SNK, the company behind classic arcade games like King of Fighters, Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown, and Metal Slug, is teasing a new video game console. The company, which turns 40 this year, tweeted from its official account April 19 with a picture of a machine …Read more »
Otaku of a certain age (or younger fans who just love old-school anime) will remember Gunbuster, aka Aim for the Top, the Gainax OVA that served as the directorial debut of one Hideaki Anno. The first episode of the OVA was released in October 1988, …Read more »
Last year, we reported that manga School-Live! would be making the move to live-action. Now the four main stars of the live-action film adaptation have been revealed. All four actors are pop idols: specifically, they belong to sub-groups of the idol group Last Idol. Kurumi Ebisuzawa …Read more »
Some good news Forfans of Terra Formars. The science fiction manga, which has been on hiatus for over a year, will return to the pages of Weekly Young Jump April 26. Terra Formars author Kenichi Tachibana took a break starting in March of 2017 to …Read more »
Whether you’ve seen the series already or not, it’s almost time to jump into the world of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- on home video. Funimation has “Season One Part One” coming to a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack on June 19, and you …Read more »
In addition to the previously announced North American screenings, GKIDS has some big plans for director Mamoru Hosoda’s latest. MIRAI, also known as Mirai no Mirai in Japan, is officially set to screen at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight section. GKIDS …Read more »
A live-action film adaptation of Wataru Yoshizumi’s Marmalade Boy manga is coming to theaters in Japan on April 27, and Warner Bros. Japan is here with a couple quick new peeks. See more footage and sample GReeeeN’s “Koi” theme song in the TV spots below. …Read more »
Is one dose of Golden Kamuy anime not enough for you during the week? NBC Universal has a supplemental show that’s just for you, with the debut of a series of Golden Kamuy anime shorts called Golden Douga Gekijou (Golden Waypoint Theater). The first in …Read more »
Nino is no stranger to separation. Despite all of the ties that have unraveled throughout her life, though, music has always been at the center of it all, and those tones ring more brilliantly than ever in Anonymous Noise. Now you can pre-order the full …Read more »
The anime adaptation of IAM’s coffee shop comedy Rainy Cocoa is preparing to return for more. A fifth season has been announced for a 2019 debut, with the main voice cast returning to reprise their roles. Beyond the returning cast, we’ll have to wait for …Read more »
Fans of the Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions anime will get a kick out of Sentai Filmworks’ latest license. The company announced plans to release the Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me anime film, which premiered in Japan back in January. We’ll have …Read more »
It should come as no surprise that an isekai novel series is making the leap to anime. The latest otherworldly adventure to do so is Takeru Uchida’s Isekai Cheat Magician series, which had its upcoming adaptation revealed via Shonen Ace magazine’s Twitter. Isekai Cheat Magician …Read more »
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 will be getting a sequel, it was announced Saturday. Director Seiji Mizushima, who helmed the original, is working on the project. It is not yet clear whether the sequel will be a new series, film, OVA or something else entirely. It was …Read more »
As fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion know, the relationship between characters Shinji Ikari and Asuka Langley was… complicated. Megumi Ogata, the voice of Shinji, referenced that relationship while having some fun with an Asuka-themed piece of merchandise on Twitter this week. The merchandise in question …Read more »
Cardcaptor Sakura is back, and a cafe celebrating the series is coming to Tokyo. The limited-time Cardcaptor Sakura cafe, themed around the series’ adorable Kero-chan, will be hosted in Tokyo Soramichi, which located in Tokyo Skytree Town, from April 27 to July 8. There are several Kero-chan-themed …Read more »
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