The Flying Witch anime is getting ready to adapt the manga by Chihiro Ishizuka, with a premiere date set for April. The 12-episode series follows a teenage witch-in-training as a move to live with her cousin's family takes her from Yokohama to rural Aomori. Now …Read more »
More details have been divulged for the upcoming March Comes in Like a Lion anime, which adapts the manga by Chika Umino. As revealed in this year's second issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine, the anime will be directed by Akiyuki Simbo ( Puella Magi …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai independently released a five-minute anime short titled She and Her Cat back in 1999, and now it's returning as a TV anime. Kanojo to Kanojo no neko -Everything Flows- is coming to the Ultra Super Anime Time block on Tokyo MX and BS11, …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks picked up the My Love Story!! anime license back in May of last year, and it looks like they have even bigger plans for this one. My Love Story!! , which adapts the romantic comedy manga written by Kazune Kawahara and illustrated by …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Old habits die hard, especially when those old habits involve living in a fantasy world of your own design. Try as you might to escape it, some things come hurling back no matter how far you run, and that's what Ichiro Sato discovers …Read more »
The latest Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 footage from Bandai Namco pits new vs. old, with Naruto taking on his future son Boruto and Sasuke fighting future daughter Sarada. Those who pre-order will get Boruto and Sarada as playable characters, so see how they …Read more »
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk: Hōka Kenran is a PS Vita game based on Yuu Miyazaki and okiura's The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water light novels, and its release is looming on the not-so-distant horizon. Bandai Namco will be releasing the action-RPG in Japan …Read more »
Yoshiaki Sukeno's Twin Star Exorcists is getting an anime adaptation this year, and the February issue of Jump Square magazine has a preview of the character designs for its leading cast members. Tomohisa Taguchi ( Persona 4 Golden The Animation ) directs the adaptation, with …Read more »
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 »
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 »
Those looking forward to the upcoming Shinji Higuchi/Hideaki Anno-helmed Godzilla film got a surprise today, as photos leaked from Toho Studios show the new version of the Big G set to hit screens in July. The photos, which were likely taken on a cell phone …Read more »
The Case Closed anime has been streaming on Crunchyroll as a simulcast title for a while, and now it's also available on Netflix. You won't find it under the title Case Closed , but you will find episodes 748-799 on the streaming service as Detective …Read more »
A new ad for the Fate/Grand Order smartphone game recently hit the official Type-Moon YouTube page , highlighting the fourth scenario, "A.D. 1888, Shikai Makiri Toshi London," and showing off some of the new Servants in the process. The commercial is a quick one, but …Read more »
We’re pretty confident in saying this is the coolest wedding invitation of 2015. A Japanese couple’s nuptial invite has been making waves on social media thanks to its picture-perfect resemblance to a Dragon Quest game. The invite, wrapped in a DVD case, is designed to …Read more »
Popular tennis series Teekyu will get a spinoff series called Usakame in 2016, according to a report by Anime Anime. The series will be based on the manga by Teekyu author Roots and artist Juzo Kirisawa and will revolve around a group of rivals to …Read more »
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