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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Game Review
Elden Ring's DLC dares to ask the question: Can a solid story, an impressively designed, vertical world, and tons of cool new weapons offset the punishing combo of hyper-aggressive enemies and a flawed leveling system?
― I love Elden Ring. Even after years of avoiding the “Soulsborne” games due to constantly hearing about their punishing difficulty, the lure of a world created by George R. R. Martin ...
Twilight Out of Focus Volumes 1-4 Manga Review
Twilight Out of Focus treats difficult subjects with respect and doesn’t lean into melodrama unless its in service of the plot, while the characters read like believable high schoolers, disproportionately confident and squirming with anxiety at the same time.
― Twilight Out of Focus, a mature-rated BL series published by Kodansha, may have first come to the attention of English-language readers when ...
A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics Anime Series Review
Despite refocusing away from overt fantasy trimmings, A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics remains persistently and delightfully bonkers.
― Reverse isekai as a genre hasn't been done to death as definitively as its unreversed sibling. In A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics, the parallel world conceit is primarily employed to provide us with two very different fish-out-of-water characters and mine their odd situations f...
This Week in Games - Diving Into The Crunchyroll Vault
This week, we take a look at the Crunchyroll Games Vault, the implications of Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi working with Square Enix again, and sad demise of Mega Man X DiVE.
― Welcome back, folks! I've reached a rather embarrassing situation with my Nintendo Switch: I'm running out of space on the console. I've installed so many games over the years that my 256-gig SD card only has about ...
YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master Episodes 1-13 Anime Review
YATAGARASU is a work of art. That's not just a statement on the careful details of the images and animation; it's an overall assessment of how the entire series is put together.
― Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master is a work of art. That's not just a statement on the careful details of the images and animation, although those are beautiful; it's an overall assessment of how the entire s...
This Week in Anime - Is Suicide Squad ISEKAI DC's Best Anime Adaptation to Date?
Suicide Squad ISEKAI is DC Comic's latest journey into the world of anime and manga but it's far from the first. So how does it stack up to previous attempts? And what about the anime-inspired critical darling My Adventures with Superman?
― Suicide Squad ISEKAI is DC Comic's latest journey into the world of anime and manga but it's far from the first. So how does it stack up to previous attempts? An...
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Omniscient Reader Manhwa Gets TV Anime
Crunchyroll revealed anime at Anime Expo on Saturday
― Crunchyroll announced at its industry panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that author singNsong, artist Sleepy-C, and adaptor UMI's Omniscient Reader (also translated as Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint) manhwa is getting a television anime adaptation. The event also revealed a visual. Crunchyroll will stream the anime in North America, Central America...
Fire Force Anime's 3rd/Final Season Debuts in April 2025 With 2nd Part Airing in January 2026
Crunchyroll to stream both parts
― Crunchyroll announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that the third season of the Fire Force anime will be the final season with two split-cours (quarters of a year). The first part of the final season will premiere in April 2025, and the second part will debut in January 2026. The company unveiled a trailer during the panel as well as a visual: Crunchy...
Viz Media Acquires RWBY Series, Will Explore Production of New Chapters
Viz owns rights for future distribution, production, licensing, products following Rooster Teeth's closing
― Viz Media announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Friday that it has acquired the RWBY series following Rooster Teeth shutting down. Viz Media owns the rights for future distribution, production, licensing, and consumer products. The company is exploring the production of new chapters in ...
Witch Hat Atelier Anime Reveals Trailer, Main Staff, 2025 Premiere (Updated)
Ayumu Watanabe to direct, Hiroaki Kojima to produce anime at Bug Films
― The staff for the anime of Kamome Shirahama's Witch Hat Atelier manga showed a promotional video during its panel at Anime Expo on Thursday, and it reveals the main staff and 2025 premiere. The staff also unveiled a visual. Ayumu Watanabe (Ace Attorney, Doraemon films) is directing the anime at Bug Films. Hiroaki Kojima (animat...
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League Film Sequel Reveals Trailer, Visuals
Character visuals unveiled
― Warner Bros. Japan unveiled during its panel at Anime Expo on Thursday the first teaser trailer, main visual, and character visuals for Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, its new Batman Ninja CG anime film. IMG batman-ninja-yakuza-1.jpg
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New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Anime Project Unveils Visual, Main Staff
Hiroyuki Imaishi returns to direct new anime at Trigger
― Kadokawa confirmed on Friday that the new Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt project is an anime, and it unveiled the teaser visual and logo. The company revealed main staff members. Hiroyuki Imaishi is returning to direct the anime at Trigger. Hiromi Wakabayashi is returning to write the script along with Imaishi. Wakabayashi is also serving a...
Otakon 2024 Hosts Composer Yuki Hayashi
My Hero Academia composer attends August 2-4 convention
― The staff for Otakon 2024 announced on Thursday that the convention is hosting composer Yuki Hayashi at this year's event. Hayashi began his career composing music for competitive rhythmic dance. His notable works include My Hero Academia, Haikyu!!, One Piece Film: Gold, Dragon Quest: The Adventure Of Dai, Death Parade, Gundam Build Fighters,...
Otakon 2024 Hosts Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse Voice Actors, Producer
Kikunosuke Toya, Aino Shimada, Takuma Kishida attend August 2-4 convention
― The staff for Otakon 2024 announced on Thursday that the convention is hosting Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse voice actors Kikunosuke Toya, Aino Shimada, and producer Takuma Kishida. Toya voices Donny in the Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse anime. His other notable roles include Denji in ...
A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring Anime Reveals Same Day English Dub, Cast
2 episodes of English dub premiere on July 7
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Crunchyroll is streaming the English dub for the first two episodes of the television anime adaptation of Shizuru Minazuki's A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring (Isekai Yururi Kikō: Kosodate Shinagara Bōkensha Shimasu) light novel series on Sunday, the same day as it premieres in Japan. The English dub cast includes: Matt Shi...
Happy Tanabata From the Anime World! Part IV
Take Haruhi's advice & make a wish that will come true in 16.7 & 25 years
― It's wish time in Japan with the Tanabata celebrations. But, what about all the birthday boys and girls? Do they not get birthday wishes or do they get double the wishes? Hopefully so because there are some anime and manga Tanabata birthdays. So, here's to all the wishes made for this year's Tanabata. At 25:00 in Akasaka 本日7月...
Rusty Rabbit Game Reveals Gameplay Videos, English Dub Voice for Main Character
English voice of Kazuma Kiryu from Like a Dragon Yong Yea plays Stamp
― NetEase Games unveiled during its Anime Expo panel on Sunday a new gameplay trailer for it and Nitroplus' new Rusty Rabbit side-scrolling game. Producer Yuichiro Saito, script writer who is credited for the original concept Gen Urobuchi (Fate/Zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) , and main character Stamp's voice actor Takaya Kuroda...
Happy Tanabata From the Anime World! Part III
Break out some bamboo & decorate it with your wishes
― The days leading up to July 7 in Japan are a sight to behold — kinda like, but slightly different from, Christmas decorations. Communities will often set up bamboo shoots and decorate them with children's wishes. It's a colorful display and gives us a look into the dreams and aspirations of many different people. And even the anime and manga worl...
Sounds of the Sea: One Piece Musical Symphony Premiere
Being in a stage hall filled with people cheering at the top
of their lungs over iconic tracks being performed live by the anime’s composer himself Kohei Tanaka was nothing short of a magical experience. ― The One Piece anime has gone on for so many years at this point. There are so many elements of the anime's production that have stirred emotion in fans worldwide, myself included. The One Piece Sy...
of their lungs over iconic tracks being performed live by the anime’s composer himself Kohei Tanaka was nothing short of a magical experience. ― The One Piece anime has gone on for so many years at this point. There are so many elements of the anime's production that have stirred emotion in fans worldwide, myself included. The One Piece Sy...
Happy Tanabata From the Anime World! Part II
Dragon balls aren't the only way to get your wish granted
― Japan is celebrating Tanabata, also known as the Star Festival. One of the common ways to celebrate the Festival is by making a wish to the stars Vega and Altair. And with an election in the Tokyo Metropolitan area, the wishes of politicians are likely to get elected or re-elected. But, what about the wishes from the anime and manga world? H...
BLUE BOX and that "Waku Waku" Feeling
During the panel, the original manga creator texted, "It's 3 AM over here, but I'm very happy that all of you so far away in a different time zone love Blue Box. Let's enjoy the anime together!"
― The Platinum Ballroom at the JW Marriott had another packed audience for the Blue Box panel. Soothing music, blue lighting, and soft shapes swirling on the walls set a calm, cool tone for the panel. As the...
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A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring #1 [rate]
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Never a Missed Deadline: Seven Deadly Sins Live-Art & Q&A
Sometimes it’s nice to sit down with a manga creator and
just ask them casual questions while they are speed drawing some of their most iconic characters. ― Sometimes it's nice to sit down with a mangaka and ask them casual questions while they speed-draw some of their most iconic characters. Nakaba Suzuki was established in the industry for his work and he is proud of how fast he can draw. Accordin...
just ask them casual questions while they are speed drawing some of their most iconic characters. ― Sometimes it's nice to sit down with a mangaka and ask them casual questions while they speed-draw some of their most iconic characters. Nakaba Suzuki was established in the industry for his work and he is proud of how fast he can draw. Accordin...
Happy Tanabata From the Anime World! Part I
It's that time of year when star-crossed lovers get to meet each other (weather permitting)
― July 7, Tanabata, marks one day a year when the fabled weaver Orihime and farmer Hikoboshi meet. While the figures are enshrined in Japanese (and more broadly in East Asian) culture, they are represented by the stars known as Vega and Altair, respectively. In Japan, people celebrate the meeting of the lovers...
The Year of Shadow the Hedgehog
I can't speak for everybody, but I know for a fact that this game is going to consume my life the minute it comes out.
― Sonic X Shadow Generations is probably one of the more anticipated games releasing this fall. I can't speak for everybody, but I know for a fact that this game is going to consume my life the minute it comes out, so I jumped at the opportunity to find out what new details would be ...
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Game Review
Elden Ring's DLC dares to ask the question: Can a solid story, an impressively designed, vertical world, and tons of cool new weapons offset the punishing combo of hyper-aggressive enemies and a flawed leveling system?
― I love Elden Ring. Even after years of avoiding the “Soulsborne” games due to constantly hearing about their punishing difficulty, the lure of a world created by George R. R. Martin ...
Bocchi Crew Rock Out at Anime Expo Panel
The crowd burst into thunderous roars of “Bocchi!” before being reminded that the panel wouldn't make it to the end if the cheers continued.
― Anime Goliath, Bocchi the Rock, stole the hearts of many introverts (and extroverts) in late 2022. No surprise that a late-night group of die-hard fans were willing to wait in hour-long lines to see Bocchi's voice actress Yoshino Aoyama and Director Keiichiro...
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My Deer Friend Nokotan #1 [rate]
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Falcom's Trails through Daybreak Panel Shows Western Love for RPGs
After my own playtest of the first game on the Entertainment Hall floor, I could grasp exactly how deeply the staff thought about the player's experience in a JRPG.
― One of Nihon Falcom's long-standing franchises made a splash with gamers at Anime Expo. President Kondo took to the stage, and much to his surprise and delight, was greeted by a room full of eager fans. Despite lacking the scale and si...
Mission: Yozakura Family Anime Casts Masaya Matsukaze, Reveals New Ending Song
New credit-less ending video features 'Kekkon Kōshin Kyoku' ending song by ASOBI Doumei
― The staff for the anime of Hitsuji Gondaira's Mission: Yozakura Family (Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen) manga revealed a new cast member on Sunday and started streaming a new credit-less ending video. The video features ASOBI Doumei's new ending theme song "Kekkon Kōshin Kyoku" (Wedding March Song) for the anime...
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Tower of God #1 [rate]
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Princession Orchestra Original Anime Reveals 1st Promo Video
Azusa Aoi, Yuri Fujimoto, Azusa Tachibana sing new takes on insert songs for each episode in 2025 anime
― King Amusement Creative debuted the first full promotional video for the original anime Princession Orchestra during its Anime Expo panel on Friday. The anime's official YouTube channel then began streaming the video on Sunday. King Amusement Creative revealed during Friday's panel that unlike o...
Minami-ke Manga Gets New Sequel TV Anime Series
5th TV anime will be 1st in at least 11 years
― The "Mixa Animation Diary 'Minami-ke' 20th Anniversary Tanabata Festival" event on Sunday revealed that Coharu Sakuraba's Minami-ke manga is getting a new sequel television anime series. The new anime will be the fifth television anime in the franchise. This will be the first new television anime in the franchise in at least 11 years, as last anime seri...
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Narenare -Cheer for you!- #1 [rate]
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New Rurouni Kenshin Anime Reveals 1st Promo Video, New & Returning Staff for 2nd Season
Yuki Komada directs new season at LIDEN FILMS
― The "Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Romantan: Kyoto Dōran Kaimaku-sen" (Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Romantan: Kyoto Upheaval Opening Match) special event on Sunday revealed the first promotional video for Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Romantan: Kyoto Dōran (Kyoto Upheaval), the continuation of the new television anime project based on Nobuhiro Watsuki'...
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VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream #1 [rate]
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Chibi Maruko-chan #1438 [rate]
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Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom Anime Film's Trailer Reveals Theme Song, September Opening
Film opens on IMAX on September 13, 1 week before September 20 regular screenings
― Kadokawa unveiled a new trailer on Sunday for Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom (Gekijōban Overlord Sei Ōkoku-hen), the new film project for the Overlord anime. The trailer reveals that the film will open with regular screenings in Japan on September 20, but also revealed that the film will have IMAX screenings beginning o...
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Wistoria: Wand and Sword #1 [rate]
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Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest #1 [rate]
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Mission: Yozakura Family #14 [rate]
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Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World Season II Anime Casts Rie Takahashi, Reveals Tanabata Visual
Anime premieres on Wednesday
― Kadokawa revealed a new cast member and a special tanabata visual for the second season for the television anime of Kei Sazane and Ao Nekonabe's Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World (Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjō, Arui wa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen) light novel series on Sunday. Rie Takahashi joins the cast as Vichyssoise Alek Hydra, an inquisitor who judges crimi...
Special Kid Factory Anime Unveils 1st Trailer
Sabikui Bisco, ID: INVADED team reunite at NAZ for anime
― The Anime Expo 2024 panel for studio NAZ' upcoming original anime Special Kid Factory unveiled a new trailer for the anime on Saturday. The anime was previously slated to debut in 2023. The panel did not reveal the new release date for the anime. The panel revealed that the anime is being co-produced with Kasagi Labo. The company describes t...
Spike Chunsoft to Release Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid in English for Switch, Steam on August 6
Demo for Switch launches on July 30
― Spike Chunsoft, Inc. announced during the "Spike Chunsoft, Inc. Official Panel 2024" panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that it will release the Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid (Natsu-Mon! 20-seiki no Natsuyasumi) game as a digital download for Nintendo Switch and Steam in North America and Europe on August 6. A demo for Switch will be available starting on July...
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus Game Gets Physical Limited Edition for Steam
Pre-orders for limited edition begin in early fall
― Spike Chunsoft, Inc. announced during the "Spike Chunsoft, Inc. Official Panel 2024" panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that the "Plus" version of it and Too Kyo Games' Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE (Enigma Archives Rain Code/Chō Tantei Jikenbo Rain Code) game will get a physical limited edition for Steam in North America and Europe on October...
AX Cinema Nights Reveals 2024-2025 Slate With Plans to Screen Ninja Scroll, Metropolis, More
Paprika, Cowboy Bebop, Babymetal Legend-43 The Movie films screen through 2024-2025
― Iconic Events Releasing and Anime Expo announced on Saturday that they are partnering to screen anime films in over 500 cinema locations in the U.S. starting in September for the latest installment of AX Cinema Nights. The event will screen Ninja Scroll for the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release. The film w...
Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game's Trailer Reveals Chrollo
game will reveal more info during Japan Expo in Paris from July 11-14
― Arc System Works revealed at the "ARC Live Special Edition" panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that Chrollo will be a playable character in Bushiroad Games and Eighting's Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact 2D 3v3 fighting game based on Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter x Hunter manga. The game will release for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, an...
Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes Fighting Game's Uzuki Reveal Trailer Streamed
Character to get trial at EVO 2024 event
― Arc System Works streamed an Uzuki reveal trailer at the "ARC Live Special Edition" panel at Anime Expo on Saturday for Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes, the newest installment in French Bread's original Under Night In-Birth 2D fighting game series. The character will have a trial at the EVO 2024 event. The game released on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Ni...
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One Piece #1111 [rate]
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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict Anime Reveals October Premiere, Opening, Ending Theme Songs, Key Visual
Six Lounge, Suisoh perform theme songs
― Aniplex revealed a new teaser trailer for the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict anime on Sunday, along with a key visual, and the opening and ending artists. The company also announced during the "BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict Panel - Presented by VIZ Media" panel at Anime Expo the third cours will debut in October 2024. T...
'Demon Lord, Retry! R' Anime Reveals October Debut, Promo Video, Crunchyroll Streaming
New key visual also revealed
― Crunchyroll announced at its industry panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that it will stream the anime adaptation of Kurone Kanzaki and Amaru Minotake's sequel manga Demon Lord, Retry! R, when it debuts in October. Crunchyroll also revealed a new promo video for the anime. Crunchyroll will stream the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, ...
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Wonderful Precure! #23 [rate]
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Crunchyroll to Stream The Apothecary Diaries Anime's 2nd Season
Tanabata festival visual audio drama video unveiled
― Crunchyroll announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that it will stream the second season for the anime of Natsu Hyūga and Touko Shino's The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) light novel series in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and the Commonwealth of Independent Sta...
Omniscient Reader Manhwa Gets TV Anime
Crunchyroll revealed anime at Anime Expo on Saturday
― Crunchyroll announced at its industry panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that author singNsong, artist Sleepy-C, and adaptor UMI's Omniscient Reader (also translated as Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint) manhwa is getting a television anime adaptation. The event also revealed a visual. Crunchyroll will stream the anime in North America, Central America...
Crunchyroll to Stream Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii TV Anime
New visual unveiled for October anime
― Crunchyroll announced during its Anime Expo panel on Saturday that it will stream the television anime adaptation of Asuka Konishi's Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii manga. The company unveiled a visual: The company also streamed a video clip during the panel. Crunchyroll will stream the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa...
Crunchyroll to Stream Natsume's Book of Friends Anime's 7th Season
7th season debuts in fall 2024
― Crunchyroll announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that it will stream Natsume Yūjin-Chō Shichi, the seventh season for the anime franchise based on Yuki Midorikawa's Natsume's Book of Friends (Natsume Yūjin-Chō) manga, in fall 2024. Crunchyroll will stream the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle E...
Crunchyroll to Stream Delico's Nursery Anime
Anime begins streaming on August 7
― Crunchyroll announced during its Anime Expo panel on Saturday that it will stream Delico's Nursery, a television anime based on Kenichi Suemitsu's TRUMP 2009 stage play, starting on August 7. The anime's debut on August 7 is a delay from its originally planned July debut. The channels will instead air four special programs for the anime once a week starting on Ju...
Fire Force Anime's 3rd/Final Season Debuts in April 2025 With 2nd Part Airing in January 2026
Crunchyroll to stream both parts
― Crunchyroll announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that the third season of the Fire Force anime will be the final season with two split-cours (quarters of a year). The first part of the final season will premiere in April 2025, and the second part will debut in January 2026. The company unveiled a trailer during the panel as well as a visual: Crunchy...
Crunchyroll to Stream BLUELOCK Season 2 Anime
New season debuts on October 5
― Crunchyroll announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that it will stream the second television anime season based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's BLUELOCK soccer manga. Crunchyroll will stream the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS. The anime will debut on October 5, and will...
Crunchyroll to Stream 'Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You' Anime
Anime debuts in January 2025
― Crunchyroll announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that it will stream the television anime adaptation of Haruka Mitsui's Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You. (Dōse, Koishite Shimaunda. or KoiShima) manga. Crunchyroll will stream the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS. The anime debut...
Crunchyroll to Stream Dr. Stone: Science Future Anime
Dr. Stone: Science Future will be 4th, final season
― Crunchyroll announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that it will stream Dr. Stone: Science Future, the fourth and final season of the Dr. Stone anime. Crunchyroll will stream the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS. The first cours of Dr. Stone: New World, the thir...
Idea Factory International Reveals Western Releases for Touhou Spell Carnival, Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos, More
Death end re;Quest: Code Z, Temirana, Battlefield Waltz games also head West
― Idea Factory International announced at its IFI Summer Festival event near Anime Expo on Saturday that it will bring Touhou Spell Carnival, Death end re;Quest: Code Z, Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos, Temirana: The Lucky Princess and the Tragic Knights, and Battlefield Waltz to the West. Idea Factory International will release ...
Azuki Announces New Partnership With J-Novel Club, Adds 21 J-Novel Club Titles
Also adds 2 titles from Star Fruit Books, Mao Nakada's You're So Sloppy, Hotta-sensei
― Digital manga publisher Azuki announced at its Anime Expo 2024 panel on Saturday that it has partnered with J-Novel Club to distribute some of J-Novel Club's manga titles. Azuki also announced two new titles from Star Fruit Books, including grin grin grin by Sangatou, and Il Manga Milione by Tatsuya Ihara. Azuka ...
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V Anime Reveals Key Visual at Anime Expo
― Warner Brothers revealing during the "Warner Bros. Japan Anime presents Danmachi series and more" panel at Anime Expo on Saturday a new key visual for the upcoming Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V anime. Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka V: Hōjō no Megami-hen (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V: Goddess of the Harvest Arc), the fifth season...
My Hero Academia: You're Next Film Screens in U.S. Theaters on October 11
Film opens in Japan on August 2
― TOHO Animation announced during the "MY HERO ACADEMIA SPECIAL EVENT Hosted by TOHO animation" panel at Anime Expo on Saturday, TOHO International will bring My Hero Academia the Movie: You're Next (My Hero Academia: You're Next), the fourth anime film in the My Hero Academia franchise, to U.S. theaters on October 11. The film will be available with English subtitles...
Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc Anime Premieres in 2025
Black Butler: Public School Arc premiered on April 13
― Crunchyroll revealed on Saturday during the "Black Butler -Public School Arc-" panel at Anime Expo the new television anime of Yana Toboso's Black Butler manga will adapt the Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc in 2025. Crunchyroll will stream the series. Daisuke Ono and Maaya Sakamoto are reprising their respective roles as the butler and demon Se...
Uzumaki Anime Reveals English Cast
Abby Trott, Robbie Daymond, Cristina Vee, Doug Stone, Aaron LaPlante, Mona Marshall, Max Mittelman voice horror anime
― Production I.G. revealed the English voice cast for the anime of Junji Ito's Uzumaki horror manga during the "Production IG x WIT x Signal MD" panel at Anime Expo on Saturday. The voice cast includes:
Abby Trott as Kirie Goshima
Robbie Daymond as Shuichi Saito
Cristina Vee as Azami...
He Said He'd Be Back: Terminator Zero
Gripping and suspenseful with top notch animation, there's a lot to be excited about in Terminator Zero.
― An energetic Jacki Jing takes the stage in front of a packed ballroom at the JW Marriott here at Anime Expo 2024. Jacki drops one of the iconic lines from the storied Terminator franchise: “Come with me if you want to live.” The eager crowd responds with cheers. The excitement in the room is pa...
Blue Box TV Anime Unveils New Trailer, Key Visual (Updated)
Anime premieres in October
― The staff for the television anime of Kōji Miura's Blue Box (Ao no Hako) manga unveiled during its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday a new trailer and key visual (Click on the link if X/Twitter post does not load): ◩━━
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スペシャルムービーをぜひご覧ください！ #アニハコ は2024年10月より放送開始！✨(@aonohako_PR)July 6 The staff also streamed...
Passionate Fandoms Never Die - The Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II Panel
While the anime community tends to put an increased focus on new series premiering titles, this panel made it clear that the Sword Art Online fandom is still thriving and just as passionate as ever.
― Fandom was the focus of the Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II panel at this year's Anime Expo. While there was some new information about the second season and broader franchise, the hig...
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SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary #1 [rate]
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Everybody Talks Too Much:The Return of Re:Zero
When the first episode of Re:Zero season 3 comes out, do not
expect a lot of action or intense drama - it's a whole lot of moments of characters talking. ― This has definitely been one of the longest and densest anime premieres I have sat through. The return of Re:Zero has been years in the making and there is a lot here to catch fans up to speed. While the premiere didn't default to a generic serie...
expect a lot of action or intense drama - it's a whole lot of moments of characters talking. ― This has definitely been one of the longest and densest anime premieres I have sat through. The return of Re:Zero has been years in the making and there is a lot here to catch fans up to speed. While the premiere didn't default to a generic serie...
The Apocalypse is Nigh: Season Two of The Seven Deadly Sins Four Knights of the Apocalypse
It’s clear there’s a great deal of passion being poured into
this production and it’s always nice to know more about the
relationship between the original creator and the anime production
staff. ― When we last left off, our titular four knights had finally been brought together despite the warning of the prophecy and we're now staring down the big bad of the series, King Arthur. The preview displaye...
this production and it’s always nice to know more about the
relationship between the original creator and the anime production
staff. ― When we last left off, our titular four knights had finally been brought together despite the warning of the prophecy and we're now staring down the big bad of the series, King Arthur. The preview displaye...
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The Fable #14 [rate]
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Shangri-La Frontier Season 2's Teaser Announces October 13 Debut
New season to also air for half year
― The staff for the television anime of Katarina's Shangri-La Frontier web novel revealed in a new teaser trailer, along with a new teaser visual, on Sunday that the second season will premiere on October 13. The teaser trailer notes that the new season will also run for two consecutive cours (quarters of a year). The anime's first season premiered on October 1 on...
Twilight Out of Focus Volumes 1-4 Manga Review
Twilight Out of Focus treats difficult subjects with respect and doesn’t lean into melodrama unless its in service of the plot, while the characters read like believable high schoolers, disproportionately confident and squirming with anxiety at the same time.
― Twilight Out of Focus, a mature-rated BL series published by Kodansha, may have first come to the attention of English-language readers when ...
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The Elusive Samurai #1 [rate]
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Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin #1 [rate]
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Not Just Another Persona Game: Metaphor: ReFantazio
To show how serious they are about committing to the fantasy genre, the panel played a cutscene of Louis stabbing the bedridden king of Euchronia with a tone akin to Game of Thrones.
― Famed Persona duo Katsura Hashino and Shigenori Soejima brought the band back together for their newest endeavor: Studio Zero's Metaphor: ReFantazio. The game is set to release on October 11th, 2024 and an excited pan...
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My Wife Has No Emotion #2 [rate]
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Plus-Sized Elf #1 [rate]
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MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season #1 [rate]
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A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero #1 [rate]
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The Beauty of Takarazuka Transcends Borders
The most thrilling part of the panel was when the two actresses were asked to show the audience a movement that encapsulated their roles. The audience shrieked in delight as Nanami spun Reimi by the waist, dipping her in an elegant pose that ended in an outstretched arm.
― Theatre fans received a rare treat on Day 2 of Anime Expo with the On Stage & Beyond panel, which featured two very special gues...
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Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start With Magical Tools #1 [rate]
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Pierrot Rebrands 2nd Studio as Pierrot Films
Both studios plan to work together to "[bring] the best out of each other"
― Anime studio Pierrot announced on Saturday that it rebranded its second studio to "Pierrot Films" in February 2024. The new branded studio has a motto of "make anime that wows." Pierrot stated it will continue to work closely with Pierrot films to "[bring] the best out of each other and ever evolving in tandem to deliver hig...
French-Japanese Film Ghost Cat Anzu's Video Reveals New Cast Member Ikue Ōtani
Film opens in Japan on July 19
― Toho Animation debuted a new special "Pi-Pi-chan" video on Saturday for Ghost Cat Anzu, Shin-Ei Animation and France's Miyu Productions' 2D-animated film. The staff also revealed that Ikue Otani will voice the forest fairies Pi-Pi-chan in the film. The characters appear in the new video. The film will open in Japan on July 19. The film stars: Mirai Moriyama as titular...
Garden of Remembrance Anime Short Unveils Main Visual
Avex Pictures revealed during its panel at Anime Expo on Friday the main visual for Naoko Yamada's Garden of Remembrance original anime short film. The film screened at the panel. GKIDS has licensed the short film. Yamada and Science SARU first previewed the anime at Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2022 as part of the festival's Work in Progress track for ongoing productions. Yama...
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II Anime Reveals New Promo Video, ReoNa Opening Theme
Sequel series debuts in October
― Aniplex announced at a stage event at Anime Expo on Friday that Reona will perform the opening theme song "GG" for Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II, the second season of the Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online television anime. The event also revealed a new promotional video. The anime will premiere in October. Tomori Kusunoki is returning ...
One Piece TV Anime's English Dub for Egghead Arc Debuts on August 27 on Microsoft Store, September 17 on Crunchyroll
1st dubbed batch includes episodes 1,086-1,096
― The panel at Anime Expo for Toei Animation and Crunchyroll's premiere for the English dub of the Egghead arc of the One Piece television anime revealed on Friday that the arc's dub will debut on August 27 on the Microsoft Store and on September 17 streaming on Crunchyroll. The first dubbed batch includes episodes 1,086-1,096. The arc is the latest arc...
Kuma to Publish Director Akasaka's Princely Training Course, Haberdashery Ginmokusei, More Manga
Denpa also reveals release of Diva's Little Nuns artbook series
― The Kuma boys' love (BL) publisher confirmed the following manga releases during its and Denpa's panel at Anime Expo on Friday: Title: Betrayer's Love Song (Uragirimono no Love Song)
Author: Mottosu Tonooka
Summary: The manga takes place in Italy in 19xx. The mafia must pick out a new leader and there are two candidates, but they've k...
Quality Assurance in Another World Anime Reveals English Dub Cast, 3rd Promo Video
English dub premieres on same day as anime's Japanese debut
― Crunchyroll revealed the English dub cast for the television anime of Masamichi Sato's Quality Assurance in Another World (Kono Sekai wa Fukanzen Sugiru) manga on Friday. The staff of the anime also began streaming its third promotional video on Saturday. The promotional video contains heavy spoilers. The English dub premiered on Friday an...
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Shadowverse Flame: Arc-hen #87 [rate]
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Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Game's Video Previews Mr. Satan, Road Tour
Game "balance" will be accurate to series lore
― Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed during its panel at Anime Expo panel on Friday a trailer for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, a new game in its Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi arena fighter franchise, and it previews the character Mr. Satan. Footage for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero starts at about 1 hour and 4 minutes in video below: Chris Rager, Engl...
Bleach Gets New Bleach: Rebirth of Souls 3D Arena Fighting Game
Game's story, characters cover "Substitute Soul Reaper" to "Arrancar" arcs
― Bandai Namco Entertainment unveiled a new 3D arena fighting game for the Bleach franchise titled Bleach: Rebirth of Souls at its Anime Expo panel on Friday. Bandai Namco Entertainment described the game as focusing on "the sword fighting inherent to the series." The game will be available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, X...
Übel Blatt Anime's Trailer Reveals New Cast, Main Staff, Winter 2025 Premiere
(Val x Love, Vermeil in Gold main staff reunite for Satelight, Staple Entertainment anime
― The Anime Expo 2024 panel for the television anime of Etorouji Shiono's Übel Blatt dark fantasy manga unveiled a new English-subtitled trailer for the anime on Friday. The trailer reveals a new cast member, the main staff, and the winter 2025 premiere date for the anime. Hina Tachibana joins the cast as Peepi...
Gundam Breaker 4 Game's Trailer Unveils Pac-Man Collaboration
Game launches on August 29
― Bandai Namco Entertainment America streamed a new gameplay trailer for the Gundam Breaker 4 game during its panel at Anime Expo on Friday, and it reveals that the game will have a collaboration with the Pac-Man franchise. There will be a maze arena based on Pac-Man with themed enemies, along with decals of the arcade character: There will be an Open Network Test for Nint...
Metaphor: ReFantazio Game's Story Trailer Streamed
Game launches for PS5/4, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam
― Atlus debuted a new story trailer on Friday at Anime Expo for Metaphor: ReFantazio, Atlus and Studio Zero's first full-scale fantasy role-playing game. Atlus will also host a story showcase livestream starting on Friday at 8:00 p.m. PDT (11:00 p.m. EDT). The game will launch on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam on...
Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream Game's Video Reveals More Characters, Theme Song Artist (Updated)
ReoNa performs theme song, Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale anime film's Yuna/Eiji join game
― Bandai Namco Entertainment announced during its Anime Expo panel on Friday that ReoNa will perform the theme song "Our Song" for the Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream game. A new video also revealed that Yuna and Eiji from the Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale anime film will be in the game. The following ...
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Anime Reveals Teaser Trailer
Video features Hiroyuki Sawano's "4eVR" soundtrack song
― Crunchyroll revealed a teaser trailer at Anime Expo on Friday for Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-, the second season of the anime of writer Chugong and the late artist DUBU's (REDICE Studio) Solo Leveling manhwa. The below video features Hiroyuki Sawano's "4eVR" soundtrack song. Crunchyroll will stream the second season. The an...
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse Season 2 Anime's Teaser Trailer Streamed
New season debuts in Japan on October 6
― TMS revealed a teaser trailer on Friday for the second season of the television anime of Nakaba Suzuki's The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse (Mokushiroku no Yon-kishi) sequel manga. The new season will debut on October 6, and will air on TBS and 27 other channels. The first season premiered in Japan on a newly created anime programming slot...
Yen Press Licenses Hereditary Triangle, Luciole Has a Dream, Blend-S, More Manga/Novels
Also: Be My Worst Nightmare!; Revenge Agent Hizumi-san; Stomp, Kick, Love
― Yen Press announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Friday that it has licensed the following manga and light novels for release in December. The company will also release the Sword Art Online abec Artworks New World artbook and 3-in-1 omnibus edition of Etorouji Shiono's Übel Blatt manga in December and a complete box set...
Alterna Vvelt -Blue Exorcist Another Story- Smartphone Game Confirms English Release
Game launches for iOS, Android this summer
― A stage presentation at the Anime Expo event on Friday confirmed that the Alterna Vvelt -Blue Exorcist Another Story- (Alterna Vvelt: Ao no Exorcist Gaiden) game for the Blue Exorcist franchise will get an English release. The game will release for iOS and Android this summer (the Japanese version also lists a Windows release). Pre-registration is now ava...
New Blue Exorcist Anime Reveals Trailer, Visual, Half-Year Run
Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga airs in October 2024, Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga airs in January 2025
― A stage event at Anime Expo for the Blue Exorcist franchise on Friday revealed a new trailer and key visual for Ao no Exorcist: Yuki no Hate-hen, which will have the English title Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga. The below video features Reol's opening theme song "Re Rescue." Retur...
Mobile Suit Gundam Silver Phantom VR Anime Reveals New Visual, Trailer, Fall Debut
New film will release for Meta Quest, will be set in Universal Century 0096
― Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed at Anime Expo on Friday a new key visual and trailer for it and virtual reality (VR) production company Atlas V's Mobile Suit Gundam Silver Phantom feature-length VR anime for Meta Quest. The anime will release this fall. Japanese Version English Version Shoko Nakagawa performs the film's th...
Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 3 Anime Reveals Opening Theme Artist, October Premiere
Void_Chords feat. MindaRyn perform new opening
― The official website for the third anime season of Ryo Shirakome's Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest (Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō) light novel series streamed the second promotional video following its panel at Anime Expo on Friday, and it reveals the season's October premiere. The video also reveals and previews the new opening...
Square Enix Manga & Books Reveals Spring 2025 Print Releases
Wash it All Away, The Otaku Love Connection, FFVII Rebirth Poster Collection, more slated
― Square Enix Manga & Books revealed during its panel at Anime Expo on Friday that it will release the following manga and books in English between February to May 2025, including: Title: The Otaku Love Connection (Otaku mo Koi mo Rensa Suru)
Author(s): Chu Amairo
Release Date: February 2025
Description: A hila...
J-Novel Club Adds 8 Light Novels, 4 Manga
The Boy Who Ruled the Monsters, Lacey Longs for Freedom, Duchess in the Attic, more titles added
― J-Novel Club announced during its Anime Expo panel on Saturday that it has licensed eight new light novel titles and four new manga titles. The light novel titles include: Title: The Boy Who Ruled the Monsters (Kaibutsu-tachi o Suberu Mono)
Author(s): Sin Guilty (writer), NAKAMURA 8 (illustrator)
Relea...
Aksys Releases 7'scarlet, Mistonia no Kibou, Utakata no Uchronia Games on Switch
7'scarlet debuts in spring 2025, Mistonia no Kibou, Utakata no Uchronia in 2025
― Aksys Games announced during its Anime Expo panel on Friday that it will release Otomate's 7'scarlet visual novel on the Switch in spring 2025. It also announced that it will release Otomate's Mistonia no Kibou -The Lost Delight- and LicoBiTs' Utakata no Uchronia games in 2025. Aksys Games describes 7'scarlet: Take on ...
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II Game Gets English Release in Early 2025
NIS America streams launch trailer for The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak
― NIS America announced on Friday at Anime Expo it will release the The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II (The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki II -CRIMSON SiN-) game for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store, and GOG in English in early 2025. The game w...
BLUELOCK Season 2's 1st Promo Video Teases Satoshi Hino as Oliver Aiku
New season premieres on October 5
― The second television anime season based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's BLUELOCK soccer manga debuted its first promotional video on Friday. The video previews Satoshi Hino's voice as Oliver Aiku for the first time. The season's new cast includes Satoshi Hino as Oliver Aiku (left below) and Akihisa Wakayama as Shūto Sendō (right). ||◤ ◥||🔥⚔TVシ...
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Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez #1 [rate]
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Viz Media Acquires RWBY Series, Will Explore Production of New Chapters
Viz owns rights for future distribution, production, licensing, products following Rooster Teeth's closing
― Viz Media announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Friday that it has acquired the RWBY series following Rooster Teeth shutting down. Viz Media owns the rights for future distribution, production, licensing, and consumer products. The company is exploring the production of new chapters in ...
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Quality Assurance in Another World #1 [rate]
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Studio Bones Brings Plenty of Passion to Gachiakuta Adaptation
Considering Bones' track record, the fact that there is a clear passion for this manga, and the uniqueness of the material,Gachiakuta will be in good hands.
― Studio Bones is one of the most established and highly respected animation studios in the industry. They are responsible for modern classics that still live rent-free in the minds of anime fans everywhere from Eureka Seven, to Soul Eater to Fu...
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Dungeon People #1 [rate]
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Orange's Steampunk Leviathan Anime Project Shows Promise
This panel got me more excited for Studio Orange's new upcoming series than I was originally expecting.
― The Studio Orange panel at Anime Expo 2024 mainly served to act as a teaser and set up for things to come. There was a little information about a future Trigun project and even a confirmed release date for the much anticipated season three of Beastars. However, the star of the panel was Studio O...
A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics Anime Series Review
Despite refocusing away from overt fantasy trimmings, A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics remains persistently and delightfully bonkers.
― Reverse isekai as a genre hasn't been done to death as definitively as its unreversed sibling. In A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics, the parallel world conceit is primarily employed to provide us with two very different fish-out-of-water characters and mine their odd situations f...
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NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a #13 [rate]
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GoHands' Momentary Lily Is What We Expect from the Studio, For Better or Worse
I felt like I was having keys dangled in my face while multicolored bleach was poured into my eyes.
― This might be one of the worst anime premieres I've ever seen. GoHands productions need to be studied to some extent. They can look very technically impressive with many experimental animation techniques, unique lighting, and ambitious use of camera movements. However, their shows are also a perfect...
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime #62 [rate]
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Hundreds Miss the Best Part of Toho's SpyXFamily and Kaiju No. 8
This panel reminded me that everything featured at or premiering at Anime Expo is made by people. Whatever trailer, artwork, or other media is on display could have been someone's passion project.
― Between three tremendously popular seasons and a movie that grossed nearly 60 million dollars, it's clear that Spy×Family and Kaiju No. 8 are Toho's latest anime darlings. It's no surprise then that dist...
Blue Miburo Anime Series World Premiere
The new historical anime about the Shinsengumi holds a lot of promise judging from its first impression.
― For many anime fans, merely mentioning the Shinsengumi will usually elicit some reaction. Awe, perhaps historic reverence. But almost always, there will be a twinge of nostalgia—not for the swordsmen themselves, but for the outsized role they've played in manga and anime. For all their controve...
This Week in Games - Diving Into The Crunchyroll Vault
This week, we take a look at the Crunchyroll Games Vault, the implications of Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi working with Square Enix again, and sad demise of Mega Man X DiVE.
― Welcome back, folks! I've reached a rather embarrassing situation with my Nintendo Switch: I'm running out of space on the console. I've installed so many games over the years that my 256-gig SD card only has about ...
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2.5 Dimensional Seduction #1 [rate]
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365 Days to the Wedding TV Anime Reveals 2nd Promo Video, More Cast, October Debut
More staff also revealed
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of Tamiki Wakaki's 365 Days to the Wedding (Kekkon Surutte, Hontō desu ka?: 365 Days To The Wedding) manga revealed a second promotional video, additional cast, more staff, and the show's October debut on Friday. The additional cast includes: Ami Koshimizu as Asako Kurokawa
Fukushi Ochiai as Hiromi Gonda
Kana Asumi as...
Jun Maeda's Heaven Burns Red Game Gets English Release
Jun Maeda's 1st completely new game in 13 years launched in Japan in February 2022
― Publisher Yostar Games announced at Anime Expo on Thursday that Jun Maeda's (Kanon, Air, Clannad, Angel Beats!) Heaven Burns Red smartphone and PC game will launch in English. The company streamed an English trailer for the game as well as launched an English website for the game. Yostar Games did not confirm the pl...
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Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture #3 [rate]
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The Idol@ster's Atsushi Nishogori Helms 'Grotesque' Film at CloverWorks for 2025
DARLING in the FRANXX director's film comes from JOEN company jointly established by Aniplex, CloverWorks, Wit Studio, Shueisha
― The CloverWorks Industry Panel at Anime Expo teased Grotesque, a new animation film from director Atsushi Nishigori (The IDOLM@STER, DARLING in the FRANXX) and the anime studio CloverWorks, on Thursday. The panel premiered a short teaser video and promised that more video...
Shoji Kawamori Directs New Animated Film for 2025
Macross 'vision creator' also collaborates with AVIOT electronics maker, teases World Expo attraction
― Self-described "vision creator" Shoji Kawamori confirmed at his Q&A panel at Anime Expo on Thursday that he is directing a new animation film that is slated for a 2025 opening. He added that this film has not yet been announced in Japan. The planned 2025 opening is for Japan, but he hopes that peo...
GKIDS Licenses Naoko Yamada's Garden of Remembrance Anime Short
GKIDS screens short at Anime Expo tomorrow
― GKIDS announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Thursday that it has licensed Naoko Yamada's Garden of Remembrance original anime short film. It will screen the film at Avex Pictures' Anime Expo panel on Friday at 7:30 p.m. PDT. GKIDS also confirmed it will release Yamada and Science SARU's The Colors Within feature film in theaters this fall. Yamada an...
Sekai Project Reveals 10th Anniversary Projects for Nekopara, Cabbage Soft's Amairo Chocolate 3 Game for Release This Year
Also: company to release vinyl soundtrack for Nie no Hakoniwa
― Sekai Project announced at its Anime Expo panel on Thursday that it is launching projects to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Nekopara series. The Nekopara franchise has sold 6 million units across the entire franchise, including games, manga, and anime. Sekai Project will launch a crowdfunding campaign to manufacture a new set of ...
Mangamo to Add Too Rotten for Romance, Fevered Nights, More Manga
Also: How Me and My Max Empathy Level Magical Beast Pals Built a Fantasy World Kingdom
― Mangamo revealed during its panel at Anime Expo on Thursday that it will release three new manga on its service "soon." Amazia publishes all three manga in Japanese on its Manga Bang service. Title: Too Rotten For Romance (Renai Futekigosha)
Authors: Koharu Yukimura (author), Monika Niko (artist)
Summary: Uta is...
Ys X: Nordics Game Gets English Release on October 25
Game will release for PS5, PS4, Switch, Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG
― NIS America announced Thursday Ys X: Nordics, the latest entry in Nihon Falcom's Ys role-playing game series, will release in English on October 25 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG. The release will include Japanese and English audio, and English and French text. The P...
Witch Hat Atelier Anime Reveals Trailer, Main Staff, 2025 Premiere (Updated)
Ayumu Watanabe to direct, Hiroaki Kojima to produce anime at Bug Films
― The staff for the anime of Kamome Shirahama's Witch Hat Atelier manga showed a promotional video during its panel at Anime Expo on Thursday, and it reveals the main staff and 2025 premiere. The staff also unveiled a visual. Ayumu Watanabe (Ace Attorney, Doraemon films) is directing the anime at Bug Films. Hiroaki Kojima (animat...
New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Anime Slated for 2025
Staff talk video to be released later today
― The staff for the new Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt project announced in a video message at the Kadokawa Industry Panel at Anime Expo on Thursday that the new anime will air and stream in 2025. The staff members joked in the message that this means they have to deliver, and mused about how many episodes they have to make and in how many months left un...
BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! TV Anime's Compilation Films Reveals Visual for 2nd Film
The official website for the two compilation films for the BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! anime revealed a new visual for the second compilation film on Wednesday. The first film, titled Haru no Hidamari, Mayoi Neko (A Sunny Spot in Spring, A Stray Cat), will open in early fall, and the second movie, titled Utau, Bokura ni Nareru Uta (Sing, the Song That Can Define Us), will follow in late fall. BanG ...
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League Film Sequel Reveals Trailer, Visuals
Character visuals unveiled
― Warner Bros. Japan unveiled during its panel at Anime Expo on Thursday the first teaser trailer, main visual, and character visuals for Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, its new Batman Ninja CG anime film. IMG batman-ninja-yakuza-1.jpg
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BanG Dream! Ave Mujica TV Anime Unveils Teaser, Visual
Anime sequel to BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! premieres in January 2025
― The official website for the BanG Dream! Ave Mujica sequel anime to the BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! anime revealed a new teaser trailer and a new visual for the anime on Friday. The anime will premiere in January 2025. BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! premiered in Japan on Tokyo MX and streaming service ABEMA with three episodes in June ...
Trigun Stampede 'Final Phase' Anime Reveals Trigun Stargaze Title
Stage will be set 2.5 years after Trigun Stampede
― Orange revealed at a panel for the Trigun Stampede anime at Anime Expo on Thursday that the previously announced "final phase" of the series will be titled Trigun Stargaze, and will be set 2.5 years after the end of Trigun Stampede. ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ 『#TRIGUN STAMPEDE』 シリーズ完結編タイトル解禁◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢砂の星を流離う、深紅の姿。ヴァッシュ・ザ・スタンピードが帰ってくる。#TRIGUNSTARGAZE p...
Kodansha USA Reveals 12 New Print Manga, 2 Digital Manga
DEAD ROCK, Hauntress, Tower Dungeon, Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan, more licensed
― Kodansha USA Publishing announced its new print and digital licenses for during its Anime Expo panel on Thursday. The announced physical titles, all slated for spring 2025 include: Title: DEAD ROCK
Authors: Hiro Mashima
Summary: Welcome to Dead Rock, the underworld's top educational institution! A spot at this training fa...
Suicide Squad Isekai Anime's New Trailer Highlights Super-Villains
Mori Calliope performed ending theme song at Anime Expo on Thursday
― Warner Bros. Japan unveiled during its panel at Anime Expo on Thursday a "Super-Villains' Party" trailer for it and Wit Studio's original Suicide Squad ISEKAI anime. The video highlights super-villains, such as Ratcatcher, The Thinker, Enchantress, and Killer Croc: During the stage event at Anime Expo, Mori Calliope performed a ve...
MangaGamer Licenses Ryukishi 07's Rose Guns Days Game
Company previously released English translation patch in 2014, 2015
― MangaGamer announced on Thursday during its Ryukishi07 Q&A panel that it will release 07th Expansion's Rose Guns Days visual novel series on MangaGamer and Steam. . The release will feature updated graphics, as well as Japanese, English, and Chinese language options. MangaGamer will release the game in four chapters on MangaGamer ...
Super Peace Busters Team's Fureru Anime Film Unveils Cast, Theme Song Artists YOASOBI, October 4 Opening
Ren Nagase, Ryota Bando, Kentaro Maeda star
― The official website for Fureru., the new original anime film from the Super Peace Busters creative team, unveiled a new trailer, visual, cast, and October 4 opening on Friday. The video reveals and previews the theme song "Monotone" by YOASOBI. The film's main characters are all childhood friends, and include (from left to right on top row in above image...
J-Novel Club Announces Winners of English Light Novel Contest
John W. Rohman wins Grand Prize, Quadrillian, Cathfach, Laura M. Drake win First Prize
― J-Novel Club announced the winners of its "JNC Original Light Novel Contest" during its Anime Expo panel on Thursday. The contest sought entries for original English light novels over the past year. J-Novel Club also announced that it will hold another contest this year, with more details announced at a later da...
Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers Anime's Teaser Trailer Confirms Cast, 2025 Debut
Issei Miyazaki, Jouji Nakata, Yui Ishikawa, Tomokazu Sugita star
― The Guilty Gear Strive special event at Anime Expo debuted an English-subtitled teaser trailer for the Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers television anime on Thursday. The teaser confirms the anime's main voice cast and the 2025 premiere. The cast members are: Issei Miyazaki as Sin Kiske Jouji Nakata as Sol Badguy Yui Ishikawa as Unika,...
Exclusive: Beyblade X Anime to Premiere in U.S. on Disney XD on July 13
Latest Beyblade anime will also run in Canada, Australia with plans for Europe
― ADK Emotions NY Inc. and T-Licensing Inc. announced on Thursday that the television anime of Takara Tomy's Beyblade X project will premiere in the United States on the Disney XD channel on July 13. The anime will also premiere in Canada on Cartoon Network Canada, Disney XD Canada, and Teletoon; and in Australia on 9Go i...
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Senpai is an Otokonoko #1 [rate]
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The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses #1 [rate]
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Failure Frame #1 [rate]
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Blue Box TV Anime to Stream on Netflix This Year
Anime of Kōji Miura's Shonen Jump sports romance manga premieres in Japan in October
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for anime on Netflix announced on Thursday that the service will stream the television anime of Kōji Miura's Blue Box (Ao no Hako) manga this year. The anime adaptation of "Blue Box", currently serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, will be coming to Netflix this year 💕 Swing by...
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Pseudo Harem #1 [rate]
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Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Anime Streams International Trailer
Anime debuts on Netflix on July 7 (or July 8 in some regions)
― Pony Canyon began streaming the international trailer for the Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Hen (Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc, or literally, Kinnikuman Perfect Chо̄jin/Superhuman Origin Arc) anime, on Thursday: The Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Hen anime will premiere on July 7 on CBC, TBS, and 26 other affiliated networks with episode 0, w...
Beastars Anime's Final Season Premieres in December
Netflix announced on Thursday that the final anime season adapting Paru Itagaki's BEASTARS manga will debut with its first of two parts in December. The company posted a visual: The anime will be split across two cours (quarters of years) when it exclusively premieres on Netflix. The main cast is returning for the final season. Netflix previously listed the second part as "Coming Soon." Shinichi M...
YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master Episodes 1-13 Anime Review
YATAGARASU is a work of art. That's not just a statement on the careful details of the images and animation; it's an overall assessment of how the entire series is put together.
― Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master is a work of art. That's not just a statement on the careful details of the images and animation, although those are beautiful; it's an overall assessment of how the entire s...
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New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Anime Project Unveils Visual, Main Staff
Hiroyuki Imaishi returns to direct new anime at Trigger
― Kadokawa confirmed on Friday that the new Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt project is an anime, and it unveiled the teaser visual and logo. The company revealed main staff members. Hiroyuki Imaishi is returning to direct the anime at Trigger. Hiromi Wakabayashi is returning to write the script along with Imaishi. Wakabayashi is also serving a...
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This Week in Anime - Is Suicide Squad ISEKAI DC's Best Anime Adaptation to Date?
Suicide Squad ISEKAI is DC Comic's latest journey into the world of anime and manga but it's far from the first. So how does it stack up to previous attempts? And what about the anime-inspired critical darling My Adventures with Superman?
― Suicide Squad ISEKAI is DC Comic's latest journey into the world of anime and manga but it's far from the first. So how does it stack up to previous attempts? An...
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I'm a Behemoth Anime Reveals More Cast, Main Staff, 2025 Debut in Teaser Video
Tomori Kusunoki, Hitomi Ueda join anime's cast
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of Nozomi Ginyoku's I'm a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl's Pet (S Rank Monster no “Behemoth” dakedo, Neko to Machigawarete Elf Musume no Pet Toshite Kurashitemasu) light novel series revealed the anime's key visual, teaser promotional video, additiona...
Live-Action Horror Film Sayuri Reveals Trailer, Visual
Film opens on August 23
― The staff for the live-action film of Rensuke Oshikiri's horror manga Sayuri revealed a trailer and a new visual on Thursday. Showgate will release the film in theaters in Japan on August 23. Ryōka Minamide plays the film's protagonist Norio, the eldest son of the Kamiki family. Additional cast members include:
Zen Kajihara as the father Akio
Fusako Urabe as the mother Masak...
Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Anime Streams Episode 0 Promo Video
Special Kinnikuman x Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma 1-shot manga collaboration released on Thursday
― The official website for the Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Hen (Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc, or literally, Kinnikuman Perfect Chо̄jin/Superhuman Origin Arc) anime revealed the promotional video for its Episode 0 on Thursday. The video features the song "Amazing Muscle" composed by Yasuharu Takanashi, f...
Trillion Game Anime Features Gaku in 2nd Character Video
Shōya Ishige voices character in October anime
― Kadokawa revealed the second character promotional video for the television anime of Riichirou Inagaki and Ryōichi Ikegami's Trillion Game manga on Thursday. The video features the character Manabu "Gaku" Taira, voiced by Shōya Ishige. The anime's staff will release character videos for five consecutive weeks. The anime will premiere in October on TBS ...
Egumi Legacy Anime Streams New Promo Video
Anime premieres on July 9
― Happinet revealed a new promotional video for the anime based on TAKALAKA and voice actor Takuya Eguchi's Egumi Legacy card game on Thursday. The anime will premiere on July 9 at 10:30 p.m. JST (9:30 a.m. EDT) on the AT-X channel. It will simultaneously stream on ABEMA, U-NEXT, Hulu, FOD, and Amazon Prime in Japan, and it will also stream simultaneously worldwide on the An...
Our Dreams At Dusk's Yuhki Kamatani Launches Manga About Female WW2 Soviet Sniper
Manga adapting Tōma Aisaka's Dōshi Shōjo yo, Teki o Ute novel launches on Hayacomic website on July 23
― Hayakawa Publishing announced on Wednesday that it will open a new manga website named Hayacomic on July 23. The site will launch with a manga adaptation of Tōma Aisaka's Dōshi Shōjo yo, Teki o Ute (Shoot the Enemy, Comrade Women) novel by manga creator Yuhki Kamatani. The site will also launch wi...
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