Looks like a 15-year-old will be making her movie debut as one of Nisekoi‘s most central characters. This is because the staff have now announced that rookie actress Natsumi Ikema will be playing Kosaki Onodera in the live-action Nisekoi movie. Ikema has admitted that she’s a huge fan of Naoshi Komi’s hit manga, and still can’t...
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To celebrate the highly anticipated release of the latest installment of PlayStation 4 video game God of War, 4FINGERS Crispy Chicken is having a month-long promotional event from 20th April to 20th May 2018, complete with game demo consoles, photo backdrops, and giveaways. Organised by 4FINGERS and supported by Sony Interactive Entertainment Hong Kong Limited...
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The FGO Project has announced that their chart-topping mobile game, Fate/Grand Order has now expanded their English versions in Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Australia. And now,Players can expect to download this popular free-to-play game from the iTunes Store and Google Play. Unfortunately, the Southeast Asian release does not include Malaysia just yet. The...
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P.A. Works recently held the “Musashi-Sakai x Shirobako Harumatsuri” even for Shirobako in Tokyo. During the event, they revealed that they are doing an anime movie project for the franchise about making anime. Then also revealed a teaser visual for this new movie project as well. P.A. Works will once again animate this new prohect,...
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Attack on Titan 3rd Season is coming into next season with a ton of hype and anticipation. Now, Pony Canyon has started streaming a brand new PV for the new season. The video not only teases the big battle between Levi and Kenny, but also announces the anime’s July 22 premiere. Meanwhile, Funimation has released...
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So, a Yakuza boss decides he wants to become an idol producer, so he forces three of his goons to become idols. To be exact, he’s forcing them to be female idols. Well, this is the premise of Jasmine Gyuh’s hilarious comedy manga about yakuza, idols, and traps, Back Street Girls. It’s getting a new...
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Back in 2008, mangaka Namori launched a new 4-koma comedy manga which would still touch the hearts of readers a decade later. That manga is Yuruyuri, and its official website has revealed that it’s celebrating its 10th anniversary with a bang. According to the announcement, it’s getting a new 10th anniversary OVA, and they’re even...
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In a massive collaboration three years in the making, Warner Brothers, DC Comics, and animation studio, Kamikaze Douga, have all teamed up to produces the new anime movie, Batman Ninja. In the new movie, Batman and his Batfamily must stop The Joker, together with several members of Batman’s rouges gallery, as they time travel to...
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Sunrise and Bandai recently held new project unveiling livestream for the Gundam franchise. Of course, this included the announcement for the new Mobile Suit Gundam NT anime project and kits. However, it seems that it’s not the only new Gundam project coming out of the Universal Century in the near future. This is because the...
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During a Gundam.info livestream, Sunrise has announced that they are doing a new Gundam anime project. And it looks like they are going back to the Universal Century with the new anime, Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative, or Gundam NT. Of course, any Gundam fan of the Universal Century (UC) would know that NT would usually...
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My Hero Academia is getting its very first console fighting game with My Hero Academia: One’s Justice. Bandai Namco Games will release it internationally for the PlayStation 4, Xbox ONE, Nintendo Switch, and PC. But before that, it will be released in Japan this year for the PS4 and Switch. And now, 876TV has released...
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Gundam 00 recently held the Gundam 00 Festival 10 Re:vision event to celebrate its 10th anniversary. During the event, the anime’s director, Seiji Mizushima, has announced that he’s now working on a new project regarding the series. But while he didn’t say what it’ll be in his tweet, Animate Ikebukuro confirmed it will be a sequel....
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Sometimes, international releases are a bit different from the original Japanese releases. Their examples range from name changes to having some gameplay aspects removed. The latter seems to hold true for the English version of the smartphone game, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? — MEMORIA FREESE -. This is...
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After a rather long wait, get ready folks, because we’re getting a new Sakura Wars game! Sega recently held the Sega Fan Meet-up 2018 event in Tokyo where they made the huge announcement. They revealed that its tentative title is Shin Sakura Taisen, or New Sakura Wars. The stage event revealed that this will be...
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After some speculation that the group is breaking up after Yuki Kujiura went independent, another key member to the musical group, Kalafina, has also left. In the group’s official website, member Keiko Kubota has revealed that she has left the group since April 1, 2018. In the website, the now-former Kalafina member stated in a translated...
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Weekly Shounen Jump magazine titles are certainly no stranger to live-action adaptations. Some of them even became very successful like Gintama and Rurouni Kenshin. And now, it looks like it’s the turn of Naoshi Komi’s romantic comedy manga, Nisekoi, to get one as Weekly Shounen Jump’s upcoming issue reveals: Unfortunately, Jump didn’t reveal any further...
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Fairy Tail is now officially over, and its mangaka, Hiro Mashima is now working on his next manga. And now, Kodansha is teasing that next work by revealing three sketches from it. They reveal what seems to be his new manga’s male and female protagonists. Is it just me or is the new male protagonist...
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The Japanese animation industry lost an icon when Grave of Fireflies director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata passed away. However, it seems that one man’s silence about the passing of his close friend has been quite deafening. Oscar-winning director Hayao Miyazaki is known as a firebrand in the anime industry who is willing to...
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Ravioli Ravioli, don’t lewd the dragon loli! Well, at least that’s what many people say. And now, Kanna from Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid is now getting her own life-size figure, and it ain’t lewd at all. Life-size statue maker, FIGUREX, has revealed the new figure, but just her back. They will only release 10 of...
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It looks like the Japanese government is really stepping up its efforts to fight manga piracy. According to Mainichi Shimbun, they are planning to ask internet providers in Japan to block illegal manga sites. These sites usually upload manga, magazines, books, as well as other forms of print media without the consent of their copyright holders. The...
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Japan has now lost one of the most important figures in its animation industry, as legendary Grave of Fireflies director and Studio Ghibli co-founder, Isao Takahata, has now passed away. Several Japanese newspaper outlets have reported that his health has been declining since summer last year. However, they didn’t reveal his exact cause of death....
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The Overlord II TV anime has now officially ended, but don’t worry, because there’s more coming. According to the anime’s official website, Kugane Maruyama’s Overlord novel series is getting a third TV anime series. They also revealed a brand new CM announcing the new anime. Its official title is Overlord III According to the announcement, Overlord...
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Boruto’s dad is so popular, he’s getting his own live-action Kabuki play! Yeah, this play might be a prequel of sorts for Boruto, huh? Kabuki Theater is one of Japan’s most well-known traditions, and one Kabuki troupe is adapting Masashi Kishimoto’s beloved Naruto manga into a Kabuki play. Now, the play’s staff has revealed its...
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After a successful international run at the global streaming service, Netflix, Sword Gai: The Animation is getting a sequel. According to the anime’s official website, Part II of the anime will be making its streaming premiere in summer 2018. They also unveiled a brand new key visual featuring new characters Shin Matoba and Himiko, as...
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Ladies and gentlemen, Hunter x Hunter is going back on hiatus. Who could have ever have seen that coming? According to Weekly Shounen Jump magazine, the hiatus will begin with the magazine’s 19th issue, which will be released on April 9, 2018. However, Jump didn’t reveal when exactly will the manga return, which means this...
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Spring is here! And with that comes a new batch of anime to watch. NTT Docomo recently conducted a new poll via their anime streaming service, dAnime Store. This poll asked their viewers which Spring 2018 anime they’re most excited to watch this season. Here are the anime which made the Top 20: 20 – Magic...
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Hollywood director, Michael Gracey, has been a huge Naruto fan, and has even been tagged with directing the live-action Hollywood adaptation of Masashi Kishimoto’s classic ninja manga. However, with the recent failures of many Hollywood adaptations of Japanese works, it seems that The Greatest Showman director isn’t too keen on being at the helm of...
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The new Spring 2018 anime season is certainly a very old school one. With Full Metal Panic IV, an Ashita no Joe spin-off, Gegege no Kitarou, and even a new Gundam and Captain Tsubasa anime, this new season pretty much hits a ton of nostalgia points. And for this latest SGCafe list, we’re taking a...
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After months of waiting, Bandai Namco Asia has finally revealed new details for their upcoming God Eater 3 video game! In a new PV, they teased all the action, as well as announced that the game will be released for the PlayStation 4 and PC via Steam. It also teased the gameplay, as well as...
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There are a lot of manga which deserve an anime adaptation, but never really get one. And in some cases, some of these manga get their anime adaptations decades after their runs ended, much like Parasyte. During last weekend’s AnimeJapan 2018 event, they recently conducted their “Anime Anything and Everything Ranking”. This included four different polls,...
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A stage presentation during AnimeJapan 2018 revealed more details about the upcoming My Hero Academia movie. This includes revealing its new official title, My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: Futari no Hero (My Hero Academia the Movie: The Two Heroes). They also revealed a brand new key visual by the anime’s character designer, Yoshihiko Umakoshi. According to the...
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Yes folks, after years of waiting, we’re finally getting a new Zoids anime with Zoids Wild! Now, Takara Tomy has unveiled a brand new PV for this new series, and it introduces us to several new characters. Takara Tomy also revealed the new anime’s cast. It includes Kensho Ono as Arashi, Takahiro Sakurai as Bacon,...
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After teasing the Singaporean screenings plenty of times, Purple Plan finally revealed that they’re really bringing Love, Chuunibyo & Other Delusions: Take on Me to Singapore. The movie gets its general premiere on April 5, 2018, but before that, they announced via Facebook that they’re also holding a fan screening. On March 31, 2018, GV Plaza...
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Arena of Valor (AOV) has now arrived from China and into Singapore. And now, they’re currently holding a new Community Event Ladder System Campaign, which will last for 66 days! The campaign, which launched last 22 January 2018 will feature a 1 v 1 Ladder system brought to you by Event Midas & Toy or Games in collaboration...
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Fumiaki Maruto’s Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend light novels may have already ended, but it’s anime adaptation is getting a new movie. And now, the light novels’ illustrator, Kurehito Misaki, just confirmed that it won’t be a compilation movie, but will have a new story. Misaki also added that they’re currently working out...
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Get ready Singapore, because things are about to get delusional, as Dark Flame Master and the Evil Eye are going around Japan in an epic adventure. OK, so they’re just running away from home to elope. Anyway, Purple Plan has just revealed new details on the movie’s Singapore screening, which will begin on 5 April...
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When we talk about manga with no anime adaptations but really deserves one, Makoto Yukimura’s Vinland Saga may be near the top of the list. But now, the award-winning manga is getting its much-deserved anime adaptation from Attack on Titan’s WiT Studio and anime production company, Twin Engine. They even released an announcement PV: Series mangaka...
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The Winter 2018 anime season is beginning to wind down, which means we’re about to say goodbye to a few anime, as they will be ending by the end of this month. NTT Docomo’s dAnime Store streaming service recently polled their subscribers and asked them about their favorite anime of the season. The poll itself...
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The staff of the Mob Psycho 100 recently celebrated the release of the Mob Psycho 100 REIGEN ~ Miracle of the Unknown Psycho ~ OVA with a special event over at the Maihama Amphitheater in Chiba. And during the event, fans had reason to celebrate as the staff announced a second season for the hit TV anime....
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The Dagashi Kashi 2 TV anime is currently ongoing, however, it seems that it source manga is about to end. The upcoming 17th issue of Weekly Shounen Sunday is about to announce details new details about the ending of Dagashi Kashi 2. According to an advance look at the magazine, the manga will be ending...
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Singapore’s Team Impunity has been invited to compete at a Vainglory 5V5 showcase stage for the World Electronics Sports Games (WESG) 2017, held in Haikou, Hainan, China. The games will play on 17 and 18 March 2018, and will feature top teams representing China, Korea, Indonesia, and Singapore to face off as they fight for...
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Sunrise has announced a new addition to the Tiger & Bunny anime franchise, however, it won’t be focusing on Wild Tiger and Barnaby Brooks Jr. Titled Double Decker! Doug & Kirill, the new anime series will be a spin-off to the popular superhero anime. Here is its key visual: Much like the original Tiger & Bunny,...
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Looks like we’re about to say goodbye to the overpowered siblings, Tatsuya and Miyuki, as Dengeki Bunko listed that Tsutomu Satou’s highly-popular light novels is already heading for its climax. The listing also stated that the light novels’ 25th volume will be released on April 10, 2018. But while the listing from Dengeki Bunko stated that...
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When Bandai Namco announced that their latest addition to the Tekken franchise will be none other than Final Fantasy XV’s Noctis Lucis Caelum, the announcement surprised a lot of people. Now, they will be finally releasing him as a DLC character next week! And with that, Bandai Namco has finally released this new Tekken 7...
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Kalafina has certainly touched the hearts of many anime fans, as they performed countless anisongs from Fate/Zero to Black Butler to Madoka Magica. Now, according to Japanese newspaper, Hochi Shimbun, they will be disbanding by spring of this year. This report comes about as songwriter Yuki Kujiura, who the trio has deep ties to, leaves...
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Master Teaser Takagi-san has certainly proven that it’s one of winter 2018’s most popular anime. The series which follows school boy Nishikata who constantly struggles to tease his master teaser classmate, Takagi, has certainly been filled with laughs and romance. But what would you feel if the teasing master herself is the one to wake...
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Dragon Ball Super may be ending its run this season, but don’t worry Dragon Ball fans, Goku will be back. In fact, he’s returning in a new Dragon Ball Super movie, and its official website just revealed a few details. This includes a new key visual featuring Son Goku himself, as well as the movie’s...
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SOZO, organiser of Southeast Asia’s largest Japanese pop culture event Anime Festival Asia (AFA), and Eliphant, organiser of Southeast Asia’s premier gaming convention GameStart, have announced that both entities will form a strategic alliance to further strengthen existing events, and to create and develop new events in Asia. The SOZO and Eliphant alliance aims to...
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What happens when a 17-year old high school student falls in love with the 45-year old manager of the family restaurant she works for? That is the story of Jun Mayuzuki’s romance manga, After the Rain, also known as Koi wa Ameagari no You ni. The manga currently has an ongoing TV anime adaptation, and is also...
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Back in 2000, Kouji Ogata’s Boogiepop and Others light novel got a successful TV anime adaptation. And now, during the Dengeki Game Festival 2018 event, Dengeki Bunko announced that it’s getting a brand new TV anime adaptation with a different cast. This is all to celebrate the light novels’ 20th anniversary. Aoi Yuuki will be the new...
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