79-year-old Masako Nozawa is a legend in voice acting. She's most famous as the Japanese voice for Dragon Ball 's Goku, Gohan, and Goten, and her many other roles range from Tetsuro in Galaxy Express 999 to Dr. Kureha in One Piece . If you're …Read more »
Sad news from the camp of Japanese electronic music duo Boom Boom Satellites, as guitarist/vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima has passed away. His lengthy battle with a brain tumor came to an end on October 9, and bassist/programmer Masayuki Nakano shared an official statement last night. Kawashima …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Now that October 11 is upon us, Gainax's Wish Upon the Pleiades anime is officially available to own! You can grab the complete 12-episode series on Blu-ray and DVD in Subaru just wanted to visit the observatory and gaze at the stars, but she …Read more »
If you thought the world of fungi had been unfairly overlooked in the moe personification department, don't worry, we've got you covered. Oso's Kinoko Personification Pictorial Book does just that, taking around 100 mushroom species and turning them into moe anime-style characters. The next stop …Read more »
The site for Akiba’s Trip: The Animation , the upcoming anime based on the popular game series, has revealed some new details about the series, including the main cast and a story outline. Let’s go (s)tripping. The series, which premieres in January and will be …Read more »
March Comes in like a Lion , the anime adaptation of the manga by Honey and Clover ’s Chica Umino, started airing this week, and a pop-up cafe has, uh, popped up near Tokyo Station to promote the series. The cafe, which is open from …Read more »
Newtype, the long-running monthly anime magazine published by Kadokawa, has published the final results of its 6th annual Newtype Anime Awards. Without further ado, the results! Best TV Series 1. Kababeri of the Iron Fortress 2. Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- 3. Macross Delta …Read more »
Seventy. Add up all the anime shows airing this season, including continuing series and shorts, and you get pretty close to that number: a number so high it caused one animator to go on a tweeting spree about how there simply aren’t enough animators to …Read more »
A few days ago we posted about the Little Witch Academia anime being set for a January 2017 debut, and now we have our first official promo. See what Trigger is cooking up for the anime's transition to a TV series in the video below. …Read more »
If the success of American television broadcasts of anime titles such as Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans , Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure , and One-Punch Man isn’t enough to fill your anime fan spirits with hope for what’s to come, then perhaps going psycho is the answer. For …Read more »
Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom was one of my first introductions to otome games. An avid visual novel fan, I had always gravitated toward those games, but I had never truly put the time into one and experienced it before. This particular offering flourished …Read more »
Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment announced release plans for Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket , the six-episode OVA that originally premiered in 1989. The DVD collection is officially set to launch on January 3, 2017. Fumihiko Takayama ( Orguss 02 , Patlabor WXIII …Read more »
Man, being an anime fan in the 90s was something. Tapes (yeah, tapes ) were over 30 bucks and only had two episodes on ‘em, you had to choose between sub and dub, and the selection of stuff available in English was a drop in …Read more »
One Piece Film Gold , the latest theatrical, uh, piece of the One Piece universe, will be getting a theatrical release early next year courtesy Funimation, who have licensed the film. Give the folks at Funi a gold star. The film will play in U.S. …Read more »
The Red Turtle —a co-production between Studio Ghibli and France's Wild Bunch, directed by Michael Dudok de Wit—is hoping to nab an Academy Award. To qualify for an Oscar it's heading out for screenings in New York and Los Angeles starting November 18, with a …Read more »
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