Koji Yanagi's World War II mystery novel Joker Game is getting an anime, with Production I.G handling the adaptation. Yanagi's novel won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award as well as the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, and the anime version puts Kazuya Nomura …Read more »
Toonami announced on their official Tumblr that this Labor Day weekend it will be having a marathon of Michiko and Hatchin , one of its more recent additions to the block. On Saturday, September 5 (technically Sunday, September 6) from midnight to 3:30am the block …Read more »
While some folks in the states have already seen Little Witch Academia follow-up Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade , it's due for a two-week Japanese theatrical run starting on October 9. Thus, Trigger has a new preview for the feature, which has Yoh Yoshinari …Read more »
Okay, this is one of the best polls in a while. As certified fans of facial hair, we were delighted here at OUSA HQ this week to see the subject of anime polling site Charapedia’s latest top 20: anime’s best beards. But it gets even …Read more »
Not a ton of details yet, but good news for fans of sci-fi horror series Terra Formars : the anime is set to get a sequel. That’s the word from the upcoming issue of Young Jump magazine, where the original Terra Formars is published. The …Read more »
FUNimation is getting ready to begin another season of its Broadcast Dubs program, which has English-dubbed versions of current-season series running relatively close to their original debuts. First up is Prison School , starting tonight at 8:30pm Eastern Time on the DubbleTalk Block . With …Read more »
Parents, teachers, and lawmakers are none too happy about some bootleg Assassination Classroom wear that's been popping up on sites like Amazon. The shirt shows Koro-sensei's iconic grin along with the slogan, "Keep Calm and Kill Your Teacher," which seems normal to anime and manga …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: As fun as fantasies can be, it's always possible to take them too far. Yuta Togashi knows this better than anyone, and his recently-established relationship with "Wicked Eye"-sporting Rikka Takanashi is in for a true chunibyo test as a major player from Yuta's …Read more »
We reviewed Mamoru Hosoda's latest film , The Boy and the Beast , back in July, and it's been going strong in Japan all the while. In the month since it was released on July 11, The Boy and the Beast has attracted three million …Read more »
The time has been set for the return of the Diabolik Lovers anime, based on the drama CD and PSP game project of the same name. The main cast of vampire boys are coming along for the second season, which is set to premiere in …Read more »
A new Pokémon is set to make its debut in 2016, and according to the latest issue of CoroCoro Comics fans have been getting a peek in the preview for next year's Pokémon movie. The preview accompanies Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of …Read more »
My expectations for Boruto: Naruto the Movie were, like many longtime fans of the Naruto franchise, particularly low when I walked into the theater. The ten-chapter manga sequel depicting Sarada Uchia’s quest to know her father, Sasuke, fell short of many expectations in plot, action, …Read more »
And now to save your finger some clicking, news on sequels to two recent popular series wrapped into one article. First up, KanColle . The series , based on a browser-based game about battleships that look like cute girls, will get the big-screen treatment next …Read more »
The title may be “F,” but U.S. viewers are giving the new Dragon Ball film an “A.” Within a week, the film has earned over $5 million, making it the ninth highest-grossing anime film in America. Resurrection ‘F’ has already surpassed the Hayao Miyazaki films …Read more »
In July of last year, world-renowned musician Ryuichi Sakamoto was diagnosed with mesopharyngeal carcinoma . He had to cancel all of his ongoing work to undergo cancer treatment, including a position as both director and performer at the 2014 Sapporo International Arts Festival. Sakamoto's fame …Read more »
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