If you’re hyped for the second season of the Mob Psycho 100 anime and plan to be anywhere near New York City next month, you’ll be able to catch the first episode a couple months before its broadcast debut. The world premiere of Mob Psycho …Read more »
Streaming platform Nico Nico has one heck of a way to commemorate what would have been God of Manga Osamu Tezuka’s 90th birthday. Starting Halloween night at 6:00pm Japan Time, viewers can look forward to a 90-hour marathon of classic Astro Boy anime. A talking …Read more »
When Fairy Tail spinoff manga Fairy Tail City Hero was first revealed back in June, it was lined up for a fall debut. Now the official Twitter account for Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket app has more details, with Ushio Andō’s series set to kick off this …Read more »
JUMP FORCE is bringing its Shonen Jump crossover action to PS4, Xbox One, and PC in February 2019, and among the loaded roster are a handful of original characters designed by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama. One of those characters is a villain named Kane, …Read more »
Last week we posted about the return of the World Trigger manga, which picks back up in the October 29 issue of Shonen Jump after a two-year hiatus. Author Daisuke Ashihara is surely pumped to be back in the pages of Jump, and it looks …Read more »
Soon, Tokyo commuters will be saying hello to Hello Kitty every morning. That’s because trains on the Keio and Toei Shinjuku Lines will be soon be getting trains decked out in Hello Kitty stylings. The trains, which are set to debut November 1, are part …Read more »
Prepare for more live dating: Date A Live season 3 will hit screens this January 2019. That’s the word from a Fantasia Bunko event this weekend, at which a teaser visual and more information about Date A Live III were also revealed. That additional information …Read more »
Here’s a bit of news that’s anything but boring for Saekano fans. We have a big update on the previously-announced Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend film, including title, visual and release date (well, season, anyway). In Japanese, the title is Saenai heroine no …Read more »
Back in June, we reported that Konosuba -God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!- would be getting an animated film. Now we’ve learned said film will be opening in Japan in 2019. That news comes from jacket of the latest Konosuba light novel, which comes out …Read more »
The Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions – Take on Me anime film had its North American premiere last month at the Los Angeles Anime Film Festival. Now more fans will get a chance to check it out for themselves, because Azoland Pictures and Sentai Filmworks …Read more »
Even if the world ends tomorrow, you’ll still get a chance to check out the new teaser trailer for Even If the World Ends Tomorrow. The original anime film comes from CRAFTAR, which implements the same “smart CG animation” technology used in the studio’s INGRESS …Read more »
Following up on last month’s license announcement, distributor GKIDS came through with more details about the upcoming theatrical release of Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki. The 2016 documentary follows the famed anime director after his 2013 “retirement” and through his struggles creating the CG-animated Boro the …Read more »
Karaoke is a favorite pastime here in Japan, and anime fans are among its greatest adherents. But once they get into their karaoke boxes, which songs are fans most interested in belting out? That was the question from Anime Anime, who’ve just published a top …Read more »
The world has no shortage of figures based on Rem from Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-, but how many of them cost over 2,000 bucks? This Rem figure, announced today from F:NEX does… and it’s doesn’t even have legs. It is 1:1 scale, though. …Read more »
The Fate/Grand Order stage play is on the way, and now we’ve got a peek at what it’ll look like. Three photos of the primary cast members in costume were revealed today, adding to the commercial released a few months ago. The play, which hits Osaka …Read more »
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