On Monday October 14, Crunchyroll will release the feature film That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond on Blu-ray and DVD. Fuse, the author of the original light novel series, drafted the film's brand-new original story. The story centers on a new country named Raja, located to the west of Tempest. Rimuru and his companions get involved in a long-running conspiracy that swirls around a woman with a mysterious power. Rimuru and his commander Benimaru also encounter another ogre survivor named Hiiro, who used to hold Benimaru in high regard.
Crunchyroll will also release the series Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage on Blu-ray and DVD. This is a ten-part series that consists of side stories set during the original Ranking of Kings series, made again by Wit Studio.
The Silent Hill 2 remake introduces a fun gameplay experience that pays proper respect to its iconic predecessor.― The original Silent Hill 2 is a horror classic. In terms of aesthetic and psychological intrigue, not only was it groundbreaking when it came out, but you could argue that it inspired an entire generation of horror games. There's just one problem: it is tough to play the 2001 version at...
We met with Oshimi at the Kodansha House pop-up in NYC to look back at Flowers of Evil, gender themes in his work, and what might come next.― “Have you ever read a comic that crept up on you? A story that lingers long after you put the book down? You turn off the lights and get ready to sleep, and then, from the darkness, this story reaches out and grabs your ankle? Congratulations, you've just read...
TOHO aims to grow outside of Japan, with GKIDS maintaining its management team― North American animation distributor GKIDS announced on Tuesday that Japanese entertainment company TOHO has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of GKIDS for an undisclosed amount. GKIDS, which has offices in New York and Los Angeles, will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toho International, which is based in Los Ang...
Because ATRI can't decide what sort of story it wants to be, it fails to excel at anything it attempts, ultimately becoming a lukewarm mishmash of genres.― Anime based on visual novels must often take drastic measures to cram their frequently verbose, lengthy stories into digestible animated form. Sometimes, this works spectacularly well (Steins;Gate), conversely it can lead to disaster (Umineko, Ts...
Scriptwriter Erika Yoshida shares the most important theme of season two and how the series' characters have changed.― Everyone climbs the tower with something different in their hearts…
Tower of God Season 2 is here at last!
The view from the top is… Series Composition/Script: Erika Yoshida
A depiction of real-life problems in our world today ーSeason 2 is finally here after four years. How do you ...
Titan ballads, giant balloons and puppets, and aerial artistry brought Hajime Isayama's iconic manga to life.― “Are you a cult? Is this musical based on a cult manga or anime?” I was half-surprised when an English-speaking, middle-aged press attendee asked this at the Attack on Titan: The Musical press conference. The answer would have been a Google away. Still, perhaps the woman's confusion was to ...
Ys X: Nordics follows Adol Christin once again as he sets sail on a new adventure, but the game harkens back to older Ys games with a charming PS2 look.― Ys X: Nordics is the latest entry in the action RPG series, Ys. Over the past several entries, the Ys series transitioned to featuring party-based combat like many other modern Japanese RPGs like Final Fantasy VII Remake, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and ...
We spoke with BAKERU's director—Tadanori Tsukawaki of Good-Feel about a wide range of topics—from the game's anime inspirations, its educational elements, and even giant robots for good measure.― While playing through BAKERU, I couldn't help but reminisce about the 3D platformers that defined a large part of my childhood—Ape Escape, Sly Cooper, the list goes on. But as mentioned in my review, my fo...
If there's chicken soup for sick days, Ramen Akaneko is the anime version of that.― If there's chicken soup for sick days, Ramen Akaneko is the anime version of that. It comforts like a warm blanket, asking nothing of the viewer, except maybe occasional sympathy and understanding. There's otherwise no critical thinking required, no sprawling storylines to detangle, no long list of characters to reme...
Fan Letter special, special edited version of Fish-Man Island arc to air until then― A teaser video for Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga and its anime adaptation is confirming on Sunday that the anime will resume the ongoing Egghead arc next April. The announcement followed the television broadcast screening of the Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation anime and the One Piece Film Red anime on Sunday...
