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The 40th installment in the long-running series of Doraemon movies will be titled Nobita no Shin Kyoryu ( Nobita’s New Dinosaur )! A new visual and teaser visual was also released with the title announcement. Set to open in Mar. 2020, the movie is directed by Imai Kazuaki with Kawamura Genki handling the script. Though

Anime movie Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata. Fine has announced its Oct. 26 release date along with its second key visual! It was also confirmed that J-pop singer Haruna Luna will perform the main titles theme. The movie is part of the Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend franchise, which started with the popular light

Set in the “Dead Moon” arc of Sailor Moon Crystal Season 4, the movies will be directed by Season 3’s Kan Chiaki with character design by Tadano Kazuko, who has been involved with the franchise since the broadcast of the original series. It will also be supervised by original author Takeuchi Naoko. (C) Takeuchi Naoko,

Popular anime Attack on Titan will be back for its fourth and final season in Autumn 2020! Originally a manga serialized in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, Attack on Titan is a multimedia franchise that includes anime, game and live action film adaptations. The upcoming season will bring an end to the anime series, which has been

The live action Hell Girl movie adaptation will open in cinemas across Japan from Nov. 15! The newly released trailer features Mori Nana as Ichikawa Miho, a girl who accesses a forbidden website known as “Hell Correspondence”, where visitors can enter the name of someone they have a grudge against and have them sent to

Sony Pictures Television and Hivemind are teaming up with Square Enix to produce the first ever live action drama of Final Fantasy XIV! Exact details have not yet been confirmed, but the series is expected to tell an original story set in Eorzea featuring the game’s iconic characters, including Cid and Chocobo. In regards to

Japanese anime is more popular now than it has ever been before. These interviews with anime studios will reveal the behind-the-scenes processes and emotions that go into making anime. This is a large-scale project done in collaboration with anime news sites throughout the world, such as the anime news site Anime!Anime!, Tokyo Otaku Mode, which

The latest One Piece movie has released a new trailer showcasing its main theme song, “Gong” by WANIMA! [embedded content] The trailer also gives fans a peek at new characters like Buena Festa, the “Master of Festivities” who will be played by actor Yusuke Santamaria, as well as Donald Moderate, voiced by comedian Yamasato Ryouta.

Crossover anime Isekai Quartet will be back for a second season! In the series, a mysterious button appears one day and is pressed by the protagonists of Overlord, KonoSuba, Re:Zero, and The Saga of Tanya the Evil, who then find themselves transported to a brand new “isekai” world. Hino Satoshi (Ainz in Overlord ), Fukushima

Upcoming movie Hello World has confirmed additional casting details ahead of its Sept. 20 release. Koyasu Takehito, Kotobuki Minako, Fukuhara Haruka, and Kugimiya Rie will be joining the crew, as shown in a new 30 second video. The official website has also been updated with character and actor visuals. [embedded content] Hello World is an

Original anime Fairy Gone will be back for the second half of its first season from Oct. 6. The just released teaser trailer showcases the new opening theme: “Still Standing” by music unit (K)NoW_NAME. Fairy Gone is set in a world where “Fairy Soldiers”, humans who have taken on the organs of fairy-possessed animals and

UNIVRS Inc. (formerly EXPVR Co., Ltd; headquartered in Chuo Ward, Tokyo; CEO: Keigo Fujikawa; hereafter referred to as UNIVRS) will start crowdfunding for the VR game Little Witch Academia – VR Broom Racing – (tentative title) based on Studio TRIGGER’s anime, Little Witch Academia, at midnight (Japan time) on Thursday, July 4, 2019. Little Witch

Square Enix has confirmed story, character, and battle system information for the upcoming Final Fantasy VII remake released on PS4 next March. The remake of the classic 1997 RPG will be released in several parts and promises new episodes showcasing the charms of the game’s iconic Midgar setting. The story follows former soldier Cloud, who

The Ensemble Stars TV anime has released a 90-second trailer showcasing its opening theme, “Stars’ Ensemble”! Inspired by the popular male idol raising game, the anime follows the band Trickstar as they set their sights on the top of the charts and battle their fellow idols to claim their place at the Dream Festival. (C)Happy

Tales of Arise, the latest installment in the Tales RPG series, has released its first trailer! [embedded content] The trailer introduces the main characters, including the game’s hero Alphen (CV: Satou Takuya), and its heroine Shionne (CV: Shimoji Shino). The official site has also been updated with additional character information. Tales of Arise brings together

Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma will be back this October for a fourth season titled Shokugeki no Soma: Shin no Sara. It has also been announced that Shokugeki no Soma: Le dessert, an “epilogue manga”, will also begin running in Jump Giga 2019 Summer for three months beginning with the Jun. 27 edition. Food Wars:

Popular superhero anime My Hero Academia will be returning for Season 4 on Oct. 12! Season 4’s second trailer was also released, giving fans a peek at Deku, Nighteye and Mireo along with a new enemy Overhaul and a mysterious woman. [embedded content] The new key visual features not only Deku and the usual crew,

Run Girls, Run! is ANiUTa’s artist of the month for June 2019! Run Girls, Run! is an idol group consisting of voice actresses Hayashi Koko, Morishima Yuka, and Atsugi Nanami. The three first came together after an audition that saw a whopping 2000 candidates, and went on to voice the Run Girls, Run! characters in

A brief trailer featuring Zelda and Link was revealed during the Nintendo Direct event teasing that a new game for the Switch is currently “in production”, though no further details have been announced yet. Breath of the Wild is the most recent installment in Nintendo‘s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which is

Japanese production company Science SARU and its production and distribution partner Asmik Ace has announced that acclaimed director Yuasa Masaaki ( Devilman Crybaby, The Night is Short, Walk on Girl ) is set to direct a new anime movie titled INU-OH, set for release in 2021! An adaptation of Furukawa Hideo’s novel Heike Monogatari: Inu-Oh

Upcoming movie Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 has released a new poster starring Major Kusanagi! It has also been announced that Russian illustrator Ilya Kuvshinov, the creator of the poster, will also be handling character design for the movie. Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 is the latest installment in the Ghost in the Shell franchise,

Vocaloid diva Miku and BanG Dream! Girls’ Band Party!‘s popular collaboration series is finally available in the English version of the game! Players now have access to cover songs from the Hatsune Miku Series, including “Lost One’s Weeping” (Afterglow x Rin Kagamine & Len Kagamine), “Alien Alien” (Hello, Happy World! x Hatsune Miku), and “Romeo

The first trailer has been released for Tales of Arise, the latest installment in the popular Tales game franchise! Tales of Arise brings together two young people from different worlds. 300 years ago, Dahna was a planet overflowing with natural beauty. However, it was suddenly was invaded and forced to submit to Rena, a highly

The production and release of anime films Santa Company and Coluboccoro by Itoso Kenji were announced at the Embassy of Finland in Tokyo on June 10,2019. Santa Company is a short anime from 2014 whose protagonist is a girl who joined a Santa Claus company and struggled to become a full-fledged Santa. The production gained

Atlus has released a new trailer for the upcoming PS4 game Persona 5 Royal starring new character Yoshizawa Kasumi! [embedded content] Yoshizawa Kasumi (CV: Amamiya Sora) is a beautiful rhythmic gymnast and classmate of the protagonist who also transferred to Shujin Academy in the same semester. The trailer features scenes of the protagonist mooning over

A new story by original author ONE, the OVA is set in a mountain onsen where the members of the Spirits and Such Consultation Office get mixed up in a strange series of events. Mob Psycho follows high school boy Kageyama, who receives the nickname “Mob” because he so easily blends into the background. But

Anime Frontier, a new convention for anime, manga and Japanese pop culture fans, will be held at Texas’ Fort Worth Convention Center in May 2020! Organized by LeftField Media, the creators of Anime NYC, Anime Frontier will feature industry names like Aniplex of America Inc., Animate, Crunchyroll, GKIDS, HIDIVE, Kodansha Comics, Sentai Filmworks, SUNRISE, Vertical,

Upcoming movie One Piece Stampede has released a brand new poster designed by original author Oda Eiichiro ahead of its Aug. 9 release. The fiery poster showcases new character Douglas Bullet with Luffy, Law, Buggy, Hancock, Smoker, Sabo, and Lucci. Douglas Bullet was once a promising young soldier, but resigned his position upon a certain

Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san is set to broadcast and start streaming on Jul. 7! Along with this announcement, a new visual and a second trailer was released. [embedded content] The PV also features the opening theme song for the very first time. Titled “Zero Centimeters”, it is performed by singer-songwriter Ohara Yuiko. Adapted from the

May 25th marked a huge occasion for leading figure maker Megahouse – the 10th anniversary of its event Mega Hobby Expo! Held at Akihabara UDX’s AKIBA_SQUARE. Megahouse showcased tons of stunning figures not only from its own brands, but also from other manufacturers like Kotobukiya, Aniplex and Alter. Ready to get a look? Megahouse brought