If you sit back and think about all of the shonen action anime series out there, a few favorites probably come to mind: Dragon Ball Z , Naruto , One Piece ... the list goes on. A series that you may be overlooking (quite unfortunately, …Read more »
Most people probably thought there would never be a follow-up to 2000's fan-favorite six-episode anime FLCL , but Adult Swim is making one a reality. The division of Turner announced an official sequel in the form of two new six-episode seasons that will premiere as …Read more »
Though the original soundtrack to anime classic Akira was a booming choral affair by Japanese musical collective Geinoh Yamashirogumi, it’s not a stretch to imagine the film accompanied by electronic dance music. As it happens, EDM producer Nathan Micay, also known as Bwana, has turned …Read more »
Asari Endou's Magical Girl Raising Project light novels are making the leap to anime, and an update on the official website has the TV series set to premiere sometime this year. Is the Order a Rabbit? director Hiroyuki Hashimoto is at the helm, with Takao …Read more »
An anime about the mafia set in prohibition-era America with scripts from the writer of ERASED ? Call us intrigued. 91 Days is a tale of mobsters and vengeance animated by Shuka ( Durarara!! x2 ) and directed by Hiro Kaburaki ( Kimi ni Todoke …Read more »
Production I.G, the studio behind anime like Ghost in the Shell , Psycho-Pass and Blood: The Last Vampire , will open a store based around their properties in hip Tokyo neighborhood Shibuya, reports Anime Anime. As if you didn’t have enough reasons to visit. The …Read more »
Anime and manga company Viz Media has announced it will partner with Hollywood talent agency United Talent Agency, or UTA, to create live-action content based on its anime and manga library. “We are excited to start this partnership to push the boundaries of storytelling, innovation …Read more »
What if you crossed Yu-Gi-Oh! with Kosaku Shima? You might get Noitamina’s [C] Control— The Money and Soul of Possibility, a series that’s at once a reaction to the 2008 financial crisis and a game-ified gambling-for-your-life magic stock market show. At first glance, I sincerely …Read more »
With Viz Media bringing the 2011 Hunter x Hunter anime adaptation to DVD and Blu-ray, an English dub is currently in the works. Viz revealed the main members of the dub cast during their panel at this past weekend's C2E2 event, so see who's playing …Read more »
Delve into the history of Japanese marketing and it won’t be long before you come across the phrase “media mix.” Simply put, it’s the practice of spreading content across multiple platforms. When Pokemon was released 20 years ago, for example, it was simultaneously a game …Read more »
The Tokyo Anime Award Festival, the snazzy Oscars of anime, has announced the results of its Anime of the Year Grand Prix, given annually to the best television series and film of the year. Which 2015 anime won? You will just have to click the …Read more »
Today new promotional videos for the upcoming anime adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable hit screens across Japan. Three screens, that is. The videos debuted on large screens outside major train stations across the country, causing impromptu meetups for JoJo’s fans wanting to …Read more »
Get your pencils ready. Toonz, the animation software used by Studio Ghibli on every film since 1997’s Princess Mononoke , will go open-source and available for free starting March 28. The software, renamed OpenToonz, will contain the custom Ghibli Edition developed by the legendary anime …Read more »
If there’s one thing that anime sorely lacks, it is weirdness. And I’m not talking about the kind of weirdness that is the hallmark of spectacularly crazy anime like M.D. Geist or Crystal Triangle (weird only because of the haphazard approach to plot construction), or …Read more »
The rise of yuri as an identifiable subgenre of anime and manga has brought some distinct oddities with it. One of the biggest oddities—and the one most relevant to AOI HANA: Sweet Blue Flowers in a roundabout way—is that yuri very rarely deals with actual …Read more »
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