A 25-year-old man has been arrested for threatening to set fire to the offices of Visual Arts, a visual novel publisher based in Osaka. His alleged plan shares details with the arson attack on Kyoto Animation July 18 which killed 35 of that studio’s employees. …Read more »
You may know Clannad as an anime series, but the franchise got its start as a visual novel from the folks at Key. Now that visual novel is getting a new release on Nintendo Switch—with English-language support. If that isn’t enough to tempt you, listen …Read more »
Rewrite , the upcoming anime based on a visual novel by Key ( Kanon , Clannad ), will premiere July 2 with an hour-long episode featuring more shots than your standard TV anime, according to its director. Rewrite director Tensho ( Kinmoza , Grisaia ) …Read more »
Japanese polling site Charapedia recently asked its readers to rank the romance anime or manga that made them feel the most emotional. Or, in internet parlance, these are the anime that gave Japanese fans all the feels. Check out which romance anime provoked an emotional …Read more »
Anime pollsters, it appears, are on a parents kick. Last week we featured a controversial poll about anime’s worst dads , and this week the question posted by ranking site Charapedia asked Japanese fans, “what anime would you like to show your parents?” As many …Read more »
Death! Morbid as it may be, it’s a frequent enough conversation between friends and family: what’s the last thing you want to eat? The last person you want to see? The last anime you want to watch? Okay, I’ve never thought about that last one. …Read more »
Key, the company behind visual novels like Clannad and Little Busters! , announced a new original anime called Charlotte , which is set to debut sometime in 2015. A teaser video was also unveiled. Little about the story has been revealed, but we do have …Read more »
An old man sits writing in his home, built from the ruins of a crashed space rocket. He is interrupted by a young boy, who shouts excitedly that a shark is attacking the fish, before snatching a spear and running off. He climbs over the …Read more »
Anime distributor Section23 recently rolled out a fresh slew of acquisition announcements. Among them is Shin Koihime†Musō , a show based on BaseSon's series of adult adventure games, which is loosely based on the classic novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms . They'll be releasing …Read more »
If you're one of the people that picked up copies of Sentai Filmworks' DVDs—whether it happens to be Clannad , Blue Drop , Ghost Hound , Legends of the Dark King - A Fist of the North Star Story , or Tears to Tiara —sub-only …Read more »
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