Encore Films has a special treat for Tokyo Ghoul and Gintama fans in Singapore and Indonesia, as they will be showing both movies in these two countries. They didn’t announce when exactly they will be showing either of these two films just yet, but we do know that they will be showing them sometime later...
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After all of Rito’s face plants in the the bossoms and butts of various female characters, after all of Momo’s scheming for her Harem Plan, after countless fan service scenes, Saki Hasemi and Kentaro Yabuki’s To Love-Ru Darkness manga may be coming to an end very soon. This is because the latest issue of Jump Sq....
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A new anime will be adapting OreImo author, Tsukasa Fushimi’s Eromanga-sensei’s latest sibling comedy light novel. And with the anime premiering next season, they have revealed two new videos, a new PV and a new TV ad. PV TV ad The anime, which will be animated by A-1 Pictures, will follow high school light novel...
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Let’s face it, people are really hyped for the Final Fantasy VII remake. The game we’ve played back as kids is now getting remade and given a newer feel. And during the Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary Opening Ceremony, they revealed a new key visual featuring Cloud and Sephiroth. Square Enix didn’t reveal any more details about...
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Makoto Shinkai’s your name. is now officially the highest grossing Japanese animated film of all time in terms of global box office sales. The multi-award-winning anime movie may have gotten the Oscar snub, but the film did manage to surpass Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s Oscar-winning classic, Spirited Away. The film has received both praise...
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Mecha anime often have those hot-blooded main protagonists who are always itching to fight and always charges into battle head on. In a new poll by animeanime.jp, the website asked 941 anime fans, 60% of whom are male, while 40% were female, which NON-GUNDAM mecha anime is the one that they think is most hot-blooded of all....
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Pokemon now has 802 species, from Gen-1 to Gen-7. Now, die-hard Pokemon fans can really name them all without any problems, but how many can you name in just 20 seconds? Pokemon producer Junichi Masuda takes up that challenge and really tries to name as many as he can in just 20 seconds: Seems like he...
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Live-action movie adaptations are either a hit or a miss. Sometimes, we have those movies like Dragon Ball Super that makes us want to forget about them, and sometimes we get an awesome adaptations of manga like Edge of Tomorrow starring Tom Cruise (Based on All You Need is Kill). Japanese ranking website, Goo, recently...
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In an unexpected team-up, Super Robot Wars X-Ω will be featuring the iDOLM@STER! This is because the iOS and Android smartphone game will be featuring iM@S’s own flat-chested robot, Mujin Gattai Kisaragi! The collaboration will feature both Mujin Gattai Kisaragi and the HaruKaizer, with both super robots being playable in the game. Mujin Gattai Kisaragi started out as a funny...
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Macross Delta’s Walkure recently held a 2-day concert at the Yokohama Arena titled “Walkure ga Tomaranai”. During the second day, they made several important announcements, and the biggest one being for the franchise’s 35th anniversary celebrations, which include a brand new anime! Not much details were revealed about this new anime, but they did reveal that...
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We all need to take a break from work, school, or anything that we’re busy with. Sometimes, manga creators, or mangaka, also have to take breaks too, and these often result to hiatuses. Some of them would go on hiatuses for a various reasons. Some would take a break because of calamities like the Kumamoto...
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10 years ago, Crypton Future Media made history when they introduced us to the one and only Hatsune Miku. And now, 10 years later, a limited edition 4-disc album is getting released as part of her 10th anniversary celebrations. The album is titled “Vocalohistory feat. Hatsune Miku”, and it contains a total of 60 tracks....
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When you play sports like football/soccer, you will get yourself dirty. But what if a player regarded as a genius is a neat freak who doesn’t want to get himself dirty? That’s the premise of Taku Sakamoto’s Cleanliness Boy! Aoyama-kun manga, and it’s getting itself a TV anime adaptation! The announcement was made inside the pages...
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Square Enix’s Final Fantasy franchise definitely has no shortage of strong female characters, and many of them definitely have strong fan followings among men. Japanese media website, MyNavi Freshers, recently asked 200 male college students which Final Fantasy heroine is the one that they want as a girlfriend. Here are the Top 5: 5 –...
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The console goddesses are back! The official Compile Heart YouTube channel has started streaming a new gameplay PV for the latest addition in the Hyperdimention Neptunia franchise, Cyber Dimension Neptune: 4 Goddesses Online. The new video shows off the gameplay for “Holy Knight” Neptune, “Magical Girl” Nepgear, and “Black Knight” Noire. It also introduces us to...
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The New York Times manga bestseller list has become one of the ways people can gauge how well a manga is doing outside of Japan. Titles like One Piece, Attack on Titan, Tokyo Ghoul, One Punch Man, and Monster Musume, have all topped the list, and the list has helped spread the popularity of manga to a...
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It’s the eve of the Lunar New Year, and Sony Interactive Entertainment Hong Kong Singapore Branch (SIES) is welcoming the Year of the Rooster with a bang! This is because the PlayStation Network is offering up to 75% off more than 200 titles, and PS Store exclusive 12-month membership + 3-month bonus offer. One of the highlights is...
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This year, Bushiroad will be releasing a brand new card game, and it will be their first English exclusive trading card game to be released internationally! The new game’s official title still hasn’t been announced yet, but it is codenamed “Project DB”. Details of the new trading card game are still scarce, but Bushiroad will...
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Today’s VR technology is making the world of Sword Art Online more and more possible, and California-based VR developer, FOVE, is partnering up with the anime to promote the upcoming Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale film. They have developed a new program which allows users to meet Asuna herself in the virtual world through their new...
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We all know that Final Fantasy developer, Square Enix, has developed quite the relationship with Disney because of Kingdom Hearts. And now, they will be making a new game based on yet another Disney property, and that is Marvel. As part of a multi-year, multi-game partnership between both Marvel and Square Enix, they have announced the...
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Heartstone players in Southeast Asia rejoice! After being exclusively released for Twitch Prime in the U.S., Bizzard has announced that they are finally releasing the Priest hero, Tyrande Whisperwind, in South East Asia as part of their Chinese Lunar New Year promo! From January 26 until February 10, Hearthstone players in Southeast Asia will be able to...
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After Konami cancelled his Silent Hills partnership with Hideo Kojima, renowned Hollywood director, Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy 2, Pacific Rim, Pan’s Labyrinth) is finally having his video game debut with his Japanese friend’s upcoming Death Stranding game. del Toro recently sat down with IGN for a phone interview, and he talked about his role in the...
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Ever wondered what Dragon ball’s magical Senzu Beans taste like? Apparently, they taste like chocolate, as the Tokyu Hands Ikebukuro department store will be selling them as chocolates just for Valentine’s Day! The department store will be releasing these pots on “Senzu Beans” in their Valentine’s Day section, which can be found in their 7th floor....
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If you thought Sailor Moon’s 20th anniversary celebrations were big, it seems like the manga’s silver anniversary would be just as big. Because the official Sailor Moon website has announced their 25th anniversary project lineup, and it includes a new sequel anime for Sailor Moon Crystal! They didn’t reveal any more details on this new...
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Last year, some of Weekly Shounen Jump! magazine’s biggest anime titles finally concluded, including long-running titles like BLEACH and KochiKame. Other popular titles like Naruto, Nisekoi, Sket Dance, Kuroko’s Basketball, and Assassination Classroom are also over. Even with Gintama and One Piece still going strong, many fans are still wondering which manga carries the magazine’s...
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Re:Zero’s Rem is arguably 2016’s most popular heroine, and not only is she getting birthday parties thrown in her honor (while her TWIN sister, Ram, doesn’t even get one), Banpresto is also releasing a special cake just for her birthday! The Demon Maid Twins are celebrating their birthdays on February 2, and Banpresto’s Ichiban Cafe is...
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences finally announced their nominees to win what is considered by many as the richest prize in all of film, an Oscar. These announcements by the Academy included Best Animated Feature Film, but despite being favored by many fans, a certain film by Makoto Shinkai seems to be missing....
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The Japan Creative Centre (JCC) will be hosting the Japan Media Arts Festival Special Exhibition from 3rd to 18th February 2017. One of the highlights will be the screening of several critically-acclaimed Japanese animated films. The anime, together with their respective screening venues and schedules are: Makoto Shinkai’s your name. Venue: Shaw Theatres Lido (Lido 5) Schedule: 5...
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The Cartoon Grand Prize, also known as the Manga Taisho, celebrates excellence in the Japanese manga industry. Now, the official website has announced the 13 nominees, which were all selected by a committee of 92 people, comprised of bookstore employees who are all very familiar with manga. A special awarding ceremony will be held on March 28th to...
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The committee for this year’s Shogakukan Manga Awards have now revealed the winners for their various categories, including Best Children’s Manga, Best Shounen Manga, and Best General Manga. The five winning manga are: Best Children’s Manga: Ijime by Kaoru Igarashi Best Shounen Manga: Mob Psycho 100 by ONE Best Shoujo Manga: 37.5°C no Namida by Chika Shiina Best...
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Bandai Namco Entertainment has revealed a brand new trailer for the home release of Tekken 7, which is titled Tekken 7 – Rage and Sorrow. After a whole lot of delays, the video shows the news fans have been waiting for, and that’s the release date for the home versions. The game will be released worldwide...
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Infamous manga creator, Kouji Seo, has gained a reputation for playing with the hearts of his readers through his various manga. In celebration of his latest anime, Fuuka, the mangaka draws the anime’s music-loving and truck-loved main heroine in a new time lapse video. The very artwork that Seo drew in the video will also...
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During the Taipei Gameshow 2017 event in Taiwan, Bandai Namco Games unveiled a few new gameplay videos for their upcoming Reki Kawahara light novel crossover RPG, Accel World vs. Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight. The video is in Chinese, and it features some co-op gameplay, as well as the game’s own Player vs. player feature. It...
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TBS has revealed a new original anime about fruit farming and the world of heroine shows, and it’s titled Action Heroine Cheer Fruits. They even revealed a new PV! The anime is about “local heroine fighters” who suddenly became a nationwide hit. It is set in Hinano City, a fruit-growing city which lost its former luster. In...
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Type-Moon’s Fate/Grand Order smartphone game recently got an anime special last new Year’s eve, and now, it looks like it’s gonna be taken to virtual reality thanks to Sony’s PlayStation VR system. During the “FGO Fuyu Matsuri 2016-2017 ~da Vinci-chan Code~” event, Type-Moon announced that they will be doing a virtual reality project for the PS...
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Cyber crime is no laughing matter, and to increase the awareness for cyber security, several Japanese agencies have sought the help of Sword Art Online’s Black Swordsman himself, Kirito! Japan’s The National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC), Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA) and Japan Network Security Association (JNSA) have appointed him as their latest “Cyber...
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Brace yourselves folks, we’re getting a new moe anime! An early look at the upcoming issue of Manga Time Kirara Forward has revealed that Afro’s manga about girls going camping together, Yuru Camp, is getting an anime adaptation. The manga follows several girls who meet at Mt. Fuji’s lakeside while they go camping and share some...
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The Tokyo-based Anime Tourism Association, with the help of the Japanese government’s Cool Japan Initiative, is offering the chance to go to Japan to participate on a special tour, which of course focuses on 2016’s biggest hit Japanese movie, your name. Here’s how the official website describes the tour: Visiting the real-life locations depicted in the hit...
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After a great run which started back in 2012, it seems that Miki Yoshikawa’s Yamada-kun And The Seven Witches manga is finally coming to an end. According to an early look at the next upcoming issue of Weekly Shounen Magazine, due for release on January 25, the magical romantic comedy manga will finally conclude in five...
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Space Battleship Yamato is back to take on a new threat, and a new trailer for the first movie in the sequel series, Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love, has finally been released. The anime’s story takes place three years after the events of Space Battleship Yamato 2199, where Earth has signed a peace treaty...
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The official Gundam Thunderbolt website has finally updated, and it reveals a brand new PV, which tease the return of Io Flemming and Daryl Lorenz, as well as the new Atlas Gundam. The website also revealed the anime’s new key visual, which also features Io Flemming, Daryl Lorenz, and the Atlas Gundam. They also revealed new...
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Music superstar, Ariana Grande, has teamed up with the Final Fantasy smartphone game, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius for a very special collaboration, which will also feature her as a character in the game. Now, Square Enix has released her Brave Exvius remix of “Touch It,” and here it is: Her character, Dangerous Ariana, is now available...
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There are anime which made us all cry, but which of them left the biggest impression? Charapedia recently asked 10,000 anime fans that very question. Of these 10,000 voters, 59.2% were male, while 40.8% were female. A total of 44 series were included in the poll, but only the Top 20 were named, and they are:...
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Good Smile Company has finally opened the pre-orders for one of their most highly-anticipated Nendoroid figures, Michael Bay Megumin from KonoSuba. Approximately measuring 100mm in height, Nendoroid Megumin comes with various accessories, including her staff, cap, cape, eyepatch, a display base, and of course, an Explosion effect… Michael Bay would be proud. Sculpted by Taketomo,...
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The official website for the Gen Urobuchi-written , Polygon Pictures-produced Godzilla anime has revealed new details n the upcoming anime, including a brand new concept art. The website also revealed the confirmed cast members of the Godzilla anime, and they are certainly some of the biggest names in the anime industry. The confirmed all-star cast includes:...
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After revealing Ken Kaneki in costume, as well as his mask, the official Tokyo Ghoul website has now also revealed the live-action movie version’s own Tohka Kirishima, who is played by actress Fumika Shimizu. Shimizu has been known for her long hair, but she really had it cut just for the movie. In fact, she really...
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It’s been well-documented that Pikachu just loooooooooooooooves ketchup. Now, the lovable electric mouse Pokemon gets to show its love for the tomato-based product in a new collaboration with Japanese food company Kagome. The campaign is called the “Ketchup ni Muchuu! Pokemon Campaign 2017. For this collaboration, customers who purchase Kagome’s various ketchup products can get a chance...
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Hollywood entertainment site, Deadline Hollywood, reported that Warner Bros. is negotiating with Kodansha to do an Attack on Titan live-action film. However, a representative from Kodansha has denied it and said that Deadline Hollywood’s report is actually incorrect. However, the representative did note that there are plenty of negotiations for film adaptations that are advancing,...
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We’ve been waiting over a decade for a new Full Metal Panic! anime, and now, new details about it have been announced! This is because the official website has revealed the fourth anime’s official title, which is “Full Metal Panic!: Invisible Victory”. The first part for the audio drama, “Odoru Very Merry Christmas”, was released last December,...
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Yokohama-based pawnshop, Tamaya Shichi, is advertising itself in style by getting their own anime! This new anime is about pawn shops, and it will be titled “Tama-Pawns”. It even has its own PV! This new anime will be sponsored by the pawnshop itself, and will be a 6-episode short-form web anime. It will be shown via...
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The Jump Shop is a chain of stores selling merchandise from manga serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump! magazine. Their Tokyo Dome City Branch has recently gotten much attention, as it now features a life-size statue of Gintama’s 4th wall-breaking samurai, Gintoki Sakata. The Tokyo Dome City Branch also features Sadaharu right besides Gintoki. Seems like he’s...
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