Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu’s The Promised Neverland is being adapted into an anime series for Fuji TV’s famous noitaminA block. A few days ago, we got a preview of its theme song via a new commercial. Now we’ve got a new key visual for …Read more »
One of my favorite things about anime is how it can make the mundane seem ridiculously dramatic. The Great Passage is about putting a dictionary together. To be clear, I’m not talking about reassembling scattered shards of a sacred tome or combating kanji-turned-kaiju with giant, …Read more »
While series like Fate/Apocrypha and Welcome to the Ballroom may be what’s hot and happening right now, Japanese site Anime Anime has decided to take a nostalgic look at what was on air exactly 10 years ago in the summer of 2007. Of all the …Read more »
It’s got pools, it’s got muscled, shirtless swimmers and it’s got exclamation points – is DIVE!! the Free! of 2017? Decide for yourself with the first trailer for the series, which debuts July 6. The series, which will air on Fuji TV’s Noitamina programming block, …Read more »
Noitamina, the alternative animation block on Fuji TV, has given us series like Mononoke , Psycho-Pass , Erased and Kababeri , so we’re always excited to see what’s next. Now we’ve got the trailer and some cast and crew details for Noitamina’s January series, Scum’s …Read more »
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day , the popular 2011 anime series about a group of friends who reunite after a tragedy splits them apart, will be adapted into a live-action TV drama this year. The series will air “this year,” though a more …Read more »
We’ve been incredibly remiss on giving you guys much in the way of news on noitaminA’s Project Itoh film project. Let’s take a couple minutes and rectify that, shall we? Project Itoh (Itoh Keikaku) was a Japanese novelist known for a series of science fiction …Read more »
Sit back and take a long, hard look and you'll see we're living in a pretty swell period for anime. Each season has had at least a few standout shows, both new and recurring, one of which involved Mind Game director Masaaki Yuasa returning to …Read more »
It’s only a slight exaggeration to say if you’ve watched any anime in the last five years, you’ve seen something written by Mari Okada. An incredibly busy script supervisor, screenwriter and one of the most prominent women working in anime, Okada’s credits include (but are …Read more »
Noitamina, the alternative anime programming block on Fuji TV, is celebrating their almost-10-year anniversary with a series of interviews with creators who’ve worked on Noitamina shows. That impressive list includes Masaaki Yuasa, a highly regarded figure for anyone into anime that goes beyond (often way …Read more »
Next year will mark the tenth anniversary of Noitamina, Fuji TV's late-night anime block devoted to anime that reaches beyond the anime mainstream. Leading up to that significant date, Noitamina's been publishing weekly interviews on their site with creators who've worked on some of the …Read more »
After a few years of radio silence, Shinichiro Watanabe is back on the scene and firing on all cylinders. The director of Macross Plus , Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo dusted off the old director’s chair and took it for a spin in 2012 with …Read more »
Believe it or not, noitaminA is almost ten years old. For those who might not be familiar with noitaminA, a quick rundown is in order: it’s a anime programming block on Fuji TV dedicated to airing anime that appeals to folks beyond the typical young …Read more »
Don't expect much footage, but the latest trailer for the anime adaptation of Taiyo Matsumoto's Ping Pong manga is here. This one introduces Manabu "Akuma" Sakuma, voiced by Subaru Kimura (Gian in Doraemon , Allan Adams in Gundam Build Fighters ). As the ANN post …Read more »
One of the new series set to premiere next month is Nanana's Buried Treasure , which tells the tale of a beautiful NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) ghost girl's treasure. Our lead, Jugo Yama (voiced by Yuuki Ono), gets transferred to a school …Read more »
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