After some solid entertainment between arcs, the next major saga is on its way to the Dragon Ball Super anime. The Universe Survival arc is set to kick off on February 5, 2017, and the official website shared a new promo to hype the events …Read more »
The BONES adaptation of Yasuhiro Nightow's Blood Blockade Battlefront manga is set to return in 2017's appropriately titled Blood Blockade Battlefront & BEYOND anime, which had a presentation during this past weekend's Jump Festa event. Some of the series' cast was on hand for the …Read more »
Some changes are in store for the Twin Star Exorcists anime in the new year. According to the official website the adaptation of Yoshiaki Sukeno's manga will feature new theme songs starting in January, with both Itowokashi and Wagakki Band returning to do the honors. …Read more »
The antihero: far cooler than your average goody two shoes, this is the archetypal badass who takes no prisoners, cares about no one, and doesn’t have time to chat. Think Clint Eastwood in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly , Mad Max or basically …Read more »
Shinkai at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival While Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name has big a huge success (how huge? it’s the second-highest-grossing Japanese film of all time, that’s how huge), not everyone is a fan. The film has faced criticism from folks like Gainax …Read more »
Studio Ghibli may be in hibernation, or low-power mode, or whatever metaphor works for you, but a generation of animators and producers trained at the legendary studio have come together to bring us a new film with a distinctly Ghibli feel. The film, announced last …Read more »
The January 6 premiere of Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga is right around the corner, so the official website is here with a second full promotional video. Check out the latest footage, which includes a sample of the "Itteki no Eikyō" opening theme by UVERworld, in …Read more »
As revealed at a special stage event during this weekend's Jump Festa, Yūki Tabata's Black Clover manga is about to be adapted into a TV anime. Studio Pierrot is producing the adaptation, which doesn't currently have a start date. Tabata was on hand for the …Read more »
Jump Festa is going on this weekend in Japan, which means there's plenty of Shonen Jump -related news and excitement buzzing around online. Some of the biggest news came out of the Naruto X Boruto stage event, which revealed further details about Hollywood's live-action Naruto …Read more »
What year is it again? Normally the Overfiend graces your average website once every thousand years, but it looks like we're in for a double whammy this week. Hot on the heels of our manga review is news that Tiger Lab Vinyl has opened pre-orders …Read more »
The Black Lagoon manga has been on hold since early 2014, but author Rei Hiroe has some big plans in store for the coming year. Shogakukan's Monthly Sunday GX magazine announced that the manga will be returning in spring 2017, and Hiroe is also working …Read more »
Winter is coming. The winter 2017 anime season, that is! If you’re curious what series Japanese fans are most looking forward to, be curious no longer, for pollsters Charapedia have today revealed that very information. What nice folks! 20. Granblue Fantasy The Animation 19. Chaos;Child …Read more »
Some big stuff is in the pipeline for Wit Studio's original anime Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress . The major reveal to come out of Fuji TV's noitaminA Project Unveiling event was the announcement of a new anime project, currently scheduled to premiere in 2018. …Read more »
In celebration of its upcoming 10th anniversary, the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 anime will soon be back on YouTube for a limited time. According to the official Gundam.Info portal , mecha fans will be able to enjoy the series for free starting on December 16. …Read more »
Trigger fans heading to this month’s Comic Market in Tokyo should make a beeline for the studio’s booth. That’s because Trigger, the folks behind Kill la Kill , Little Witch Academia and Kiznaiver have created a special, limited-edition artbook for the festival entitled Trigger Girls …Read more »
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