The Drifters anime, based on the manga by Hellsing creator Kouta Hirano, is set to premiere this fall, and Funimation recently announced the exclusive international rights to home video, VOD, and broadcast distribution. Prior to its debut, you can go ahead and check out the …Read more »
You want Nico? You’ve got Nico. The pop-up shop in Shibuya devoted to last season’s Kiznaiver may be gone, but in its place is another Kiznaiver attraction: this time it’s a mini-exhibition of key frames from the studio Trigger series. And if you were a …Read more »
Last year, we reported on the all-too-early passing of voice actor Miyu Matsuki, who was best known for voicing characters like Yoshinoya-sensei from Hidamari Sketch and Isumi Saginomiya from Hayate the Combat Butler . Now a group of those who were close to Matsuki have …Read more »
The new One Piece film, Gold , is on its way, and though millions of fans would no doubt see the film without a single yen spent on advertising, the hype machine is nonetheless choogling through its motions. Even camera-shy One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda …Read more »
Thanks to the August issue of Newtype magazine we now know when to expect the One Piece anime adaptation's return to Eiichiro Oda's manga storyline. The Silver Mine arc will wrap its story up next week, and then the Zou arc officially kicks off on …Read more »
After being adapted into a TV anime in 2014, Kenji Saito and Akinari Nao's Trinity Seven manga will soon return to the world of animation. As announced in this year's August issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Dragon Age magazine, an anime film adaptation of Trinity Seven …Read more »
Law & Order , CSI , True Detective : America loves its police shows, all right, but it doesn’t have a lock on genre by any means. To prove the point, ranking site Goo has asked its readers to list their 20 favorite police anime. …Read more »
Feels like whenever we bring you a bit of industry insider news on this here website, it’s usually pretty bleak. Broke animators, lack of innovation – name the problem, and the anime industry seems to be facing it. So for a nice counterbalance, here’s some …Read more »
On the 30th anniversary of its founding, is the venerated Studio Ghibli a shell of its former self or a thriving, evolving creative space? Yes. That’s the contradiction embodied in a new long-form interview with co-founder and über-producer Toshio Suzuki, who shed a bit of …Read more »
One Piece fans in Japan can look forward to checking out the latest feature film, One Piece Film Gold , when it opens there on July 23, but for now the rest of us can at least dig into a new TV spot. In addition to …Read more »
Prepare to “Ride On Shooting Star” again. Japanese rock band The Pillows will return to score the upcoming sequel to FLCL , Production I.G announced at Anime Expo this weekend. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, who did the character designs for the original series, will also return. A …Read more »
Studio Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura (actually, ex-producer, as he made sure to point out in his apology) kicked up a ruckus last month when he declared that women are “realistic” as compared to “idealistic” men, making the former unsuitable for directing Ghibli films. Never mind …Read more »
A new anime adaptation based on Kazue Kato's Blue Exorcist manga was recently announced, and now we have additional details thanks to the latest issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine. Koichi Hatsumi ( Deadman Wonderland , Gangsta. ) takes over as director for Blue Exorcist: …Read more »
We finally have some more details on the long-awaited second season of the Attack on Titan anime. WIT STUDIO's adaptation of Hajime Isayama's manga officially continues in spring 2017, with director Tetsuro Araki moving into the role of chief director while episode director Masashi Koizuka …Read more »
Have you ever come across a series so outlandish and laced with over-the-top insanity, yet fully aware of itself to the point of borderline genre parody? To make it better, imagine a show like this that somehow manages to be badass and actually fun. That …Read more »
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