The latest preview for sci fi anime Beatless—which adapts the novel written by Satoshi Hase and illustrated by Redjuice—comes in the form of a 15-second commercial. It may be quick, but it manages to do a great job of teasing the colorful series from director …Read more »
In addition to Devilman crybaby and Mazinger Z: Infinity, the 50th anniversary Go Nagai anime projects will continue with the newly-revealed Cutie Honey Universe. The project is being produced over at Production Reed (In Another World With My Smartphone), and it’s currently set to come …Read more »
If you stuck around past the end of the King’s Game anime finale, you were treated to a special tease. At the end of episode 12, “Demise (End/Grudge),” the cell phone novel-based series promised more with a “To Be Continued” message. The original novel is …Read more »
When Marnie Was There director Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower is coming to select theaters in the United States on January 19, right after a special Fathom screening event on January 18. Based on the 1971 children’s novel The Little Broomstick, Mary and …Read more »
Everyone’s favorite thief, Lupin III, turned 50 this year, and to mark the occasion, a new anime project has been greenlit. What’s more, the director will be none other than Monkey Punch, the manga author that started it all. The project is called Lupin wa …Read more »
Tamio Oki, a voice actor whose career spanned seven decades, died on December 14 at the age of 89. Oki, who got his start in radio in 1946, later became a prolific voice actor in anime, video games and Japanese-dubbed films. Over his long career, …Read more »
Well, there’s a headline I never expected to write. William Shatner, the Golden Globe-winning actor best known for his role as Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, has been tweeting up a storm about an unexpected topic: the idol series Love Live!. It all began when a …Read more »
We’re feeling pretty festive this holiday season, so we have a special deal lined up for all our online readers. A 1-YEAR subscription to the print edition of Otaku USA magazine is now available for 14 BUCKS, which is half the normal asking price! This …Read more »
As we’ve mentioned in the past, one of the most popular children’s book series in Japan is none other than Oshiri Tantei, AKA Butt Detective. It’s getting an anime adaptation in 2018, and the latest update has the cases getting cracked starting in May. Troll’s …Read more »
We can’t all be high energy all the time. In the case of Tanaka-kun, he can’t ever be high energy, which is something his best friend Ota is happy to accept. So, how does someone so utterly listless manage to get through life? Find out …Read more »
If you’ve been watching Dragon Ball Super from the beginning, you no doubt remember the battle against the Vegeta-cloning alien in episodes 45 and 46. Funimation has a treat for long time fans of Akira Toriyama’s series, because a blast from the past is set …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Yoshihiro Togashi’s Yu Yu Hakusho manga is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and among the plans is a brand new original animation. The new anime will ship as part of the upcoming Yu Yu Hakusho 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Box set in Japan, …Read more »
The smartphone rhythm game Idolish 7 is getting an anime adaptation in January 2018, and now it’s been announced that series is getting its own spinoff. The spinoff, which will be a YouTube original series, is called TRIGGER -before The Radiant Glory-. It tells the …Read more »
Nintendo’s monster franchise Pokemon has been entertaining children for over two decades with games, anime and more. But did you know that 20 years ago, an early episode of the TV series put hundreds of Japanese children in the hospital? December 16, 1997 saw the …Read more »
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from watching anime, it’s that, sometimes, the best anime don’t need any source material. The anime industry doesn’t really have the wiggle room for original works, which makes anime-first works such treats to watch. Take, for example, the likes …Read more »
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