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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! [embedded content] The trailer shows the increasingly fierce internal conflict within both the Empire and the Alliance. Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These is

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

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! [embedded content] 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

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.

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

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

≪Project Partner Interview: Knead Chiaki & Wotakumito≫ – What are your impressions of this project? Chiaki: At Knead we’ve already handled several kimono figures and are currently in production with orders from other companies, but I think this one is a little different. We often use sample images and illustrations as a reference, but using

Set in the Taisho era, the game boasts character design by Bleach‘s Kubo Tite, music by Tanaka Kouhei and story composition by Ishii Jirou. Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation will revolve around Amamiya Sakura (played by Sakura Ayane) and feature the game’s opening theme “Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan ”. Series composition is by both Ono and

Human Lost, an anime feature loosely inspired by renowned Japanese author Dazai Osamu’s No Longer Human, has released its main visual and trailer. [embedded content] The movie is supervised by Motohiro Katsuyuki and directed by Kizaki Fuminori with a script by Ubukata Tow. Polygon Pictures will produce. Set in the Tokyo of Showa 111 (2036),

Upcoming anime Azur Lane has released its main trailer along with info on the artists for its opening and ending themes! [embedded content] May’n will perform the opening theme “graphite/diamond”, previewed below, while Kano will sing the ending “Hikari no Dohyo”. [embedded content] Adapted from the popular smartphone game starring cute anthropomorphised warships, the series

Upcoming live action movie Hell Girl has released its main trailer and a striking new visual! Hell Girl is an original horror anime project which first aired in 2005. The show revolves around “Hell Girl” Enma Ai who responds to requests posted on the “Hell Correspondence” website where people leave messages about their grudges. Ai

Jack Jeanne, a new game conceived by Tokyo Ghoul‘s Ishida Sui, has released a new trailer confirming its key casting! [embedded content] Six members of cast have been confirmed so far: Kondou Takayuki as Takahina Sarafumi, Kasama Jun as Musumi Kai, Kishio Daisuke as Neji Kokuto, Kajiwara Gakuto as Shirota Mitsuki, Uchida Yuma as Orimaki

Atlus has released the opening titles sequence for upcoming game Persona 5 Royal, which is set to arrive on PS4 at the end of October! [embedded content] The latest in the long running Persona franchise, Persona 5 Royal will feature an original “third semester” story at Shujin Academy, also adding new characters. Persona 5 Royal

Following the announcement of a fifth unit representing the Osaka division, rap project Hypnosis Mic has confirmed that it’s adding a sixth, this time hailing from the Nagoya Division! The new unit is titled Bad Ass Temple, featuring three members: Harai Kukou (played by Hayama Shouta), Aimono Jushi (Sakakihara Yuki), and Amaguni Hitoya (Takeuchi Eiji).

On Aug. 28, Tokyo welcomed the 57th edition of the Prize Fair, a special exhibit featuring upcoming prizes for six major manufacturers! As always, this year’s summer edition was bursting with tempting new offerings from Banpresto representing tons of popular series. First off, Super Saiyan fever shows no signs of dying down, with another round

Aniplex has released the second trailer for upcoming anime Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia! [embedded content] It has also been announced that UNISON SQUARE GARDEN will perform the show’s opening theme, “Phantom Joke”. The anime adapts the Babylonia arc from popular Fate spin-off smartphone RPG, Fate/Grand Order. Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia airs

Ahead of its Season 4 premiere on Oct. 12, My Hero Academia has released a new key visual created by character designer Tsumakoshi Yoshihiko. Starring none other than the originally Quirk-less Hero Deku alongside the Big 3’s Miro, the visual also gives fans another peek at Overhaul, the head of villainous organisation Shie Hassaikai. Another

The group consists of Nurude Sasara (played by Iwasaki Ryouta), Tsutsujimori Roshou (Kawanishi Kengo), and Amayado Rei (Kuroda Takaya). Their official debut will be through a CD set to launch on Oct. 30. Hypnosis Mic is a popular franchise set in a world where war is waged not with weapons, but words. At the project’s

SAO 10th AnniversaryKyoto x SAOKyoyuzen WAHOO! Figure Project ■OutlineProject to create a figure of Asuna Yuki’s “Asuna” Avatar wearing “Kyoyuzen” Kyoto printed silk. Kyoto fabric wholesalers and businesses are coming together to make virtual Asuna put on real “Kyoyuzen.” The figure will be produced by Aniplex+’s original WAHOO! brand. The announcement will be made and

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