If you’ve been hankering to own Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba on Blu-ray disc, hanker no longer. The hit show is coming to Blu via Aniplex of America starting this June. Here’s how the release schedule breaks down: Limited edition Volume 1 (episodes 1-13): June …Read more »
The original Ghost in the Shell film from 1995 (and the best Ghost in the Shell anime made to date—fight me) was just rereleased in Japan in a 4K remaster. To mark the occasion, Panasonic brought together voice actors Atsuko Tanaka (Motoko Kusanagi) and Akio …Read more »
Good news for those who didn’t get a chance to see Your Name in theaters – or those who can’t wait to see it again. The Japanese Blu-ray and DVD release of the 2016 hit was just announced, and it appears to contain English subtitles. …Read more »
Something is rotten in the state of D. Gray-man Hallow . Aniplex has announced it has canceled the DVD and Blu-ray release of the series, which ran from July to September of last year. Why? The statement on the official D. Gray-man Hallow Twitter account …Read more »
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV , the CG-animated film that’s a key part of the Final Fantasy XV franchise, will be released in digital form August 30, reports ANN. That’ll follow the film’s limited American theatrical release, which begins August 19. To top it all off, …Read more »
AnimEigo, one of America’s oldest anime licensors, has been giving its back catalog an HD upgrade thanks to backers on Kickstarter, who have so far provided the funds for Blu-ray releases of classics Bubblegum Crisis and Otaku no Video . Now a third title from …Read more »
Now this is cool. As we mentioned of our review of The Boy and the Beast , the new Mamoru Hosoda ( Wolf Children , Summer Wars ) film, one of the film’s primary locations is Shibuya, the real-life Tokyo ‘hood famed for its shopping, …Read more »
Hoping to gain more insight into where the industry is headed, Japanese site Anime Anime polled its readership late last year, asking exactly how they go about watching anime and about their home video buying habits. The first question asked was, “normally, how do you …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 »
As we noted last week, for a manga that's come to an end, there sure seems to be more new Naruto stuff than ever being announced these days. The latest news, according to ANN, is that a new TV special is set to air December …Read more »
July 25th saw the Japanese release of a special Blu-ray box of Macross II: Lovers Again , the 1992 OVA sequel to the original Macross series. Macross II has been pretty divisive over the years, with Shoji Kawamori, the creator of Macross himself, writing it …Read more »
© Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan Ranma ½ will forever remain a staple of my formative years as an anime and manga fan, from the series itself to the way it introduced me to two then distinctly different markets within the same fandom. When I was …Read more »
Is it too early to officially call 2014 the Year of Lupin? I mean, it’s looking pretty darn Lupiny so far. First, we’ve got the animated film Jigen’s Gravestone , directed by Takeshi “ Redline ” Koike, coming out June 21st. That film, which we’ve …Read more »
© Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan Anime classic Ranma ½ is finally back on shelves along with a new collection of Rumiko Takahashi's original manga. We took the opportunity to fire off a quick round of questions to some folks at Viz Media, and Senior Manager …Read more »
Aniplex of America announced its plans for the upcoming release of the Persona 3 The Movie #1: Spring of Birth anime film's import Blu-ray. Standard and collector's editions of the movie will be on sale in over 50 countries starting on May 20. Both releases …Read more »
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