Kyoto Animation is popping Free! 's novel predecessor on the big screen in the form of the upcoming High ☆ Speed! - Free! Starting Days - anime film. The official website recently updated with a fourth special character promo , this time briefly highlighting Ikuya …Read more »
When volume 9 of the Japanese Blu-ray/DVD release of the third Kuroko's Basketball anime season, it will come packing a special bonus OVA episode called "Saikou no Present-desu" ("This is the Best Present"). Set one month after the Winter Cup on protagonist Tetsuya Kuroko's birthday, …Read more »
Starting today, theatergoers in Tokyo are in for some bicycle action, as the Yowamushi Pedal stage play opens for a three-day run at Tokyo Dome City Hall. The play, titled Yomamushi Pedal Irregular ~Two Peaks~ is based on the manga and anime of the same …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks followed up its recent announcements with a couple fresh additions today. The latest anime to join the fall 2015 lineup are Haikyu!! Season 2 and The Perfect Insider . Both series will be on select streaming outlets starting in October, with home video …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Wataru Watanabe's Yowamushi Pedal , AKA Yowapeda , manga is officially continuing. Prior to a screening of the anime movie, a special stage presentation announced plans for a third TV anime season. The stage greeting took place at Tokyo's TOHO CINEMAS …Read more »
If you’ve been following our Japan coverage long enough, you know when a big new anime film comes out, there’s no consumer product they won’t team up with to promote the thing. This time around, the collaboration is between High☆Speed! - Free! Starting Days , …Read more »
An animated Kuroko’s Basketball film is in the works. That’s the word from the official Kuroko’s website, following an event on Sunday in which several of the voice actors from the series appeared. Following the event, the site was updated, letting fans know that a …Read more »
As previously reported, the Yowamushi Pedal anime—based on the manga by Wataru Watanabe—isn't just recapping things with a compilation film. There's also an all-new anime film on the way, directed by My Little Monster 's Norihiro Naganuma and set to open in 80 theaters throughout …Read more »
Volleyball anime Haikyu!! —based on the shonen manga by Haruichi Furudate—is making the leap to stage play in Japan later this year, with performances scheduled to begin in November. Worry Kinoshita, who helms the Tokyo One Piece Tower stage attraction based on Eiichiro Oda's mega-popular …Read more »
When dressing up as your favorite anime and manga characters just doesn't cut it, sometimes you gotta go the extra mile and smell like them. Or at least protect yourself from smells like them… or something. That's what Premium Bandai seems to be aiming for …Read more »
The first compilation film is on the way for the Haikyu!! anime, based on the original volleyball manga by Haruichi Furudate. "Owari to Hajimari" ( The End and the Beginning ) is the first of two parts, and it's set to premiere at select theaters …Read more »
Kyoto Animation's popular Free! anime is getting a prequel film, with High ☆ Speed! - Free! Starting Days - set to open in Japan on December 5. Based on the Kouji Ouji light novel High ☆ Speed , which inspired the pair of Free! TV …Read more »
Six members of the voice cast of Yowamushi Pedal , the popular anime about a high school cycling team, will enter several cycling competitions around the world, according to Natalie.mu. That includes none other than the Tour de France, the world’s most famous cycling race. …Read more »
A pair of anime films are on the way for Yowamushi Pedal , AKA Yowapeda . First up is the second compilation movie, Yowamushi Pedal Re:ROAD , which packs in episodes from the anime's second season with new bits of animation. Headlined with LASTGASP's theme, …Read more »
FUNimation will be releasing Ping Pong the Animation —directed by Masaaki Yuasa and based on the original manga by Taiyo Matsumoto—on DVD and Blu-ray this June. With the release date looming, FUNi recently uploaded a couple samples of the anime's English dub. Here's the cast …Read more »
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