Promo Hypes Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 2
Joseph LusterWho's ready for more Love Live! Sunshine!! anime? The second season is officially set to debut this October, and a new promo is here to preview what the returning cast and staff have in store.
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Japanese Cosplayers Rank the Series They Intend to Cosplay This Summer
Matt SchleyWith events like the World Cosplay Summit and Comiket coming up, the summer cosplay season is on here in Japan. Site Cosplayers Archive has attempted to figure out what will be getting the most costumed representation this summer with a poll asking Japan’s cosplayers which …Read more »
Love Live! Sunshine!! Anime Returns This Fall
This weekend in Yokohama, Aqours of Love Live! Sunshine!! had their big "Aqours First Love Live! ~Step! ZERO to ONE~" concert, and it was the perfect occasion for some new announcements. The major reveal was a second season for the Love Live! Sunshine!! anime, which …Read more »
AKB48 Creator Plans “2D Plus 3D” Idol Anime Project
Yasushi Akimoto, the creator of Japan’s best-selling idol phenomenon AKB48 and its various sub-groups, is at it again. This time, he’s producing a “2D + 3D” anime project and recruiting some serious industry talent to help out. The idol unit, which is described as a …Read more »
Follow the Leader! Fans Choose Anime’s Most Inspiring Leaders
In November, we Americans will choose our new leaders. Turns out the Japanese have us beat to the punch. Japanese anime fans, that is, who have been asked by pollmasters Charapedia, “who are the anime leaders you’d follow to the bitter end?” Who are anime’s …Read more »
Admit You Like These Anime and Prepare for Scorn, Say Japanese Fans
For those of you out there who might harbor the illusion Japan is a magical land where everyone loves anime and no one cares if you’re a grown man who watches shows meant for young girls, this list might be a hard read. Japanese site …Read more »
Love Live! Sunshine!! Fan Calculates Eye-Popping Cost of Episode 10’s Stew
Those of you following Love Live! Sunshine!! know episode 10 of that series featured character Mari Ohara whipping up a pretty special stew. Now one dedicated Sunshine!! follower has calculated how much Mari’s Shiny Stew would cost in real life, and let’s just say it …Read more »
Japanese Fans Rank the Summer 2016 Anime They’re Still Watching
Only the strong survive. With over 40 shows airing every season, even the most dedicated anime otaku have to get choosy. Now that we’re deep into the summer 2016 season and Japanese fans have been doing some pruning, pollsters Charapedia decided it was a good …Read more »
Japanese Social Media Debates The Greatest Anime of the Heisei Era
...really? It’s a big news week in Japan, with word that Emperor Akihito may abdicate the throne to his son (becoming the first emperor to do so since 1817). That would end the so-called Heisei era, which began in 1989 with the death of Akihito’s …Read more »
Funimation Lines Up Summer 2016 Anime Simulcasts
Funimation started lining up its anime streaming plans for the summer 2016 season , kicking things off with 14 simulcast titles, some of which will begin on July 2. Many of the titles will also be selected for the Broadcast Dub (near-simulcast English dubbing) program, …Read more »
Summer 2016’s Ten Most Anticipated Anime, Ranked
Barbecues. Pool parties. Fireworks. Family road trips. New anime. Summer is coming. As the spring 2016 season comes in for a landing (feels like it just started, man), anticipation is building on both sides of the Pacific for the summer 2016 anime lineup, which is …Read more »
Women Who Have Worked In Porn Need Not Apply To This Voice Acting Agency
Japanese talent agency Walkure (no relation to the fictional Macross Delta idol unit) is recruiting voice actors in an upcoming Tokyo audition, and Japanese netizens have discovered an interesting piece of fine print on Walkure’s recruitment site. Specifically, Walkure warns that potential voice actors who …Read more »
Love Live! Sunshine!! Promo Introduces Idols
The Love Live! Sunshine!! TV anime is set to deliver more idol fun this summer, and a new promo is here to introduce all nine members of Aqours, the new school idol unit on the block. Love Live! Sunshine!! is directed by Kazuo Sakai ( …Read more »
Love Live! Voice Actress Denies Adult Video Appearance
Emi Nitta, the voice actress who plays Honoka Kōsaka in Love Live! , has denied rumors she appeared in an adult video in 2008. The video is set for rerelease next week, and sales will no doubt be buoyed by the rumor, true or not, …Read more »
Tokyo Anime Award Festival’s Anime Of The Year 2015 Is…
The Tokyo Anime Award Festival, the snazzy Oscars of anime, has announced the results of its Anime of the Year Grand Prix, given annually to the best television series and film of the year. Which 2015 anime won? You will just have to click the …Read more »