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Upcoming anime D_Cide Traumerei The Animation has revealed its July 10 premiere date along with a trailer and key visual! [embedded content] D_Cide Traumerei The Animation is part of a multimedia project launched by entertainment company Bushiroad and game developers Sumzap and Drecom. Set in Shibuya, the anime follows a cheerful high school boy named

According to a report by Kidscreen, Square Enix’s fantasy game Final Fantasy IX is getting an animated series adaptation for children aged 8-13! The series will be co-produced and co-developed by Square Enix and French studio Cyber Group Studios. According to Pierre Sissmann, the CEO of Cyber Group Studios, their goal is for it to

Hatsune Miku‘s 3DCG concert series Magical Mirai has confirmed that its 2021 shows will take place October 22-24 (Osaka) and November 5-7 (Tokyo)! [embedded content] The overall theme for Magical Mirai 2021 is “Fairy Tale Fantasy.” In addition to performances and exhibitions featuring Miku, fans will be able to enjoy 15th anniversary celebrations for Vocaloid

Originally a manga by Gege Akutami, Jujutsu Kaisen follows Yuji, a high school boy who chooses to join the Occult Research Club, despite his exceptional talent for athletics. When a cursed talisman is accidentally unsealed, Yuji swallows it and becomes the host of the curse, which he must carry until he is able to kill

Popular isekai comedy manga Uncle From Another World is getting a TV anime adaptation! Created by Hotondoshindeiru, the online gag manga follows a young man named Takafumi, whose uncle suddenly wakes up from a 17-year coma – during which he claims to have been transported to another world. The show has released a novelty vox

Upcoming card game-themed anime Build Divide -#00000 (Code Black)- has announced its main cast! The confirmed cast members are: Yuto Uemura as Teruhito Kurabe, Sayumi Watabe as Sakura Banka, Aoi Koga as Hiyori Tori, Yu Serizawa as Kikka, and Atsushi Tamaru as Naomitsu Enjo. Created by Homura Kawamoto ( the author of Kakegurui ) and

Isekai anime The Saga of Tanya the Evil is getting a second season! [embedded content] The news was revealed during a special program streamed on AbemaTV on June 19. The main cast is set to reprise their roles, with NUT also back to animate the new season. Details on the broadcast date are yet to

The newly announced cast members are Yuichi Nakamura as Tatsuya Shiba, Asuka Nishi as Eimi Akechi, Kana Hanazawa as Mayumi Saegusa, Marina Inoue as Mari Watanabe, Mai Nakahara as Suzune Ichihara, Saki Ogasawara as Azusa Nakajo, Lynn as Airi Isshiki, Atsumi Tanezaki as Shiori Kano, Ibuki Kido as Toko Tsukushiin, and Erika Ishitobi as Saho

Well hello there! Can you believe we’re almost through a whole half of the year?! Whether it’s watching anime, playing games, or even something completely unrelated, we hope you’ve been able to enjoy some quality otaku time so far. Speaking of anime, though, it’s almost time for all those summer anime seasons to come out!

The TV special will follow Menma’s voice actress, Ai Kayano, as she visits the city of Chichibu in Saitama Prefecture, where the series was set. She will also reunite with fellow cast members Haruka Tomatsu and Saori Hayami, who played Anaru and Tsuruko respectively. Aired in 2011, Anohana is an original anime project revolving around

Superhero anime My Hero Academia has released a new trailer and visual for the second cour of Season 5, which is set to begin on June 26! The trailer features the new opening theme song, “Merry-Go-Round” by rock band MAN WITH A MISSION. The ending theme song, “Uso Janai,” is performed by 18-year-old singer-songwriter Soshi

Upcoming anime film The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light has released a clip of a scene created specially for the film! The clip features Zeldris, the leader of the Ten Commandments, and the vampire Gelda, his lover. [embedded content] Based on the manga of the same name by Nakaba Suzuki, The Seven Deadly Sins

Original sci-fi/survival TV anime Sonny Boy has released a new poster visual and trailer! [embedded content] The trailer features the songs “VIDEOTAPEMUSIC” and “Shonen Shojo” (the series theme song) by punk rock band Ging Nang Boyz. Animated by Madhouse, Sonny Boy is directed and written by One-Punch Man’s Shingo Natsume. Renowned artist Hisashi Eguchi has

Popular mecha anime Code Geass’ franchise’s first smartphone game is set to launch this August! Titled Code Geass: Genesic Re;CODE, the game is an RPG featuring an original story of revenge. Players will be able to meet fan favorite characters like Lelouch, Akito, Renya, Orpheus, and Oldrin, as well as brand new characters. The original

Upcoming anime film My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes’ Mission has released a trailer featuring its theme song, “Empathy” by rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation! [embedded content] The trailer also features the voices of guest stars Ryo Yoshizawa and Kazuya Nakai, who play Rody Soul and Flect Turn, as well as plenty of action

Upcoming anime series Fena: Pirate Princess, a co-production by Crunchyroll and Adult Swim, has confirmed its summer release on both platforms in addition to releasing its first key visual, a teaser trailer and info on the key cast and creative team! [embedded content] The series will be available to stream with English subtitles on Crunchyroll.

Thanks to E3 2021, we caught a double dose of announcements for Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin before the game launches three short weeks from now. The first E3 news came from Capcom’s live presentation, which featured a story trailer. Check it out below! [embedded content] In the trailer, we see brief glimpses

Nineteen years. NINETEEN. Since the last time that fans got a new 2D Metroid sequel. During E3 2021’s Nintendo E3 Direct, the company blew everyone away with the surprise announcement that a new 2D installment in the long-running Metroid series was on its way. Titled Metroid Dread, the game is set after the events of

Nintendo blessed us with several great game announcements during today’s Nintendo E3 Direct, but none were bigger or more anticipated than the new look at The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 for the Nintendo Switch! The game was first announced all the way back in E3 2019. As series Producer, Eiji Aonuma

Idol anime IDOLiSH7 has revealed its Season 3 airdate as July 4 in addition to a new trailer, key visual, and a series of character visuals! The trailer showcases the song “Sakura Message” as performed by IDOLiSH7, the franchise’s central idol group. [embedded content] The character visuals feature the members of IDOLiSH7, TRIGGER, and Re:vale

Fantasy manga Jujutsu Kaisen is set to receive its very own mobile game! According to a press release from digital advertising company CyberAgent, the game is titled Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade and will be developed by mobile game company Sumzap for iOS and Android. It will be free-to-play with in-app purchases. While details on gameplay

The rumors were absolutely true! During E3 2021’s “Square Enix Presents” digital event, the game publisher unveiled a new Final Fantasy game with a very different feel from its predecessors. Titled Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin and described as an action RPG, the game is being developed by Team NINJA, the studio that gave

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex’s Kenji Kamiyama is set to direct an original anime film set in the world of The Lord of the Rings! Titled The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, the film will be a prequel exploring the blood-soaked backstory of Helm Hammerhand, ninth King of Rohan

The news was revealed alongside a teaser visual at Juju Fes 2021, a special Jujutsu Kaisen event held on June 13. The visual’s tagline states that the film is “the starting point of Jujutsu Kaisen” and “a story of love and curses.” Originally a manga by Gege Akutami, Jujutsu Kaisen follows Yuji, a high school

A key visual was released along with the announcement. The exact premiere date is yet to be confirmed. The story follows kindhearted middle schooler Iroha Tamaki, who fights witches with her trusty crossbow but is unable to remember why she made her fateful deal with Kyubey. After hearing of a town named Kamihama where magical

Hi, welcome to another figure roundup! First off, here’s an update for all the Tokyo weather otaku out there (there has to be someone, right?!) – mostly sunny skies have held up, but it looks like we’re due for lots of rain next week. Well, at least we get the chance to reenact dramatic anime

In 2019, the description sounded like some kind of wonderful fever dream. Hidetaka Miyazaki, creator of FromSoftware’s critically acclaimed Souls Series, and George R. R. Martin, creator of the critically acclaimed Game of Thrones novel series, collaborating to produce a brand new open world Souls-like action RPG called Elden Ring. Fans lost their collective minds

Netflix has announced three original anime projects currently in production! They were revealed on June 11 as part of Netflix’s inaugural Geeked Week, a virtual event dedicated to comic books, anime, games, and other pop culture genres. One of the new projects is Bright: Samurai Soul, a film inspired by Will Smith’s 2017 action movie

Renowned composer Yoko Kanno is returning to the world of Cowboy Bebop for the upcoming Netflix live action adaptation! The news was announced via the Netflix Geeked Twitter account with a video post of the series’ three stars, John Cho (Spike), Mustafa Shakir (Jet), and Daniella Pineda (Faye), jamming to the iconic Cowboy Bebop theme

The film will be screened in Japanese theaters from July 22 for two weeks only. Directed and scripted by Tomoki Misato, the original anime’s co-creator, it will bring together all 12 episodes. Pui Pui Molcar is a popular stop motion anime that follows the daily lives of guinea pigs who are also cars in two-minute