The K franchise is getting a six-part anime film series in the form of K: Seven Stories, and Viz Media announced the license of the features during its Anime Boston panel over the weekend. Now that we know they’re coming to North America at some …Read more »
The official website for the Black Clover TV anime went up with a new cast member announcement this week. The latest voice actor to get in on the adaptation of Yūki Tabata’s manga is Minami Tsuda, who is on board to play White Night Eye …Read more »
Gakuen Basara, the manga that reimagines the popular Sengoku Basara video games as a high school comedy, is being turned into an anime series. The series is being animated at Brain’s Base with Minoru Ohara (Lupin III: Episode 0) at the helm and Koji Miura …Read more »
We just got an update on the live-action Naruto film being produced in Hollywood. But over in Japan, they’ve already got a live-action Naruto… in the form of a kabuki play, that is. The play hits Tokyo this August, and to build up the hype, …Read more »
It was nice while it lasted. Yoshihiro Togashi’s Hunter x Hunter came out of hiatus this January 29 and ran for 10 chapters. But that’s all we’re going to get for a while, apparently: Togashi is going back on break for now. That’s the word …Read more »
Strike Tanaka’s Servamp manga is about to hit the big screen in Japan, with Gekijouban Servamp: Alice in the Garden set to open on April 7. Since the premiere is right around the corner, the anime film’s official website went up with a preview of …Read more »
Crunchyroll Games kicked off its very first release earlier today with the launch of DanMachi: MEMORIA FREESE, based on Fujino Ōmori’s popular Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? series. The game is currently available for iOS and Android in …Read more »
Work on the previously-revealed live-action Hollywood version of Naruto is still underway, and more information recently surfaced thanks to a Collider interview with director Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman). According to Gracey, they’re currently working on the script, and he wants to get it to …Read more »
Eto Mori’s DIVE!!—which started out in the form of novels and manga before making its way TV anime in 2017—is about to come to life as a stage play. Written and directed by Naohiro Ise, DIVE!! THE STAGE!! runs from September 20-30 at Tokyo’s THEATRE1010, …Read more »
According to the official Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin anime website, the sixth chapter, “Rise of the Red Comet,” will be the last. The anime version of the second part of the Battle of Loum arc is set to screen in Japanese theaters starting on …Read more »
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These anime is set to premiere this April, and both Crunchyroll and Funimation announced plans to stream it, with the latter setting it for a SimulDub. Ahead of the series’ April 3 debut in Japan, a new …Read more »
Ponoc, the studio composed largely of Studio Ghibli veterans, has announced their latest project: a series of shorts helmed by various acclaimed anime directors. As a whole, the project is called Ponoc Short Films Theater, and the first collection of shorts is titled Modest Heroes. …Read more »
If you’re really excited about watching Tokyo Ghoul:re in English, good news: a promo video for the English dub just hit the nets courtesy Funimation. Funimation will be streaming the “first few” episodes of the English dub at the same time as the sub as …Read more »
Kasane, the seinen manga by Daruma Matsuura, is getting a live-action adaptation, and its star-studded cast has been revealed. The film will feature the following humans: Tao Tsuchiya (Rurouni Kenshin, Orange) Kyoko Yoshine (Anthem of the Heart, Princess Jellyfish series) You Yokoyama (Eight Ranger) Mariko …Read more »
Aniplex, the production company behind anime like Devilman Crybaby and Fullmetal Alchemist, has acquired a majority stake in software developer Live2D with an eye toward producing a full-length anime feature film. Live2D’s software is used to move 2D images in a 3D environment. According to …Read more »
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