Earlier today, Sega announced that they will host a live streaming event for Project Sakura Wars (Shin Sakura Taisen). The event, which will kick off on July 25 at 20:00 JST (7/25/2019 at 7:00AM EDT, 4:00AM PDT), is slated to run for ninety minutes. The show will be the second in a series of planned […]
Earlier today, Kyoto Animation president Hideaki Hatta hosted a press conference. During the interview, Hatta explained that all of the studio’s computers and legacy animation materials that were housed at their No.1 studio were destroyed in the blaze that devastated the facility on July 17. “I’m deeply anguished,” Hatta stated, “I can’t bear it. I […]
A light season means a light recs list, but we still found a few goodies to share with our readers. Here are the team’s picks for the 2019 Spring season.
On July 17, an official teaser website opened its doors to announce that Satoru Yamaguchi and illustrator Nami Hidaka’s My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Otome gēmu no hametsu furagu shika nai akuyaku reijō ni tensei shite shimatta) light novels will get an anime TV series. The series will air […]
Image Credit: NHK News At roughly 10:30AM JST on July 18 (7/17/2019 at 9:30PM EDT), fire broke out at Kyoto Animation’s No.1 studio in Kyoto, Japan. More than forty were injured in the blaze, and ten were incapacitated. Tokyo Police reports “multiple deaths” as a result of the conflagration. NHK interviewed eyewitnesses, who reported that […]
We’ve viewed, we’ve reviewed, and now we’re ready to digest! Let’s see how this hot batch of fresh new titles shaped up.
Earlier today, the official website for the Strike Witches: 501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off! anime adaptatoin updated with a new teaser trailer and key visual for the series’ upcoming movie. We break the details down below. Trailer The 55-second promo offers a brief at the film in action, as the main characters narrate. Key […]
Earlier today, entertainment news source Variety reported that Warner Bros. is halting production on their live-action Akira movie. According to Variety, the film is on-hold indefinitely, though it was originally expected to start filming this fall. Warner was planning to launch Akira on May 21, 2021, which would have placed it against Lionsgate’s John Wick: […]
Earlier today, the official website for the Ni No Kuni film updated with a new teaser trailer. The two-and-a-half minute promo sees Yū and Kotona boarding an airship, as they soar above the kingdom. Ni no Kuni opens on August 23. Yoshiyuki Momose (Modest Heroes, Ghiblies) will direct the project at OLM, with Level 5’s […]
This week: child welfare laws in Japan, the mental block of buying a completed vs ongoing series, and the importance of a trans actor playing Shinji Ikari.
Earlier today, the Hello World anime film’s official website updated with two new teaser trailers and key visual, as well as details on the film’s theme songs. We break the details down below. Trailers The first teaser is a 90-second promo, which introduces the film’s major story beats through character dialogue. Opening theme song Yesterday […]
Earlier today, Sega hosted a live streaming event for Phantasy Star Online 2. During the presentation, a new trailer, as well as the main cast and crew members were revealed for upcoming anime series Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle. We break the details down below. Trailer The two-minute trailer cuts between action scenes, as […]
There will always be a place for episodic supernatural action series in anime, and BEM (mostly) has a solid aesthetic going for its main trio of monster-hunting monsters. Unfortunately, this episode spends most of its time with the least interesting of them.
This premiere works a strange alchemy, putting together story elements into something I honestly never would have expected to be my taste and combining them into something that I really enjoyed.
On July 12, Yen Press took to Twitter to announce that they had made an error during their Anime Expo announcements. The publisher revealed that they have not been granted the rights to Persona 5 Mementos Mission or Persona 5 a la Carte. Both titles were announced for release in 2020 during the company’s industry […]
Arifureta’s poorly-realized edgelord aesthetic, ridiculous writing, and lack of anything truly offensive make it so there’s not much left to do but… laugh at it.
Earlier today, the official Chihayafuru anime website updated with a new key visual and trailer. We break the details down below. Trailer The 80-second promo focuses on the main cast members, and the motivations that drive them through the series. Theme song Colorful by 99RadioService plays as a background track. Key Visual The image features […]
Earlier today, the official Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun) anime website updated with a new key visual, as well as the main staffers attached to the project. We break the details down below. Key Visual The image features the interior of Hanako-kun’s bathroom, as he peeks out from the third stall. Staff Masaomi Ando (School-Live!, […]
It would be easy to say, “given is more like a music anime than a BL anime!” But that would be unfair to BL. It’s a BL romance and a music anime, one worth recommending to fans of both.
