Tonight will see the first episode of the Kizuna AI-inspired TV anime series premiere and to celebrate the lead-up, the official Twitter account released the first-ever preview of Kizuna AI’s legendary single “Linx.” The song was only sung once at Kizuna AI’s concert and was never released officially until...
ONE PIECE ON ICE ~Episode of Alabasta now has its leading man in three-time Olympic medalist Shoma Uno, who will bring the series' first ice skating show to life at the KOSE Shin Yokohama Skater Center from August 11 to 13 and Aichi Dolphins Arena from September 2 to...
South Korea-based confectionery manufacturer Lotte announced the broadcast of the original new anime Bikkurimen during the "Bikkuriman Day Fan Appreciation Day" held to commemorate "Bikkuriman Day" today on April 1. Bikkuriman is a chocolate and peanut wafer snack brand made by Lotte, which is known for bonus...
Japanese voice actor agency Digital Double announced today that Riku Masuda, best known as the protagonist character Manaka Mizusawa in the PuraOre! ~Pride of Orange~ anime series, will take a hiatus from her voice acting activities. No explanation has been given as to why. At the same time,...
The official YouTube channel for Japanese singer Chiai Fujikawa has released a music video for her new song "Ai no Uta" (The Song of Love), which will be featured as the opening theme for the spring 2023 TV anime My Home Hero. Fujikawa was an ex-member of Japanese...
Cozying up with Chainsaw Man's Pochita has never been easier nor softer, now that Premium Bandai has unveiled a ripper pair of slippers complete with the mascot's chainsaw blade, handle and starter cord. Pre-orders for the delightfully orange footwear are now open on the company's storefront for 4,400 yen...
The official YouTube channel for voice actor Yuma Uchida (Megumi Fushiguro in JUJUTSU KAISEN) has started streaming a full music video for his latest 11th single song "Salt & Sugar" to be released on Apri l12. The pop tune will be featured as the ending theme for the spring...
The last weekend saw Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume open in China, the second biggest country in box office gross for both Your Name. and Weathering With You, and blew past their opening weekends, marking the best opening weekend for a Shinkai film ever in not only China but anywhere in...
AnimeJapan 2023 is giving out blessing after blessing this weekend, including from the upcoming fantasy comedy anime KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World ahead of its April 5 premiere. Two additional cast members were announced, as follows: Sian voiced by Rin Kurusu, who also performs the...
GAMERA -Rebirth-, the forthcoming six-episode CG anime series inspire by Japanese kaiju Gamara, finally unveiled its first trailer at AnimeJapan 2023 today. The clip also confirmed tha the third kaiju featured in the series following Gamera and Gyaos is, as expected, Jiger, which appeared in the sixth original...
He's checking it once, he's checking it twice… I'm not talking about Santa Claus, but rather the protagonist of Quality Assurance in Another World who will be the star of a TV anime adaptation just announced for Spring 2024. That being said, we did receive the gift of a...
Even though she permanently comes up short, literally and figuratively, Mitama brought another blessing of news about fantasy comedy anime KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World, today unveiling a brand-new key visual and trailer ahead of the series' April 5 premiere. Key Visual Trailer 2...
Prepare to let 'em rip again as the Beyblade animated saga continues with the latest entry in the Beyblade Burst anime titled QuadStrike. The new series will premiere on cable network Disney XD in the US on Monday, April 3 (3:00 p.m. EST/PST), and then premiere on Hulu a month later on...
The official website for Kibou no Chikara ~ Otona Precure '23~, the forthcoming sequel to the Precure franchise's fourth installment Yes! Precure 5 (2007-2008) and fifth installment Yes! Precure 5 Gogo! (2008-2009), opens today with a teaser visual featuring the protagonist Nozomi Yumehara who has grown up. Toei Animation...
While English-speaking fans of Makoto Shinkai have to wait a few more weeks to catch Suzume in theaters, part of the international rollout of the film has begun and as of March 17 has already surpassed two million tickets sold in Asia alone ahead of its English-speaking release. ...
As a classical music anime about a high school orchestra club, Blue Orchestra has just tapped a rock band and an internet-famous singer-songwriter to perform the series' opening and the ending theme songs. Novelbright (Salaryman's Club OP) is bringing "Cantabile" to the table for the opening theme, joined...
KADOKAWA's light novel imprint Fantasia Bunko teams up with Tatsunoko Productions, a pioneering Japanese animation studio, to release a light novel commemorating the studio's 60th Anniversary and the imprint's 35th anniversary, Isekai Doronjo no Yabou (The Ambition of Doronjo in Another World), on May 19, 2023. Kenta Diraku...
Japanese music project MAISONdes has posted a music video for "Mou Iimon (I've had enough) feat. KANKAN, ⌘HYNOME" from its latest mini album "Noisy Room" released on March 15. RELATED: MAISONdes Releases Urusei Yatsura Reboot Anime's Second Cour Opening Theme MV The six-song album includes...
Ahead of the first Oshi no Ko Mother and Children anime advance screenings in Japan on March 17, the series revealed today its April 12 television premiere date, announcing to the world when they are able to watch the first 90-minute episode of the anticipated adaptation of the manga of...
Every good story must eventually come to an end, even ones full of seemingly endless twists and turns. After five years in serialization, the manga adaptation of NisiOisiN's Bakemonogatari novels by author Ito Ogure (Oh!great) concluded in the 15th issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine that was released today in...
