Funimation announced on Wednesday that the second season from the new anime of Natsuki Takaya‘s Fruits Basket manga will premiere on April 6 at 25:30 (effectively, April 7 at 1:30 a.m.) in Japan. Funimation also debuted a new key visual of Tohru Honda, the Somas, and others on the beach: Funimation also posted a message from creator Natsuki Takaya, in...
The official Twitter account for the Shogakukan Comic imprint announced on Wednesday that Kenjirō Hata‘s Fly Me to the Moon (Tonikaku Kawaii or literally, Generally Cute) manga is inspiring a television anime that will premiere this October. The comedy follows a boy named Nasa who meets a “generally cute” girl named Tsukasa on the day...
The Anime Expo convention announced on Monday that the convention is will be held as scheduled, despite the recent spate of event cancellations due to concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus illness. The announcement noted that the event staff will continue to monitor any changes in the global situation. The convention...
The official website for the new anime of Keisuke Itagaki‘s Baki (New Grappler Baki: In Search of Our Strongest Hero) manga began streaming a teaser promotional video for the anime’s second season on Thursday. The video reveals that the second season, titled Baki: Dai Raitaisai-hen, will debut exclusively on Netflix this year. It also confirms that most of the main staff...
Hayakawa Publishing announced on Thursday that Iori Miyazawa‘s Otherside Picnic (Urasekai Picnic) science fiction yuri novel series is inspiring a television anime. Yumiri Hanamori will voice Sorao Kamikoshi (left in visual below), and Ai Kayano will voice Toriko Nishina (right). Takuya Satō (Kase-san and Morning Glories, Steins;Gate, Fragtime) is directing the anime at LIDEN FILMS and Felix Film, and he is also in charge of...
Toei Animation began streaming an English-subtitled trailer for the Digimon Adventure: reboot anime on Friday. The video reveals the anime’s April 5 premiere date in Japan. The new anime will take place in 2020 and will feature an all-new story centring on Taichi Yagami when he is in his fifth year in elementary school. His...
Manga Entertainment has announced that its first volume of The Rising of The Shield Hero, Season One Part 1 has been moved back from March 30 to June 1. It will be released on both Blu-ray and DVD. Also, the tenth volume of Dragon Ball Super, due on DVD and Blu-ray, has been moved back...
Netflix announced on Twitter on Monday that it will premiere the television anime of Paru Itagaki‘s BEASTARS manga outside of Japan on March 13. The first television anime season debuted on Netflix in Japan on October 8, and it ran for 12 episodes. The anime will get a second season. The manga takes place in a world of carnivores and herbivores, where there is a lot...
Japanese publisher Dengeki Bunko is listing a new light novel series for Kazuma Kamachi‘s A Certain Magical Index (Toaru Majutsu no Index) series titled Sо̄yaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (Genesis Testament: A Certain Magical Index). The new series will launch in February. Kamachi is writing the story, and Kiyotaka Haimura is returning to illustrate the novel. The new series will...
The official website for the television anime of Takeshi Hinata‘s Ahiru no Sora manga revealed the new opening and ending theme songs for the series on Wednesday. flumpool is performing the new opening song “Never Mind,” and Yūma Uchida is performing the new ending theme song “Over.” The anime premiered in Japan on October 2. Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it...
The official website of the anime of Atsushi Ohkubo‘s Fire Force (En En no Shōbōtai) manga began streaming a promotional video on Thursday. The video previews the “Netherworld” arc and a battle between Shinra and Shō. The “Netherworld” story arc will feature in episode 20, “Hokori o Matotte” (Clad in Pride), on Friday. The...
NIS America announced on Tuesday that Nihon Falcom’s The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III game will get a Nintendo Switch version in the West in spring 2020. The company began streaming an English announcement trailer. NIS America shipped the PlayStation 4 game on October 22 in North America and Europe, and on...
Manga creator Negi Haruba revealed on Wednesday that The Quintessential Quintuplets (Gotōbun no Hanayome) manga will end in its 14th volume. Haruba added that they had been excited about drawing a manga that would “go on and on” before serializing The Quintessential Quintuplets, but found it to be hard to do so once the...
The official website for the television anime of Bungo Yamashita’s Murenase! Seton Gakuen (Come Together! Seton Academy) manga posted the anime’s first promotional video and a key visual on Wednesday. The video announces the anime’s main cast, staff, and January 6 premiere. The newly announced cast members are: Hina Kino as Ranka Ōkami, the lone...
Publisher Kadokawa confirmed on Thursday in the financial results report for its 2020 second fiscal quarter that ended on September 30 that the “second season” of the Kan Colle television anime is still in production. Studio ENGI — the new 2D/3D animation studio that publisher Kadokawa, pachinko and pachislot game machine maker Sammy, and anime holding company Ultra Super...
Sentai Filmworks debuted a promotional video for Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (Gekijōban Made in Abyss: Fukaki Tamashii no Reimei), the new anime film in the franchise, during its panel at the Anime NYC convention on Saturday. The film will open in Japan on January 17. Sentai Filmworks licensed the film, and it describes the story: Dawn...
The official website for the fifth season of the Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki original video anime (OVA) series revealed on Friday that the season will have six total home video releases, with the first release slated for February 28, 2020. The rest of the releases are slated for May 29, 2020; August 28, 2020;...
The official Twitter account for the new Pocket Monsters anime began streaming a new promotional video for the series on Friday. The video previews the anime’s opening theme song “1.2.3” by musical duo After the Rain(Soraru x Mafumafu). The account also revealed a new key visual. The new anime will premiere on TV Tokyo and its affiliates...
This year’s 49th issue of Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed 10 more cast members on Monday for the fourth season of the My Hero Academia anime. All the characters are members of the Shie Hassaikai yakuza group. Takumi Asahina as Hari Kurono Yasuhiro Mamiya as Jōi Irinaka Shōhei Kajikawa as Kendō Rappa Jun Miyamoto as Hekiji Tengai Takayuki...
Aniplex of America announced at Anime Weekend Atlanta on Friday that it will release the Zoku Owarimonogatari anime in a Blu-ray Disc set on January 28, and it will release the Kaguya-sama: Love is War anime in a Blu-ray Disc set on February 18. The Zoku Owarimonogatari set will bundle a deluxe booklet and pin-up postcard set....
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