The new Captain Tsubasa anime is right around the corner, and the official website narrowed it down to a concrete premiere date. Based on the classic soccer manga by Yōichi Takahashi, Captain Tsubasa will make its Japanese television debut on TV Tokyo on April 2 …Read more »
Based on a book by Tomihiko Morimi—the author who brought us the likes of The Tatami Galaxy and The Eccentric Family—comes Penguin Highway. The anime film adaptation will be the first feature-length work from Studio Colorido (Typhoon Noruda), and it’s officially set to open in …Read more »
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie first hit theaters back in 2004, and it’s set to make its grand return in remastered form on March 11 and 12. While we wait for the premiere, a special clip popped online to preview the feature’s new run. There are nearly …Read more »
A couple days ago we posted about the newly-announced Grand Blue Dreaming TV anime, based on the manga by Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka. NBC Universal followed that up shortly after with a new website, which features info on the staff and timing along with …Read more »
The Hozuki no Reitetsu anime, AKA Hozuki’s Coolheadedness, is preparing to come back to TV in Japan with more underworld office antics. The second cour of Hozuki’s Coolheadedness 2 now has a premiere date, with broadcasting set to kick off on Tokyo MX and other …Read more »
Another anime we can look forward to this April is Mahou Shoujo Ore, based on the manga by Icchokusen Mōkon. The series follows high-schooler and rookie idol Saki Uno, who has a crush on her best friend’s older brother, Mohiro. When demons kidnap Mohiro, Saki …Read more »
Sword Gai: The Animation, a new Netflix-bound anime series, hits the ground streaming later this month, and today, a new trailer has been unsheathed. Sword Gai, which hits Netflix March 23, is based on a seinen manga written by Toshiki Inoue and illustrated by Keita …Read more »
If you’re suffering from the lack of new Kuroko’s Basketball, suffer no more: basketball manga Ahiru no Sora is getting a TV anime adaptation. The manga, by Takeshi Hinata, has been running in Weekly Shonen Magazine since 2004, and tells the tale of young basketball …Read more »
A new anime series based on the Legend of the Galactic Heroes novels by Yoshiki Tanaka is set to blast off April 3. The series, which is evidently not a remake of the earlier anime adaptation, is directed by Shunsuke Tada (Kuroko’s Basketball) with script …Read more »
We reported back in November that Nobuhiro Nishiwaki, the creator of popular manga Rurouni Kenshin, was facing charges on possession of child pornography. Now it’s been reported that Nishiwaki has been officially fined to the tune of ¥200,000. At the current exchange rate, that’s $1,865. …Read more »
Get ready for the return of Zoids! Takara Tomy’s franchise is coming back to the world of TV anime for the first time in nearly 12 years with Zoids Wild. The series is currently planned for a summer 2018 debut on MBS in Japan. Norihiko …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: There’s only one question that’s currently more pressing than the always-important Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? That question is, of course, Is It Wrong to Expect a Hot Spring in a Dungeon?, and you can find …Read more »
Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka’s Grand Blue Dreaming manga first made its debut in Good! Afternoon magazine back in April 2014, and Kodansha Comics releases it digitally in English. The next stop for the series is the small screen, because the cover of the latest …Read more »
Thanks to an update on the official site we now have more info on this year’s Pokémon movie. The 21st feature in the series is titled Pokémon the Movie: Everyone’s Story, and its five protagonists are on display in a new trailer and visual. The …Read more »
The theme song artists have been determined for the third season of the My Hero Academia anime, which officially premieres on April 7. This time the honors go to UVERworld on the opening theme, with miwa to close things out with the ending. UVERworld previously …Read more »
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