Posts by Anime Herald

  • Tiger & Bunny Gets Second Anime Series; Masafumi Nishida Writing the Story

    On March 29, screenwriter Masafumi Nishida announced that he is currently working on a sequel to 2011 anime series Tiger & Bunny. During a broadcast of Tame ni naru Radio, Nishida revealed that he is in charge of series composition for the project. He commented that he’s roughly “halfway through” the screenplay, and remarked that […]

  • Mob Psycho 100’s Setsuo Ito, 2 More To Attend CRX 2019 As Guests

    On March 29, Crunchyroll revealed three new guests for their 2019 CRX convention. The convention will host the following as guests: Setsuo Ito (Voice Actor) Yuzuru Tachikawa (Director) Yoshimichi Kameda (Character Designer) All three guests worked on the Mob Psycho 100 anime. Setsuo Ito voiced the titular Mob. Tachikawa directed the project, and Yoshimichi designed […]

  • Shin Sakura Wars Gets First Trailer, Cast, Staff, Western Release on PS4

    Shin Sakura Wars Gets First Trailer, Cast, Staff, Western Release on PS4 On March 29, Sega hosted the first day of its SegaFes fan event. During the show’s first event, “Sega Fan Meet Up and CEO Greeting,” the Shin Sakura Wars team unveiled a new trailer for the game, as well as the first cast […]

  • Crunchyroll to Stream Pop Team Epic April Fool’s Special

    Earlier today, Crunchyroll announced that they will stream the upcoming Pop Team Epic TV specials. The publisher will stream the title as a simulcast on April 1, at 7:30AM Pacific (10:30AM Eastern) for all subscribers outside of Asia. On March 27, Sentai Filmworks announced that they acquired the streaming rights to the broadcast, and that […]

  • Yuri Lowenthal & Tara Platt To Attend Anime Boston 2019

    Earlier today, Anime Boston announced that voice actors Tara Platt and Yuri Lowenthal will attend their 2019 event as guests of honor. The two actors are the tenth and eleventh confirmed western guests, respectively, and join the following: Yoko Shimomura Billy Kametz Greg Ayres Tara Sands Johnny Yong Bosch Kenji Kodama Naohiro Ogata Yoichi Kato […]

  • The Promised Neverland to Air on Toonami Starting 4/13/2019

    Earlier today, Toonami’s official Facebook page announced that the block will air The Promised Neverland. The series will hit the airwaves on April 13, though a specific time has yet to be announced as of press time. The Promised Neverland started airing on January 9. The season’s final episode aired today, and a second season […]

  • The Promised Neverland Gets Second Anime Season in 2020

    Earlier today, the final episode of The Promised Neverland anime aired on Fuji TV’s Noitamina block. The end of the episode featured a short teaser trailer, which confirms that the show will return for a second season in 2020. The Promised Neverland started airing on January 9. Memoru Kanbe (Elfen Lied, Sound of the Sky) […]

  • Crunchyroll Kicks Off DanMemo x Date A Live III Crossover Event

    Crunchyroll launched a new crossover event for their DanMachi: MEMORIA FREESE (DanMemo, henceforth) smartphone game today, titled “Ais Catastrophe”. The event will see the worlds of Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? and Date A Live III collide. We break the details down below. Content The event, which includes […]

  • Sentai Picks Up Streaming Rights For Pop Team Epic TV Special; Plans HIDIVE Simulcast

    Earlier today, Sentai Filmworks announced that they acquired the streaming rights to the Pop Team Epic TV specials. The publisher will partner with digital platform HIDIVE to stream the title, which spans two episodes. The title will be available in the following regions: United States Canada the UK Ireland South Africa Australia New Zealand Netherlands […]

  • Jamie Marchi Plays Motoko Minagawa In 2019 Fruits Basket Dub

    Earlier today, the official Twitter account for the 2019 Fruits Basket anime announced the fourteenth member of the show’s English voice cast. The series will add the following: Motoko Minagawa: Jamie Marchi Marchi is reprising her role as Motoko from the 2001 anime TV series A visual for the character was also revealed, which you […]

  • 2019 Fruits Basket Anime Casts M.A.O. As Motoko Minagawa

    Earlier today, the official Twitter account for the 2019 Fruits Basket anime announced the fourteenth member of the show’s Japanese cast. The series will add the following: Motoko Minagawa: M.A.O. A visual for the character was also revealed, which you can check out below. Fruits Basket will air on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, and TV […]

  • Sailor Moon Super Live to Get New York Run On 3/29/2019 & 3/30/2019

    The staff behind the Sailor Moon Super Live stage show announced that they will host performances in New York City. The show, which is billed as a “2.5D Musical,” will be held at the city’s PlayStation theater on March 29 and 30, and will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles. The event will mark […]

  • Satoshi Hino Plays Foien Li In Fire Force Anime

    Earlier today, the official Fire Force anime website updated with a new cast member. The series will add the following: Foien Li: Satoshi Hino A visual for the character was also revealed, which you can check out below. Fire Force will hit Japanese TV on July 5. The series will air as part of TBS […]

  • Kentaro Suzuki Takes Over As Director For Kud Wafter Anime Film

    Earlier today, Visual Arts took to Twitter to announce that the upcoming Kud Wafter anime film was delayed until September 2020. The film was originally slated to debut this September. In an expanded announcement, the studio attributed the delay to the rise in the number of anime projects being produced. “We’ve had a hard time […]

  • One-Punch Man 2 Gets New TV Spot, Character Visuals

    Earlier today, the official One-Punch Man 2 anime website updated with two new TV spots, as well as several character visuals. We break the details down below. TV Spots Two spots were released: a 30-second commercial and a 15-second spot. Both feature Makoto Furukawa narrating in-character as Saitama, as action scenes play in the background. […]

  • Production I.G. producing “Shika no Ou” Anime Movie

    Earlier today, Kadokawa announced that the upcoming Shika no Ou anime project will be a feature film. Production I.G. is producing the work. The Shika no Ou anime was first announced on June 20, 2018. Shika no Ou began publication in 2015 under Kadokawa’s main imprint. The series spans four volumes, with the latest hitting […]

  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Gets Second Trailer

    On March 24, the official Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime website updated with a new teaser trailer. The 97-second promo introduces the core concepts and plot beats through a combination of narration and character dialogue. Theme song Gurenge by LiSA kicks in as a background track at the one-minute mark. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no […]

  • The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Gets Netflix Original Anime Project

    On March 24, Netflix announced that a new The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. is in the works. The project will be produced as a Netflix Original, with studios Egg Firm and J.C. Staff producing the animation. Detailed staff and premiere details will be announced at a later date. During a stage show at AnimeJapan, […]

  • Fate/Grand Order Camelot Films Get Main Staff, Cast, & Visual

    At AnimeJapan 2019, the Fate/Grand Order movie crew showed off a teaser visual, plus the main staff and cast members for upcoming film Fate/Grand Order Shinsei Entaku Ryōiki Camelot: Wandering: Agateram. We break the details down below. We break the details down below Key Visual The image features a monochrome profile of King Arthur. Staff […]

  • Funimation and Bilibili Enter Strategic Global Licensing Partnership

    Funimation and Bilibili announced that they entered a strategic licensing partnership. The agreement will see the two publishers cooperate as they jointly acquire licenses for global distribution. Both organizations will look to pick up IP rights for broadcast TV, video-on-demand, electronic sell-through, home entertainment, gaming, and merchandising for the United States and China along with […]