Crypton Future Media, Graphic India, Carlin West Agency also collaborate on Webtoons, comics ― Crypton Future Media told the Deadline entertainment news service that it is co-developing an original animated series for its Vocaloid virtual idol Hatsune Miku. Besides the animated series, Crypton Future Media, the entertainment company Graphic India (The Legend of Hanuman, 18 Days), and the brand licens...

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Final Evangelion Film Rescheduled to March 8 After 2 COVID-19 Delays

Feb 26, 20:59

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Film was slated to open on June 27, 2020, then January 23, 2021 ― The official Twitter account for the Evangelion franchise announced on Friday that Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time (Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :||), the "final" Evangelion film, has been rescheduled to Monday, March 8. The IMAX, MX4D, and 4DX screenings will all start on that day as well. The staff posted two updated trailers t...

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This Week in Games - Shiny Objects

Feb 26, 20:57

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HOPE YOU LIKE SHINY THINGS CAUSE WE'RE GOING BACK TO SINNOH, Y'ALL ― ME: Phew, it's always exhausting covering a Nintendo Direct. I'm looking forward to a much more laid-back week in gaming news. GAME INDUSTRY: Urp. I don't feel so good. ME: Oh, Industry-chan, are you okay? You look kind of ill. GAME INDUSTRY: *hurk* ME: Oh. Oh no. Oh noooooooooo- GAME INDUSTRY: *vomits major news everywhere* Ugh, I ...

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Another World's Zombie Apocalypse Is Not My Problem! Novel 2

Feb 26, 15:00

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Mizuha's new world being a fantasy-horror hybrid does leave plenty of room for expansion. Zombies were really the only unusual creatures (aside from gods) in the first book, and Yayari takes this opportunity to change that. ― She should have known it would come to this. Erstwhile Japanese high school girl Mizuha, who in the previous volume was randomly selected by another world's goddess and isekaied...

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Set Sail with One Piece Treasure Cruise Producer Tomoya Yoshizawa

Feb 26, 10:00

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Ahead of ONE PIECE Treasure Cruise's sixth anniversary, Anime News Network was able to talk to Producer Yoshi to discuss his favorite moments from the series and how the game has evolved over the last six years. ― The popular mobile game ONE PIECE Treasure Cruise is celebrating its sixth anniversary with a brand-new English-language campaign, "Operation: Bring Back Sanji ~Extremely Hellish Chaos?!~ ...

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A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow GN 5 & 6

Feb 25, 15:00

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Whether you see A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow as a romantic story or not, it does a lovely job of exploring not just the relationship between its two leads but does the same for each of them as individuals as well. ― The fifth volume of A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow is almost entirely devoid of Konatsu's presence. For a series that's built on the growing relationship between two girls, that's a r...

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This Week in Anime - Does Vlad Love Scratch That Nostalgia Itch?

Feb 25, 10:00

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It's referential, totally crazy, and stars a lesbian couple that includes a blood donor fanatic and a vampire. ― Acclaimed director Mamoru Oshii returns to his roots with a bombastic comedy that harkens back to anime of decades past. It's referential, totally crazy, and stars a lesbian couple that includes a blood donor fanatic and a vampire. Vlad Love is both familiar and totally unique. Jean-Karlo...

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Healin' Good Precure Streaming

Feb 24, 15:02

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Where the show really succeeds, however, is in truly separating itself from the norms of magical girl series. ― While Healin' Good PreCure is the third Pretty Cure series to become available in English, it is the first to stream as it aired in Japan, albeit starting after the first cour. (Tropical Rouge PreCure, the next in the franchise, will change this by fully simulcasting.) It also had the misfo...

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Takahiro Obata: Creating Musical Tension in The Promised Neverland

Feb 24, 12:00

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The series composer discusses his use of instrumentation to bring a sense of love and fear to the anime series. ― The children of Grace Field House find their world shattered when it's revealed the world they know is merely a lie. Emma, Ray, and Norman hatch a plan to escape with the entire orphanage in tow in hopes of evading demons that plan to devour them. The anime's second season is currently ai...

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Shonen Jump's Naruto: Ninja Arena Art Contest

Feb 23, 15:17

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Draw the Naruto gang playing games and you could win a huge Japanime Games game package. ― Japanime Games is bringing Shonen Jump's Naruto: Ninja Arena, complete set to North America. To celebrate this awesome game coming to our shores, we're running an art contest! Create your interpretation of the Naruto gang playing a board game. Any game you want, it could be Naruto Ninja: Arena, it could be Go,...

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Ragna Crimson GN 1

Feb 23, 15:00

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The visual excitement and artistic fidelity are both beyond excellent. Every frame a painting, to borrow a well-known phrase. Daiki Kobayashi's line work is so crisp, everything has a level of precision and edge that perfectly fit. ― Ragna Crimson is a strange mixed bag of expected and unexpected in the realm of gritty/dark fantasy tales. In many respects its premise and execution are very familiar. ...

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This Week in Anime - Crackin' the Shell of Wonder Egg Priority

Feb 23, 13:00

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Easily one of the most dense anime series airing this season, Wonder Egg Priority examines the thorny world inhabited by teen girls, their insecurities and traumas, and the desperate bid to save them all. ― Easily one of the most dense anime series airing this season, Wonder Egg Priority examines the thorny world inhabited by teen girls, their insecurities and traumas, and the desperate bid to save ...

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The ANN Aftershow - Attack on Titan Episode 70 - Gabi Doesn't Deserve the Hate

Feb 23, 12:42

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Gabi and Falco make their escape from the Paradis Island Eldians and encounter Kaya who brings them to a familiar farm. The people on the farm will test Gabi's idealism of who truly is "good" and "evil." ― The ANN Aftershow - Attack on Titan Episode 70 - Gabi Doesn't Deserve the Hate Attack on Titan Episode 70 "Deceiver" catches back up with Gabi and Falco as they make their escape from the Paradis ...

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