Bandai Namco's latest trailer for Spike Chunsoft's One Piece: Burning Blood brawler focuses on the recently-announced roster of women. Watch as Oda's "matchless beauties"—including Nami, Nico Robin, Boa Hancock, and Perona—are introduced below. One Piece: Burning Blood hits PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in Japan …Read more »
The second episode of the Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt web anime, which adapts the manga by Yasuo Ohtagaki, will debut in Japan on February 12 at noon (JST). Gundam Fan Club members will be able to watch it on the smartphone app starting January 29, …Read more »
With a little less than a month left until the Japanese release of Omega Force's Attack on Titan game, Koei Tecmo busted out a third promo that shows off the playable characters, event scenes, Titan combat, and more. Attack on Titan hits PlayStation 3, PlayStation …Read more »
Discotek Media revealed one of its latest titles today. The distributor is currently working on a new release of 2003's Cromartie High School , which adapts the parody manga by Eiji Nonaka. The Complete TV series will feature Japanese language with English subtitles and the …Read more »
Anime has a way of popping up in mainstream news in some pretty bizarre ways. This time it was a via a remark from Republican strategist Rick Wilson, who appeared on MSNBC to discuss Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Donald Trump and had some choice words …Read more »
Be still our six-pack-loving hearts. The PR machine for the Fairy Tail stage play (man, is there any anime that doesn’t have a stage adaptation these days?) has revealed its first visual, a photo of Shuuto Miyazaki as Natsu Dragneel. And it’s ab-tacular. Miyazaki is …Read more »
If you’re a Japanese car manufacturer, how do you get a generation raised on manga interested in your latest vehicular offering? How about transforming all of your car’s parts into anthropomorphized moe-style characters? That’s what Toyota has gone about doing with the ad campaign for …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks announced a few more anime licenses this week, starting with the second season of Knights of Sidonia . Today the list grew further with the addition of Azumanga Daioh and Strawberry Marshmallow . Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine is coming soon …Read more »
Square Enix's long-running, wildly popular Dragon Quest RPGs are making the leap to the stage in Japan, with the Dragon Quest Live Spectacle Tour set to celebrate the series' 30th anniversary this summer. This is just one aspect of a multi-pronged approach to celebrating the …Read more »
The adventures of Speed-o'-Sound Sonic continue in the latest Japanese home video release of One-Punch Man . Volume 3 ships with episodes 5 and 6 on February 24 with some nice extras, including an OAD episode titled "The Ninja Who is Too Complicated." The story …Read more »
FUNimation is getting ready for the U.S. theatrical debut of Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy and the Beast anime film with some new information. First up, following up on our previous post , the film is now set to open in select theaters in the United …Read more »
Ayuko Hatta's shoujo manga Wolf Girl & Black Prince is getting the live-action treatment in Japan, with the film adaptation set to open on May 28. The official website posted the film's main visual, which nicely mimics Hatta's manga illustration with Fumi Nikaidou as Erika …Read more »
Some more voice talent is on the way to the Haikyu!! anime, with the announcement that Masayuki Shoji (Keiji Tokiwa in Silver Spoon ) will be joining the second season cast as Date Tech High setter Kanji Koganegawa. 【新キャラクター&キャスト】伊達工の新戦力・黄金川貫至の設定画公開！演じるのは庄司将之さん！身長190cm越えの大型1年セッターで生真面目な黄金川が加わった、新たな“鉄壁”とは…!? https://t.co/5fI5iuCjac pic.twitter.com/XRngA6CAAc — アニメ「ハイキュー!!」 (@animehaikyu_com) January …Read more »
This April Magi fans can look forward to the anime adaptation of the Magi: Adventure of Sinbad spinoff manga by Shinobu Ohtaka and Yoshifumi Ōtera. The series will kick off as part of MBS's Animeism block this April, with the staff and cast from the …Read more »
Call it a shot heard around Twitter. On January 13, Twitter user @riekitazawa fired off a tweet that criticized the general public's view of otaku, using a metaphor that involved some Australian marsupials. The tweet quickly went viral, attracting almost 15,000 retweets and a lot …Read more »
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