How nice of them. Several anime studios have taken to Twitter and their own sites this morning to wish us all a happy New Year. Without further ado, let’s take a look at some of their messages and images. Studio Khara 新年あけましておめでとうございます。本年もどうぞ、よろしくお願いいたします。 pic.twitter.com/G4lkZMkXZM — 株式会社カラー …Read more »
FUNimation announced plans to simulcast Samurai Warriors , the anime adaptation of Koei and Omega Force's Samurai Warriors / Sengoku Musou hack-and-slash game series. The first episode of the anime is set to premiere on January 11. FUNimation's synopsis: Based on the hit video game, …Read more »
The 2008 film One Piece: Episode of Chopper + Fuyu ni Saku, Kiseki no Sakura is getting a special edition, set for a New Year's Eve debut on Fuji TV and its affiliates. In celebration of the TV anime adaptation's 15th anniversary, new animated footage …Read more »
The Aldnoah.Zero anime returns on January 10, and Aniplex of America is here with another English-subtitled version of the latest TV spot. See the new ad—featuring SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki's opening theme, "&Z"—below.
It’s become clear in the last year that Attack On Titan has moved past being just a popular subcultural manga and has transformed into a bit of a pop culture phenomenon in Japan. At least, that’s what I got from the hour-long queue I was …Read more »
More than a few of you guys are pretty huge fans of Kyoto Animation, the studio behind Lucky Star , K-On! and Free! . You may be pleased to learn, then, there’s a new series in the works at KyoAni called Sound! Euphonium . Sound! …Read more »
We’ve reported previously on Attack on Titan The Real , an attraction opening this January at Universal Studios Japan. Now USJ has given us a glimpse at the attraction via a video on their official Twitter account. 【 #CM先行公開 】あなたは、ここで「進撃の巨人」の世界の恐怖や絶望までをも味わう ことになる…。来るか、来ないか、自分で選べ。「進撃の巨人・ザ・リアル」、1/23スタート。 https://t.co/GvqbxT6Sdn #USJ https://t.co/cyTOihry9w — …Read more »
Comic Market 87 is in full swing in Tokyo, and several anime studios have taken the event as an opportunity to show off their new anime series. Thankfully for those not actually at Comiket, they’ve been kind enough to post trailers online too. First up, …Read more »
The Sailor Moon Crystal anime is moving into the Black Moon arc, so the official YouTube channel is here to prepare us with a new trailer. The preview arrives alongside a couple cast announcements, with Misato Fukuen (Iggy in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , Yoshika Miyafuji …Read more »
We were in Kichijoji the other day, so we popped into the manga-themed Cafe Zenon, which is currently done up in the style of Strawberry Flavored Fist of the North Star, the parody manga starring Fist of the North Star’s Souther in a variety of …Read more »
Key, the company behind visual novels like Clannad and Little Busters! , announced a new original anime called Charlotte , which is set to debut sometime in 2015. A teaser video was also unveiled. Little about the story has been revealed, but we do have …Read more »
With Evangelion 1.11 and 2.22 airing on Toonami this weekend, people want to know: when’s Evangelion 3.33 coming out in the States? Funimation, who own the rights to the U.S. release, can’t tell us quite yet, but they did comment on the release on their …Read more »
Akamitsu Awamura's action fantasy light novel series Seiken Tsukai no World Break is getting the anime treatment this winter, with Takayuki Inagaki ( Rosario + Vampire , Noucome ) set to direct. Diomedea ( Squid Girl , Gingitsune , Riddle Story of Devil ) produces …Read more »
Discotek Media announced a handful of new licenses for 2015, with two of the company's more recent acquisitions leading the charge. Up top we have the sports series Discotek has been teasing, with a release of Yowamushi Pedal ( Yowapeda ) series 1 and series …Read more »
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