It was just about nine days ago that we first posted about MAPPA and production company GENCO's efforts to crowdfund the In This Corner of the World anime film. Well, it's officially been successfully funded in that time, having reached its goal of over ¥20million …Read more »
It's time to look forward to the second part of the Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin anime adaptation, based on the prequel manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin II: Artesia's Sorrow is scheduled for a fall release, and a new trailer recently …Read more »
FUNimation has a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack release of the BlazBlue: Alter Memory anime set for June 30, so now it's time to learn who all will be portraying the cast of the fighting game-based series in the English dub . See the full list below: …Read more »
Nakaba Suzuki's The Seven Deadly Sins manga is getting a special OVA, set to be bundled with the 15th volume. The announcement comes from this year's 16th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine , which reveals the Ban-centric episode, "Ban no Bangai-hen," and lists the …Read more »
The latest series to join Fuji TV's late-night noitaminA block is Punch Line , which premieres on April 9. The series, which certainly seems like it will be filled with puns and fan-service based on the title alone, sports the tantalizing tagline, "Once he sees …Read more »
The Japanese government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs announced Thursday the winners of 2014’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Recommendation Awards, and the Rookie of the Year for media/arts went to none other than Masashi Kishimoto, creator of the recently-completed manga Naruto . …Read more »
The new Dragon Ball Z film Resurrection “F” will premiere in the U.S. one week ahead of its general Japanese release, announced Funimation this week. Funimation will screen the film in Japanese with English subtitles April 11 at the Egyptian Theatre in LA, and is …Read more »
Since its debut three years ago, Zaku Tofu – tofu packaged in the shape of Mobile Suit Gundam ’s Zaku robots – has sold over 4 million units, according to Japanese news source Sankei Biz. Zaku Tofu is the result of a collaboration between Gundam …Read more »
The wait has been a long one, but the Girls und Panzer anime film is now set to premiere in Japanese theaters on November 21. Series director Tsutomu Mizushima confirmed the feature's release date at the 4th Kairaku Festa event at Oarai-cho in Ibaraki Prefecture, …Read more »
Hinako Seta's four-panel manga Re-Kan! is getting an anime adaptation that kicks off on April 2, and the official website recently posted a new promotional video. Re-Kan! follows Hibiki Amami, a girl who has the ability to see ghosts and other supernatural forces around her. …Read more »
FUNimation is preparing to roll out the second phase of its Broadcast Dubs program for the current season, so that means it's time for more English dub cast announcements. One of the latest to get the treatment is Kunihiko Ikuhara's Yurikuma Arashi , the dub …Read more »
Hoorah! The trailer for Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai , the upcoming anime film based on the life of O-Ei Katsushika, daughter of the famed Japanese artist Hokusai, has been released. Miss Hokusai is being animated at Production I.G ( Ghost in the Shell ) and is …Read more »
Not a week goes by, it feels, that we’re not reporting on some anime or manga that’s being turned into a live-action film. Though it’s not a particularly new phenomenon, the pace seems to be increasing as studios bank on nostalgia to drive ticket sales …Read more »
Some nice news for those looking forward to the upcoming Digimon Adventure tri. , the sequel to the original 1999 Digimon series: all eight of the original main cast members will be returning to reprise their roles. The cast list looks like this: Chika Sakamoto …Read more »
Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi revealed he resigned from Studio Ghibli at the end of last year at a talk event on the 12th centered around his latest film, When Marnie Was There . When asked about what his next film might be, Yonebayashi responded, “I’m not …Read more »
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