Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning Anime Film Reveals New Trailer, Poster Visual
Film opens in Japan on October 27
― The staff for Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning, the upcoming new film in the Digimon Adventure 02 anime, revealed a new trailer and poster visual on Sunday at the “Digi Fes 2023” event. The video features Digimon Adventure 02’s original opening theme song “Target ~Akai Shōgeki~” by Kouji Wada. The film will open in Japan on October 27. The film’s story is set in …
Risa Kubota Retires from Voice Acting
Lapis Re:LiGHTs, I’m Standing on 1,000,000 Lives. voice actress joined Mausu Promotion in 2017
― Voice actress Risa Kubota announced on her Twitter account on Monday that she has retired from voice acting. Kubota did not give a reason for her retirement — she said her feelings on the matter were conflicted, but she ultimately made the decision to retire. She thanked fans and staff for supporting her …
Uru Okabe’s Good Night World Manga Gets Netflix Anime Adaptation on October 12
Daisuke Hirose, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Akio Ōtsuka, Aya Endo, more star in NAZ anime
― Netflix began streaming a trailer to announce an anime adaptation of Uru Okabe’s Good Night World manga on Monday, and revealed its October 12 premiere. The anime’s staff also revealed its key visual, main staff, cast, and theme songs. The anime stars (not all character name romanizations are confirmed): Daisuke Hiros…
Discotek to Release 3 Digimon Films With New Uncut English Dub Featuring Classic Cast
Company to release Digimon Adventure, Our War Game, Hurricane Touchdown!! films; Digimon: the Movie compilation film
― Discotek announced at a special screening at Otakon on Saturday that it will release four Digimon films in a “Digimon the Movies Collection 1” set, which will include: Digimon Adventure (Digimon Adventure: Born of Koromon), Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! (Digimon: Our War Game), Di…
Director Shinji Aramaki Discusses Unreleased Aliens vs. Predator: Annihilation Anime
Designer teased Alien Queen design from completed 10-episode series
― Director and mechanical designer Shinji Aramaki confirmed at his Otakon panel on Sunday that he directed an unreleased Aliens vs. Predator anime series. He showed screenshots and designs (dated from 2015) from the project with the title Aliens vs. Predator: Annihilation. Aramaki previously acknowledged a May 18 IGN report on the pr…
San Diego Comic-Con: Makoto Yukimura Presents a Lively Discussion on Vinland Saga
The creator of the popular historical manga shares his thoughts on the late Kentarou Miura, how he flunked out of school, and isn’t actually a fan of Vikings.
― Award-winning author Makoto Yukimura made his first appearance at San Diego Comic-Con to an excited but tightly packed crowd. Unfortunately, the panel room was much too small for someone of his caliber, as many were left waiting outside. Give…
The Figures of Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2023
At this year’s Fate/Grand Order Fes., we got a look at some of the Fate series’ newest upcoming figures. Check out the gallery to see them all!
― At this year’s Fate/Grand Order Fes., we got a look at some of the Fate series’ newest upcoming figures. Check out the gallery below to see them all!
The Merch of Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2023
From T-shirts and pins to bags and glasses frames, there was a ton of merch shown at Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2023—click here to see some of the best offerings.
― From T-shirts and pins to bags and glasses frames, there was a ton of merch shown at Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2023—with most of the items available for purchase right at the event. Scroll down to see some of the best offerings.
The Booths of Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2023
This year’s theme has all our heroes from myth and legend attending a traditional Japanese festival—along with a few other choice locations (like a German beer hall filled with pretzels). Check out the gallery for all the sights!
― With another summer comes another Fate/Grand Order Fes. This year’s theme has all our heroes from myth and legend attending a traditional Japanese festival—along with a fe…
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World Episodes 1-13
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World is not trying to impart any greater message or explore some deeper facet of human nature. It just wants to be a brainless 22-minute escape into fantasy each week.
― This anime is 100% a wish fulfillment/male empowerment fantasy. Yuya is every nice but bullied kid out there. Upon entering the fantasy world and killing a single monster, he suddenly becomes the most …
Anime Expo 2023 – Bringing The Suicide Squad Into the Anime World
One of the biggest surprises out of Anime Expo is Warner Bros. Japan and Wit Studio’s Suicide Squad ISEKAI, an anime looking to bring together DC comic book and anime fans for one wild ride.
― One of the biggest surprises out of Anime Expo is Warner Bros. Japan and Wit Studio’s Suicide Squad ISEKAI, an anime looking to bring together DC comic book and anime fans for one wild ride. We spoke with serie…
Sand Land Movie
The newest film from the creator of Dragon Ball is a story that touches on the impacts of war, global warming, and corporate greed.
― Almost twenty-three years after its original release, Toriyama’s beloved one-shot finally makes it on the big screen. I went into the premiere with a blank slate since I hadn’t visited the one shot in over a decade when it was published in Shonen Jump. Though, sitting …
The Summer Hikaru Died GN 1
The Summer Hikaru Died ties everything together into a cohesive story where longing, loneliness, and vulnerability feed into the sense of creeping dread.
― Recently, I’ve seen several social media posts playing with the well-worn horror concept of “came back different.” The basic form of the idea is that someone goes missing, dies, or otherwise becomes inaccessible. They return, and everyone rejoices…
Capturing The Heart of The Ninja with ARTFX J Gabimaru from Hell’s Paradise
The figure is set to be released in January 2024 so pre-order now while you can!
― Between 2016 and 2018, manga artist Yuji Kaku worked as an assistant to renowned manga creator Tatsuki Fujimoto with his work on Fire Punch, Fujimoto’s hit series before he would go on to create Chainsaw Man. Yuji Kaku would then leave his assisting duties to begin serialization on his second mainline series Hell’s Pa…
Touhou: New World
There are moments where the game’s “fan-made” status sticks out like a sore thumb, but there’s plenty to do here for franchise fans with missions to repeat and stats to tinker with and max out until you’re satisfied.
― It’s been fascinating to see the progression of the Touhou franchise. Once an internal institution of the hardcore otaku crowd, where Western fans had to import (or download) its PC en…
This Week in Games – Wetsuits Are Hot, Actually
Jean-Karlo dives into the fanservice fiasco at Limbus Company that led to an artist losing their job, the double standard in celebrating gay rep in Final Fantasy XVI, and more Zelda games!
― Welcome back! Last week, I informed folks I was trying to assemble my new PC. The good news is, I managed it! It took me two days, but I pulled it off. The bad news was, there was a snag—the H100i LCD water coole…
The First Slam Dunk
Now playing in U.S. theaters, find out why The First Slam Dunk is everything a megafan of the franchise could dream of.
― If I were to summarize my thoughts on The First Slam Dunk in a single word, it would be ‘bizarre.’ The choices made when adapting this film to the big screen turn a film with all the building blocks needed for success into a more disjointed, uneasy experience that hinders both acc…
Anime Expo 2023 – Ryuta Koike and Making The First Slam Dunk
After nearly two decades, Slam Dunk is back and scoring big at the box office. Now screening in U.S. and Canadian theaters, we talked to producer Ryuta Koike about bringing this fan-favorite series to life.
― After dominating the box office in Japan, THE FIRST SLAM DUNK, the new anime film of Takehiko Inoue’s Slam Dunk basketball manga, made its North American debut at Anime Expo this year. As the f…
Post-Mortem: How Was Anime Expo 2023?
With a great guest line-up and a packed schedule of activities, AX is the premiere event for all things anime, but it could all head to disaster in one quick moment until the crowding issue is properly managed.
― Anime News Network’s editorial team braved the crowd and heat of Los Angeles for another packed weekend at Anime Expo. The event is always a logistical Rube Goldberg machine, with each repor…
