For those of you who suspected the recent animated Patlabor short might be a sign of things to come: bingo. Patlabor producer Taro Maki has announced a new Mobile Police Patlabor project is in the works. The producer, who made the announcement on Facebook with …Read more »
The Boy and the Beast was a big hit with casual fans in 2015. For folks interested in the business of anime, the release of the Association of Japanese Animation’s yearly industry report is something akin to Christmas. A dry, numbers-filled Christmas. Still, for industry geeks, …Read more »
Back in June, Trigger announced that none other than Little Witch Academia , the franchise that began as a government-sponsored short and evolved into a crowd-funded film, would be getting its own TV series. Now the series’ premiere has been set, and we’ve got some …Read more »
We don’t always highlight trailers for new series (there are just too darn many of 'em), but you can bet when we get a new look at a series from one of our favorite directors, it’s getting the OUSA treatment. Yuri!!! on Ice is the …Read more »
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 »
Okay, so there was never really any doubt the second season of the mega-hit Food Wars! would be getting licensed for release in the States. Still, it feels good – nay, delicious – to get the official word. As was the case with the first …Read more »
For horror fans, it sounds like a match made in heaven. It is, in fact, a match made in Hulu, who have put together Saw II-IV director Darren Lynn Bousman and two members of pop supergroup AKB48 to create Crow’s Blood , a six-episode horror …Read more »
Though the original soundtrack to anime classic Akira was a booming choral affair by Japanese musical collective Geinoh Yamashirogumi, it’s not a stretch to imagine the film accompanied by electronic dance music. As it happens, EDM producer Nathan Micay, also known as Bwana, has turned …Read more »
Today new promotional videos for the upcoming anime adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable hit screens across Japan. Three screens, that is. The videos debuted on large screens outside major train stations across the country, causing impromptu meetups for JoJo’s fans wanting to …Read more »
Can’t wait to see the second episode of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin ? Well, the wait is over. Uh, for the first eight minutes, anyway. The official Gundam YouTube channel is giving Gundam fans a peek at the beginning of the new episode, entitled …Read more »
Wondering which site is going to stream the new Gundam series? The answer is, basically, all of them. Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans will premiere in North American on October 4 on Gundam.info, Daisuki and Hulu. It’ll also move to Crunchyroll and Funimation a week later on …Read more »
World Trigger , the anime series about a mysterious gate to another world opening up in Japan (no, not Gate , the other one!) recently had its English-dubbed premiere at Anime Expo, and now a trailer for that dub is available online. Unlike usual, where …Read more »
For all you folks coming home to an empty apartment after a long day of work, Crunchyroll’s got just the anime for you. It’s called Makuranodanshi (“boys with pillows”), and the premise goes something like this: it’s a “first-person” anime wherein the viewer is welcomed …Read more »
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