Keima Katsuragi is a ladies’ man. All the girls fall for him left and right as he chooses optimal dialogue choices and woos digital women across his video game platform of choice. In real life, however, he couldn’t be further from a Casanova. He’s a …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Every society needs law and order, and that goes doubly so for the portion that can wield the power of magic. Those who defend the magic users out there are known as the Benmashi, or Wizard Barristers, but what happens when a particularly …Read more »
Here’s a nice, simple poll from our buddies at ranking site Goo: who’s your favorite green-haired anime gal? Without further ado, Japan's top 20 greenies! 20. Amber Darker than Black 18 (tie). Tama Gintama 18 (tie). Aiko Kudō Baka and Test 17. Asa Shigure Shuffle! …Read more »
The Tokyo Marathon was held February 28, and over 36,000 racers joined in, running the 26.2 miles through the nation’s capital. Coming in tenth place with a 2:11:34 finish and placing second among Japanese runners was 19-year-old Yuta Shimoda. The secret of his success? Apparently, …Read more »
Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma , the popular anime about the trials and tribulations of young chef Soma Yukihira, is coming back for a second season, and now both the title and release season have been announced. Season two of Food Wars will be called …Read more »
Dragon Ball Z fans will likely get a kick (or a shake, to be more accurate) out of this new Vegeta figurine from Bandai. The figurine recreates Vegeta during a famous scene in Dragon Ball Z in which, facing Frieza’s final form, Vegeta begins to …Read more »
In an age of melodramatic romances and tsundere female characters, a relatable anime rom-com is hard to find. If the protagonist isn’t a complete tool, the several women he’s involved with are frustrating and needy, or it’s a never-ending parade of sexual jokes that fall …Read more »
It’s June in 1983, and Keiichi Maebara has recently moved from Tokyo to Hinamizawa—a rural village steeped in superstition and inhabited by a tightly knit but relatively small population that’s quietly grown slightly smaller over the past few years. Initially, everything about Hinamizawa agrees with …Read more »
This weekend FUNimation announced and launched a Kickstarter campaign for a new English dub for The Vision of Escaflowne anime, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The goal is to raise $150,000 for the dub, and it's well on its way, with $75k+ raised …Read more »
Religion can be a divisive subject, to say the least. The myriad denominations around the world and throughout human history differ in a great number of ways. Some adhere to a singular god, others an entire pantheon. Some believers take comfort in the concept of …Read more »
On the surface, Sankarea: Undying Love seems like a completely throwaway, cutesy anime. In fact, it’s perfectly natural if you hesitate before taking the plunge with the manga or giving the anime series a chance. There are enough “weirdo guy falls for cute girl who …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: OMAKASE teamed up with Crypton Future Media to deliver the ultimate box for fans of Hatsune Miku and Piapro Characters, including Kagamine Rin & Len, Megurine Luka, MEIKO, and KAITO. The OMAKASE featuring Hatsune Miku box ships in March 2016, and enrollment ends …Read more »
Eight volumes in and Yoshifumi Ohtera's Magi spinoff manga Magi: Adventure of Sinbad is going strong, and the anime adaptation now has a premiere date. The series will debut in Japan on MBS, TBS, CBC, and BS-TBS on April 15, with Daisuke Ono returning from …Read more »
The third episode of the Gundam the Origin anime adaptation, Gundam the Origin III: Dawn of Rebellion , makes its Japanese theatrical debut on May 21. Ahead of that we have an English-subtitled preview via the Gundam.info website. Prior to the two-week theatrical outing will …Read more »
Netflix has already had exclusive streaming for a couple anime series like Knights of Sidonia and The Seven Deadly Sins , but now the streaming service is kicking off its journey into the world of original anime. Yesterday they announced plans to team up with …Read more »
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