Chatty AF 103: Fall 2019 Mid-Season Check-in (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Dee, Vrai, and Peter check-in on the Fall 2019 season!
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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 […]
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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 […]
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“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) […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
