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The big news that came out of Crunchyroll Expo last weekend was the huge slate of anime movies coming to the Crunchyroll streaming service starting this August To start, Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA and Makoto Shinkai's your name will be launching on Crunchyroll this Thursday Mamoru Hosoda's critically acclaimed catalog of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Wolf Children, and The Boy and the[...]

Crunchyroll, the premier anime streaming service whose mission is bringing fans the ultimate anime experience everywhere, is announcing today that the seventh edition of the yearly, leading awards program for anime globally, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, will take place in Japan for the first time ever for 2023. (Key art: Crunchyroll) The Anime Awards live ceremony will[...]

Epic Games has unleashed a new crossover into Fortnite today as players can power up with long monologues with the Dragon Ball Super collab.

The new trailer for MAPPA's highly-anticipated anime Chainsaw Man has been released Like the manga, it is packed with intense action, and the animation seems just so wonderfully gory and edgy, which totally suits the tone The manga has fascinating characters that capture your attention from the moment you first meet them, making it impossible to[...]

The sixth season of My Hero Academia will be coming to premiere anime streaming service Crunchyroll this October During the "Behind the Scenes at BONES" panel at Crunchyroll Expo on Friday, the president of the anime studio BONES, Masahiko Minami, was happy to share with panel attendees that My Hero Academia Season 6 would be joining[...]

The upcoming Digimon Adventure 02 film will include the original voice cast while revealing a first look at second-gen DigiDestined.

The anime focuses on a street kid trying to survive in a technology- and body-modification-obsessed city of the future Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner — a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk After releasing some pretty impressive previews for the anime, viewers are getting their best[...]

However, things take a turn before the game ends when they are interrupted by a villain, and they call for backup. Even though I do not tend to be the biggest sports anime fan, it was a very fun episode to take my mind off the severity of the situation we last saw our heroes facing[...]

I grew up in the Dominican Republic, where Cartoon Network was a completely different beast: it introduced me to anime and had Boomerang cartoons playing throughout Not to mention my other right hand: FOX Kids, which later on became Jetix Over there, most animation channels played anime as much as western style animation It was[...]

While things go to hell, friends are made, and more betrayal lies ahead for our hero… or heroes? Many of the manga's layered characters would definitely benefit from being animated. Image: MAPPA Image: MAPPA A previous trailer for Chainsaw Man was released, and to no one's surprise, Studio MAPPA understood the assignment— the anime looks as beautiful and[...]

My Hero Academia Season 5 OVAs will be premiering on premiere anime streaming service Crunchyroll on Monday, August 1st at 8 am ET, or 5 am PT in both the original Japanese language with subtitles and dubbed version The dubs include English, Latin American Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese. "My Hero Academia Season 5 OVA: HLM" poster[...]

It looks like the hit anime series Attack on Titan is coming to Good Smile Company with a brand new collectible A Nendoroid of the Colossal Giant has arrived as Good Smile showcased the massive beast that overcame the wall protecting humanity This is an event that Attack on Titan fans knows quite fondly, and[...]

I absolutely love My Hero Academia, but I just love superheroes and anime, so it's the perfect blend However, there is plenty of other incredible anime series out there, like the breathtaking series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba This show is a masterpiece with some of the best fighting scenes around! The cast is massive,[...]

Crunchyroll Expo, the annual convention from the world's best streaming home for anime, revealed today the jam-packed schedule for the upcoming event, including the premieres of BLUELOCK, TONIKAWA: Over the Moon For You ~Uniform~, and In/Spectre Season 2 alongside the already-announced world premiere of Mob Psycho 100 III In addition to the full slate of[...]

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is easily one of the best anime's out right now, with some peak action sequences The newest season took our heroes into the Entertainment District and face to face with a higher-level demon Aniplex on continuing to bring the world of Demon Slayer to life as the demon Daki has arrived[...]

Directed by Sho Tsukikawa with a screenplay by Tatsuro Mishima, the Netflix and ROBOT production is executive produced by Netflix's Kaata Sakamoto (Netflix) and produced by Akira Morii (ROBOT). Yu Yu Hakusho (Image: Netflix) Originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump (published by Shueisha as Jump Comics) beginning in 1990, selling over 50 million copies in Japan alone and also adapted into[...]

And now, we're getting word of the newest cast member in the spotlight, Kanata Hongo (Come Come Everybody) as Hiei. Directed by Sho Tsukikawa with a screenplay by Tatsuro Mishima, the Netflix and ROBOT production is executive produced by Netflix's Kaata Sakamoto (Netflix) and produced by Akira Morii (ROBOT). Yu Yu Hakusho (Image: Netflix) Originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump (published by[...]

Crunchyroll announced four new anime series set to hit the streaming service during Japan Expo 2022 in Paris, France, all set to premiere later this year or early next year Here's a look at what's on the way… Epic Fantasy on Crunchyroll Key art: Crunchyroll "Shangri-la Frontier" "When was the last time I played a game that wasn't crap?"[...]

Directed by Sho Tsukikawa with a screenplay by Tatsuro Mishima, the Netflix and ROBOT production is executive produced by Netflix's Kaata Sakamoto (Netflix) and produced by Akira Morii (ROBOT). Image: Netflix Originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump (published by Shueisha as Jump Comics) beginning in 1990, selling over 50 million copies in Japan alone and also adapted into an anime, the[...]

Get ready as he reveals some of his works getting the anime treatment as well as gives a first look sneak peek at some of the character designs. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Source: Netflix Geeked/ Twitter Source: Netflix Geeked/ Twitter Source:[...]

Toho and CoMix Wave premiered the new trailer for anime auteur Makoto Shinkai's upcoming film, Suzume, which also reveals for the first time Nanoka Hara's performance in the lead role of Suzume, singing the movie's main ballad. "Suzume" key art, Crunchyroll "17-year-old Suzume's journey begins in a quiet town in Kyushu when she encounters a young man[...]

This epic opening theme for the hit dark fantasy anime series lit up the charts and hit the number 1 spot on Billboard's Hot Hard Rock Songs earlier this year. The schedule for the New Crunchy City Music Fest includes: Friday, August 5 – Sevenn American artist/producer Kevin Brauer exploded on the international electronic music scene under the[...]

The panel will also preview some behind-the-scenes footage from the adaptation to exclusively introduce the audience to the upcoming world of Knights of the Zodiac.  The live-action version of the manga and anime series will be released in theaters sometime in 2023, so make sure to keep up with Bleeding Cool for more as it's announced. [...]

Anime Expo closed out its 31st convention during the first weekend of July with the announcement that a new, smaller "anime expo" would be arriving in November The 31st Anime Expo returned to the Los Angeles Convention Center this year live and in-person, bringing together fans and industry professionals for the largest celebration of Japanese[...]

Crunchyroll Expo 2022 will be featuring a huge slate of guests including creative staff from the highly-anticipated horror series Chainsaw Man, English voice actors from the hilarious and heartfelt SPY x FAMILY, and Masahiko Minami, the co-founder and president of BONES, the prolific anime studio bringing fans Mob Psycho 100 and Bungo Stray Dogs, among[...]

McFarlane Toys is taking My Hero Academia fans back to Season 2 as we return to the Sports Festival with a brand new 5” playset

Kirito and Asuna from the hit anime series Sword Art Online are back with some new collectibles The gorgeous anime couple is joining the Nendoroid Swacchao! Series This line of collectibles features Good Smile's original Nendoroid sculpt, but features each character sitting in a chair This preset allows for a new way of displaying options[...]

Crunchyroll had their panel at Anime Expo this past weekend where they announced Trigun Stampede and Solo Leveling, but there were a lot of other titles coming to the streamer as well Here's a look at the rest of the line-up… Key art: Crunchyroll OVERLORD IV –Crunchyroll will stream the fourth season of the popular anime series[...]

Now with the anime set to go worldwide later this month, viewers are getting a chance to learn more with the release of a second official trailer With Shigeki Kawai directing at Atelier Pontdarc, Kenta Ihara (Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious, Full Dive, Saga of Tanya the Evil, Mieruko-chan) overseeing &[...]

Solo Leveling, the beloved Korean manhwa written by Chugong and illustrated by DUBU (REDICE Studio), will be adapted into an anime series by A-1 Pictures and simulcast on Crunchyroll worldwide outside of Asia in 2023 The first key visual and English teaser trailer was revealed by the Crunchyroll Industry Panel at Anime Expo this weekend. "Solo[...]