Don't judge this manga based on its back cover copy; it has more in common with Perfect Blue than idol fare like Love Live!― Warning: of necessity, this review will contain some spoilers not covered in the book's back copy. If you pick up Oshi no Ko based solely on the back copy and expecting the cute story of an obstetrician caring for his favorite idol during her pregnancy, you are bound to be dis...
2nd visual shows cast, ship― The official Twitter account for Netflix's Hollywood live-action series of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga posted a visual on Monday, and it reveals that the show will debut in 2023. Netflix's page for the series also shows a visual with the cast, the Going Merry ship, and a News Coo. The previously announced cast includes: Inaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy Mackenyu as Roron...
Director Hiroyuki Hashimoto returns from 1st anime― A stage reading in the Magical Girl Raising Project franchise announced on Sunday that an anime adaptation of Asari Endō's Magical Girl Raising Project Restart light novel volumes has been green-lit. Hiroyuki Hashimoto reported on Twitter that he will return from the first Magical Girl Raising Project anime as the director. The franchise's Twitter ...
Manga centers on college student who can return to high school life in his dreams― This year's ninth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that manga creator Ryōma Kitada will launch a new manga on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website and app on February 5 titled Yumeochi: Yume de Bokura wa Koi ni Ochiru (Yumeochi: In Dreams We Fall in Love). The "high school do-over romantic...
Boys-love manga that launched in 2014 inspired TV anime, anime film, OVA― The official Twitter account of Shinshokan's Cheri+ magazine announced on Monday that Natsuki Kizu's Given manga will end in the magazine's next issue on March 30, with an "important announcement." Kizu launched the manga in Cheri+ magazine in 2014. Shinshokan published the manga's eighth compiled book volume in October 2022. ...
Film earns 31.9 billion yen globally, 19.7 billion yen in Japan after 177 days― The official website for the One Piece Film Red anime announced on Tuesday that the film has sold over 14.27 million tickets for over 19.7 billion yen (about US$152 million) as of Sunday, January 29, its 177th and final day at the Japanese box office. With this milestone, the film has surpassed Howl's Moving Castle as th...
The Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 is still a ways off, but there are OVAs to tide us over. Nick and Steve are here to tell you why you shouldn't overlook these side story episodes.― The Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 is still a ways off, but there are OVAs to tide us over. Nick and Steve are here to tell you why you shouldn't overlook these side story episodes. This series is streaming on Crunchyrol...
Rhythm smartphone game launched alongside franchise's 1st anime― The official website for the Love Live! franchise announced on Tuesday that the Love Live! School Idol Festival smartphone game will end service on March 31, just 16 days before the 10th anniversary of the game's release in Japan. The announcement encouraged players to look forward to the release of its successor game Love Live! School...
If this were just a film about Koko, however, it would have been more successful, but the cartoonish villain and deforestation plot serves as little more than a distraction from the character arcs.― With the announcement that long-time series protagonist Ash would be retiring from the TV series, could this be his final Pokémon movie? Maybe. To be honest, Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle actu...
Andrew Osmond tours the remote-work-friendly studio and gets the lowdown on Polygon Picture's latest work, Kaina of the Great Snow Sea.― In December 2022, I had the fortune to visit Polygon Pictures, the digital studio whose latest series, Kaina of the Great Snow Sea, recently began on Crunchyroll. Polygon's previous titles include Knights of Sidonia, based on a manga by Tsutomu Nihei, who also orig...
Asuna's story continues in the second Progressive film, opening in theaters in the U.S. on February 3. Find out more about her and Kirito's growing friendship and see the continuation of her rocky relationship with Mito.― Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night is the second Sword Art Online Progressive film, and it picks up the story a bit less than a month after the end of A...
Neptunia Sisters VS Sisters isn't doing anything new in the JRPG space, but is it at least a fun ride?― The Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise has been pretty extensive since 2010. Including the mainline games and the spin-offs, there have been over a dozen games released for the franchise spanning various genres, from online card games to side-scrolling action games to hack-and-slash games with rhyt...
Major revelations will be blithely glossed over, and new characters are thrown at the audience who get one or two scenes to make clear that they're supposed to be somewhat relevant or important, but with no connective context as to why.― There's an element of presumed prestige to the back half of this Muv-Luv Alternative anime adaptation. And why shouldn't there be? The original visual novel is a pr...