Anime Feminist Recommendations of Spring 2019
A light season means a light recs list, but we still found a few goodies to share with our readers. Here are the team’s picks for the 2019 Spring season.
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“My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!” Gets Anime TV Series In 2020
On July 17, an official teaser website opened its doors to announce that Satoru Yamaguchi and illustrator Nami Hidaka’s My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Otome gēmu no hametsu furagu shika nai akuyaku reijō ni tensei shite shimatta) light novels will get an anime TV series. The series will air […]
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More than 40 Injured, Multiple Dead In Arson Fire At Kyoto Animation
Image Credit: NHK News At roughly 10:30AM JST on July 18 (7/17/2019 at 9:30PM EDT), fire broke out at Kyoto Animation’s No.1 studio in Kyoto, Japan. More than forty were injured in the blaze, and ten were incapacitated. Tokyo Police reports “multiple deaths” as a result of the conflagration. NHK interviewed eyewitnesses, who reported that […]
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2019 Summer Premiere Digest
We’ve viewed, we’ve reviewed, and now we’re ready to digest! Let’s see how this hot batch of fresh new titles shaped up.
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Strike Witches: 501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off! Movie Gets New Visual & Trailer
Earlier today, the official website for the Strike Witches: 501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off! anime adaptatoin updated with a new teaser trailer and key visual for the series’ upcoming movie. We break the details down below. Trailer The 55-second promo offers a brief at the film in action, as the main characters narrate. Key […]
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Warner Halts Live-Action Akira Film Production “Indefinitely”
Earlier today, entertainment news source Variety reported that Warner Bros. is halting production on their live-action Akira movie. According to Variety, the film is on-hold indefinitely, though it was originally expected to start filming this fall. Warner was planning to launch Akira on May 21, 2021, which would have placed it against Lionsgate’s John Wick: […]
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Ni No Kuni Film Takes An Airship Ride In Extended Clip
Earlier today, the official website for the Ni No Kuni film updated with a new teaser trailer. The two-and-a-half minute promo sees Yū and Kotona boarding an airship, as they soar above the kingdom. Ni no Kuni opens on August 23. Yoshiyuki Momose (Modest Heroes, Ghiblies) will direct the project at OLM, with Level 5’s […]
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[Links] 10-16 July 2019: History of Child Welfare Laws, the Cost of Manga, and Praise for Casey Mongillo
This week: child welfare laws in Japan, the mental block of buying a completed vs ongoing series, and the importance of a trans actor playing Shinji Ikari.
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Hello World Film Gets Two Trailers, Visual, Theme Songs
Earlier today, the Hello World anime film’s official website updated with two new teaser trailers and key visual, as well as details on the film’s theme songs. We break the details down below. Trailers The first teaser is a 90-second promo, which introduces the film’s major story beats through character dialogue. Opening theme song Yesterday […]
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Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle Anime Gets New Trailer, Cast, & Crew
Earlier today, Sega hosted a live streaming event for Phantasy Star Online 2. During the presentation, a new trailer, as well as the main cast and crew members were revealed for upcoming anime series Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle. We break the details down below. Trailer The two-minute trailer cuts between action scenes, as […]
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BEM – Episode 1
There will always be a place for episodic supernatural action series in anime, and BEM (mostly) has a solid aesthetic going for its main trio of monster-hunting monsters. Unfortunately, this episode spends most of its time with the least interesting of them.
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Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? – Episode 1
This premiere works a strange alchemy, putting together story elements into something I honestly never would have expected to be my taste and combining them into something that I really enjoyed.
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Yen Press Walks Back License Reveals For Two Persona 5 Manga Titles
On July 12, Yen Press took to Twitter to announce that they had made an error during their Anime Expo announcements. The publisher revealed that they have not been granted the rights to Persona 5 Mementos Mission or Persona 5 a la Carte. Both titles were announced for release in 2020 during the company’s industry […]
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Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest – Episode 1
Arifureta’s poorly-realized edgelord aesthetic, ridiculous writing, and lack of anything truly offensive make it so there’s not much left to do but… laugh at it.
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Chihayafuru Season 3 Gets New Trailer & Key Visual
Earlier today, the official Chihayafuru anime website updated with a new key visual and trailer. We break the details down below. Trailer The 80-second promo focuses on the main cast members, and the motivations that drive them through the series. Theme song Colorful by 99RadioService plays as a background track. Key Visual The image features […]
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Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Anime Gets First Key Visual, Main Staff
Earlier today, the official Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun) anime website updated with a new key visual, as well as the main staffers attached to the project. We break the details down below. Key Visual The image features the interior of Hanako-kun’s bathroom, as he peeks out from the third stall. Staff Masaomi Ando (School-Live!, […]
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given – Episode 1
It would be easy to say, “given is more like a music anime than a BL anime!” But that would be unfair to BL. It’s a BL romance and a music anime, one worth recommending to fans of both.
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The Demon Girl Next Door – Episode 1
Demon Girl is definitely cloyingly cute, but if you’re in the market for low-key slapstick with buckets of shipping fodder between the two leads, this isn’t half bad.
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Netflix Announces New Original Anime Project from Director Zack Snyder
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock (9308377an)Zack Snyder arrives at the 2018 AFI Awards at the Four Seasons on in Los Angeles2018 AFI Awards, Los Angeles, USA – 05 Jan 2018 Yes, you read that headline correctly; Hollywood director Zack Snyder is teaming up with longtime collaborator Jay Olivia and others to produce a Netflix original anime […]
