Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, a spin-off anime from the popular Inuyasha franchise, has announced additional broadcast details! In Japan, it will air on Yomiuri TV and Nihon TV every Saturday from 5:30 pm. Set in both the present day and the Sengoku era, the anime will follow Towa and Setsuna, the twin daughters of Sesshoumaru, and
Aniplex is set to launch its first ever Aniplex Online Fest, to be streamed on YouTube on Jul. 4 and 5! Fans of anisong and Japanese music will be able to enjoy both special appearances and past live performances featuring favorites like LiSA, ClariS, Eir Aoi, 22/7 (read “nanabun no nijuuni”), halca, Mashiro Ayano, ReoNa,
Acclaimed director Yuasa Masaaki’s latest animated feature, INU-OH, has been selected for the Work In Progress Features program at this year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival! Based on the novel by Furukawa Hideo Heike Monogatari Inu-Oh no Maki (The Tale of the Heike, Inu-Oh’s Episode), the movie tells the story of all but forgotten 14th
ATRI -My Dear Moments- and Adabana Odd Tales, the first two visual novels of Aniplex’s new ANIPLEX.EXE line have now launched on Steam in multiple languages including English! Written by If My Heart Had Wings’ Konno Asuta, ATRI -My Dear Moments- is set in the near future, in which much of the world is underwater
Action manga Tokyo Revengers is getting an anime adaptation to be broadcast in 2021! Written by Wakui Ken, Tokyo Revengers follows former delinquent (and now total loser) Takemichi. A day after learning that his middle school sweetheart and one true love Hinata has been murdered by the Tokyo Manji Gang, he is pushed off a
Upcoming two-part movie Sailor Moon Eternal is postponing its release date due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Part 1 has been delayed from Sept. 11 to Jan. 8, 2021, while Part 2 is set to open on Feb. 11. A new teaser trailer has also been released with the updated release dates. [embedded
Studio Ghibli has debuted its first visual and a series of stills for Aya and the Witch, its very first CG movie! Miyazaki Gorou, the son of Studio Ghibli co-founder Miyazaki Hayao, is directing the new feature. It is adapted from fantasy novel Earwig and the Witch, written by the late Diana Wynne Jones, whose
Upcoming anime The God of High School has released its latest key visual along with a trailer featuring the opening and ending theme songs! [embedded content] The key visual and trailer star protagonist Jin Mori (played by Tachibana Tatsumaru) with fellow competitors Han Daewi (Kumagai Kentarou), and Yoo Mira (Ohashi Ayaka). The trailer also showcases
Fantasy manga Edens Zero, the latest title from Fairy Tail’s Mashima Hiro, is getting a TV anime adaptation! Edens Zero has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine since 2018. The story follows Shiki, a young man living alongside machines on a planet named Granbell. After a B-Cuber (or content creator) named Rebecca,and her cat companion
Popular anime Re:Zero will be back on the airwaves with Season 2 from Jul. 8! A key visual and trailer has been released, along with character settings. [embedded content] In addition to the key visual and trailer, the show has also released a series of character settings including: Otto Suwen (Amazaki Kouhei), Petra Leyte (Kouno
Popular adventure manga Shaman King is getting an anime reboot airing from Apr. 2021! [embedded content] While staff and cast details are yet to be released, the reboot will adapt the original 35 volumes of Takei Hiroyuki’s iconic manga. Shaman King follows a young shaman named Asakura Yoh, who has his sights set on becoming
The series will be directed by Rodney Rothman ( Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ) and produced by Masi Oka, who also handled Netflix’s live-action Death Note movie. Original manga author Shirai Kaiu and illustrator Demizu Posuka issued comments via the franchise’s official Twitter Account, expressing their excitement for this new development. Beginning with the manga
Bandai Namco Arts and Eight Bit have announced an official business partnership! The partnership’s objective is to create specialist production pipelines, advance projects by young producers and share personnel. Bandai Namco Arts aims to make use of Eight Bit’s existing franchises to strengthen their production capabilities, while Eight Bit hopes to expand its business with
Hit adventure manga Kingdom’s live action movie adaptation is set to receive a sequel! Satou Shinsuke will return to direct with original author Hara Yasuhisa providing the script. Lead actors Yamazaki Kento, Yoshizawa Ryo, and Hashimoto Kanna will also be back for their original roles. Inspired by Hara’s manga, the movie is set in China’s
Popular isekai franchise Re:Zero will be getting a spin-off game produced by Spike Chunsoft for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Steam this winter! Titled Re:Zero False King Candidate, the game will be created under original author Nagatsuki Tappei’s supervision with an original story. Players will be able to explore “what-if” scenarios based on Season 1 of
Popular anime Attack on Titan has released a trailer for its upcoming fourth season, titled The Final Season! [embedded content] MAPPA will be taking over to produce from Wit Studio, who handled the first three seasons. Hayashi Yuichirou is set to direct. Original author Isayama Hajime issued a statement thanking director Araki Tetsurou and WIT
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 is the fourth and final installment in the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series, produced by Studio Khara as a remake of the 1995 anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. The series follows teenager Ikari Shinji as he is forced to defend humanity from existential threat by piloting a giant robot at the behest of his
Credit: Tiffany Turrill (DC/Black Label) Credit: Tiffany Turrill (DC/Black Label) After completing its periodical publication with issue #18, released on March 18, DC’s Lucifer #19-24 will be released directly as a collected edition, or in this case an OGN. Writer Dan Watters and artist Sebastian Fiumara’s planned story will reportedly not be changed aside from
Credit: Jae Lee (DC) Credit: Renato Guedes (DC) DC has canceled the planned Manhunters: The Lost History limited series. The publisher has not announced any plans to resolicit or publish the series on other platforms. The creative team for the five-issue series was writer Marc Andreyko and artist Renato Guedes. Credit: Jae Lee (DC) “After
Credit: Dominike “Domo” Stanton (DC/Black Label) Credit: Marcio Takara (DC/Black Label) Readers of DC’s Sandman Universe title House of Whispers were already preparing themselves for the series’ upcoming end with #22, but now DC has informed comic book retailers that the final two issues won’t be released in print, favoring a digital-only release. Credit: Dominike
Credit: Dan Mora (DC) Credit: Sarah Stone (DC) DC has canceled print editions of RWBY #7 and gen:LOCK #7, the final issues of two digital-first series done in tandem with Rooster Teeth. Credit: Dan Mora (DC) Prior to the COVID-19 influenced shutdown of DC’s distribution channels, these two print issues were solicited to arrive April
Credit: DC DC has informed comic book retailers that five solicited 100-page Giants – Titans Giant #2, The Flash Giant #5, Swamp Thing Giant #5, Teen Titans Go!/DC Super Hero Girls Giant #1, and Wonder Woman 84 Giant #1 – has been canceled, but that they plan to release the new, non-reprint stories digitally at
Credit: José Luis García-López/Tatjana Wood (DC) Credit: Greg Capullo/Jonathan Glapion/FCO (DC Comics) DC has informed comic book retailers that 22 upcomnig reprints – four from its Facsimile line and 18 from its Dollar Comics line – have been canceled. The canceled Facsimile titles are: Green Lantern #76Batman #321Man-Bat #1The Flash #135 Credit: José Luis García-López/Tatjana
Starting Monday June 1st, the Newsarama team you’ve come to know will deliver their daily comics news, opinion and insight from gamesradar.com/newsarama. Already sister sites under the Future US, Inc. family, Newsarama joins Total Film and Edge magazines as part of the GamesRadar team. Explaining the move, Newsarama Founder and Editor in Chief Michael Doran
Credit: Warner Bros. Television/Netflix Tom Ellis has signed a deal to return for a sixth season of Warner Bros. Television’s Lucifer after “lengthy, difficult negotations,” according to Deadline. Filming of a fifth season – previously announced by the showrunners’ as the series’ last – was near completion before being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Credit: Warner Bros. After unconfirmed reports indicated that Henry Cavill was in talks to reprise his role as DC Extended Universe’s Superman in an upcoming feature film, bookies at the gambling website Bovada have released their odds-on pick for where the actor could pop up. So what do these sportbookies say is the best bet?
“It’s Friday” print Credit: Gabriele Picolo Credit: DC The third volume in writer Kami Garcia and artist Gabriele Picolo’s YA Teen Titans OGN series will be Beast Boy Loves Raven. DC’s booktrade distributor Penguin Random House has listed the title on their International Sales website, with a February 23, 2021 release date. Here’s their description
Credit: Mahmud Asrar (Marvel Comics) Credit: Marvel Comics Empyre #1 doesn’t hit stands until July 15, but Marvel have announced they’re priming the pump with a special Empyre Previews Magazine to debut July 1 as a free item for comic stores. However, the magazine was finalized before the COVID-19-led distribution shutdown delayed everything including Empyre,
Credit: DC Credit: DC Peter Tomasi has a long history with Batman, and by extension the Joker – and he is getting his shot to celebrate that with a story in June 9’s Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Spectacular. Working with long-time friend Simone Bianchi, Tomasi’s Joker 80th story “pushes the boundaries” to the writer –
The release of long-awaited Rurouni Kenshin live-action movie sequels will be postponed until spring 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The two-part “final chapter” was originally set to be released on Jul. 3 ( The Final ) and Aug. 7 ( The Beginning ). The former sees Kenshin face off against Enishi, while the