Square Enix recently confirmed that its anime adaptation of Yuu Morikawa’s supernatural comedy manga series, Mr. Villain’s Day Off (Kyūjitsu no Warumono-san), is all set to grace screens. Announced earlier this year, the anime’s first teaser trailer has been unveiled by Animefly, teasing an enigmatic adaptation with dark comedy elements. The teaser also confirmed a…
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2 has released the preview video and promo images for the anime’s twelfth episode, “I Want to Tell.” The upcoming episode is the first part of the season finale. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless ReincarnationSeason 2 released the preview on YouTube and showcased the promo images on the series’ official website. The…
Fans of Puella Magi Madoka Magica can now preorder a stunning figurine of one of the story’s most popular characters. Available through Crunchyroll’s online store, the 1/8 scale Homura retails for $261.99 with the official release window scheduled for October 2024; the item’s preorder period will end in November. The collectible shows the time-controlling magical…
A new free-to-play My Hero Academia video game is on the way. The trailer for Ultra Rumble, which is available on Bandai Namco Entertainment’s official YouTube channel, highlights the title’s battle royale-style gameplay that pits eight teams of three against each other. It also teases many of the playable characters, including Katsuki Bakugo, Izuku Midoriya,…
Some special Dragon Ballbusts were recently put up for sale and have already sold out. The busts are from Natsukashii Creation, and they have multiple Dragon Ball products on their website for fans to check out. The ones that got many fans’ attention were the fusion warriors of Gogeta and Vegito. These characters were born…
The Naruto universe is back with a bang as Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 2 arrives in bookstores. An announcement came on Twitter along with a new trailer. After the conclusion of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations earlier this year, fans were left with the promise of Boruto Uzumaki’s departure from the Hidden Leaf Village, gearing…
Crunchyroll has officially released its Fall 2023 lineup. As detailed in a recent press release, over 50 new and returning series will become available on the platform, with the earliest release date set for Sept. 28 and the latest set for Oct. 21. Highlights among the collection of debut titles include Madhouse’s fantasy series, Frieran:…
The creators of the breakout shojo hit My Happy Marriage (Wata Marriage) announced that the anime has been renewed for a second season. The second season was confirmed by the My Happy Marriage official X account and the Anime News Network. The announcement was accompanied by three new visuals and a video from the leads…
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 has revealed preview images for the anime’s ninth episode before it premieres on September 21. Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 recently released a few promo images on its official website alongside the upcoming episode 9 synopsis, which reads, “Shibuya station underground platform. Gojo overpowers and corners Jogo, Hanami, and Choso, despite civilians…
Bartender: Glass of God has released its first full-length trailer. As detailed on Crunchyroll, Bartender: Glass of God is the latest adaptation of Araki Joh and Kenji Nagatomo’s seinen drama manga, Bartender. Studio Liber, which is producing the anime, released a new key visual and a full-length trailer spotlighting the series’ hero, Ryo Sasakura, a…
WEBTOON canceled the English publication of the popular Get Schooled series due to its allegedly racist portrayal of multiethnic characters. Per ComicBook, WEBTOON announced it would no longer distribute Get Schooled after its latest chapters sparked outrage among readers. The company also reported the series will not return to the USA and that the Korean…
New York Comic Con 2023 is gearing up to be an epic event for Jujutsu Kaisen enthusiasts, and Loungefly has just revealed a ton of new merchandise for the event. Leading the pack is the exquisite off-white mini backpack, featuring the character Ryomen Sukuna. Carrying a price tag of $80, the item will be up…
Studio OLM has released the first trailer for its original anime, Pon no Michi. As detailed on Anime Corner, Pon No Michi’s official YouTube channel unveiled the series’ debut promotional video, which introduces the main characters and their respective voice actors, on Sept. 15, The anime’s story revolves around a group of friends from the…
Following its penultimate episode, the highly anticipated 13th and final episode of Horimiya: The Missing Pieces, is set to air on September 23, 2023. To further hype up the finale, a promotional video has been unveiled by the show’s staff, which provided fans with a summary of the season, as well as a glimpse of…
Crunchyroll is rolling out home video releases for My Hero Academia and several other popular anime franchises. As detailed on Anime Corner, the prominent anime streaming company recently announced a list of new titles scheduled to come out on DVD and Blu-ray this December. Highlights include One Piece — Collection 33, which compiles episodes 795-818…
Fans of the Precure anime franchise are getting yet another new film installment in the coming year, expanding the long-running series. The official announcement came as a surprise at the end of the latest film, Eiga Precure All Stars F (also known as Pretty Cure All Stars F). The film also marked the 14th installment…
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation has released a preview video for its eleventh episode titled “To You,” which shows Sylphy wanting to reveal her identity. Mushoku Tensei Season 2 released the preview video for Episode 11 on YouTube. The preview shows peaceful frames of Rudy, Sylphy, Ariel, and Luke interacting with each other. Sylphy narrates the…
Project No. 9 has revealed a third key visual before the debut of its new anime series, A Girl & Her Guard Dog (Ojo to Banken-kun). The studio released the visual through the series’ official website. Yoshihiro Takamoto will direct the A Girl & Her Guard Dog series, which features a voice cast that includes…
Author Akira Amano’s 2000s popular action-comedy manga, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, is known as one of the earliest series that featured many shonen tropes before the “Big Three” took the genre by storm. Now, nearly 13 years after the conclusion of its anime adaptation, known in North America as Reborn!, Shonen Jump‘s official YouTube channel has…
In exciting news for anime fans, the popular Trillion Game manga is finally making its debut on the small screen with a brand-new anime adaptation. Written by Riichiro Inagaki, best known for Eyeshield 21 and Dr. Stone, and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, known for his work on Crying Freeman, the Trillion Game manga’s upcoming anime…
Studio Deen’s Boy’s Love film, Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation is coming to Crunchyroll later this month. Sasaki and Miyano’s first cinematic entry, which chronicles the titular character’s emotional departure from high school, debuted in Japanese theaters earlier this year. The anime streaming service Crunchyroll recently announced that the film will become available to stream starting…
A lot of fans of the hit anime series, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, will have to wait a little longer as the upcoming episode will now stream on a later date, after a slight delay. While the series’ eighth episode is still slated to broadcast in Japan on September 17 as originally…
Aspiring manga artists compete for a chance to have their work adapted to a live-action short film as Toho collaborates with Shonen Jump+ to sponsor a storyboarding contest through the World Maker app. Shonen Jump+ announced the competition on the World Maker App’s X account. All creatives are encouraged to join but are required to…
Sega recently announced the board-game-style video game Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Sweep the Board! Sega, which published the arena fighter tie-in game Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles, is returning to the franchise again for an all-new offering more akin to Mario Party than the typical anime video game. Sweep the Board! puts up…
Blue Giant is finally seeing a North American premiere. GKIDS is working on the distribution of the highly anticipated anime film. Blue Giant is adapted from Shinichi Ishizuka’s acclaimed manga series of the same name. The movie will have a limited release in only a handful of theaters. GKIDS has also shared a trailer on…
Phoenix: Eden17, Studio 4°C’s adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix manga, will be getting a new feature film. Studio 4°C’s modern retelling of Tezuka’s classic is one of several exclusive anime series to debut on Disney+ this year. According to Anime News Network, the official website for Phoenix: Eden17’s film version, titled Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower,…
The Spy X Family franchise will receive its first video game installment next year. Last year, Wit Studios and Cloverworks’ animated comedy skyrocketed to the top of anime popularity charts across Japan and beyond. As detailed in the latest Nintendo Direct Presentation (starting at the 7:20 mark), the franchise is now getting a spinoff game…
Viz Media has compiled the entire Yu Yu Hakusho manga collection and put it online for fans to read. YYK‘s animation adaptation recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, but despite the franchise’s popularity, the manga has been hard to find, especially in the digital sense. Physical editions can be found online, but their prices are rather…
Chris Evans made fun of his Scott Pilgrim Takes Off co-star Michael Cera for randomly posting in the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World email chain, according to Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O’Malley. O’Malley recalled the playful exchange between once and future collaborators Cera and Evans in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “The cast have…
Platinum Vision has revealed a new promo for the Girl’s Love anime, I’m in Love With the Villainess. As detailed by Anime News Network, the anime’s official website recently unveiled the promotional video, which highlights the infatuation of the series’ protagonist Rae Taylor for her love interest, Claire Francois. This promo also features the show’s…
The anime adaptation of the massively popular webtoon series Solo Leveling released new details for its upcoming 2024 premiere with a new trailer. The two-and-a-half-minute promotional video gives fans a sneak peek into the beginnings of Sung Jinwoo, who has garnered a reputation as the weakest hunter in the world and how he struggles to…
To commemorate the manga’s 40th Anniversary, Fist of the North Star is getting another anime adaptation. According to Crunchyroll, Warner Bros. Japan announced the new anime project on Fist of the North Star Day (Sept. 13) — the same day that the iconic manga launched back in 1983. While no cast or staff information has…
Attack on Titan The Final Season gave fans a preliminary look at the series finale with an action-packed trailer. The half-a-minute promotional video showcased the highly anticipated climactic final battle, wherein Eren Jaeger must finally confront his former allies. The clip offered viewers a brief glimpse into the long-awaited series finale, with appearances from several…
The isekai anime, Butareba: The Story of a Man Turned Into a Pig, has released a new trailer. As detailed on Anime News Network, the new promo dropped during Aniplex Online Fest 2023, a live stream festival that gives anime fans a sneak peek at future works from various studios. In addition to the trailer,…
A new One Piece collectible figurine spotlights Monkey D. Luffy’s most powerful transformation. Available on Crunchyroll and retailing for only $29.99, the Gear 5 Battle Record Collection Figure shows the future King of the Pirates in full Joy Boy mode, his left arm stretched out and ready to clobber Kaido of the Beasts. The preorder…
The upcoming anime adaptation of the South Korean web novel and manhwa, A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special, unveiled two new trailers introducing two of its leading characters, Desir Herrman and Romantica Eru. The official Crunchyroll YouTube channel uploaded two new trailers featuring the leads of the anime adaptation of A Returner’s Magic Should Be…
A trailer for the second stage adaptation of Jujutsu Kaisen has dropped online, hyping the show’s intense storyline. The new promotional video spotlights the many characters who appear in the stage play’s plot, which adapts the proceedings of the “Kyoto Goodwill Event” arc, teasing some of the battle matchups between the students from the opposing…
The premiere date for The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 is approaching, and a new promotional image teases what the dark fantasy isekai has in store. Per Anime News Network, the key visual promises a story filled with action as it sees multiple characters wielding weapons. Moreover, it sees protagonist Cid Kagenou appropriately in the…
The first teaser trailer for Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising- has dropped online. Available on Aniplex’s official YouTube channel, the brief promotional video indicates that the new movie will continue the franchise’s signature terrifying spin on the magical girl genre. It also heavily emphasized the narrative importance of Madoka Kaname and Homura…
The second season of Heaven Official’s Blessing will debut as part of the fall 2023 lineup. According to Crunchyroll, Season 2 of the wildly popular donghua will hit the streaming platform sometime in October. It will be accessible to subscribers in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Oceania, Africa and the Middle East. Based…
The anime adaptation of Kazue Kato’s Blue Exorcist will return at the beginning of next year. A brief teaser trailer, which is available on Aniplex’s official YouTube channel, verifies that the third season of the dark fantasy series will debut in January and that the plot will adapt the “Shimane Illuminati” arc from Kato’s manga….
Ahead of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off‘s streaming debut, Netflix will be dropping a sneak peek video for its highly-anticipated anime adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim novels. ReedPop has confirmed that Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is one of the shows that will be having its own panel at the upcoming New York Comic-Con 2023….
Veronica Taylor, the original English voice actor for Ask Ketchum in the 1997 Pokémon anime, is launching a podcast dedicated to the original TV series. On X (formerly Twitter), Taylor dropped the first teaser trailer for her Pokémon Season 1 rewatch podcast called “The Trainer’s Guide.” As mentioned in the trailer, Taylor will be rewatching…
Pokémon: To Be A Pokémon Master has arrived on Netflix in the US. The mini-series is unique compared to the previous main series, Pokémon Journeys, for two main reasons. First, there are only 12 episodes in the mini-series. Second, the focus of the mini-series is to showcase Ash Ketchum in his “final adventures.” After 25…
Content Warning: This article references potentially triggering subjects like sexual abuse. Reader discretion is advised. Goblin Slayer will return to the airwaves on Oct. 6. According to Anime News Network, Goblin Slayer’s official website recently announced the series’ upcoming release date in addition to a new key visual featuring the main characters. The season’s first…
The Boy and the Heron premiered at the Toronto Film Festival with a surprise guest who did not hold back his admiration for Hayao Miyazaki. Deadline reports the surprise appearance by director Guillermo Del Toro was met with an ovation at the Toronto Film Festival. The crowd might have not anticipated he was the one…
In the upcoming Pokémon game, Detective Pikachu Returns, fans can once again join Tim Goodman and the illustrious Detective Pikachu in solving mysteries. A sequel to Detective Pikachu, the game is all set to arrive at Nintendo Switch, this year. In an interview with ComicBook.com, director Yasunori Yanagisawa talked about the possibility of featuring another…
The Berserk manga is set to get a new chapter this month, as revealed by Hakusensha’s Young Animal magazine in Japan. According to Anime News Network, the upcoming chapter arriving in a few weeks will start a new arc in the franchise. The long-running series was created by Kentarou Miura and became a staple of…
The English dub of the dark fantasy anime series, Attack on Titan: The Final Chapters Special 1, is set to make its long-awaited debut on Crunchyroll. Fans of the series can mark their calendars for September 10, at 10:30 PM Pacific Time, to experience the beginning of the end of the epic anime series. As…
The first episode of the special miniseries Pokemon: Paldea Winds has arrived. The series is not set within the main canon of the current anime series but is the latest spinoff by The Pokemon Company to further flesh out the world of Pokemon. The miniseries is set within Paldea, the setting for the ninth generation…
