Final Fantasy fans: thought you’d be sitting down September 30 to finally play the fifteenth installment of the RPG franchise? Think again. Final Fantasy XV has been delayed two months to November 29, says director Hajime Tabata. The reason, explains Tabata in a video posted …Read more »
You don’t need a smartphone to catch these Pikachus. Pikachu Outbreak is a yearly event in Yokohama, just south of Tokyo, where hundreds of Pikachus march and dance their way through the city. This year the Japan Times aimed its cameras at a stage show …Read more »
Okay, so there was never really any doubt the second season of the mega-hit Food Wars! would be getting licensed for release in the States. Still, it feels good – nay, delicious – to get the official word. As was the case with the first …Read more »
It’s like Shirobako , but with video games. That’s how we imagine the upcoming anime New Game! was pitched to studio Doga Kobo, who are animating the series set to premiere July 4. New Game! centers around the purple-haired Aoba Suzukaze (Yuki Takada), who joins …Read more »
Did you know? The age when you become a legal adult in Japan is 20. It’s a pretty magical year for Japanese youth, who get to go to a fancy coming-of-age ceremony, buy alcohol and cigarettes, and become an official member of society. Wow! It …Read more »
Love Live! The School Idol Movie is hitting theaters across the globe, and voice actress Emi Nitta, who plays the series’ Honoka Kosaka, is here to promote the release in an English-subtitled video. The film will hit theaters in the U.S. September 12 (a list …Read more »
Thanks to a combination of the efforts of Disney and GKids, the U.S. has received high-quality releases of most of the catalog of legendary studio Studio Ghibli. But there’s one Ghibli gem that’s never been released in the U.S. – until now. GKids has announced …Read more »
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (a rock without internet access, specifically), you probably know the long-running, much-beloved manga about adolescent ninja Naruto finished its 15-year run this year. While Naruto spinoffs and side stories continue to hit shelves and screens, there are plenty …Read more »
Just the other day, we were kind of sort of mentioning (okay, complaining might be the better word) about the lack of practically any information about the upcoming Dragon Ball Super , which, after all, hits the airwaves in mere weeks. The Super Saiyan Gods …Read more »
Matt Schley
