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  • Project Sakura Wars Previews BUNBUN’s, Noizi Ito’s, Others’ Character Designs In New Trailers

    Earlier today, Sega hosted their ninth Project Sakura Wars streaming event. During the show, the host started streaming two new trailers for the game’s guest characters. Much like the recent main-character promo, each teaser previews the rough character designs for the confirmed characters that were drawn by guest artist. Each preview is accompanied by a […]

  • Sega Plans Final Project Sakura Wars Streaming Event On 12/11/2019

    Earlier today, Sega hosted their ninth Project Sakura Wars streaming event. During the show, it was announced that the tenth and final steaming event will be held on December 11. The two-hour show will begin at 19:00 JST (12/11/2019 at 5:00AM EST / 2:00AM PST), and will run through 21:00 JST (7:00AM EST / 4:00AM […]

  • Persona’s Soejima Designs, Miyuki Sawashiro Voices Hakushu Murasame In Project Sakura Wars

    Earlier today, Sega hosted their ninth Project Sakura Wars streaming event. During the show, the hosts announced that Miyuki Sawashiro will play new character Hakushu Murasame. A visual and trailer for the character, who was designed by Persona franchise character designer Shigenori Soejima, were also revealed. You can check both out below. Character Visual Trailer […]

  • After the Injury: Rediscovering my athletic identity through After the Rain’s Akira

    Series that focus on non-cis male athletes in a serious, competitive environment, let alone deal with the mental health issues that some athletes face, are rare and valuable. I was absorbed with how much I saw my own relationship with tennis in Akira’s relationship with track, and that it wasn’t cute. It hurt.

  • Kiniro Mosaic Manga Ending in Four Chapters

    Say goodbye to Karen and Alice because soon they’ll be going, going, gone. In the January 2020 issue of Manga Time Kirara Max magazine, it’s been revealed that the popular four-panel manga series Kiniro Mosaic will end in four chapters. The ‘cute girls doing cute things’ series began its serialization in 2010 and has ten […]

  • Kumamoto Government Announces Natsunagu Anime for January 2020

    For the first time, an anime produced by a local government will air for a full cour on Japanese broadcast television. That’s pretty cool. In a conference held on November 18, they revealed that an anime meant to revitalize the prefecture and rebuild after the 2016 earthquakes will air on local television and Tokyo MX […]

  • Crunchyroll To Dub Ascendance of a Bookworm, 3 More

    Over the weekend, Crunchyroll announced that they would add four English dubs to their digital lineup. The publisher added adaptations for the following: Magical Sempai If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Ascendance of a Bookworm As of press time, Crunchyroll has confirmed the English voice […]

  • Crunchyroll’s 2020 Anime Awards To Be Held on 2/15/2020

    Over the weekend, Crunchyroll announced that they will host their fourth annual Anime Awards event on February 15, 2020. The event, which will be held at Crunchyroll’s San Francisco headquarters, will be live-streamed for the public. Crunchyroll will announce details on nominees and the voting process in early 2020. 2019’s Anime Awards were held on […]

  • Manga Planet Launches Manga Subscription Service

    Earlier today, manga publisher officially launched a manga subscription service. The service, which is priced at $6.99 per month, offers subscribers access to a selection of English-translated manga from the publisher’s catalog. The current selection includes: Hoshi Demitasse by Yusu Matsumoto Inugami Kai by Masaya Hokazono The Golden Age of Decadence by Yasunori Kasuga and […]

  • “Pet” Anime Gets New Trailer, Theme Song Artists

    Earlier today, the official Pet anime website updated with a new teaser trailer and details on the show’s theme songs. We break the details down below. Trailer The minute-long promo introduces the main plot concepts, with character dialogue driving the core story beats. Theme song Cho no Tobu Suiso kicks in as a background track […]

  • Project Sakura Wars Previews Tite Kubo’s Character Designs In New Trailer

    Earlier today, Sega started streaming a new teaser trailer for upcoming game Project Sakura Wars (Shin Sakura Taisen). The two-minute trailer cuts between footage of the game and images of Tite Kubo’s rough character designs for the main cast, as it previews the performances of the main cast. Project Sakura Wars will hit Japanese retailers […]

  • J-Novel Club Acquires Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Isekai, 2 More For Main Imprint

    On November 16, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed a trio of light novel titles, which they’ll release under their main imprint. The publisher picked up the following: Teogonia by Tsukasa Tanimai and Illustrator Kouichiro Kawano The World’s Least Interesting Master Swordsman by Rokurou Akashi and Illustrator Shiso Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Isekai by Carlo […]

  • J-Novel Club Launches “Heart” Shojo Imprint, Adds 5 Titles

    On November 16, J-Novel Club announced that they will launch a new publishing imprint, named “Heart.” The label will be devoted to shojo titles when it officially kicks off. In addition, J-Novel Club revealed three new acquisitions, which will launch the Heart imprint, as well as two titles that are in final negotiations: Tearmoon Empire […]

  • J-Novel Club Launches Kodansha-Focused “Legend” Imprint, Adds 5 Titles

    On November 16, J-Novel Club announced that they will launch a new publishing imprint named “Legend”. The label will be dedicated to titles published by Kodansha. In addition, J-Novel Club revealed five titles that they acquired, which will launch with the Legend label: The Economics of Prophecy by Norafukurou and Illustrator Rei Shichiwa Kobold King […]

  • Plunderer Anime Gets New Visual & Teaser Trailer

    Earlier today, the official Plunderer anime website updated with a new key visual and a trailer. We break the details down below. Trailer The seven-and-a-half minute promo previews Shizuka Itou and Yuichiro Umehara’s performances as Nana and Jail Murdoch, respectively. The teaser then cuts to an extended cast interview with the two actors. Key Visual […]

  • Pluto TV Adds Linear Naruto Channel

    On November 16, the Pluto TV streaming platform launched a channel dedicated to Naruto on their service. The channel, which is currently available on Channel 677, features a commercial-supported linear feed of the Naruto TV series. Episodes are available in subtitled format. VIZ Media announced the news at their Anime NYC panel, and on Twitter. […]

  • “Megalobox 2” Anime In The Works

    Earlier today, the Megalobox anime staff hosted a panel at Anime NYC. During the event, the hosts announced that the series will get a sequel, titled Megalobox_2. A trailer was shown during the panel, which you can check out below. Just announced at @animenyc! @MEGALOBOX_ 2 in development! pic.twitter.com/twB67yjVAD — TMS Entertainment (@tmsanime) November 16, […]

  • Japanese Media: Leiji Matsumoto Did Not Suffer a Stroke

    Fabien Perissinotto [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] Earlier today, Japanese news agencies reported that Leiji Matsumoto is in recovery after being admitted to a hospital in Italy. Reports from Japan are conflicting as of press time: According to the Mainichi Shimbun and Kyodo, the artist did not suffer a stroke yesterday, and that “there were no […]

  • Manga Icon Leiji Matsumoto Hospitalized In Italy After Apparent Stroke

    Fabien Perissinotto [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] Earlier today, Italian news sources reported that prolific manga artist and creator Leiji Matsumoto was hospitalized in Turin, Italy. Corriere della Sera reports that it is suspected that he suffered a stroke, and is in serious condition. Matsumoto is currently undergoing a medical examination and the prognosis remains unclear […]

  • “Laid-Back Camp” Spinoff “Heya Camp” Gets New Visual, 1/6/2020 Premiere

    Earlier today, the official Laid-Back Camp anime website updated with a new key visual for upcoming anime series Heya Camp (Room Camp), as well as details on the show’s premiere date and theme song artists. We break the details down below. Key Visual The image features the show’s three leads against a woven rug motif, […]