FUNimation kicked off the weekend by announcing its acquisition of The Boy and the Beast , the latest anime film from acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda ( Wolf Children , Summer Wars ). In an agreement with Gaumont International, FUNimation landed exclusive rights to theatrical, digital, …Read more »
Just a few weeks ago we were praising Otaku no Video for being the first "anime about making anime" meta show, predating Shirobako by a couple decades (its 25th anniversary is coming up, actually). Evidently AnimEigo has noticed these parallels as well, as it's decided …Read more »
There's another Fairy Tail anime film on the way according to this year's 25th issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine . The issue hits Japan on Wednesday, May 20, with the announcement that the second Fairy Tail movie has been green-lit, as well as an imageboard …Read more »
SuperGroupies, despite the name, is not a group of fans obsessively chasing their favorite rock band – they’re actually the makers of a lot of Japan’s best anime and manga-inspired clothing and other tie-in merch. This time around SuperGroupies have announced a unique piece of …Read more »
Fans of English-dubbed anime are no doubt already aware of Funimation’s new effort, which they’ve dubbed (heh heh) “Broadcast Dubs.” They’re essentially dubs that come out weeks, rather than months or years, after the original Japanese broadcast. Funi continue to expand the broadcast dub project, …Read more »
Social networking service mixi has a hit on its hands in the form of monster-slinging mobile RPG Monster Strike , so the property is getting ready to expand further. According to company president Hiroki Morita, the game is being adapted into an anime, with its …Read more »
Featured Spotlight She started her life as a mascot for game developer Nitroplus, but Super Sonico has really come into her own since her 2006 debut. She's the star of her own manga, games, and more, including the 2014 anime Soni-Ani: Super Sonico the Animation …Read more »
Warner Home Video is preparing to release a DVD collection of the first season of David Production's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime adaptation, and it's set to launch on July 28 for $49.98. The listing over at anime retailer Right Stuf was recently updated with additional …Read more »
Listen, anime is all well and good, but it’s also good to widen our horizons extremely slightly. If you like anime with flashy battles that fly in the face of common sense, with power-ups, special moves, weird personalities and drama... Do I need to keep …Read more »
In Japanese, there are several ways to say each numeral, which is a pain in the butt for Japanese learners but fun for making abbreviations and puns. This wordplay often manifests itself in the creation of silly holidays, like 4/18 as “yoi ha no hi” …Read more »
Boy, that would’ve been something. I’m talkin' bout the abandoned plan by Mad Max director George Miller to make an anime companion film to the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road . Miller talked about the anime film at length this week, revealing that it was …Read more »
Happy Mother’s Day! If you’re in the U.S., it’s that time of the year that we set aside to thank our moms for everything they do for us. Although we find that the mother is missing in a lot of anime, there are still plenty …Read more »
Before Black Jack was the rogue doctor we came to know and love in Osamu Tezuka's original, classic manga series, he was in medical school, naturally. That's the period depicted in Yū-Go Ōkuma and Yoshiaki Tabata's Young Black Jack prequel manga, which is officially getting …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks added a couple more spring anime series to its lineup this week, with the latest being Triage X and MY Love Story!! . Both shows are being added to select digital outlets, with home video releases to follow. Triage X is based on …Read more »
Parasyte is the latest in a long line of films (think Harry Potter , Rurouni Kenshin , etc.) split into two parts, released several months apart. In the case of Parasyte , the first part premiered back last November, while Part 2 hit screens this …Read more »
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