The live action/animation hybrid Hollywood movie adaptation of Nintendo 3DS game Detective Pikachu has released its second full length trailer! [embedded content] The latest trailer showcases a few more of the iconic Pokémon who will be appearing in the movie which follows the titular Pikachu (voiced by Ryan Reynolds) as he teams up with detective’s

Following on from Red and Green, the two games will take place in the idyllic countryside and modern cities of Galar. Three new partner Pokémon will be introduced in the games, including Grookey, a curious and naughty grass based monkey Pokémon, Scorbunny, an energetic fire bunny, and Sobble, a timid water-based lizard. (C)2019 Pokemon. (C)1995-2019

Season 3 of of TV anime Chihayafuru will not be broadcast until October 2019. Based on the popular manga by Suetsugu Yuki, the series follows high school student Ayase Chihaya as she strives to become the world’s best karuta player. The first season of the TV anime aired in 2011, with Season 2 following in

Merlin will be played by Sakurai Takahiro, and Ana by Asakawa Yu. The TV anime is inspired by the Babylonian arc of the popular smartphone RPG spin-off to the Fate franchise. Akai Toshifumi will direct with lead character design by Takeuchi Takashi, character design by Takase Tomoaki, and music by Haga Keita and Kawasaki Ryou.

Set to air from Apr. 10, original anime CAROLE & TUESDAY has revealed not only a second key visual and a new promotional video, but also its main cast plus opening and ending theme information! [embedded content] Shimabukuro Miyuri and Ichinose Kana, both relative newcomers to the industry, will play protagonists Carole and Tuesday respectively.

In the Feb. 22 edition of manga magazine Jump Giga, it was announced that Sorachi Hideaki’s Gintama will continue through an official app. Set in an alternate Edo period where aliens have invaded the earth, Gintama follows the adventures of samurai Sakata Gintoki and his friends Shinpachi and Kagura as they struggle to pay the

The Fruits Basket reboot anime has released a teaser video featuring the new voices of Sohma Yuki, Kyou, Shigure, and more! [embedded content] Originally created by Takaya Natsuki, the phenomenally popular manga ran in Hana to Yume from 1998 to 2006. It follows the adventures of high school girl Honda Tohru who finds herself living

Popular web novel If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord is getting a TV anime adaptation! Originally written by Chirolu and illustrated by Truffle, the series follows adventurer Dale, who adopts a little devil girl he finds wasted away in the forest. The first key visual released for the TV anime

Popular anime Digimon Adventure will be celebrating its 20th anniversary on March 6, 2019! A newly released key visual features a number of the DigiDestined along with their trusty Digimon companions, including protagonist Yagami Taichi and Agumon. A selection of commemorative pixel art merchandise will be available from Village Vanguard from Mar. 6, with GraffArt

Popular otome game publisher and developer Voltage Inc. will be launching a new app titled Ayakashi: Romance Reborn for iOS and Android this summer! [embedded content] Promising a love story 1000 years in the making, Ayakashi: Romance Reborn begins when your Onmyoji Diviner skills are awakened by a mystic wand. With the capital under attack

Popular smartphone game Fate/Grand Order will be teaming up with Sunshine City Prince Hotel as the first of the chain’s “Ikepri 25” themed floor tie-ups! The Ikepri 25 project will collaborate with a series of anime and manga franchises to transform a floor of the hotel to appeal to fans. The floor boasts four communal

The TV anime is inspired by the Babylonian arc of the popular smartphone RPG spin-off to the Fate franchise. Akai Toshifumi will direct with lead character design by Takeuchi Takashi, character design by Takase Tomoaki, and music by Haga Keita and Kawasaki Ryou. CloverWorks will produce. Voice talents confirmed so far include Takahashi Rie as

The Hollywood live action/animation hybrid Detective Pikachu movie has released its latest trailer. Inspired by the Nintendo 3DS game of the same title, the movie stars Deadpool’s Ryan Reynolds as the voice of Pokémon icon Pikachu and opens in the US on May 10. Toho will distribute the film in Japan for a planned May

Anisong streaming service ANiUTa has selected J-Rock band OxT as its artist of the month for Feb. 2019! Pronounced “okuto”, OxT is a digital rock duo featuring vocalist Oishi Masayoshi and guitarist Oshima Tomohiro (also known as Tom-H@ck). The latter composes for the unit, while Oishi has also written and/or performed songs for Monthly Girls’

500 Days of Summer and Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb will be helming the Hollywood remake of the smash hit movie from Shinkai Makoto, Kimi no Na wa.! Released back in 2016, Kimi no Na wa. became a worldwide box office phenomenon, picking up a series of awards both in Japan and abroad. The Hollywood

The third installment in the Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System movie series has released a new trailer featuring a remixed version of TV ending theme “Namae no nai Kaibutsu”! Titled Case.3 Onshu no Kanata ni, the movie is the third in a trilogy inspired by the original TV anime, the first season of which was

Based on the manga by Coolkyousinnja, the series follows tired office lady Kobayashi, who ends up living with a dragon that has transformed herself into a human girl in a maid outfit. The first season of the TV anime was broadcast from January to April 2017. Official merchandise featuring new illustrations from Coolkyousinnja is also

Anime movie Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl has announced its release for Jun. 15 in Japan along with its latest key visual, featuring heroine Makinohara Shouko in both her middle school and grown up incarnations. Inspired by the popular series of light novels by Kamoshida Hajime with illustrations by Mizoguchi Keeji, Rascal

The visual features Lelouch without the Zero mask, while the commercials feature comedy duo NON STYLE doing a voiceover and a short Geass-themed skit. Code Geass began in 2006 as an anime series created by Sunrise, and gained popularity both in Japan and worldwide, especially for the portrayal of moral conflicts between its main characters.

Popular smartphone game Shoumetsu Toshi will be getting a TV anime adaptation set to air from April. A new key visual just released for the show features Yuki’s brother Souma as well as Taiyou, Tsuki, and Suzuna. Takahashi Hidenori will play Taiyo and Imai Asami will play Tsuki. As previously announced, Asai Ayaka will voice

The second Trinity Seven movie which opens in Japan on March 29 has confirmed its official title. Heavens Library & Crimson Lord is the second animated film in the Trinity Seven franchise which began with Saitou Kenji and Nao Akinari’s manga. Adapted as a TV anime in 2014, the first Trinity Seven movie, The Eternal

Anisong band JAM Project announced at its Jan. 26 concert in Tokyo that they will be releasing two new singles on April 24! The first of the two singles will be One-Punch Man opener “Uncrowned Greatest Hero” (“Seijaku no Apostle” in Japanese) which features lyrics by Mori Yukinojou and music by Brazilian composer and semi-regular

Adventure series Vinland Saga has released its first trailer for its TV anime adaptation, which is set to air in 2019! [embedded content] Based on the manga by Yukimura Makoto, Vinland Saga is a historical series inspired by the Viking legends. The protagonist Thorfinn, a physically gifted teenager who has grown up on the battlefield,

Beastars, a popular manga by Itagaki Paru which won the 2018 Manga Taisho award, will be getting a TV anime adaptation! Itagaki’s manga is set in a world of anthropomorphised animals divided into “herbivores” and “carnivores”. The series begins with the killing of an alpaca at Cherryton School where lead character Legosi, a large gray

Upcoming anime movie Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Kurenai Densetsu has released its second teaser trailer! [embedded content] Set to a dramatic soundtrack, the trailer features the crew receiving a letter involving the Crimson Demons, which they respond to in great shock. KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World! is adapted from the popular

ARGONAVIS, the latest band to be added to the BanG Dream! roster, has released its first key visual! Featuring vocalist Itou Masaharu as Nanahoshi Ren, guitarist Hinata Daisuke as Goryou Yuuto, bassist Maeda Seiji as Matoba Wataru, and keyboardist Morishima Shuta as Kikyou Rio, the new band will be the very first male group of

Original anime movie Laidbackers has released a new trailer featuring its theme song, “Precious Piece” by VTuber Kizuna AI. [embedded content] Along with the music, the video also features a message from Kizuna AI herself. Laidbackers follows heroes who have been reincarnated from an alternate world ruled by magic and the sword, and a demon

Publishing giant Shueisha has launched a free official manga app and website titled MANGA Plus, which will give fans simultaneous access to popular series like One Piece and My Hero Academia in English, all for free! MANGA Plus is available on Android and iOS and also on computer browsers through the official website all around

As well as main characters Kamijou Touma, Accelerator and Hazamura Shiage, the visual features powerful magician Fiamma of the Right. Based on the popular series of light novels by Kamachi Kazuma, A Certain Magical Index III was first adapted as a TV anime in 2008 with Season 2 following in 2010 and a movie in

The handsome actors of A3! will be coming to life in the game’s very first TV anime adaptation! [embedded content] Announced at the “A3! Blooming Live 2019” event, the anime will be produced by P.A. Works and Studio 3Hz. Shinohara Keisuke will direct with series composition by Hayashi Naoki, and Komatsu Mariko handing animation direction