Maja Djordjevic 
A new international animation film festival will be held for the first time in Niigata from March 17 to March 22, 2023. Titled The Niigata International Animation Film Festival, the event will focus on feature-length animation. It aims at becoming the “largest festival in Asia with a competition section for feature-length animated films,” according … Read more
Dark Horse Comics has licensed another Gou Tanabe’s manga, this time the adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Shadow over Innsmouth.” No release date has been disclosed as of yet, but it is likely that it will be a single omnibus. Yōkai expert Zack Davisson, a well-known figure among Japanese folklore researchers, will translate the story into … Read more
The theme song featured in a Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution trailer PV (known in Japan as Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution (交響詩篇エウレカセブン ハイエボリューション, Kōkyōshihen Eureka Sebun: Haieboryūshon)) has been released. This is the final installment of the movie trilogy by Studio Bones (Eureka Seven (TV), Escaflowne: The Movie). The Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution Blu-ray/DVD release date is … Read more
Today, Monday, May 23, 2022, is celebrated as Kiss Day 2022 in Japan. The tradition was established in 1946 when the movie Hatachi no Seishun (はたちの青春, A Twenty Year-Old Youth) was broadcast. It was the first film featuring a kissing scene in the Japanese film industry. This year will see Abema stream the Yosuga no Sora … Read more
The dreaded abbreviation “TBD” is well-known to all manga fans and, sadly, sometimes even the best manga go on hiatus. The doom and gloom is difficult to describe to the oblivious non-manga fans, especially when you’ve been eagerly anticipating each next volume for many years, only to discover down the road that your favorite title … Read more
The theatrical version of the Uta no Prince-sama The Movie: Maji LOVE ST☆RISH TOURS movie is set to be released on September 2, 2022. The film project has been busy with updates in the last couple of days. Today, a sneak peek at Shinomiya Natsuki’s song was revealed. Titled Ai wo Bonapetti (Love is bon … Read more
A PV of The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Season 4 (銀河英雄伝説 ディ ノイエ テーゼ 策謀, Ginga Eiyū Densetsu: Di Noie Tēze – Sakubo) has been released ahead of theatrical screening set to begin later this year. Specifically, the first part will be screened on September 30, 2022, while Part 2 releases … Read more
Gods know cyberpunk anime are as rare as unicorns if not even rarer — almost as shounen-ai anime. What little has been animated has been recycled over the years to keep new generations from complaining of old-school animation… and a couple of other sensitive topics besides. Just consider the Ghost in the Shell and Appleseed franchises … Read more
The official The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten trailer and the Twitter account has announced the TV anime will be broadcast in 2023. As of yet, no precise date has been set, so stay tuned! The anime is an adaptation of the light novel series of the same name written by Saekisan and illustrated … Read more
The upcoming Initial D anime sequel has released the second MF Ghost trailer PV and it gives a sneak peek of protagonist Kanata Livington. Staff details have also been disclosed. Tomohito Naka (New Initial D the Movie Legend 3: Dream, New Initial D the Movie Legend 2: Racer) will direct the anime, with Yamashita and Akihiko Inari (Inazuma Eleven … Read more