The Digidestined are starring in their own live-action stage play, which is titled Digimon Adventure tri.: The Adventure on August 1. And now, after revealing Taichi and Yamato in costume, the staff has now revealed the rest of the eight original Digidestined. The eight main cast members are: Gaku Matsumoto as Taichi Yagami Shouhei Hashimoto...
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Even with her guest appearances in the Sword Oratoria TV anime, fans still couldn’t get enough of Hestia. But fret not, because we’ll get to see her again, as 5pb. announces that Is it Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? is getting its own video game! It will be a Dungeon Exploration RPG...
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In a country known for its horror, being considered a horror legend is really something. Junji Ito has made a name for himself just because of how scary his manga are, and now, one of his many works is getting an anime. Asahi Shimbun announced the new horror anime, but didn’t specify which of the...
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Brace yourselves Philippines, because the ghouls are coming! VIVA International Pictures has revealed that they are bringing the live-action movie adaptation of Sui Ishida’s bestselling horror manga, Tokyo Ghoul, to the Philippines. According to their announcement on Facebook, the movie will open in the country this August 4, 2017, in cinemas “nationwide”, which means that...
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DUSTY: Raging Fist and DUSTY Revenge, the award winning video game from Singaporean studio PD Design, is offering a behind-the-scenes look at the game right before worldwide release on PC, Playstation 4 and the Nintendo Switch. They are teaming up with Singapore’s own ARTBLOVK GALLERY for a special exhibition for the rock’n’sock beat’em up platformer. See for the...
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There are many anime which deserve a second season, however, that second season may not happen, or won’t happen after a long time. Of course, one of these anime that fans are constantly asking a Season 2 for is The Devil is a Part-Timer. In fact, its creator, Satoshi Wagahara, is well aware that fans are...
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After getting a TV anime from Kyoto Animation, Honobu Yonezawa’s high school mystery novel, Hyouka, is getting itself a live-action movie. Now Kadokawa’s official YouTube channel has revealed the movie’s latest teaser trailer, which features Kento Yamazaki as Houtarou Oreki, and Alice Hirose as Eru Chitanda. The new trailer also features the movie’s theme song,...
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After teasing what Ryuk looks like in its poster visual, Netflix has now revealed a brand new trailer for their live-action American adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s bestselling thriller manga, Death Note. The new video teases the story, and features the main characters, Light, L, and of course, Ryuk, who is voiced by Willem...
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Sony Interactive Entertainment Hong Kong Limited Singapore Branch (SIES) has some good news for all you Southeast Asian PS4 gamers out there, as they will be releasing PlayStation 4 exclusive shooter “Matterfall” into the region. The release will be available for both the physical Blu-ray disc copy, as well as digital download. This side-scrolling shooting game is...
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Marvel legend, Spider-Man, Fantastic 4 and X-Men creator, and cameo king, Stan Lee, is teaming up with Studio DEEN for a brand new TV anime titled “The Reflection”. The anime’s official website has now updated, and it reveals its new visual, which features the anime’s four main characters, Xon, Eleanor Evarts, Lisa Livingston, and I-GUY. The Marvel...
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Netflix is adapting Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s bestselling thriller manga, Death Note, into a live-action movie. Now, director Adam Wingard has revealed a new poster for the movie, and it teases us what the Shinegami, Ryuk, would look like in the movie. Spider-Man actor, Willem Dafoe, who played Green Goblin, is voicing Ryuk for the...
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The original Love Live! anime really took off with its popularity thanks to its second season, so it’s a no-brainer that it’s follow up would get a season 2 too, right? Now, the anime staff’s official twitter page has revealed a brand new visual for the second season, which also reveals when will this season...
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Final Fantasy’s new mobile game app, Brave Exvius, will be celebrating the first anniversary of its release on June 29th. Through this time, many things have already happened, including having over 23 million downloads worldwide, as well as a collaboration with music Megastar, Ariana Grande. Of course, this anniversary celebration would include a few new...
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With titles like Naruto, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Bleach, Gintama, Kuroko’s Basketball, Haikyuu!!, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Hunter x Hunter, and many more, Weekly Shounen jump ain’t just a manga magazine, it’s THE manga magazine. The manga’s titles have deep international reach, as many of them are internationally-recognized classics. Now, as it celebrates its 50th anniversary,...
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School Live!, also known as Gakkou Gurashi, is known to fans as the “Healing Anime”. And it definitely doesn’t involve a zombie apocalypse, right? However, Manga Time Kirara Forward has some bad news for fans of the anime, as they revealed that the manga the “Healing Anime” is based on is going on “Extended Hiatus”....
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Sometimes, there are those anime characters that we really like. And we like them so much that many of us would want to marry them. But sometimes, there are those characters we really hate, and we would rather die than marry them. Japanese rankings website, Goo, recently ran a brand new poll asking anime fans...
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Heads up Monogatari fans, because Kizumonogatari is getting itself its own VR Experience for the PlayStation VR… and it will be free to download. Kayac, Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia (SIEJA), and Aniplex have teamed up to develop the project, which is officially called Kizumonogatari VR. They will be launching Kizumonogatari VR on July 12, the...
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The Seven Deadly Sins are back, and this time, they are getting their very own action game for the PlayStation 4… and yes, it’s the one by Nakaba Suzuki and not the ecchi one by Hobby Japan (Because that’s the Seven MORTAL Sins). According to the 30th issue of Weekly Shounen Magazine, this new action...
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Spring is almost over, and the summer season is about to begin! After taking a look at the new anime coming into Summer 2017, we now continue our look into the upcoming season with the returning anime, sequels, spin-offs, or reboots. Unlike our New Anime picks, we all agreed for our picks for the returning...
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The month of marriages is almost over, and animeanime.jp followed up their June Bride poll with another one, this time for female anime characters that you would marry. The poll asked 1,913 fans for their preferences, and surprisingly, over 60% of them were women. Here are the Top 20: 20 – Yukari Akiyama (Girls und Panzer)...
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The real world is in danger, and it’s now up to the original eight digidestined to save it. And with the fifth and penultimate Digimon Adventure tri movie about to premiere in September, MaidigiTV has released a brand new trailer for Digimon Adventure tri 5: Kyousei. The video not only teases the Digivolution for Meicoomon, but...
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This is it folks, Fairy Tail is about to end! After a long and popular run, and 61 volumes currently in print, creator Hiro Mashima recently tweeted a picture in twitter as he is about to write and illustrate the manga’s final chapter: Looks like Chapter 545 will serve as the manga’s final chapter, huh?...
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The current Spring 2017 anime season is almost over, but fret not, a new lineup of summer anime are ready to replace them. There are a ton of summer anime coming in, so which new titles are showing promise? We took a look at the anime from next season and chose seven new anime titles...
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We here at SGCafe like to shed the spotlight on local Southeast Asian works every now and then, and we usually feature ones from here in Singapore. However, we’ve come across an upcoming game from Filipino developers, Indigo Entertainment. It’s called Garrison: Archangel, and so far, we think it looks great. And we think it’s...
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Anteiku may be one of the most iconic cafes in anime, and thanks to the live-action Tokyo Ghoul movie, it’s also getting a real-life version. Don’t worry though, they won’t serve human flesh, but they do serve some sandwiches and coffee, just like the one from Sui Ishida’s manga. You can find this real-world version...
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Fate/Apocrypha is coming into the Summer 2017 anime season with a ton of hype, and this is without the Fate cash cow, Artoria (the original Fate Saber). Now, the anime finally airs its final TV ad before it makes its long-awaited July 2 premiere. The video is officially titled “The Opening of the Holy Grail...
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New Game!! season 2 is coming into the Summer 2017 anime season as one of the biggest favorites. And before it finally makes its long-awaited premiere, Kadokawa Anime’s official YouTube channel has started streaming a brand new PV, which reintroduces us to the staff of the gaming company, Eagle Jump. Oh, and better watch until...
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Reki Kawahara’s hit light novel franchise, Sword Art Online, has teamed up with Tokyo Otaku Mode for a special collaboration. This new team-up features brand new beanies and scarves inspired by Kirito and Asuna, Sword Art Online’s two main characters. The Kirito set, as well as the Asuna set, each cost 9,800 yen. But if...
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She might not be as prolific or as infamous as Berserk’s Miura and Hunter x Hunter’s Togashi, but Hiromu Arakawa has taken quite a number of breaks from her Silver Spoon manga as of late. The latest starting last September where she just came back from an even longer hiatus. Now however, Shogakukan’s Weekly Shounen...
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As promised, Gundam.info’s official YouTube channel has now released the very first episode of Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis. The anime is set in the Universal Century, the same timeline as the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam anime. Without further ado, here is episode 1: This will be the first of six episodes, with each of...
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Looks like you can go on date with spirits a lot more, as Compile Heart revealed that they are releasing Date a Live: Rio Reincarnation HD for the PlayStation 4. This new release is actually a collection of Compile Hearts previous Date a Live game releases to be ported for the PS4. Date a Live: Rio...
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Brace yourselves folks, because yet another fantasy light novel series is getting a TV anime adaptation, and this time, it’s Aneko Yusagi’s Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari, or The Rising of the Shield Hero. Flyers from MF Bunko revealed the news about the anime adaptation. Much like most fantasy novels, this one involves an otaku who...
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Yowamushi Pedal is currently getting some really exciting episodes as the Inter-High officially gets underway. With fans getting hyped for each episode, one of its animators has revealed via twitter that it’s also getting a 4th season. Hiroki Horiuchi, who worked as an animator and prop designer for all three seasons of the anime, revealed...
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It looks like the heated kitchen battles of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma is returning for a new season. According to the 30th issue of Weekly Shounen Jump! Magazine, the anime adaptation of Yuuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki’s original manga series will get its third season this Fall 2017. The announcement also features a new teaser...
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Kemono Friends has proven to be one of this year’s biggest runaway hits. The anime far exceeded expectations, and it is now reaping the rewards of its popularity. Now, the man who produced the anime, Yoshitada Fukuhara, makes an appeal for fans who watch illegally-streamed anime. 違法アップロード動画見ている人って、著作権違反行為の片棒担ぐことになるから止めたほうがいいですし違法にアップした人に広告費で儲けさせているだけ。本来そのお金を手にするはずだったクリエイターの元には1円も入りません。ファンならお金を払えとは言いませんがせめて違法サイトは見ないで！ — 福原慶匡 (@fukuhara_ystd) June 20, 2017 In his...
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Gintama isn’t just getting a live-action movie, but also a live-action web series. It is based on the manga’s Mitsuba arc, which explores some backstory on two Shinsengumi members, Hijikata and Okita. Now, that web series is getting its very first trailer, which teases its story. The web drama will follow the tragic relationship between...
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The Japanese musical duo known as ClariS remains as one of the Japanese music industry’s biggest mysteries. This is largely because nobody really knows what they look like. On their concerts, they would only usually appear as silhouettes, and previously, they wore masks. However, it seems that the duo is revealing more and more of...
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These days, Goku doesn’t use his Flying Nimbus that much because you know… he can fly. But for a time, the Flying Nimbus was really Goku’s go-to transport, and a lot of people really wanted to rode it. Now, thanks to Shounen Jump’s own indoor amusement park, J-WORLD TOKYO, fans will get the chance to...
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When I went to Japan, I’ve actually been to a few maid cafes. However, not all of them were comfortable dealing with foreign customers because of the language barrier. Don’t worry though, because there’s now a maid cafe for and by us Gaijin. It’s called the “Sugoi Kawaii Cafe”, and it features maids from many different...
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Are you in the Kansai International airport and you have a lay over? How about a delayed flight? Did you arrive too early for your flight? Well, don’t worry, because Nintendo will soon open a Free Gameplay area in the airport, which allows passengers to play Nintendo games for free. Nintendo is teaming up with their...
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Well, it seems that Berserk’s latest return was too good to be true. This is because the next issue of Young Animal Magazine revealed that Kentaro Miura’s hit dark fantasy manga will begin from Episode 351. Well, this is to be expected since Miura is just as infamous for his hiatuses as Hunter x Hunter’s...
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We just celebrated Father’s Day last weekend, which is why Japanese anime news site, animeanime.jp, recently held a special Father’s Day poll. In their poll, they asked 1,171 fans to vote for which male anime character would make the Best Dad. Of these 1,171 voters, 60% were female, and the website only revealed the Top 10 in...
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Listen up Gundam fans, because the Gundam portal site, Gundam.info, has announced that they will be streaming the very first episode of Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis. They also revealed a brand new PV for the anime too. According to their announcement, they will be streaming the first episode online starting June 23, 2017. Here’s the...
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Kill la Kill, Little Witch Academia, and Space Patrol Luluco are three of Studio Trigger’s most popular anime. Now, thanks to Space Patrol Luluco character designer, MAGO, the main heroines of these three anime have come together… and switched outfits. Mago posted the artwork in his twitter page, @magodesu, and immediately caught the attention of...
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The upcoming Yuri anime, NTR: Netsuzou Trap, promises to make the summer anime season even hotter. Now, it finally revealed its latest PV, which also previews the anime’s theme song, “Blue Bud Blue” by Haruka Toujo. The anime will follow childhood friends, Yuma and Hotaru, who both have boyfriends. However, as Yuma becomes nervous about her...
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Nissin Cup Noodles revealed its latest anime collaboration, and its with Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s classic anime movie, Kiki’s Delivery Service. They featured an ad which re-imagines Kiki and Tombo as 17-year olds, as they do a few Japanese high school cliches. Oh, and watch until the ending because some shippers will love it....
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Sometimes, we shouldn’t really apply what we see in what we watch or read to real life. Even more so for most doujinshi, which have a reputation for the extreme when it comes to violence, gore, and of course, sex. As they say in the anime fandom, never mix 2D with 3D. However, one man...
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Mangaka Kenjiro Hata’s long-running butler comedy manga, Hayate the Combat Butler has now ended its long run. With this, he has revealed a brand new fanbook, which was included with the manga’s final two tankoubon compilation volumes, Vol. 51 and Vol. 52. And what’s more is that the fanbook will contain a bombshell revelation: Hayate...
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The final episode of Attack on Titan Season 2 has already revealed that the anime is getting a season 3! Funimation has now started streaming a brand new PV for the third season. But f you still haven’t read the manga yet, be warned, because the video contains spoilers from the manga itself. They may...
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Japan’s ancient Kabuki tradition met modern Japanese pop culture last year, as the virtual diva herself, Hatsune Miku, tried her hand at Kabuki. During last year’s Nico Nico Choukaigi event, Miku appeared alongside acclaimed Kabuki actor, Shidou Nakamura. Titled “Cho Kabuki Hanakurabe Senbon Zakura”, a new official video of their performance has now surfaced online: The...
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