The live action movie adaptation of popular manga The Promised Neverland has announced that actress Kitagawa Keiko and comedian Watanabe Naomi have joined the cast! Kitagawa is set to play Grace Field House caretaker Isabella, also known as “Mom” to the orphans. Meanwhile, Watanabe will be taking on the role of Krone, another caretaker who

“Key 20th Anniversary Shop Final”—a pop-up shop that looks back at the history of content maker Key, which welcomed its 20th anniversary in 2019—opened at THE AKIHABARA CONTAiNER in Akihabara, Tokyo on Feb. 19. The event was previously held in Tokyo in November 2019 and will be held this year in Osaka, the final stop

The first teaser trailer for the long awaited “final chapter” of the live action Rurouni Kenshin movies has been relesed! Featuring intense action scenes, it also includes appearances from beloved characters like Kamiya Kaoru, Sagara Sanosuke, Takani Megumi, and Myojin Mahiko, plus Kenshin himself. Based on Watsuki Nobuhiro’s popular manga, the Rurouni Kenshin live action

Anime movie Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector, the latest installment in the Psycho-Pass franchise, is slated to screen in Japanese cinemas for two weeks only from Mar. 27! It will also stream exclusively via Amazon Prime in Japan and overseas. First broadcast as an original TV anime by Production I.G. in 2012, Season 2 followed in

Upcoming smartphone game KonoSuba: Fantastic Days is set for launch on Feb. 27! Produced by Sumzap for iOS and Android, the RPG will feature fan favorites like Kazuma, Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness in an original story. In addition to confirming the launch date, the game has also released footage of the opening sequence, which features

Popular anime Violet Evergarden’s upcoming movie has released its second teaser trailer ahead of its Apr. 24 release date! Inspired by the series of light novels by Akatsuki Kana, the Kyoto Animation series follows the titular Violet Evergarden, a former soldier turned “Auto Memories Doll”, who is tasked with the duties of a scribe for

Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs launched Anime Tamago in 2010 to support aspiring animators, and it’s still going strong. This year’s event will be held on Mar. 14 at Ikebukuro Humax Cinema as a part of Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2020. Now, story details for all three shorts on the 2020 programme have been revealed!

Pokémon HOME, a new cloud-based service where Pokémon can gather, is now available on Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android! The service allows players to swap Pokémon they’ve collected throughout the series with friends from around the world and between related titles, as well as accessing field guides and other information though the features differ slightly

Vampire-themed dramatic stage reading title Mars Red is set to make the jump to TV anime in 2021! Written and directed by legendary theatre practitioner Fujisawa Bun’o, the stage production also boasted promotional artwork by mangaka Karakara Kemuri. Like the stage show, the TV anime will be set in the Taisho era (1912 – 1926)