Last week brought with it the reveal of Cutie Honey Universe, the latest in a series of 50th anniversary projects celebrating legendary manga creator Go Nagai. The official website followed that up with the very first teaser, giving us a quick 40-second taste of what …Read more »
NisiOisin’s series of Monogatari novels—which kicked off with Bakemonogatari in 2006—continue to inspire anime adaptations. Next up is news that the Zoku Owarimonogatari novel will be getting its own anime adaptation next year. Though many novels have followed since, Zoku Owarimonogatari originally concluded the series’ …Read more »
Back in November, we reported the harem comedy manga Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou (Sunohara-sou no Kanrinin-san) would be getting an anime adaptation. Now we’ve got the premiere season, cast details and the first official visuals, which show off the series’ serious assets. Miss Caretaker of …Read more »
2017 was a very special year in the history of Japanese animation: 1917 saw the release of an animated short called The Dull Sword, meaning anime is officially a century old. The year saw several events marking the occasion, including the opening of a free …Read more »
Ride on shooting star pic.twitter.com/G78CoS71Mh — Arby's (@Arbys) December 27, 2017 The Twitter account for Arby’s, long known for giving shoutouts to geeks of all stripes, has done it again. This time, the social media feed for the fast food chain is paying tribute to …Read more »
There were over 150 anime series broadcast this year, making for a mind-boggling number of individual characters. But among that impressive sum, who stood out as the year’s most memorable? That was the question pollsters Charapedia put to their readers last week, and here are …Read more »
It’s a confirmation Kemono Friends fans have been dreading for months, and now it’s finally here: the director and studio behind the first season will not be a part of the second. The news came from studio Yaoyorozu producer Yoshitada Fukuhara, who posted on Twitter …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks started rolling out more announcements for the upcoming winter 2018 season of anime, including a nice-looking tale of small forest girls, Hakumei and Mikochi. Based on the manga by Takuto Kashiki, directed by 07 Ghost‘s Masaomi Andou, and produced at anime studio Lerche …Read more »
We’re getting dangerously close to the return of the Overlord anime, which enters its second season based on the light novel series on January 9. With cast additions that include Hiroki Touchi as Zaryusu Shasha, Naomi Kusumi as Shasuryu Shasha, Sora Amamiya as Crusch Lulu, …Read more »
The road to becoming a master chef is paved with intense trials, and no one knows that better than Yukihira Soma. Those trials are about to heat up to positively scorching highs in Food Wars! The Second Plate, which is on the way to Blu-ray …Read more »
Violet Evergarden, the new series from Kyoto Animation, finally debuts this January, and sakuga fans are pretty excited about the high quality of the series’ animation. As a post on popular anime blog Yaraon pointed out today, the improvement in the level of Kyoto Animation’s, …Read more »
Dorei-ku the Animation, a series based on a manga about, well, enslavement, is due out this April, and now we’ve got our first look via a trailer, plus some lead cast details. Dorei-ku, which will be streamed by Netflix, stars Hibiku Yamamura (Kiznaiver) as Eia …Read more »
Kemono Friends, one of the surprise hits of 2017, is wishing fans a Merry Christmas with a new music video posted to the series’ official Twitter feed. (Well, more emphasis on music than video… this is Kemono Friends, after all…) The video reworks the series’ …Read more »
The Persona 5 anime series is coming. Today, we got an in-depth look at the series, based on the popular game, thanks to a trailer, information on the cast and crew, and premiere date (well, month, anyway). Persona 5 the Animation will premiere in April …Read more »
Thanks to a newly-opened website, we now have a little more information about the upcoming Uta no Prince-sama anime film. Officially titled Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Kingdom, the feature is currently set to debut sometime in 2019. Nothing says Merry Christmas like an accompanying …Read more »
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