It’s finally 2017, and it’s now time for our annual look at the year that was, which is 2016. The year really had great anime, and now, we’ve picked the Top 10 anime which we think is the best of 2016. After a lot of debates, violent reactions, and even a fist fight breaking out,...
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The final Day of 2016’s final anime event has now concluded, and much like Day 1 and Day 2, the cosplay area, and even inside the Tokyo Big Sight itself, got a little bit crazy. Several doujinshi booths also had their own cosplayers to promote a cirlcle’s work, and Day 3 wasn’t short of them....
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It’s the New Year, and Fairy Tail fans have even more reason to celebrate, as a new teaser website and twitter page were launched for Hiro Mashima’s popular shounen manga. These two new Fairy Tail pages announce a brand new Fairy tail movie, and it is titled “Fairy Tail – Dragon Cry”. Details on this new...
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Several huge announcements were made for the Fate series during New Year’s Eve, and one of them announces the anime adaptation of TYPE-MOON and Yuichiro Higashide’s Fate/Apocrypha novels! A PV has also been revealed along with a key visual: A-1 Pictures will be animating the series, with Charlotte director, Yoshiyuki Asai directing. Novel writer Yuichiro Higashide...
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After all the craziness from Comiket 91 Day 1, Day 2 has proven to be quite crazy as well. With long lines forming and merchandise and doujinshi getting sold out during the event, anime and manga enthusiasts, cosplayers, and tourists once again flocked to the Tokyo Big Sight yesterday for Day 2. Here are the cosplays:...
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Conan is headed to Universal Studios Japan, and he needs your help to crack a case! Universal Studios Japan is about to launch their Cool Japan campaign for 2017, and one of the highlights is definitely the Detective Conan Escape Game, which has been officially titled Detective Conan: The Escape. Here is the Escape Game’s official description,...
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Yesterday, thousands of anime and manga enthusiasts, cosplayers, and tourists, flocked to the Tokyo Big Sight in Odaiba for Comiket 91. And while the stars of the show are the doujins and other fan works going on sale, the cosplayers also showed what they’ve got, and since this is Comiket, it got crazy… really crazy!...
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Aiz takes center stage in her very own anime, which is a spin-off of Is it Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?!. Titled Sword Oratoria, Warner Brothers is now streaming a brand new PV, and it features Aiz and her Loki Familia in action! Sword Oratoria is a side story of Is it Wrong...
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The Tokyo Anime Award Festival recently asked fans to vote for which anime they think is the best one of 2016. The results have been released, and they have now revealed the Top 100 anime. The results are divided into two categories, one for movies (Top 10) and one for TV anime (Top 90). However,...
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Re:Zero is definitely one of 2016’s most popular anime titles, and it is even getting its own PS4/PS Vita game titled Re:Zero: Death or Kiss. Now, 5pb. has finally started streaming the very first PV for the upcoming game. The video has been region-locked in several areas, though it can be viewed here in South East...
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With the popularity of Yuri on Ice, yet another anime about rhythmic sports is going to be aired, and this time, it’s all about Dance Sport as Tomo Takeuchi’s Welcome to the Ballroom manga is getting adapted into a TV anime. Here is how Kodansha describes the series story: Feckless high school student Tatara Fujita wants...
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With 2016 almost over and the first anime season of 2017 almost upon us, Japanese research website, Akiba Souken, has polled anime fans what anime they are most excited to watch in 2016. The poll gathered a total of 8,608 votes, with voters being allowed to choose up to seven series. 44 new anime from Winter...
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2016 is almost over, and Japanese video streaming website NicoNico, which also streams anime episodes legally, has recently asked viewers to participate in an official online poll. In this poll, they asked 306,568 anime fans (66% male, 34% female) to vote for which anime series is the one that they think is the best anime of...
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your name. may be considered as Makoto Shinkai’s greatest work, surpassing many films by Hayao Miyazaki in terms of sales. However, it seems that the great Japanese director is getting tired of the success and has now said that he doesn’t think anyone else should go see it. It seems like Shinkai wasn’t quite satisfied with how...
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The official Shochiku YouTube channel has started streaming an extended trailer for the upcoming One Week Friends movie. The trailer includes several new footage, including Kaori and Yuuki’s first meeting inside a train. The new trailer also features the film’s theme song, which is titled Kanade for Isshuukan Friends” by Sukima Switch. It is a new...
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Magical Girl Raising Project has proven to be one of Fall 2016’s best anime. The anime has proven to be quite bloody and depressing, and from the looks of things, fans want more, and are even asking for a sequel. In a series of tweets, series director, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, finally addressed them. The director encouraged...
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Comiket 91 is right around the corner, and sure enough, doujinshi circles and anime companies are getting ready for Japan’s largest doujinshi market and anime extravaganza. Several anime merchandise companies are already announcing their exclusive merchandise for the event, and one of them is Gee! Store, which seems to go Re:Zero for this Comiket. The...
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Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine’s upcoming February 2017 edition will be announcing that Miyuki Nakayama’s restaurant comedy manga, Blend S, is getting adapted into a TV anime. The story centers on a girl named Maika who gets a job at a cafe where all the waitresses are given certain attributes — such as “tsundere” or “little...
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The twitter page for the KonoSuba anime has announced that in 2017, KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! would not only be getting a second season, but a new OVA is coming along as well! The OVA will be released in Blu-ray format, and will be coming bundled with the limited edition version of the light...
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With the second season of My Hero Academia premiering in April 2017, Issue 4/5 of Weekly Shounen Jump! magazine came in with the results of the magazine’s official My Hero Academia popularity poll. Here are the official results: Katsuki Bakugou Izuku Midoriya Shouto Todoroki Eraserhead Eijirou Kirishima All Might Kyouka Jirou Tenya Iida Tsuyu Asui...
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During Goodsmile Racing’s year-end party, the key visual for their very own race queen for 2017, Racing Miku 2017, has finally been revealed, and she has been designed by none other than renowned “Shining” series and adult visual novel/ eroge character designer, Tony Taka. Her new 2017 design has a fairy theme, complete with wings. The Racing Miku...
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Anniversary of a Miracle – Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion event at the Maihama Amphitheater in Chiba previously celebrated 10 years of Code Geass. However, the event is much more notable as it was there that they announced the new Code Geass: Lelouch of the Resurrection anime. Now, that very announcement has surfaced online, and it starts...
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After bowing out to consecutive winners from South East Asia (2014 was won by Malaysia and 2015 was won by Thailand), Japan has once again taken the GunPla crown, as modeler Yuusuke Yokota’s Samurai-themed “Eternal Bonds ~Yoshitsune and Benkei Toward a New Country~” took first place in the contest’s open category. Open Course 1st: “Eternal Bonds ~Yoshitsune...
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On Christmas eve, a brand new teaser trailer for the upcoming Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale movie was streamed, and it teases what to expect, as well as show new footage from the anime movie. The video also features the song, Catch the Moment by LiSA and introduces some of the anime’s characters. The film will...
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After a lot of waiting, we finally get some footage of the much-anticipated Attack on Titan season 2! If you’ve read the manga, you’d definitely know what’s going on, and can’t help but feel hyped for this new season thanks to the video! The video features the dreaded Beast Titan, titans besieging a tower that...
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It’s the day before Christmas, and that means that the year is almost over! 2016 has been wrought with plenty of mishaps, but it also brought plenty of great anime, as well as some unforgettable characters! For this week’s poll, Charapedia has asked 10,000 anime fans (42.1% male, 57.9% female) to vote for which anime...
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After much teasing from Japanese figure maker, Pulchra, more images of the life-size Rem statue from Re:Zero have surfaced, and this time, these images finally show her face! What’s more is that they revealed that the statue’s pedestal also comes with speakers! Only 10 of these statues will be made, and because of this, people have...
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The epic alternate world battle anime, Drifters, has finally ended, however, the final episode featured an End Card with a message which was written in English… Does this mean we are getting a second season for Drifters?! Fans certainly are hopeful, but with “20XX” written in the end card, this means we still don’t know...
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The console goddesses are back with a new Hyperdimension Neptunia game titled Cyber Dimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online. A new PV has been revealed, and it features the gameplay for the four main heroines, Neptune, Noir, Vert, and Blanc. Yes folks, they are indeed back! The game will be released in Japan on February 9, 2017 for...
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What if there’s a gigantic hole in the ground, and this is actually the most unexplored place in the world? This hole is called the “Abyss”, and that is the setting for the latest manga to get adapted into an anime, which is titled Made in Abyss. A website has been launched, and it reveals a...
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Japanese anime figure company, FIGUREX, previously announced that they will be making a life-size statue of Rem from Re:Zero. From the looks of things, they seem to be making good on their promise as their official twitter page has previewed that very life-size statue. The statue measures in at 149cm and will cost a measly 1,480,000...
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Valiant Force has now updated, and with that update comes the smartphone game’s very first PVE event! This version will be featuring the large-scale ‘Twin Frost Ascension’ guild dungeon event, allowing guild members to test their strength together for the very first time. The update will also be featuring an all new character model system that...
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Makoto Shinkai’s your name. may be the biggest Japanese movie of 2016, however, not everyone seems to like it that much. In fact, the multi-award-winning anime movie has received plenty of harsh criticisms throughout its massively successful run. The many things critics have said about the film include: “If you make a movie with lots of...
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Two of author Reki Kawahara’s most popular light novels are headed for a showdown with Accel World VS Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight. Now, the game’s latest PV has been streamed, and it features the upcoming game’s gameplay, as well as a taste of Kirito vs. Kuroyukihime. The video also features the game’s theme song, which...
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Gintama is back with a new TV anime starting next month, and they are teasing the new 2017 anime’s craziness with a brand new promotional video. The new PV features the song, “Kagerou” by ЯeaL, which will serve as the anime’s OP song. Meanwhile, RIZE (Shion no Oh) will perform the ending theme song “Silver.” The anime...
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Anime is full of perverted anime characters, but who is the biggest pervert of them all? Japanese ranking website, Goo, recently asked people online about which anime character is the most perverted. Their online poll garnered a total of 3,939 votes, with a total of 33 characters being included. Here are the Top 20: 20/21 (tie)...
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Re:Zero’s Rem seems to be 2016’s most popular new character for Japanese animation, and two of Tokyo’s most well-known areas are throwing birthday events in her honor during February! Rem, the more popular half of the demon maid twins, is actually born on February 2, and she will be having official birthday celebrations at Gamers Akihabara,...
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With the musical anime, BanG Dream!, premiering next month, the anime’s in-story band, Poppin’Party, is making its mark on the Japanese music scene, as the band’s third single, “Hashiri Hajimeta Bakari no Kimi ni/Tear Drops”, has finally made it to the Top 10 of the Weekly Oricon Music Charts. This achievement has been considered unprecedented...
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The 11th episode the the 5th anime adaptation of Yuki Midorikawa’s Natsume’s Book of Friends ended on a high note, as they revealed that a 6th anime adaptation will be coming in 2017! While the 5th anime is titled Natsume’s Book of Friends Go, the sixth will be officially titled Natsume’s Book of Friends Roku, or six. They...
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There have been a lot of competition manga throughout the years, ranking from trading card games to sports anime to Keijo to figure skating. However, it now seems that we are finally getting an anime about quiz contests! This is because Ikura Sugimoto’s Nanamaru Sanbatsu is getting adapted into a TV anime! Serialized in Young Ace...
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Digimon Adventure tri. will be continuing with its fourth movie titled “Soushitsu”. As Sora finally takes center stage for the film, a brand new PV has been revealed, and it seems that the Dark Masters really are making a comeback. The fourth part will be screened in Japanese theaters starting February 25, and will be...
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Black Lagoon manga creator Rei Hiroe, is doing a new anime, and it will be titled Re:Creators. An official website has been launched, which reveals a its announcement video. This new project will be an original anime co-presented by both Shogakukan and Aniplex. They also unveiled a new key visual, which was personally illustrated by...
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The second season of Blue Exorcist, officially titled Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Arc, is definitely one of the most anticipated anime of next season, and its second PV has just been revealed, along with its second TV commercial: 2nd PV 2nd TV ad Aside from the new PV and TV ad, they also started streaming new...
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Studio Pierrot, the very same studio behind the anime adaptation of the legendary Shounen Jump! manga, Naruto, is adapting another manga from the popular manga magazine, as announced during the Jump Festa event last weekend. Based on the hit manga by Yuuki Tabata, Black Clover follows Asta, a boy who lives in a world full...
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My Hero Academia is coming back for a second season this April, and TOHO Animation’s official YouTube channel has just started streaming the anime’s second PV: The second season will be following the manga’s U.A. Sports Festival, and as the video has revealed, the staff from the first season are returning, with Kenji Nagasaki returning...
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The Jump Festa event made plenty of huge announcements surrounding the world of Naruto, including a live-action movie! Now, they have revealed that the Naruto spin-off manga which follows his son, Boruto, has also been revealed during the event. BORUTO – NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS was just announced at Jump Festa, starting broadcast in Japan this...
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During the Jump Festa event, a stage presentation has announced that Naruto is really getting a live-action adaptation by Hollywood! The live-action movie will be produced by Lionsgate and will be directed by Micheal Gracey. Live-Action Hollywood movie for Naruto announced! From Lionsgate, Michael Gracey directing. — Shonen Jump (@shonenjump) December 17, 2016 And the...
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The live-action Gintama movie recently revealed its three leads in costume, and now, we finally see some of the very first footage from the film thanks to a new teaser trailer… which ends in the most Gintama way possible. The video features Shun Oguri as Gintoki Sakata, Masaki Suda as Shinpachi Shimura, and Kanna Hashimoto as...
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The ever-controversial live-action Ghost in the Shell film by Dreamworks and Paramount may have caused a stir among loyal fans outside of Japan, however, within Japan itself, people are actually excited to see the film. Now, its own Japanese trailer has been streamed, as well as a clip, and the latter reveals new details on...
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2016 is about to end, and as the current crop of Fall 2016 anime are about to reach their finales, Japanese anime character database, Charapedia, took a look forward into 2017’s very first anime season, which is Winter. They asked 10,000 fans, 51.9% of whom were male, and 48.1% of whom were female, which upcoming new...
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The original Pokemon Adventures Ruby and Sapphire got a sequel manga titled Pokemon Adventures ΩRUBY & αSAPPHIRE, and now, Shogakukan Asia, the official publisher for the Pokemon Adventures manga series here in South East Asia, has revealed that the manga is getting an English version for the region, and will be released in the traditional tankoubon...
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