You can now start streaming the live-action Lone Wolf and Cub TV series, which originally debuted back in 1973. Based on the classic manga by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, the first episode of Lone Wolf and Cub is now live on streaming service HIDIVE, …Read more »
Many western anime fans find themselves drawn to the medium because, unlike western cartoons, some anime films and series are aimed at an adult audience. This particular fan remembers well the shock he received on stumbling across the ultra-violent Fist of the North Star at …Read more »
Folks who thought a mere three episodes was too few for The Ancient Magus’ Bride : it’s time to party. The popular manga series is set for a series adaptation this October. The Ancient Magus’ Bride , the Kore Yamazaki-penned shonen fantasy about a sorcerer …Read more »
If you’ve spent any time around a television in Japan, you know the average evening of entertainment is, well, bad. Swathes of primetime programming are filled with soap opera-quality scripted programming, or worse, Japan’s dreaded “variety” shows, in which quasi-celebrities sit around a set commenting …Read more »
The new One Piece film, Gold , is on its way, and though millions of fans would no doubt see the film without a single yen spent on advertising, the hype machine is nonetheless choogling through its motions. Even camera-shy One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda …Read more »
Magic of Stella ( Stella no Mahō ), a manga about high school girls who make doujin video games, is getting an anime series, reports Manga Time Kirara Max magazine. The four-panel comedy manga Magic of Stella by artist Cloba.U launched in 2013 and is …Read more »
Hoping to gain more insight into where the industry is headed, Japanese site Anime Anime polled its readership late last year, asking exactly how they go about watching anime and about their home video buying habits. The first question asked was, “normally, how do you …Read more »
The cast for this July’s live-action Death Note TV series continues to grow. The latest announcement is the casting of idol Hinako Sano who will play, appropriately enough, idol Misa, who, fans of the original will recall, devotes her life to Light Yagami. Several photos …Read more »
It was revealed last month that Death Note , the uber-popular manga-turned-anime-turned-films-turned-musical, would also be getting a turn as a live-action TV series this July. Now comes the announcement of the series’ principal cast members and a photo of them in costume. Starring as L …Read more »
Death Note , the 2003-06 manga about a death-causing notebook and the young man into whose hands it falls, has been adapted into numerous properties, including an anime series, three live-action films and even a musical. But enthusiasm for the over 10-year-old series appears high …Read more »
Kill la Kill , the much-lauded, little-clothed Studio Trigger anime directed by Gurren Lagann ’s Hiroyuki Imaishi, is heading to Adult Swim’s Toonami February 7. Kill la Kill is, of course, the story of badass, giant scissor-wielding high school student Ryuko Matoi and her talking, …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 »
Aside from visiting local shrines and eating boxed meals called osechi, one of Japan’s biggest New Year’s traditions is gathering around the TV on New Year’s Eve to catch Kohaku Uta Gassen, an annual music show where the year’s most notable pop stars break into …Read more »
A promotional image from the new Sonic series Sonic Boom . For a character known for his speed, it's taken Sonic a while to hit the big screen. He's coming, though, apparently, thanks to Sony and producer Neal Moritz, who's developing the script to the …Read more »
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