The official website for the live-action drama adaptation of Masayuki Ishikawa's Moyashimon manga has posted its third 30-second promotional video on Friday. (In the linked page, select the pink "スペシャル" germ in the menu at the bottom. The previous videos are still available at the same link.) The series will premiere on July 8 as the first live-action work on the Fuji TV's popular late-night Noitamina timeslot. The story follows a college student who discovers that he can see and communicate with the germs all around him — germs that appear as super-deformed characters. Del Rey Manga is publishing the second manga volume in North America this month.
The official website of the Sekirei television anime adaptation has begun streaming a 30-second Tokyo MXcommercial and a 15-second Tokyo MX commercial for the new anime sequel, Sekirei: Pure Engagement, on Monday. The second season based on Sakurako Gokurakuin's Sekirei magical romantic comedy manga will officially premiere in Japan on July 4, although the first television episode, "Shizuka Naru Yochō," had an advance broadcast in Tokyo this past Sunday. Funimationannounced last November that it licensed the first 12-episode Sekirei anime series for North America.
Japan's Fuji-Q Highland amusement park has posted its second progress report video on the world's first life-size bust of the EVA-01 unit from the Evangelion anime franchise on Wednesday. The video covers the construction of not only the Eva-01 bust, but also the life-size cockpit and the life-size figure of the character Kaworu Nagisa. The first progress report video is still available, and the next video will debut on June 23. The "Evangelion: World - Life-Size EVA-01 Construction Project" pavilion will open on July 23.
The official YouYube channel for Takeshi Koike and MADHOUSE's Redline car-racing anime film posted a 52-second trailer (short version) on Friday. The film will open in Japan this October after advance screenings at international film festivals.
The lead voice actors for Marin Kitamura and Wakana Gojo share their favorite costumes, their favorite moments from the series, and more.― My Dress-Up Darling is an anime that holds a special place in the hearts of many, including the actors who portray two of the main leads. Shoya Ishige and Hina Suguta, who played Wakana Gojo and Marin Kitagawa, respectively, attended Anime Expo 2025 to share with...
We've all got shows that we've outgrown. Coop and Lucas discuss some of theirs.― We've all got shows that we've outgrown. Coop and Lucas discuss some of theirs. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. Full Disclosure: Coop Bicknell regularly works on titles produced b...
The first season of the story of Oguri Cap stands apart from its previous Uma Musume brethren—and arguably stands above many of them.― Every great hero deserves an origin story, and that even—especially!—includes the funny big-eating horse girl Oguri Cap from Uma Musume. This obviously isn't the only franchise where a comic-relief background character can undergo this kind of drastic promotion to pr...
Hanakage Alt’s Senpai no Kohai is, in its slender volume, a beautifully sweet love story.― Sayuri knows that it's hopeless to fall in love with a straight woman. That's an academic consideration, of course, when in her final year of college, she fell head over heels for Risa. The adorable first year consumed all of Sayuri's thoughts, no matter how hard she tried to avoid them, and when she graduated...
BAND-MAID is hot off a successful tour and following the recent release of their latest song "What is justice?," we spoke to MIKU about what's next.― With BAND-MAID taking a break from the middle of a nearly sold-out tour in Japan, Anime News Network had the opportunity to speak with its frontwoman, MIKU Kobato, at Anime Expo 2025. Formed in 2013, BAND-MAID recently celebrated its 10th anniversary a...
The problem with this film is not the story being told but rather how that story is being told― Akaza Returns is not a film without high points—especially to fans invested in every aspect of the story and world. Zenitsu and Shinobu both reach the climax of their arcs, and we finally learn the complete backstories of what drives them. We also get a rematch between Tanjiro and Akaza—now with Giyu work...
Chris and Steve wander through the summer season's tales of love looking for romantic treasures and finding...stuff.― Chris and Steve wander through the summer season's tales of love looking for romantic treasures and finding...stuff. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ...
Surely, there are better dungeons to delve somewhere out there.― Did you know that those cute little slime-things from the Puyo Puyo puzzle games originate from a series of dungeon crawlers from the early 90s? If you didn't, I don't think anyone could blame you, since the franchise has only ever had a single western release in its decades-long history. It was called Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great ...
Teaser trailer streamed for 2027 series― The Pokémon Presents stream on Tuesday announced Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd and Pichu, a stop-motion animated series collaboration with independent studio Aardman (Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep). The stream unveiled a teaser trailer: Peter Lord, Cofounder and Creative Director at Aardman, stated that the animated series will take place...
Kujira stars as stepmother Teru Kōnokura in anime by NEWON― A website opened on Tuesday to announce the television anime adaptation of Otsuji's My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked (Ibitte Konai Gibo to Gishi) manga (the Japanese manga and anime write the English title as: My mother-in-law and sister-in-law who don't bully me.), which will premiere in 2026. The website revealed the anime's te...
Production +h. animates Keigo Shinzō's story with live-action series also coming― Viz Media announced on Monday that it is co-producing an anime adaptation of Keigo Shinzō's Hirayasumi manga with Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. Production +h. (The Orbital Children, Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction) is animating the project. Viz describes the story: At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ik...
TV anime first announced in 2024― HIDIVE announced on Monday that it will co-produce the television anime adaptation of Mikihisa Konishi's Petals of Reincarnation (Reincarnation no Kaben) manga. The manga's story centers on Tōya Senji, a high school boy who, despite excelling academically, sees himself as average due to constantly comparing himself to his overachieving older brother. He desires to e...
In this, Spider-Man and Ultraman are kindred spirits, and I'm not quite sure what I expected their connection to be but I like this angle as a way to bridge these two very different characters.― Ultraman: Along Came a Spider-Man is a solid start for an Ultraman and Spider-Man that hits most of the notes you would expect. The premise here is simple enough and totally in keeping with crossover tales o...
The Preview Guide is still going, with Kaiju No. 8!― Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2025 Anime Preview Guide sponsored by Crunchyroll! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they go along. Each critic will cover as many shows as they can handle, giving you alternate takes on almost every show. This season, our Anime Preview Guide ...