Leiji Matsumoto’s classic Galaxy Express 999 manga has inspired a live-action drama, and a press conference was held for the project this week. It turns out this isn’t all that’s in store for the series, because Matsumoto confirmed he is currently working on a new …Read more »
The luring strength of “cute” can be a powerful gateway, and that’s exactly what Ami Kurata finds out when she decides to get a cute and compact folding bicycle. Before she knows it she’s deep in the world of long-distance cycling, and you can follow …Read more »
We’re nearly 40 episodes deep in the Black Clover anime—which adapts the shonen manga by Yuki Tabata—but it’s time to introduce a couple more cast members. The latest update brings Tomokazu Sugita (Gintoki in Gintama) into the mix along with Natsuki Hanae (Taichi in Digimon …Read more »
The JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure franchise is coyly teasing an announcement on the wraparound jacket band of the collection of Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan short stories. Hirohiko Araki’s series has “big news” on the way this summer, so hopefully we won’t have to wait too long …Read more »
Studio Trigger recently counted down to a collaboration with Dragon Ball FighterZ and Guilty Gear developer Arc System Works, and the results turned out to be Kill la Kill: The Game. More details will be revealed for this dream team pairing at Anime Expo 2018, …Read more »
The live-action film adaptation of Tite Kubo’s Bleach is set to open in Japan next month, and our most recent peek comes from a series of stills released today. The stills are just a few of the 60,000 (!) included in Deathberry Days Document, a …Read more »
It’s a question that echoes throughout message boards and in convention halls around the world: what was the anime that got you into anime? A recent thread on popular Japanese site for all things geek, Otakomu, asked just that, and the variety of responses, across …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa has every right to take it easy. The director pumped out back-to-back films in 2017 (The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl and Lu Over the Wall) and followed them up with the year’s most talked about anime, Devilman Crybaby, this spring. But …Read more »
Popular fighting manga Kengan Ashura is getting an anime adaptation next year, but attendees at next month’s Anime Expo have a chance to get an early look. AX will host the world premiere of the anime July 7, with multiple members of the staff in …Read more »
Hajime is a gloomy teenage otaku, an antisocial video game nerd. His classmates think he’s a loser, all except for Kaori, the most beautiful girl in class … but Hajime’s too awkward to appreciate her affection, and the fact that she likes him just makes …Read more »
Michiru Amazuki moves from the country (Okayama Prefecture) to Tokyo for a sales position. But since she doesn’t want to face the metropolitan landscape alone, she decides to live in an all-female boarding/share house—Stella House Haruno—with three strangers. Her new roommates may have wildly different …Read more »
Having just moved to mountainous Yamanashi, plucky high-schooler Nadeshiko is eager to catch some classic views of Mt. Fuji. A late-night hiking encounter gets her interested in camping, so she joins her school’s Outdoor Exploration Club, which has only two other members. (The mountaineering club …Read more »
Serious about noodling around (Warning: watching this show on an empty stomach will result in embarrassingly audible stomach growling, noodle cravings on an abnormal scale, and making ramen plans with friends.) Adapting the manga of the same name by Naru Narumi, Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen …Read more »
The third season of the Encouragement of Climb anime—based on the Yama no Susume manga by Shiro—is fast approaching on July 2. The latest preview isn’t your traditional promo, opting instead for an audio-only sample of Yuka Iguchi (Aoi Yukimura) and Kana Asumi (Hinata Kuraue)’s …Read more »
Popuko and Pipimi recently teamed up with the Japan Racing Association for a special campaign, and the results are now online! Pop Team Epic may have ended, but the madness continues in a new short episode, which has Mikako Komatsu (Ajin‘s Izumi) and Ryusei Nakao …Read more »
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