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Yoshiyuki Tomino, the creator of the endlessly popular anime Mobile Suit Gundam, was interviewed by Real Economy, a Japanese business outlet, and dropped a bombshell with this controversial statement: "Japan is no longer an advanced country in terms of animation." Tomino chalked it up to the rising sophistication of Chinese animation and a lack of[...]

Akira, the seminal Katsuhiro Otomo anime movie adapted from his own apocalyptic cyberpunk manga series that helped put anime on the map in the West back in the 1980s, is getting released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray from Funimation on January 18, 2022 You could say that the anime movies of Akira and Masamune Shiro's Ghost in[...]

Simulcasts from Japan – subtitled and dubbed – will include Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2, Crunchyroll Original series FreakAngels, My Dress-Up Darling, Orient, and The Case Study Of Vanitas among many other highly anticipated anime titles More details and additional series will be announced soon. Crunchyroll Hime! Continuing from the Fall 2021 season are Demon[...]

Simulcasts from Japan will include Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2, The Case Study Of Vanitas, Sabikui Bisco, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 2, My Dress-Up Darling, and Tribe Nine among many other highly anticipated anime titles, which will be subtitled and dubbed. NEW SIMULCASTS STARTING THIS WINTER 2022 ANIME SEASON ON FUNIMATION JANUARY[...]

The hit anime series Naruto is coming to threezero as they debut their newest 1/6th scale figure Naruto Uzumaki is a powerful ninja that has been on a wild adventure, and now those adventures bring him to your home Standing roughly 9.5" tall, this figure will have roughly 29 points of articulation and a nice[...]

The anime has done a great job so far in doing justice to the source material through all its arcs. Image: Screencap The sound hashira and our favorite slayers in training have gone off to a new mission— time to figure out the weird disappearances happening at the Entertainment District Turns out this hashira's temperament is a[...]

Bleach, Tite Kubo's epic fantasy fight manga ran for 15 years, lasted 686 chapters in a total of 74 whopping volumes, is finally getting an anime adaptation of its final arc! This brings back the anime series after it ended a few years ago to give closure to the story The series will premiere in[...]

Fans will get to "dedicate their hearts" once more as both Crunchyroll and Funimation will be streaming 8 special OAD (Original Animation DVD) episodes of Attack on Titan all at once on December 19, 2021, ahead of the highly anticipated premiere of Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2 on January 9, 2022. "Attack on Titan[...]

The anime series is currently produced by MAPPA (Banana Fish; JUJUTSU KAISEN; ZOMBIE LAND SAGA) and licensed from Kodansha (AKIRA; FAIRY TAIL; Fire Force; That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime). Image: Screencap The epic continuation of the worldwide anime phenomenon will start with episode 76 as the lines between friends and enemies become even more[...]

If there's one thing you can credit Netflix in attempting several times is that they're trying to adapt anime to live-action If the cancellation of Cowboy Bebop is any indication along with its fan reception, perhaps its upcoming live-action adaptation of One Piece is doomed to meet a similar fate I mean it's far from[...]

I feel the anime has been doing great by fleshing out so far and I hope it continues to do so along the way as we meet each of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoJCOAU_72UVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc | OFFICIAL TRAILER (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoJCOAU_72U) And so we are finally introduced to[...]

Netflix has confirmed that it will not move forward on its second season option on the anime adaptation. Image courtesy of Netflix Welcome to the World of Netflix's Cowboy Bebop! Spike Spiegel (Cho): Spike Spiegel is an impossibly cool "cowboy" (bounty hunter) with a deadly smile, a wry wit, and style to spare He travels the solar system[...]

Netflix's Cowboy Bebop had to take some creative liberties when adapting the anime to live-action While the main core characters in Spike (John Cho), Jet (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye (Daniella Pineda) remained true for the most part to their anime counterparts, there were more significant changes to the auxiliary characters like Vicious (Alex Hassell) and[...]

Bubble, a new anime movie from Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Psycho-Pass writer Gen Urobuchi, Attack on Titan director Tetsuro Araki, and WIT Studio, is getting released on Netflix on April 28th, 2022 The character designs are by Death Note co-creator Takeshi Obata, and the music is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano. "Bubble" key art, Netflix "The story[...]

Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night is a new theatrical anime movie from the unstoppable Sword Art Online series by author Reiki Kawahara Adapted from another series of spinoff light novels from the original mothership series, this new movie goes back to the beginning of the series to tell new[...]

The anime did great by Kyojuro and by this arc in general, building up where things had felt rushed and giving us more of Kyojuro to love Mugen Train was a fantastic arc as both serial anime and film— as a film, I will go as far as saying it is one of the best[...]

One Piece released its 1,000th episode last weekend, and to celebrate that milestone, Crunchyroll has launched a new clothing line featuring the characters from the anime through their Crunchyroll Loves label Pre-orders are now available for a special One Piece collection, featuring 14 specially-designed items fit for all members of the Straw Hat crew. One Piece[...]

Monogatari, Japanese light novel author Nisioisin's highly popular series that spawned manga and anime spinoffs, has a Humble Bundle starting today Humble Bundle and Kodansha have teamed up to release an epic bundle of manga books by Nisioisin, including the Monogatari series. Image: Humble Bundle, Kodansha "Nisioisin" is a pseudonym and palindrome for the novelist, manga-ka, and[...]

Persona 5, the immensely popular JRPG, which then spawned a manga and an anime spinoff, now has a streetwear line from Crunchyroll Loves, the anime streaming service's apparel line The PERSONA5 the Animation x Crunchyroll Loves Streetwear collaboration has launched in time for Cyber Monday. Persona 5: The Animation X Crunchyroll Loves Persona 5 is the most[...]

Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender EP Albert Kim checked in to confirm start on Week 3 of filming: "lots of big scenes" & "new characters."

Highlights include figures from the popular anime franchises Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Naruto, and more Additionally, all Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba products will be 20% off! Fans who have Premium Plus and Premium Plus Ultra subscriptions to Funimation will also gain access to the following offers: Courtesy of Funimation Naruto – Nyanto! Bundle Ultra Tokyo Connection Holiday[...]

As an expanded live-action series, Netflix's Cowboy Bebop was afforded the opportunity to expand the franchise's storyline threads & overall mythos in ways that the anime didn't It's no question that Shinichiro Watanabe's 1998 classic stands the test of time as one of the biggest crossover successes in Japan and America The collaboration between Christopher Yost[...]

The much-anticipated live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop had mixed reviews with much of the pushback coming from those loyal to the original anime version from Sunrise released over 20 years ago The thing is, a lot can change in a span of 20 years culturally and those elements combined with the source material are what[...]

Far be it from us to interrupt your enjoyment (or rewatching enjoyment) of the bounty-hunting adventures of John Cho's Spike Spiegel, Mustafa Shakir's Jet Black, and Daniella Pineda's Faye Valentine in Netflix's live-action "remix" of the popular anime Cowboy Bebop But with today being "Black Friday" in the United States and "Cyber Monday" just a[...]

Funimation, one of the two premiere anime streaming services, also has an online store selling all kinds of anime merchandise Of course, they're getting on Black Friday with Doorbuster deals on exactly what you would want from your favourite anime series Of course, the best deals are of merchandise from fan favourite series Dragon Ball[...]

No Game No Life, the popular light novel series that spawned a manga and anime series, is getting its new chapters simultaneously release with the Japanese version starting with its 11th volume The announcement was made at the Yen Press Industry Panel at Anime NYC this weekend The Yen Press digital chapter publication of Yuu[...]

While we're not looking to step on anyone's "official review toes" when it comes to offering a review of what will hopefully be the first of many seasons of Netflix and Tomorrow Studios' Cowboy Bebop (check out Aedan Juvet's review here), we won't' hesitate to tell you that we're huge fans of John Cho's Spike[...]

Crunchyroll announced at Anime NYC this weekend a huge slate of new anime series coming to the streaming service in 2022 This includes the highly-anticipated Spy x Family as well as a slate of new series including Aoashi, A Couple of Cuckoos, and Dance Dance Danseur, and more. "Spy x Family" key art, Crunchyroll Spy x Family is a comedy-adventure series that follows the[...]

The anime TV series premiered in 2019 and is based on Koyoharu Gotoge's manga, which boasts over 150 million copies in circulation in Japan That pretty much makes it one of the most popular manga and anime series in the world right now Not bad for a Shonen series about a determined, plucky kid with[...]

Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2, the conclusion of the most original fantasy epic in recent anime, will begin on streaming services in January 2022 You might remember that Part 1 ended on a sort of cliffhanger as the all-out war erupts Heel turns! Tragic deaths of fan favourite characters with more to come![...]