If you’re a fan of high-quality cuts of animation, there’s a high chance you’re aware of Bahi JD, the Austrian animator who’s worked on several anime series and films, including Space Dandy , Kids on the Slope and Kabaneri . The young animator has now …Read more »
April is almost upon us, meaning it’s time to choose what series from the new season look promising. Fans of Code Geass might want to add this to their list: ID-0, the new sci-fi anime from director Goro Taniguchi who, aside from Geass , also …Read more »
9mm Parabellum Bullet fans: you have permission to go berserk. With excitement, that is! It was announced today the band will be providing the opening theme song for the second season of Berserk , which goes on-air this April. The song is entitled “Sacrifice,” and …Read more »
Food Wars! has returned. The second season of the series, entitled The Second Plate , has begun airing, causing mass salivation throughout the world. And now the music video for the opening theme, “ROUGH DIAMONDS,” has been released, giving us a chance to rock out …Read more »
A new anime series based on Kentaro Miura’s Berserk is on its way . Today the full version of opening theme by rock band 9mm Parabellum Bullet appeared online, and otaku opinions are divided as to whether it’s a good fit for the series. The …Read more »
Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate , the highly-anticipated continuation of Food Wars! , is set to hit screens in July, and the musical groups handling the opening and ending themes have now been announced. SCREEN mode will perform the opening, which is titled “Rough …Read more »
Koji Morimoto. If you don’t know the name, well, you probably should. One of Japan’s premier animators, Morimoto is the director of shorts like The Animatrix ’s “Beyond,” Memories ’ “Magnetic Rose” and Noiseman Sound Insect , and key animator on dozens of brilliantly-animated films …Read more »
As you’re well aware if you’ve keeping up on all things Lupin , there’s a new series (the first with Lupin in the starring role in 30 years) premiering this year, and it’s set in Italy (a country that loves Lupin, apparently). This week the …Read more »
Tokyo-based band BACK-ON has been making high-energy music for anime openings and themselves for a little over a decade now. After breaking onto the scene with “Chain,” the opening song for 2006’s Air Gear , they’ve since gone on to create openings and endings for …Read more »
Those looking forward to Toonami’s upcoming airing of Kill la Kill might want to check out this cool little video that popped up on these here nets the other day. It’s a concert video from Anime Festival Asia Singapore in which Eir Aoi performs “Sirius,” …Read more »
Regrets. We’ve all got a few, and that includes Cross Ange creative producer Mitsuo Fukuda, who took to Twitter the other day to apologize/rant about the new opening for the show, which debuted in episode 13. Comprised largely of clips from the first 12 episodes, …Read more »
Akame ga Kill! , the dark fantasy action series set to conclude this month, stars as titular character Akame voice actress and singer Sora Amamiya. Aside from playing Akame, Amamiya also sang the series’ first opening theme, “Skyreach,” and its second ending theme, “Tsuki Akari” …Read more »
We reported the other day super sentai-inspired, energy-filled idol group Momoiro Clover Z would be opening shows for Lady Gaga while she’s on tour in Japan. But that’s not all they’re up to. Momoiro Clover Z, or Momoclo for short, are also the group behind …Read more »
Our buddies over at Crunchyroll reported the other day that the video for the latest One Piece opening song, “Wake Up!” by AAA had been released. They noted that “Wake Up!” is the 17th opening song for the series – yes, 17th! – which got …Read more »
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