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  • Ochikobore Fruit Tart Manga Gets Anime TV Series

    Earlier today, an official website and Twitter account opened their doors to announce that Sou Hamayumiba’s Ochikobore Fruit Tart will get an anime TV series. The first cast and crew members were revealed for the project, along with a key visual. We break the details down below. Key Visual The image features the title’s main […]

  • No One is Born to Be a Slave: How The Twelve Kingdoms questions social systems

    Fantasy is often described as escapism, but the genre has great potential to expose a reader to different perspectives on their own society while drawing them into an exciting new world. The Twelve Kingdoms novels by Fuyumi Ono truly show this. The world of the Twelve Kingdoms is a masterful example of a fully developed, politically complex, colorful and varied fantasy world.

  • GKids Schedules 4DX Promare Screenings For 12/11/2019

    Earlier today, GKIDS took to Twitter to announce that they partner with Fathom Events to give Promare a night of 4DX screenings. The event will screen on December 11 in theaters across North America. The 4DX screenings will be presented in dubbed format, as part of the Promare (Redux) event. The screening will include short […]

  • Sega Streams Full (Instrumental) Project Sakura Wars Theme Song In New Trailer

    Earlier today, Sega started streaming a new teaser trailer for upcoming game Project Sakura Wars (Shin Sakura Taisen). The three-minute trailer features an instrumental rendition of the full version of the game’s theme song, Geki! Teikuku Kagekidan (Advance! Imperial Combat Revue . Project Sakura Wars will hit Japanese retailers on December 12. A standard and […]

  • Michelle Ruff To Attend Anime Boston 2020

    On November 25, Anime Boston announced that Michelle Ruff will attend their 2020 convention as a guest of honor. The veteran voice actor is the first confirmed guest for the event. Michelle Ruff is a Michigan State University alum. At Michigan State, Ruff worked at a talent agency and attended a radio audition, which marked […]

  • Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Anime Gets New Visual, Theme Songs

    Earlier today, the official Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (Eizoken ni wa Te o Dasu na!) anime website updated with a new key visual, as well as details on the show’s theme songs. We break the details down below. Key Visual The image features the main cast, high above a city. Theme Songs chelmico will […]

  • 2020 Orphen Anime Gets New Trailer, Visual, 3 Cast Members

    Earlier today, the official website for the 2020 Sorcerous Stabber Orphen anime updated with a new trailer, a key visual, and three cast members. We break the details down below. Trailer The two-minute trailer introduces the main cast members, and the core story, with character dialogue driving the main plot beats. Opening theme Calling U […]

  • Show By Rock!! Anime Gets Third Season in January 2020

    Earlier today, the official Show By Rock!! anime website announced that the series will get a third season. The new show, titled Show By Rock!! Mashumairesh!!, is slated to hit Japanese TV on January 9, 2020. The first trailer and visual, as well as the main cast and crew were revealed for the project. We […]

  • Chatty AF 103: Fall 2019 Mid-Season Check-in (WITH TRANSCRIPT)

    Dee, Vrai, and Peter check-in on the Fall 2019 season!

  • Crunchyroll Games to Publish Last Cloudia Mobile RPG

    On November 21, Crunchyroll announced that they will release Last Cloudia under their Crunchyroll Games label. The title officially launched in North America and Canada on iOS and Android, and an official Twitter account opened its doors. Crunchyroll released several in-game stills and promotional art pieces, which you can check out below. Visuals Character Art […]

  • Hulu to Stream Gintama Season 1 Sub & Dub Starting 12/1/2019

    Hulu announced that they will stream Gintama on their digital platform. According to the site’s “New This Month” section, the first forty-nine (49) episodes of the title will be offered in subtitled and dubbed formats. The episodes will be presented as the first “Season” of episodes, with TV Tokyo listed as the licensor on the […]

  • “Arte” Anime Gets New Trailer, Main Staff, 4 Cast Members

    Earlier today, the official Arte anime website updated with a new trailer, as well as details on the show’s staff and four cast members. We break the details down below. Trailer The minute-long promo introduces the world of the show, with Mikako Komatsu providing narration. Staff Takayuki Hamana (Library War, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation) […]

  • Hi Score Girl Partners With Project Sakura Wars For New TV Spot

    On November 21, a new collaborative TV spot for Project Sakura Wars (Shin Sakura Taisen aired on Japanese TV. The promo is produced in partnership with the Hi Score Girl anime, and features lead characters Haruo and Kotaro exchanging banter about the game’s major cast members, as footage from the game plays in the background. […]

  • Key Plans Crowdfunding Campaign For New Planetarian OVA on 11/29/2019

    Earlier today, Key announced that they will launch a crowdfunding campaign to produce a new Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet OVA. The drive will launch on November 29, the 15th anniversary of the original visual novel’s release. A teaser trailer and key visual, as well as the main staff were revealed. We break […]

  • Who is Allowed to Speak Their Pain? Demon Slayer, empathy, and Nezuko

    Demon Slayer’s commitment to empathy thoroughly impressed me from the beginning of the series. However, Nezuko’s infantilization, objectification, and silencing throughout the season makes me worried the series may fall into the same traps as its shounen predecessors and contemporaries. Tanjiro and Nezuko share the same trauma, but only one is allowed to speak it.

  • In/Spectre Anime Gets Visual & TV Spots, 9 Cast Members

    Earlier today, the official In/Spectre anime website updated with a new key visual, two TV spots, and nine cast members. We break the details down below. Key Visual The image features lead characters Kotoko Iwanaga and Kuro Sakuragawa, posing before the secondary cast members. TV Spots Cast The series will add the following: Bake-danuki: Hiroki […]

  • On-Gaku: Our Sound Anime Movie Gets New Trailer, Main Visual

    Earlier today, the official On-Gaku: Our Sound anime film’s website updated with a new teaser trailer and the main key visual. We break the details down below. Trailer The 103-second promo introduces the main characters, who are sitting in an empty club room, goofing off. Kenji is standing in the door, and blankly states “Ota, […]

  • Viz Media Adds Junji Ito’s Venus in the Blind Spot Manga, 1 More

    On November 18, Viz Media announced that they acquired two new manga titles. The publisher will release the following under their banner: Splatoon: Squid Kids Comedy Show by Hideki Goto Venus in the Blind Spot by Junji Ito Both titles are slated to hit stores in Summer 2020. Venus in the Blind Spot Venus in […]

  • Crunchyroll Partners With ReedPOP For Crunchyroll Expo 2020

    Earlier today, Crunchyroll announced that they are partnering with event organizers ReedPOP to produce Crunchyroll Expo. The two companies will collaborate to produce the event starting with Crunchyroll Expo 2020, which will be held from September 4 – 6, 2020 at San Jose’s Jose McEnery Convention Center. On Twitter, Crunchyroll’s Adam Sheehan elaborated on the […]

  • Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul Movie Gets New Trailer & Visual

    Earlier today, the official Made In Abyss anime website updated with a new teaser trailer and key visual for upcoming movie Made In Abyss The Movie: Dawn of the Deep Soul (Gekijōban Sōshūhen Made In Abyss Fukaki Tamashii no Reimei). We break the details down below. Trailer The minute-long promo features the main cast facing […]