Winter was a far quieter season compared to its loud, bombastic brother (aka Fall 2022). While media can live and die by its ability to hype up an audience, our editorial team still managed to uncover some worthwhile entertainment this season.― Winter was a far quieter season compared to its loud, bombastic brother (aka Fall 2022). While media can live and die by its ability to hype up an audience,...
Ichiro's in love with Tae, who's in love with BL, and decides to just go with her misconception about him...will this eventually lead to romance?― At some point we've probably all done something inspired by the fiction we've read that was, in hindsight, not a brilliant plan. Whether it was testing the theory of gravity or cooking and eating periwinkles, antics brought on by a good book aren't all th...
All the news from this week's AnimeJapan 2023― New Title and License Announcements Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Anime Gets 2nd Compilation Film Rinkai! Project About Women's Cycling Gets Anime, Manga Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Manga Gets Anime on Netflix Saga of Tanya the Evil Author's Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune Sci-fi Novels Get Anime in May 2023 Aniplex, bilibili Launch 'To Be Hero X' Animate...
Assistant director Hiroki Hirano, writer Toshiya Ono replace director/writer Manabu Okamoto― The AnimeJapan 2023 special stage panel for the second Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation season presented the latest promotional video and visual on Sunday. The video announces the Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation II season's returning main cast, updated main staff, and July 2023 premiere. (The seco...
Gekijōban SPY×FAMILY Code: White film's visual also revealed― A stage presentation at the AnimeJapan 2023 event for the SPY×FAMILY franchise revealed on Sunday that the anime's second season will premiere in October on TV Tokyo and other channels. The event also revealed a visual for the upcoming theatrical film in the franchise, titled Gekijōban SPY×FAMILY Code: White. The film will open on Decembe...
SuperS/Sailor Stars anime's YouTube streaming, Song Collection, TikTok account also announced― The AnimeJapan 2023 special stage panel for Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie, the two-part anime film project adapting the final "Shadow Galactica" arc of Naoko Takeuchi's original Sailor Moon manga, debuted the films' second trailer on Sunday. Sailor Moon voice actress Kotono Mitsuishi also an...
Teaser trailer, visual unveiled― Kadokawa announced during its AnimeJapan 2023 stage event on Saturday that the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- anime series will have a third season. Kadokawa is streaming a teaser trailer and also unveiled a teaser visual for the season. The 25-episode first anime season of Tappei Nagatsuki's Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- light novel series premi...
Most of cast, staff return for stories not covered in previous anime― The Horimiya special stage panel at AnimeJapan confirmed on Saturday that the new Horimiya -piece- anime will premiere this July. The anime will animate stories in the original manga that the previous anime had not yet adapted. The returning cast members include: Haruka Tomatsu as Kyoko Hori Kouki Uchiyama as Izumi Miyamura Seiich...
Park voices Star and Stripe― The sixth My Hero Academia anime season ended on Saturday with a trailer announcing that production on a seventh season has been green-lit. Romi Park will voice the character Star and Stripe. Character designer Yoshihiko Umakoshi drew the following illustration to commemorate the new season news: Kōhei Horikoshi launched the manga series in Weekly Shonen Jump in July 201...
Film adapts BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- manga; Yūichi Nakamura, Makoto Furukawa, more join cast― The 24th and final episode of the current television anime of Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's Bluelock soccer manga ended on Sunday with an announcement that production on a second television season and a film has been green-lit. The film is based on the bluelock -Episode Nagi- spinoff manga that has ...
Raven of the Inner Palace's first novel should please fans of its adaptation. It's easy to see what changes were made and understand why they happened, and it never feels like one version negates experiencing the other.― If you watched the 2022 anime adaptation of Kouko Shirakawa's Raven of the Inner Palace light novels and wondered how faithful it was to the source material, the answer turns out to...
Despite its loving connection to the original, you don't need to know anything about the 50-year-running franchise to enjoy and understand this film. However, its reverence for the TV show is also the source of the film's main problem.― Shin Kamen Rider is both a retelling of and an homage to the original 1971 Kamen Rider TV series. There are many recognizable characters and numerous shot-for-shot r...
Check out the gallery to see some of the coolest new and upcoming figures― AnimeJapan 2023 is in full swing today in Tokyo. Amongst the myriad of anime announcements, booths, photo spots, and stage shows, there are more than a few new and upcoming figures on display. Check out the gallery bellow to see some of the coolest. Richard is an anime and video game journalist with over a decade of experienc...
Despite it's huge roster and customization options, Alice Gear Aegis CS remains threadbare in the story department and is hindered by repetitive combat.― Alice Gear Aegis CS: Concerto of Simulatrix is probably one of the most “ok” games I have ever played. It is perfectly functional and achieves everything it sets out to do. It is stable, runs at a consistent frame rate on the Switch, and has everyt...
We might be saying goodbye to Ryza as a game protagonist, but she'll be back in her own anime! Also, some good news for a well-known Resident Evil modder and the push for a new American McGee's Alice game.― Welcome back, everyone! It's been an emotional week. Between the death of Lance Reddick, whose presence in Destiny 2 was beloved by many of its fans, and the release of Atelier Ryza 3, we've had ...
In the context of pop culture, Ito's style has come to stand out from the norms with unique characters and stories that leap off the page.― Over the years, Japanese media has earned a distinguished place on the stage of contemporary horror. Some may even consider them a forerunner, with works such as Ringu and Ju-On setting the bar for the genre. That said, the boom of J-horror in the 90s' was perha...