Month: August 2022

Legendary doujinshi convention Comic Market, or Comiket, came back to Tokyo Big Sight on August 13-14 for its 100th event. Yes, 100th! Courtesy of the folks at Geek Lab, here’s a look at some of the booths run by companies and groups like hololive, Aniplex, and Nitroplus. The booth for internet game company Yostar shined

Comedy anime Spy x Family has revealed its October 1 premiere date for Part 2 with a visual starring the adorable Anya Forger! Fans can enjoy the visual even more with a video featuring close-ups of each character. Adapted from Tatsuya Endo’s manga series, Spy x Family revolves around a spy codenamed Twilight, who is

Gridman Universe will be heading to the big screen in 2023 with an original anime film! “Gridman Universe” refers to the world of SSSS.GRIDMAN and SSSS.DYNAZENON, two anime adaptations based on Tsuburaya Productions’ tokusatsu shows, where high school boys battle marauding kaiju. The film will bring together cast members from both series, including Hikaru Midorikawa

Hi, hello, how are you? It’s good to see you again this week! This’ll be our last roundup during August, and we’re happy to have brought you hundreds of tempting figures for you to hopefully add to your collections! But juuuuust before we get to this week’s lineup… yeah, we know that we have lots

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s iconic animated series is celebrating its 10th anniversary in style with a huge exhibition, and we went to check it out just for you at a pre-event viewing! The event officially opened its doors at Sunshine City in Tokyo on August 10, 2022. Every inch of the exhibition is packed from floor

Hit anime My Hero Academia has announced the theme songs for its sixth season! The opening theme song will be “Hitamuki” by Super Beaver, while the ending theme song will be “Sketch” by Kiro Akiyama. Adapted from Kohei Horikoshi’s manga of the same name, My Hero Academia is set in a world in which the

Fantasy anime Record of Ragnarok has revealed an updated trailer that features the voices of its central characters! [embedded content] New and returning cast members were also confirmed. Joining the cast are Tomokazu Sugita as Jack the Ripper, Katsuyuki Konishi as Heracles, Subaru Kimura as Raiden Tameemon, and Yūichi Nakamura as Buddha. Meanwhile, Miyuki Sawashiro

Currently airing action anime Lycoris Recoil has revealed a promo video and key visual! An original anime directed by Shingo Adachi, the character designer for Sword Art Online and Working!!, Lycoris Recoil is set at a downtown Tokyo cafe where a group of cute girls serve up sweet treats in addition to other services, like

According to a statement on the official website, the delay is due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. A revised opening date will be announced on the official website and social media channels in due course. The two films are based on the Progressive series, a floor-by-floor reboot of the original Sword Art

Hit anime Jujutsu Kaisen is set to reveal new info about Season 2 at a special program on September 18! A new visual was also released for the upcoming rebroadcast of the Origin of Obedience arc. Originally a manga by Gege Akutami, Jujutsu Kaisen follows Yuji, a high school boy who chooses to join the

Need a smile on your face? We often find that awesome figures do the trick, so come with us as we look back on Smile Fest 2022! But wait, what’s Smile Fest? Launched by Good Smile Company (of course!), it’s a figure event that was held in Shinjuku, Tokyo on August 6 and 7. In

Isekai anime I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too has released a teaser visual and trailer confirming it will be getting a TV anime adaptation! [embedded content] The teaser visual shows the door which connects this world and the other, while the trailer features narration by

Another week, another slew of awesome figures! Whether your preferred way to enjoy figures is staring at them, posing them, photographing them, or a combination of all of the above, we’re right there with you. Of course, another part of the fun is the anticipation, meaning the impatient countdown until your chosen figures arrive at

The prologue for upcoming TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury will be available from September 1 at Gundam Info! Titled Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury PROLOGUE, it will follow test pilot Elnora Samaya, who is waiting for the Gundam Lfrith to meet the conditions set by the council. The prologue

Romcom anime Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible has confirmed that it will premiere next year! [embedded content] The anime’s first promo video was released along with the announcement. Adapted from Nene Yukimori’s manga series, Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible follows Junta, a high school boy who is so quiet and shy that he

Sports anime Yowamushi Pedal has unveiled a new visual for Season 5! The visual stars protagonist Sakamichi Onodera, who is cycling with Sangaku Manami of rival team Hakone Academy Bicycle Club. Based on Wataru Watanabe’s manga, Yowamushi Pedal follows otaku high schooler Sakamichi Onoda, who is mocked for riding a bulky city bicycle to school.

Comedy anime One Punch Man will be back with Season 3! While an airdate is yet to be revealed, a teaser visual by character designer Chikashi Kubota has been released. Adapted from the original webcomic created by ONE, One-Punch Man revolves around a hero named Saitama who can knock out any opponent with just a

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime’s upcoming anime film has revealed three new cast members! Riko Fukumoto will play Towa, a queen with a mysterious ability. Yuma Uchida will play Hiiro, an ogre survivor. Subaru Kimura will play Lacua, a peddler who often travels through the land of Razha. The new characters were

Isekai light novel series Shangri-La Frontier is set to receive a TV anime and game adaptation! [embedded content] Written by Katarina, Shangri-La Frontier takes place in the near future. In a world where full-dive VR games are held up as the standard, games that aren’t able to keep up with the latest VR technology are

Comedy anime Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun is set to return with Season 3 on October 8! Season 3 will air 21 episodes. Makoto Moriwaki will return to direct at Bandai Namco Pictures with series composition by Kazuki Fudeyasu and music by Akimitsu Honya. Yumiko Hara will join the staff as the new character designer.

Hit volleyball anime Haikyu!! is getting a two-part film titled Haikyu!! Final! [embedded content] Billed as the finale for the series, the two films will be produced by Production I.G. While the official release date is yet to be revealed, a kickoff event will be held in August 2023. Inspired by Haruichi Furudate’s popular volleyball

Cyberpunk anime Psycho-Pass is getting a new film titled Psycho-Pass: Providence! The film is being made as part of the anime’s 10th anniversary celebrations, which will officially kick off in October 2022. [embedded content] Psycho-Pass will be directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani, who directed the original anime and films, and it will be produced by Production

Hey there, we’re glad to see you again! It’s shaping up to be another scorcher of a weekend – or perhaps more accurately, another sauna of a weekend! That’s enough complaining about the weather, though. This time, we’re thinking of some of the pluses of summer in Japan, like natsu matsuri, or summer festivals. It’s

Ever wished you could jump into the world of Fate/Grand Order? We visited Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2022 to do just that, without even having to go through any deadly battles! Held on July 30-31, 2022, FGO Fes. came back to Makuhari Messe for its 7th anniversary, plus its first in-person event since 2019. We’re not

Kaiju No. 8 is getting an anime adaptation! [embedded content] Created by Naoya Matsumoto, the original manga series has been serialized in web magazine Shonen Jump+ from July 2020. It is also available to read outside Japan at Manga Plus. The series takes place in a world which in which kaiju attacks have become commonplace.

One Piece has set a new Guinness World Record for the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author! The series officially broke its own record (set in 2014) after Volume 103 was published, pushing it over 500 million copies released worldwide. Created by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece has been

Created by Ryoko Kui, the series follows a group of adventurers who must make meals out of monsters to sustain themselves during their quest to save a teammate from the belly of a dragon. While a teaser visual was released to celebrate the TV anime, details on the airdate, cast, and crew are yet to

Mystery anime Bungo Stray Dogs will be back on the scene with Season 4 next January! [embedded content] In addition to a new trailer and visual, four new cast members were announced: Akio Otsuka as Ochi Fukuchi, Makoto Koichi as Teruko Okura, Takehito Koyasu as Nikolai Gogol, and Takeshi Kusao as Mushitaro Oguri. Bungo Stray

Beloved dark fantasy anime Berserk is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Golden Age Arc film trilogy with a remastered version that will air this October! Billed as a “memorial edition,” it will even feature additional scenes, including emotional moments from “Bonfire of Dreams.” It will also showcase new songs by Susumu Hirasawa and Shiro

Welcome to this summer’s report on Wonder Festival, the world’s largest figure and garage kit expo! Held twice a year from 1984, this amazing event is split into two areas: one for individual creators to show off and sell their garage kits, and one where companies set up booths to exhibit their products. While the