Feast your eyes, Kuroko fans. The first visual for the upcoming Kuroko’s Basketball stage play, Kuroko’s Basketball The Encounter , has been revealed. And yeah, they kept the blue hair. Kuroko’s Basketball The Encounter , which premieres at Sunshine Gekijo in Tokyo in April and …Read more »
Charapedia, the Japanese site making a name for itself throughout the internet for its relentless polling of the anime fan populous is at it again, and has asked its readers this time, “who are anime’s most negative characters?” Through good times and bad, these characters’ …Read more »
When volume 9 of the Japanese Blu-ray/DVD release of the third Kuroko's Basketball anime season, it will come packing a special bonus OVA episode called "Saikou no Present-desu" ("This is the Best Present"). Set one month after the Winter Cup on protagonist Tetsuya Kuroko's birthday, …Read more »
Viz Media had a bunch of announcements to make at this weekend's New York Comic Con, both in the form of anime and manga. Leading the former was the announcement of the 2011 Hunter x Hunter anime, which will be making its way to Blu-ray …Read more »
An animated Kuroko’s Basketball film is in the works. That’s the word from the official Kuroko’s website, following an event on Sunday in which several of the voice actors from the series appeared. Following the event, the site was updated, letting fans know that a …Read more »
You know, I know it, and manga and anime creators sure know it: there’s nothing better than a good rivalry. Be it sports, shonen or virtually any genre, there’s few things that keep viewers watching than two equally-matched rivals fighting for the same prize, or …Read more »
Anime pollsters, it appears, are on a parents kick. Last week we featured a controversial poll about anime’s worst dads , and this week the question posted by ranking site Charapedia asked Japanese fans, “what anime would you like to show your parents?” As many …Read more »
When dressing up as your favorite anime and manga characters just doesn't cut it, sometimes you gotta go the extra mile and smell like them. Or at least protect yourself from smells like them… or something. That's what Premium Bandai seems to be aiming for …Read more »
Death! Morbid as it may be, it’s a frequent enough conversation between friends and family: what’s the last thing you want to eat? The last person you want to see? The last anime you want to watch? Okay, I’ve never thought about that last one. …Read more »
Captain Tsubasa There are many reasons young people decide to participating in sports: through the influence of parents, friends, coaches, etc. In Japan, the land where there are manga about just about anything, comics naturally also play a part in what sports young people choose. …Read more »
Bandai Namco Games is bringing Kuroko's Basketball: Ties to the Future to Nintendo 3DS in Japan on March 26, 2015, with promises of a "miraculous basketball action game." While we still have a few months wait ahead of us, the first promotional video recently popped …Read more »
Anyone who’s been to an anime convention knows that when you get thousands of otaku in one place at one time, cell phone reception goes down the drain. So in a bit of good news for visitors to this December’s Comic Market, it appears Japanese …Read more »
A date has been set for the return of the Kuroko's Basketball anime, based on the manga by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. The third season—which was first confirmed back in May —will officially premiere on January 10, 2015 (technically 2:58am on January 11) on Japanese TV station …Read more »
Two unrelated pieces of news about Kuroko's Basketball out today. The first is a bit of sad news for fans of the most popular basketball manga since Slam Dunk : Kuroko's will be coming to an end in the next issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, …Read more »
According to the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, the anime adaptation of Tadatoshi Fujimaki's popular Kuroko's Basketball manga is coming back for more. Production on a third season has been green-lit, with more details such as broadcast times to be announced in future …Read more »
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