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 »
What if every kiss, every moment of handholding, and every date counted toward your girlfriend “leveling up” so she could fight demons as a powerful Valkyrie? Welcome to Takuma Akutsu’s world in Val x Love. Takuma is used to being alone because he’s so tough …Read more »
Nobuo, an affable young salaryman with hipster chin scruff, has a secret: his wife is a space alien whom he met when he was abducted by a UFO. Posing as an ordinary housewife, she wears a cute-faced human disguise to go outside but hangs around …Read more »
Look, there’s a right and a wrong way to do most anything. That includes summoning a demon lord, as we can tell from the title of harem fantasy light novel series How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord. As tends to be the case with …Read more »
Spoofs of fantasy anime and JRPG tropes are by no means a recent development. Back in the 1990s, the two-part OVA Dragon Half was frequently praised as one of the silliest anime ever, and the longstanding fan rumor to explain why it only lasted two …Read more »
Have you been keeping up with the currently-running Cutie Honey Universe anime? The latest in a series of Go Nagai anniversary projects announced a new addition to its cast, and it’s wildly fitting. Enka singer Sachiko Kobayashi—whose flamboyant costumes and commanding presence earned her the …Read more »
Is it wrong to be a fan of a series with dull characters and a largely inconsequential plot? If so, I’m in trouble, because I somehow became a fan of the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? anime. Maybe …Read more »
For a lot of Gundam fans I know, the mobile suits themselves are the sexy part, but anyway: ranking site Goo has asked fans to list Gundam’s sexiest females. And since the franchise stretches back all the way to 1979, there’s a fair amount of …Read more »
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Dengeki Bunko, and Kadokawa is helping the light novel imprint celebrate in style. One of the characters getting in on the party is Asuna from Sword Art Online, who dons a swimsuit in a new 1/7 scale figure …Read more »
Prepare to receive some footage from Harukana Receive, the new beach volleyball anime hitting screens this summer. The trailer, which also reveals some additional crew members, was unveiled at Anime Japan this Sunday. It was previously announced that Toshiyuki Kubooka (Berserk: The Golden Age Arc) …Read more »
Based on the light novels written by Yukiya Murasaki and illustrated by Takahiro Tsurusaki, the How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord anime is set to make its debut on Japanese TV this summer. Yūta Murano directs the adaptation, with Kazeyuki Fudeyasu on series composition …Read more »
Two more voice cast additions have been revealed for the upcoming Harukana Receive anime, based on the volleyball manga by Nyoijizai. Following up on the previous announcement of the two leads, the latest update has Atsumi Tanezaki (The Ancient Magus’ Bride‘s Chise Hatori) and Rie …Read more »
Hybrid x Heart is an unfortunate case of “what you see is what you get” when it comes to titillating manga. It features fantastic art and incredibly detailed costumes, but its overarching narrative is as flat as its protagonists’ chests are inflated. While there’s nothing …Read more »
Chengxi Huang is living the dream: the skilled animator, who hails from China, is living and working in Tokyo, where he works on the Naruto franchise, of which he’s a self-proclaimed giant fan. That’s why we’re sure the animator had nothing but good intentions when he posted a …Read more »
In addition to Devilman crybaby and Mazinger Z: Infinity, the 50th anniversary Go Nagai anime projects will continue with the newly-revealed Cutie Honey Universe. The project is being produced over at Production Reed (In Another World With My Smartphone), and it’s currently set to come …Read more »
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