Last year, we learned Kenichi Sonoda is working on a new short anime about Bean Bandit, the hero of 1989 classic Riding Bean. It looks like progress on the short is underway: the main cast has just been announced. Bean Bandit will be played by …Read more »
Nintendo recently released a ranking of 2018 Switch downloads—including overall retail downloads and games only available digitally—for Japan. While they don’t come with any associated numbers, both categories have been ranked in a convenient Top 30. Some of the titles below were released prior to …Read more »
It’s just about time to ring in a new opening theme for the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind anime. According to the latest update on the official website, Daisuke Hasegawa is lined up to perform the new opening theme song, “Uragirimono no Requiem” (“Requiem for …Read more »
Three more characters have been showcased for the upcoming Fruits Basket anime, which starts from scratch to tell the whole story with a new cast and staff. See who’s lined up to voice the Boar, Bunny, and Cow members of the family along with a …Read more »
It’s not easy being a regional mascot, which is something the wild otter known as Chiitan now knows all too well. Chiitan originally came on board as PR mascot for Susaki City due to a real otter’s popularity, and she went to work alongside the …Read more »
If you were the Queen of England, you could probably fulfill at least a few of your nerdiest desires. While owning a gold-plated Nintendo Wii might not have been at the top of Queen Elizabeth II’s wish list, she ended up having one sent her …Read more »
When you think of ’90s anime, which series immediately spring to mind? Even if you have a specific favorite, chances are it’s already either seen some kind of revival, or perhaps it never stopped running in the first place. After all, it’s not like we …Read more »
Everyone loved Tokyo’s giant Gundam statue, but it sounds like two former employees of Bandai may have loved it for a different reason entirely. According to reports from The Tokyo Reporter and ANN News, ex-employees Takashi Udatsu and Takao Kurokawa have been arrested on suspicion …Read more »
Hikaru Utada is known for her hugely successful pop career, including some timeless contributions to Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts series. Starting this week, fans will get an opportunity to see the singer up close and personal as part of her Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018. …Read more »
A special exhibition is on the way to the Tokyo Anime Center, and this one is all about Tsukasa Fushimi’s Eromanga Sensei series. To be even more specific, the event is on the way to celebrate and promote the two-episode OVA, which just launched in …Read more »
Ran is like many kids: she’s tired of being told what to do. Chores at home are agony, and she’s bored at school and doing poorly on her lessons. She wants the freedom adults have. When a teacher asks her what she’s interested in, she …Read more »
If the first trailer for the Detective Pikachu movie—starring, as we must always mention, Ryan Reynolds as the voice of Pikachu—is still bounding around in your head, you’re going to want to see the merchandise that’s on the way. The Pokémon Company International unveiled the …Read more »
Fate fans can now mark their calendars for the premiere of the second Fate/stay night anime film. Aniplex of America shot out an announcement this week, lining Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel II. lost butterfly up for a February 23 premiere in Los Angeles, followed by …Read more »
If you missed your chance to see director Naoko Yamada’s critically-acclaimed anime film A Silent Voice the first time around, you’re in luck. Kyoto Animation’s feature is about to make its return to U.S. theaters, with tickets now available for showings on January 28 and …Read more »
Gainax’s Gurren Lagann may be over a decade old, but the energy-packed mecha series still has plenty of fans. One reason for its continued popularity is definitely Yoko, the series’ spunky, sexy sniper. That may explain why there’s a brand-new Yoko figure up for pre-order …Read more »
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