There’s been a lot of buzz going on already this weekend thanks to Jump Festa 2018, and the hype includes Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball franchise. Next year will mark the debut of the 20th theatrical anime film, which is officially penciled in for a December …Read more »
Iron Blooded Orphans is the most dramatically effective entry in the Gundam series since 0080: War in the Pocket, a suspicion I’d felt while watching the series as it aired and one affirmed totally after watching Bang Zoom!’s dub of the first season over the …Read more »
The depiction of Catholicism in anime is infamously light on accuracy, as fans of Hellsing or Trinity Blood can attest. Only about 0.4% of Japan is Catholic—being one used to be punishable by death—and so Christianity in general and Catholicism specifically exist in anime as …Read more »
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love continues with Tenmei-hen (Karma Chapter), the fourth film in the series, on January 27. Ahead of that, the official website went up with a 60-second preview offering a look at the latest in the seven-film series. This one …Read more »
Michiru Shimada—a 58-year-old anime scriptwriter with credits that include series composition and script work on anime such as Little Witch Academia, One Piece, Urusei Yatsura, Little Busters!, and many more—has passed away due to illness. News of Shimada’s passing comes from her daughter, who made …Read more »
Studio Gokumi is producing an anime adaptation of Naru Narumi’s Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles manga, with The Asterisk War‘s Kenji Seto directing and Tatsuya Takahashi (And you thought there is never a girl online?) on series composition. The show makes its broadcast debut in …Read more »
Following up on successful screenings for Digimon Adventure tri.: Reunion, Fathom Events and Toei Animation have partnered to bring the final three chapters in the six-part anime film series to theaters throughout the United States. With story recaps and cast and crew interviews kicking off the …Read more »
Satoru Noda’s Golden Kamuy manga is getting an anime adaptation, and thanks to an announcement today, we know when it’ll start to air—and we’ve got our first look at the animation courtesy a short trailer. The series will begin airing in April 2018. The adaptation is …Read more »
Director Kunihiko Ikuhara’s Revolutionary Girl Utena anime turned 20 this year, and to celebrate, Japan has seen a range of merchandise, exhibitions and more dedicated to the series. Now a few more pieces of merchandise have been snuck in at the end of the year …Read more »
Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou, the directorial debut from acclaimed screenwriter Mari Okada, is due out in February 2018, and we’ve got our first look courtesy a new trailer and poster. The film, which is being called SayoAsa for short (the …Read more »
ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio has big plans for the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, including U.S. theatrical screenings for the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection anime film. The feature—which will screen in Japanese with English subs—is officially coming to select theaters on February 9, 2018, …Read more »
Details for the next anime film from director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast) arrived this week with the reveal of Mirai no Mirai (Mirai of the Future). This one follows a pampered boy …Read more »
Toji no Miko is an original TV anime that features high school girls who work together to protect the world from the supernatural as sword-wielding guardians of humanity. Koudai Kakimoto (Cyborg 009 Call of Justice) directs the series at Studio Gokumi, and it’s set to kick …Read more »
We’re currently barreling toward the conclusion of the Blood Blockade Battlefront & BEYOND anime, which will have a two-part story on December 16. Since episodes 11 and 12 are right around the corner, manga author Yasuhiro Nightow got together with the anime’s character designer Toshihiro …Read more »
The spirit of Lodoss War lives on in author Ryo Mizuno and illustrator Miyuu’s Record of Grancrest War light novels, and the anime adaptation officially has a premiere date. According to an update on the official website, the series premieres January 5 on Tokyo MX, …Read more »
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