Chi’s Sweet Home , the unbearably cute manga series about an adopted kitten, is getting a CG-animated series, reports Kodansha’s Morning magazine. Likelihood CG Chi will be cuter than CG Bill Murray Garfield? Extreme-chi. There aren’t many details on the series yet, but we know …Read more »
Nothin’ like a good fight scene. The history of anime is replete with ‘em, and narrowing the anime series with the best battle sequences down to just 20 is no easy task. But what’s what pollsters Charapedia asked their readers to do this week, and …Read more »
Satisfaction. Mick Jagger couldn’t get it, but it appears readers of Akihabara-based website AniPota have, at least when it comes to last season’s anime lineup. “What was the most satisfying anime of winter 2016?” asked AniPota, and its pollees responded with a list that may …Read more »
Handa-kun , the manga spin-off of Barakamon , is set to become an anime series, reports Gangan Online. Who is this Handa-kun and what’s he all about? Hit the jump to find out. Handa-kun (the manga) is written by Barakamon author Satsuki Yoshino and is …Read more »
Magic of Stella ( Stella no Mahō ), a manga about high school girls who make doujin video games, is getting an anime series, reports Manga Time Kirara Max magazine. The four-panel comedy manga Magic of Stella by artist Cloba.U launched in 2013 and is …Read more »
Popular tennis series Teekyu will get a spinoff series called Usakame in 2016, according to a report by Anime Anime. The series will be based on the manga by Teekyu author Roots and artist Juzo Kirisawa and will revolve around a group of rivals to …Read more »
Sports manga and anime haven't traditionally been released here in the US very often. In Japan, they tend to make up some of the most popular, enduring titles and several have been extraordinarily influential classics. Baseball in particular is a major sport in Japan, so …Read more »
Kizumonogatari , the long-gestating film adaptation of the third novel in the Monogatari series, will be a series of three films, the first of which will hit Japanese theaters January 8. That’s the news straight from the first episode of Owarimonogatari , which aired Sunday. …Read more »
Are you looking forward to the new Death Note series but aren’t sure how you’re going to watch it? Leave it to the crunchy folks at Crunchyroll. The site plans to stream the series in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and, most importantly for Otaku …Read more »
The cast for this July’s live-action Death Note TV series continues to grow. The latest announcement is the casting of idol Hinako Sano who will play, appropriately enough, idol Misa, who, fans of the original will recall, devotes her life to Light Yagami. Several photos …Read more »
It was revealed last month that Death Note , the uber-popular manga-turned-anime-turned-films-turned-musical, would also be getting a turn as a live-action TV series this July. Now comes the announcement of the series’ principal cast members and a photo of them in costume. Starring as L …Read more »
Good news for those of you who enjoyed this winter’s Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend : the boredom will continue in the form of a sequel. That’s according to the staff of the first anime series, who made the announcement at a Saekano …Read more »
Death Note , the 2003-06 manga about a death-causing notebook and the young man into whose hands it falls, has been adapted into numerous properties, including an anime series, three live-action films and even a musical. But enthusiasm for the over 10-year-old series appears high …Read more »
Assassination Classroom , the popular manga about a group of students whose assignment is to kill their alien teacher, is set to hit the airwaves January 9. In anticipation, a preview video that reveals some new footage from the series hit the net courtesy Fuji …Read more »
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