P.A. Works has opened an official website and released its first trailer for an original anime titled Appare-Ranman! Hashimoto Masakazu will direct as well as handling story and series composition, with original character design by Ahndongshik, character design and animation direction by Oohigashi Yurie, mecha design by Takeuchi Shiho, and music by Evan Call. Set

Upcoming TV anime Dorohedoro is set to hit the airwaves in Jan. 2020! A PV was also released with the announcement, illustrating the dark yet dynamic world of Dorohedoro. Produced by Mappa, the anime will adapt Q Hayashida’s dark fantasy manga, which ran for over 18 years. It follows a young man named Caiman as

Assault Lily, a multimedia project inspired by Azone and acus’ popular doll line, is getting an anime adaptation! The anime will feature the same main cast from the upcoming stage play, Assault Lily: League of Gardens: Akao Hikaru as Hitotsuyanagi Riri, Natsuyoshi Ruko as Shirai Yuyu, Izawa Mikako as Kaede Johan Nouvelle, Nishimoto Rimi as

Anime NYC 2019 has announced that it will release an additional 1000 tickets for anisong concert Lantis Matsuri, the original tickets for which sold out in just ten minutes! Set to go on sale at 12:00 pm ET on Oct. 12, the additional tickets will be classified as C Tickets, and will grant access to

A new trailer has been released for In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World, the extended version of acclaimed anime film In This Corner of the World! The trailer features a number of charming scenes, particularly between the movie’s protagonist, Suzu, and a beautiful courtesan named Rin, whose role will be explored further

The movie’s second key visual was also released along with new cast announcements and character visuals. Takahashi Minami will play Miyazato Tohmi, the captain of the Yamato, while Naganawa Maria will voice its vice captain, Nomura Sia. Kusunoki Tomori will be joining the crew as Abe Azumi, captain of the Shinano, and Amano Satomi will

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, a spin-off manga from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure‘s Diamond is Unbreakable arc, has released a key visual for its new OVA! The spin-off consists of a series of one-shots, following Kishibe’s bizarre encounters as he visits various locations to gather material for his manga. So far, Episodes 2 and 5 of the

Crossover anime Isekai Quartet has released a Season 2 key visual and PV packed with isekai characters! The series follows the protagonists of Overlord, KonoSuba, Re:Zero and The Saga of Tanya the Evil. One day, a mysterious button appears, which they naturally press – upon which they find themselves transported to a brand new “isekai”

Bushiroad anime and video game event CharaExpo USA 2019 is welcoming to the main stage Aimi and Otsuka Sae, the voices of Toyama Kasumi and Hanazono Tae from BanG Dream! band Poppin’Party! The two will take to the main stage for a talk show and mini live acoustic stage event. Although the schedule has not

The Irregular at Magic High School is based on the light novel series written by Satou Tsutomu and illustrated by Ishida Kana. It received its first anime in 2014 and a movie in 2017. The new season will adapt the Visitor arc of the original series, where magician siblings Tatsuya and Miyuki meet Angelina Kudou

“unlasting” is LiSA’s seventh contribution to the Sword Art Online franchise. It will be available for streaming from Oct. 21. Inspired by the series of light novels by Kawahara Reki, Sword Art Online‘s Alicization series is the third season in the main anime series. It follows Kirito as he once again becomes trapped inside an

Both the key visual and trailer give fans another taste of the long journey that the main characters will have to endure, including Bedivere (played by Miyano Mamoru), Fujimaru RItsuka, Mash Kyrielight, and Da Vinci. It was also announced that Suezawa Kei and Arai Kazuto will be directing the first and second films respectively, with

Rap franchise Hypnosis Mic has announced new unit North Bastard, created specially for its very first stage play adaptation! Representing the Akabane division, North Bastard will join Ikebukuro division’s Buster Bros!!! and Yokohama division’s Mad Trigger Crew for the first installment of the stage play adaptation. The new unit features Douan Kazusato (played by Kishomoto

With anime more popular than ever all over the world, we sat down with some of the people who actually produce it to hear some of their thoughts about the production process and a few behind the scenes stories too. This interview series is a collaborative project between Japanese language news site Anime! Anime!, Tokyo

With less than three weeks to go until the premiere of Part 2, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These‘s movie trilogy has revealed a new two-minute trailer! The trailer shows the increasingly fierce internal conflict within both the Empire and the Alliance. Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These is inspired by

Upcoming TV anime series ID:INVADED has released a key visual featuring its protagonist along with info on its ending theme! Internationally renowned artist Miyavi is performing the ED song, titled “Other Side”. The track is included in his recently released album “No Sleep Till Tokyo”. Directed by Fate/Zero‘s Aoki Ei, ID:INVADED is an original sci-fi

Popular fantasy manga Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba will be making its 2.5D debut with a stage play that will run from January 2020 in Tokyo and Hyogo! It has been confirmed that Suemitsu Kenichi is handling the script and direction, and Wada Syunsuke will be creating the music. Based on the manga by Gotouge

Adapted from the popular spinoff manga series written by Kamachi Kazuma and illustrated by Fuyukawa Motoi, the franchise follows Misaka Mikoto, an electromaster who lives in a world where the lines between magic and science have become blurred. (C) 2018 Kamachi Kazuma / Fuyukawa Motoi / Kadokawa / Project Railgun T Source link

In addition to these familiar faces, the visual also features two characters created for the movie, as well as Hawks, a pro hero who will be making his first appearance in the series on the big screen. Originally created by Horikoshi Kouhei and currently running in Weekly Shonen Jump, My Hero Academia is set in

The big news was announced at the end of Episode 26, the final episode of the anime. Sotozaki Haruo has been confirmed to return as director for the movie, along with Matsushima Akira for character design and ufotable for animation. Based on the manga by Gotouge Koyoharu, Kimetsu no Yaiba follows kindhearted charcoal seller Kamado

“Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2019 ~Chaldea Park~” (herein “FGO Fes. 2019”), an event celebrating the fourth anniversary of the smartphone RPG Fate/Grand Order (herein FGO), was held for two days on Aug. 3 (Sat.) and 4 (Sun.) at Makuhari Messe International Exhibit Halls 4-7. ANX sponsored the event and was among the exhibiting companies, and SMS

Popular manga The Promised Neverland will be heading to the big screen in 2020 with a live action movie adaptation! The movie will shift the ages of the protagonists from 12 to 16 and is directed by Hirakawa Yuichirou with a script by Gotou Noriko. So far, cast members for the three protagonists have been

Hypnosis Mic has released “Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-+”, a new version of its theme song featuring the recently added Osaka and Nagoya division units! With music, lyrics, and arrangement by composing unit invisible manners (Hirayama Daisuke & Fukuyama Sei), the updated version of the track gives fans a taste of Dotsuitare Honpo and Bad

Popular anime Boruto: Naruto Next Generations has brought together Boruto and a young Naruto in a new key visual on its official website! In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Naruto franchise, a new arc will see the appearance of a teenage Naruto alongside today’s Boruto. Boruto: Naruto Next Generations follows the adventures of

Produced by CG anime studio Buemon, it will stream via the Bandai Namco Art YouTube channel as a YouTube Original work. In addition to Urobuchi, confirmed staff includes Yamada Hiroki and Shirado Seiji as directors, with Buemon handling animation. In Obsolete, aliens make contact with humanity in 2014, requesting trade. In exchange for limestone, the

Popular anime Fruits Basket will be back for Season 2 in 2020! The second season was announced during the final episode of Season 1 which saw the introduction of two new characters: Manabe Kakeru and Kuragi Machi. Played by Eguchi Takuya and Kakuma Ai, the two are student council members, who will come to be

The latest installment in the Sword Art Online: Alicization series, War of Underworld, has released its second trailer, this time featuring opening theme track “Resolution” by Tomatsu Haruka, the voice of Asuna! The trailer features the beginnings of a war of unprecedented scale along with appearance of Kirito and the other familiar characters. It also

Season 4 of popular volleyball anime Haikyu!! will be titled “To the Top”! A visual of Karasuno High’s latest team lineup has been released along with the announcement of two new cast members: Hanae Natsuki as Hoshiumi Kourai of Kamomedai High, and Miyano Mamoru as Miya Atsumu of Inarizaki High. The original Haikyu!! manga was

All Stars is the latest app in the popular Love Live! franchise. An action RPG/rhythm game hybrid, All Stars will feature all of the 27 aspiring idols of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, including the members of μ’s and Aqours. (C) 2013 Project Love Live!(C) Project Love Live! Sunshine!!(C)KLabGames(C)SUNRISE(C)bushiroad All Rights Reserved. Source link

Rap battle franchise Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- is heading to the stage! Titled Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rule the Stage – track.1-, the stage adaptation begins performances at Tokyo’s Stella Ball in Nov. 2019 and will feature the Ikebukuro and Yokohama divisions. The Shibuya and Shinjuku divisions will star in their own play