Anime production house Studio 4ºC—known for anime ranging from Mind Game to Tekkonkinkreet and beyond—has been helping Koei Tecmo out with promotion for the upcoming Toukiden 2 . Naturally, this involved creating a short animation, which the studio and Koei Tecmo have been trickling out …Read more »
Cannon Busters: The Animated Series —which comes from LeSean Thomas , who worked on The Boondocks , the animated Black Dynamite series, and The Legend of Korra ; and the talented folks at anime studio Satelight—was successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter in 2014 . Now the …Read more »
The Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans anime will be returning later this year, and an official premiere date of October 2 has been confirmed in a new promo. Season 2 will air in Japan on MBS, TBS, and their affiliates, and you can see the …Read more »
The God Eater anime adaptation—based on the games published by Bandai Namco Entertainment—is coming to Blu-ray in North America courtesy of Aniplex of America later this year. The first of two volumes, featuring episodes 1-7, will arrive on November 29, with the remaining episodes to …Read more »
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 »
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