In 2019, Fate/stay night, the origin of the currently airing anime Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, celebrated 15 years since its release as a video game. Commemorating the occasion, an event titled “TYPE-MOON Exhibit: Tracing 15 Years of Fate/stay night,” which looks back at the history of the Fate series and TYPE-MOON, opened

The upcoming anime adaptation of the much loved visual novel Higurashi When They Cry has announced its key cast members: Hoshi Souichirou as Maebara Keiichi, and Nakahara Mai as Ryugu Rena, with both reprising their roles from the previous anime adaptation. Inspired by the classic horror/mystery game, Higurashi was first adapted as a TV anime

3DCG anime Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, the latest installment in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, will be available to stream exclusively via Netflix this April! In addition to releasing a new trailer and teaser poster, the show has also confirmed key casting: Tanaka Atsuko (Kusanagi Motoko), Otsuka Akio (Batou), and Yamadera Koichi (Togusa),

A new project has been announced for popular manga Bleach as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations! More information is expected from a live stage event at AnimeJapan 2020 on March 21. Members of the cast and crew will be in attendance, including Morita Masakazu who plays Kurosaki Ichigo, Okiayu Ryoutarou who plays Kuchiki Byakuya,

Adapted from the light novel series written by Fuse and illustrated by Mitz Vah, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime follows a salaryman is stabbed to death and wakes up as a slime in another world. Taking on the name of Rimuru, he tries to build his own society where all kinds of

Popular manga Death Note is getting its first original material in 12 years with a one shot manga in the March edition of Jump Square! The 87-page one shot will follow middle school boy Tanaka Minoru, who has won the title of the cleverest in Japan three years running. Two years after the Shinigami Ryuk

Trigger has released the first trailer for its upcoming TV anime BNA, which airs this April! Its key creative team has also been revealed. Yoshinari You will direct with a script by Nakashima Kazuki and character design by Yoshigaki Yusuke. Concept art is by Canadian artist Genice Chan. BNA follows a young woman, Michiru, who

My Hero Academia has released a new key visual by character designer Umakoshi Yoshihiko, plus a trailer for its upcoming School Festival arc! The trailer features some of the School Festival’s action set to the new opening theme song by KANA-BOON, “Star Marker”. Originally created by Horikoshi Kouhei and currently running in Weekly Shonen Jump,

20 years on from the original anime’s debut, Digimon Adventure will be getting a reboot anime in Apr. 2020! A modern adaptation set in 2020, the new world of Digimon Adventure is a place where networks are essential in everyday life. As cyberterrorism threatens the peace, humans are still unaware of the existence of those

Known worldwide for its Studio Ghibli-produced movie in 1995, shoujo manga Whisper of the Heart is heading back to the big screen with a brand new live action adaptation. Hirakawa Yuichirou is to direct the movie. Protagonist Tsukishima Shizuku, who loves to read, will be played by Seino Nana, while aspiring violin-maker Amasawa Seiji will

Key is currently crowdfunding for an OVA adaptation of planetarian side story Snow Globe. Having already achieved its original target, it has also reached its first stretch goal of 50 million yen! planetarian was first released as a visual novel in 2004 with an animated movie following in 2016. The crowdfunding campaign to animate Snow

Braving the freezing temperatures, a whopping 750,000 comic lovers gathered at Tokyo Big Sight from Dec. 28 to 31 for Comiket 97! These fans were greeted by over 8000 doujinshi circles and 144 companies, and of course, heaps of amazing cosplayers! Like the last event, it was held over four days due to Olympics preparations

Appare-Ranman!, an original anime project from P.A. Works, has released info and visuals for the main cast! Hanae Natsuki will play one of the show’s two central characters: Sorano Appare, a self-taught genius mechanic who can bring any machine to life, but isn’t so great with handling people. Yamashita Seiichirou will voice the other, a

Popular anime My Hero Academia will receive a new opening and ending theme song for the second half of Season 4! Rock band Kana-Boon will perform opening theme “Star Marker”, while Ryokuoushoku Shakai will perform ending track “Shout Baby”. Both will be introduced into the anime with the beginning of the School Festival arc on

The Granblue Fantasy anime will be back on Mar. 27 with a special episode named Extra 1: Mou Hitotsu no Tabiji on Mar 27! Inspired by the popular game of the same name, Season 1 of Granblue Fantasy aired from Apr. 2017, and continued with Season 2 in Oct. 2019. The series follows a young