Voice actress and singer Suzuki Minori has been selected as ANiUTa’s artist of the month for August 2019! Suzuki shot to fame after participating in an open audition for popular mecha anime Macross Delta at the age of 17. Having taken the top place over more than 8000 other hopefuls, she won the main role

Mecha franchise Mobile Suit Gundam is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2019. The original anime debuted on April 7, 1979 and has since received countless manga and game adaptations, as well as a huge number of iconic “gunpla” model kit series. Behind Gundam‘s success is creator and director Tomino Yoshiyuki, who will be making his

Granblue Fantasy ( GBF ) is a popular role-playing game beloved for its profound story and vast number of characters. The game is currently picking up fans in Japan thanks to its charming setting of islands floating in the sky and has already begun expanding into other media with manga and anime adaptations as well

Polygon Pictures was founded in 1983 and is one of the oldest digital animation studios in the world. With the mission “to do what no other has done, in unparalleled quality, for all the world to see and enjoy,” Polygon Pictures has brought innovation to the anime industry in Japan and worldwide through their works

Dr. Stone has released a trailer that teases its upcoming “Village Arc”, featuring several of the characters who live there. Inspired by Inagaki Riichiro and Boichi’s manga, which is currently running in Weekly Shonen Jump, the anime takes place in a world where humanity has been mysteriously turned to stone. Genius boy scientist Senku and

Violet Evergarden side story Eternity and the Auto Memories Doll has released its main trailer! A spin-off from the original anime, the movie revolves around Isabella, a young lady from a good family who attends an elite ladies’ college under a “contract” with her father. However, the beautiful school with its white camellias in bloom

Her Blue Sky, an upcoming theatrical movie from the team behind AnoHana, has released its third key visual! Drawn by character designer Tanaka Masayoshi, the poster image features the four main characters, Shinnosuke, Akane, Aoi, and Shinno. Tatsuyuki Nagai will direct with a script by Okada Mari and Tanaka Masayoshi handling character design/animation direction. Set

Arc System Works has announced a new Guilty Gear game set for release next year. The upcoming game will be the franchise’s first completely original title released since 2014’s Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign-. Ishiwatari Daisuke will return to direct. Pricing and platform information has not yet been confirmed, but the game is scheduled for release

Chihayafuru Season 3 will air from Oct. 22! Its main trailer was released along with the announcement. It was also confirmed that veteran voice actress Sakamoto Maaya will be joining the cast as Inokuma Haruka. Based on the popular manga by Suetsugu Yuki, the series follows high school student Ayase Chihaya as she strives to

Hotel Tavinos, a hotel for overseas visitors, will open in Hamamatsucho, Tokyo on Aug. 1. The hotel’s motto is that it is a “travel hub hotel that supports active travels,” and it aims to be a hotel that offers visitors complete services at low prices. Also, with its AI concierge and manga-themed interiors, it’s unlike

A new Gintama anime movie is now in the works! First teased at the “Gintama Shirogane Matsuri 2019 (Kari)” event in March, the new project was finally confirmed along with the release of the 77th and final volume of the collected manga. No further details have been released and it remains unclear whether the movie

Aside from Nine, the trailer shows Deku along with Bakugo Katsuki, Uraraka Ochako, Iida Tenya, and Todoroki Shoto as they continue All Might’s mission and face off against their greatest foe yet. Inspired by Horikoshi Kouhei’s hit manga, Heroes Rising is the second big screen outing for the My Hero Academia franchise, which has previously

Renowned anime studio Kyoto Animation suffered an arson attack on July 18th, 2019 (JST), which took over 30 lives and injured more. As the studio behind countless beloved anime like K-ON!, The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi and Hibike! Euphonium, Kyoto Animation has received an outpouring of love from fans all around the world. Those who

Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eternity and the Auto Memories Doll, a side story to the main anime, has released a key visual ahead of its Sept. 6 release. A Kyoto Animation work directed by Fujita Haruka, it will be screening for three weeks only at 73 cinemas across Japan, a week longer than originally planned. It

On July 13, the exhibit “Kow Yokoyama Maschinen Krieger Exhibit: The Fantasy World of 3D Figures” began at the Hachioji Yume Art Museum in Hachioji, Tokyo. The exhibit features figures and artwork on display with a focus on mecha that have appeared in the sci-fi series Maschinen Krieger which modeler and illustrator Kow Yokoyama has

Zombie Land Saga follows an idol group titled Franchouchou with a huge twist – each of its members are zombies. A special “kick off video” featuring actor Hakuryu giving an impassioned podium speech was released during the encore of a live concert by the in-show band, Franchouchou. Franchouchou will also be realising a best of

The trailer features appearances by new characters including Hildegard von Mariendorf (played by Kanazawa Hana), Flegel (Furuya Toru), and Arthur Lynch (Futamata Issei). Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran is inspired by Tanaka Yoshiki’s popular science fiction novels. Production I.G previously adapted the novel in April 2018 a TV anime series. The

Upcoming anime series Hataage! Kemonomichi has revealed its main visual and several additional cast members! Set for broadcast in October, the upcoming anime series is based on the Kemonomichi! manga, written by KonoSuba‘s Akatsuki Natsume. The series follows masked wrestler Kemona Mask (AKA Shibata Genzo) who is suddenly brought to another world during a bout

Pokémon Masters, a smartphone game for iOS and Android set for release this summer, has opened preregistrations! Aspiring trainers can sign up through the App Store and Google Play. Those wanting to learn more can also visit the official website, which features a number of recently released videos on its gameplay. Developed by Japanese company

Inspired by the series of light novels by Suzuki Nakaba, the new anime follows the ongoing fates of Meliodas and Elizabeth and clashes against the Ten Commandments as the secrets of the Seven Deadly Sins are gradually revealed. (C)Suzuki Nakaba, Kodansha / The Seven Deadly Sins Production Committee Source link

Iconic card game manga Yu-Gi-Oh! will be getting a new TV anime series in 2020! A classic manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! has received two TV anime adaptations as well as a number of spin-off series. Its real life card game adaptation will hit 10,000 card types this October, and a

KonoSuba is adapted from the popular series of light novels by Akatsuki Natsume with illustrations by Mishima Kurone. The first series of the TV anime aired in 2016 with Season 2 following in 2017. The franchise’s first movie, Kurenai Densetsu will follow Kazuma and the gang as they face a serious problem: the imminent destruction

Inspired by the series of light novels by Kawahara Reki, Sword Art Online is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary. The Alicization series is the third season in the main anime series and follows Kirito as he once again becomes trapped inside an online game. Together with Eugeo, a strange NPC who seems to possess human

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

The latest installment in the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0, will finally open in June 2020. Along with the announcement, the movie unveiled a new poster image and began distributing pamphlets. Its second teaser trailer also began playing in cinemas across Japan, to be released online too. Rebuild of Evangelion is a four-part

Voice actress and singer Ohashi Ayaka has been chosen as ANiUta’s artist of the month for July! Born in Saitama in 1994 and raised in Tokyo from the age of five, Ohashi began her career as a child actress. A self-proclaimed otaku from middle school, she made her first foray into the world of voice

Japanese anime studio Kyoto Animation, the creators of hit titles such as K-ON!, The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi and Hibike! Euphonium lost more than 30 lives with more injured after an arson attack on July 18th, 2019 (JST). This was a shocking incident for all and while recovery make take time, we hope that when

Japanese anime studio Kyoto Animation was devastated by an arson attack on July 18, 2019 at around 10:00AM (JST). An explosion occurred at the studio, located in Kyoto, after a man poured gasoline around the building and set it on fire. At the time of the explosion, around 70 employees were in the building and

Hello World, the latest theatrical anime from Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale director Itou Tomohiko, has released a 90-second trailer featuring songs written specially for the movie by OKAMOTO’S and Official HIGE DANdism! Set in the Kyoto of 2027, the film revolves around high school boy Naomi, who receives a visit from a young man

Upcoming OVA Is the Order a Rabbit?? ~Sing for You~ has released its main trailer! Along with the trailer, it was also announced that Mizuki Nana will play the role of Chino’s mother. The OVA begins with Chino getting a solo part in a concert, but as she isn’t used to singing in front of