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Kare Kano Delayed
posted on by Christopher Macdonald
TRSI has delayed the upcoming
release of His and Her Circumstances DVD 1 by one week due to a "minor flaw" that they detected during their final proofing stages.
3rd season's final hour-long episode aired on Friday― The official website and Twitter account for Kaguya-sama: Love is War television anime announced on Friday a new anime for the series. The staff did not specify the format of the anime, but it will reveal more details on the website and Twitter at a later date. The final hour-long episode of Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai -Ultra Romantic-, the series...
Original illustrator Tsunako drew announcement picture― The 12th and final episode of the Date A Live IV anime announced on Friday that the series will get a fifth anime titled Date A Live V. Original illustrator Tsunako drew a picture for the announcement: The anime premiered on the AT-X channel on April 8. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired, and it is also streaming an English dub. The an...
8-member voice actress unit Dialogue+ will continue activities― Talent agency Stardust announced on Saturday that voice actress and singer Yurina Uchiyama is going on hiatus due to her continued poor health. The agency and Uchiyama made this decision after discussing the matter and deciding that Uchiyama will take the time to rest and recover. The official website for the eight-member voice actress ...
Hiroki Takahashi plays new character Keith Kepler― The SPY×FAMILY anime ended its first cours (quarter of the year) on Saturday with a teaser promotional video for the second cours, which will premiere in October. (Episode 12 aired on Saturday.) Hiroki Takahashi plays the new character Keith Kepler heard in the teaser. The anime premiered on April 9. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs and...
Yuri Espoir is an odd combination of froth and sadness. The way that the world seems hellbent on crushing Kokoro under the burden of false heteronormativity is undeniably tragic, but there is still hope.― Kokoro's death is impending. That's how she puts it to her friend Amami, anyway – her father is forcing her into an arranged marriage as soon as she finishes high school. The man she's meant to wed...
Watch all of this season's trailers with Lynzee Loveridge, Jacki Jing, and Geoff Thew from Mother's Basement! You'll want to stick it through to the end and maybe you'll find your next "must-watch!"― Watch all of this season's trailers with Lynzee Loveridge, Jacki Jing, and Geoff Thew from Mother's Basement! You'll want to stick it through to the end and maybe you'll find your next "must-watch!"
Genocyber is considered by many to be one of the most hardcore animated horror experiences ever made. It's also considered to be one of the more ridiculous anime OVAs from the early 90s. Matthew Roe takes a look back at the infamous 1994 adaptation, and discusses how it tries to break you.― When I first came across Genocyber, the thing gave me nightmares for a week. It was something so hardcore, th...
Maybe it's the Stockholm-esque relationship I cultivated in consuming so much Dropkick in only a couple of weeks, but this opening stretch of the new season was the most fun I had with the series.― So here we are with the second season of Dropkick on My Devil and immediately it feels like I'm in an even trickier critical position than I was with the first season. At least I could approach the origin...
New Xenoblade Chronicles and Final Fantasy news dominate this week's column with a special shoutout to Torgal!― Hey everybody! After last week's influx of big, BIG news, things are (thankfully) a bit quieter this week. I did a review of Sonic Origins over at GameSpot, where I was extremely nitpicky Nintendo launched a new Direct broadcast, but not the big, multi-game showcase we were all hoping for,...
Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 2, The Devil is a Part-Timer! Season 2, RWBY: Ice Queendom, ORIENT, and more― Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will stream the following anime (dub languages available in parentheses) as part of the spring 2022 season: July 1 Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 2 (English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German) Lycoris Recoil (English, Latin American Span...
Based on the manga by Shinobu Ohtaka, Orient's first twelve episodes are both comfortably within shonen norms and just different enough to give it an edge.― Based on the manga of the same name by Shinobu Ohtaka, creator of the Arabian Nights-inspired series Magi and the battle comedy Sumomomo, Momomo, Orient's first twelve episodes are both comfortably within shounen norms and just different enough ...
As we approach the hour-long finale of Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-, Nick and Steve look back on the wild ride that led us here. Who will confess first, or will their egos once again get in the way of romantic bliss?― As we approach the hour-long finale of Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-, Nick and Steve look back on the wild ride that led us here. Who will confess first, or w...
Hikaru in the Light! is an idol competition tale, and while its initial description and unfolding feels a little like Blue Lock but for girl idols, it's actually a bit more grounded than it wants to let on in its opening chapters.― Japan's idol industry has a problem. No, it's probably not the one you think it is; according to M. Hayama, a producer in Mai Matsuda's manga series Hikaru in the Light!,...
Kim Morrissy breaks down why the first season of Classroom of the Elite left a bad taste in novel readers' mouths.― Light novel fans can be hard to please when it comes to anime adaptations, which is only understandable when so many shows have mediocre production values at best. Due to length constraints, it's also common for adaptations to cut scenes or only present the bare essentials for covering...