tabata’s manga is Minami Tsuda, who is on board to play White Night Eye …Read more »
Gakuen Basara, the manga that reimagines the popular Sengoku Basara video games as a high school comedy, is being turned into an anime series. The series is being animated at Brain’s Base with Minoru Ohara (Lupin III: Episode 0) at the helm and Koji Miura …Read more »
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