About a month and a half from now, Osaka will host its yearly women’s marathon. This time around, its official character was designed and illustrated by none other than manga master Naoki Urasawa. He of 20th Century Boys, Monster, Billy Bat and other thrillers is …Read more »
The Nisekoi – False Love live-action film hits Japanese theaters December 21, and to get fans hyped up, Naoshi Komi is set to create a bonus chapter of the manga for Shonen Jump. The chapter, which will appear in the December 17 issue of Jump, …Read more »
Baki, the anime that adapts Keisuke Itagaki’s manga Grappler Baki, hits Netflix December 18 in regions outside Japan, and the streaming service is hyping the series with an English-subtitled trailer. The Baki anime series premiered on Netflix in Japan back on June 25, and is also …Read more »
Anyone a fan of Pocky? Back when I was a youngster, the thin chocolate-covered Japanese treats were all the rage at anime conventions, just about the only place you could get them aside from Asian supermarkets. Today, they’re a bit more ubiquitous—but Japan is still …Read more »
With the anime adaptation of Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu’s The Promised Neverland manga right around the corner, it’s time for another lighting-fast commercial. The previous spot previewed the anime’s opening theme by UVERworld, so it’s only fitting that this one puts the spotlight on …Read more »
It seems impossible we’ll ever again witness an anime like 1985’s Robot Carnival. The last great anthology film, Short Peace, went almost entirely ignored. The last great anthology series, Space Dandy, was at best misunderstood, at worst excoriated. Not for its quality, mind: as Jacob …Read more »
In case it slipped your mind since the initial announcement, the Megalobox anime is about to make its English broadcast debut on Adult Swim’s Toonami block. The premiere of the series—which reboots the classic Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow’s Joe) manga—is set for this Saturday, so …Read more »
As recently revealed, Natsuki Takaya’s Fruits Basket manga is getting a brand new anime in 2019. Per the author’s request, this series will tell the entire story from the beginning with a completely different staff and cast, some of which were revealed along with the …Read more »
As we reported a few months ago, shockingly, China has never had official releases of Studio Ghibli films. That’s being rectified this month, with the theatrical release of Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro (a mere 30 years after its release in Japan). While the original …Read more »
Ao-Chan Can’t Study!, the racy comedy manga by Ren Kawahara, is setting an anime series. The manga, which is about a high school girl whose obsession with studying is interrupted by her first encounter with the opposite sex, is being adapted by Silver Link, with …Read more »
Shaft, the anime studio behind many fan favorites, has been hired by the Tokyo district of Ikebukuro. The studio is creating a promotional video that’s meant to appeal to anime fans from both inside and outside Japan. The full video is set to premiere January …Read more »
The results are in for Japan’s 2018 karaoke song rankings, and the number one song in the anime/tokusatsu/game category should come as no surprise. Taking the top spot is Neon Genesis Evangelion theme song “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis,” which is up three spots from last …Read more »
Dragon Ball Super: Broly‘s January 16, 2019 North American premiere is right around the corner, and now it’s time to take a look at the English dub cast. Funimation shared a video and a full cast lineup ahead of the English debut, so see who’s …Read more »
Being a Virtual YouTuber isn’t all fun and games, unless you’re a member of the One Piece anime’s voice cast, that is. The iconic voices behind Luffy and Usopp previously tried their hands at being VTubers, and now it’s Zoro and Brook’s turn. Watch as Kazuya …Read more »
A new trailer has arrived for revisions, an original sci-fi TV anime that has an unlikely group of survivors transported over 300 years into the future along with a chunk of Shibuya. Goro Taniguchi (Code Geass, Planetes) directs the series, with anime studio Shirogumi handling …Read more »
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