Swimming anime Free!’s next original movie will not be arriving next summer as originally announced, but instead on an as yet unspecified later date. The delay was revealed via a post on the official website which attributes it to “various circumstances” but also emphasises that the creative team are hard at work making sure the

Nendoroid is a collectible figure series that started in 2006 with the character Neko Arc from Tsukihime. This July marked the series’ 13th anniversary and the release of the 1,000th Nendoroid, “Snow Miku: Snow Princess Ver.” To celebrate the milestone, figure maker Good Smile Company, the creators of Nendoroid, are holding a Nendoroid exhibit at

Upcoming anime A3!’s Spring & Summer season is set to air from Jan. 14! In-game unit A3ders! will sing the opening theme song, “Act! Addict! Actors!”. Composed by Oishi Masayoshi, who also worked on the original game, it will be released as a single on Feb. 5. Season Spring will also receive a special preview

Koei Tecmo has released the first trailer for its upcoming Fairy Tail RPG. Inspired by Mashima Hiro’s hit fantasy manga, the game will be released for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Steam in 2020 and is expected to feature some of the series’ most popular episodes as well as original content. In addition to showcasing the

20th anniversary movie Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, has unveiled to the public a trailer featuring older versions of Davis Motomiya (Daisuke Motomiya in the Japanese version) and his friends, as well as their faithful Digimon partners! The trailer shows Davis, Ken, and Cody meeting up in New York with Miyako, who has been studying

Project Digest Extra ①: Kyoyuzen Asuna & Yuuki in Kyoto Illustration drawn for the occasion by A-1 Pictures ―Asuna & Yuuki clothed in Kyoyuzenー Following the creation of a figure for the current “Kyoto x SAO” project, the third core part of the project is this specially drawn illustration created by A-1 Pictures of Asuna

The first part of a new Sailor Moon movie, titled Sailor Moon Eternal, will open in Japan on Sept. 11, 2020! This will be the franchise’s first theatrical outing since Sailor Moon Super S: The Movie back in 1995. Taking the place of a fourth season for the recent Sailor Moon Crystal TV anime, the

Rap project Hypnosis Mic has released a music video for “Ah, Osaka dreamin’ night”, the upcoming CD release from Osaka division’s unit Dotsuitare Hompo! Following “Ah, Osaka dreamin’ night”’s Oct. 30 release is Nagoya division unit Bad Ass Temple’s yet untitled CD on Nov. 27. The franchise has also announced new release dates for other

P.A. Works has opened an official website and released its first trailer for an original anime titled Appare-Ranman! Hashimoto Masakazu will direct as well as handling story and series composition, with original character design by Ahndongshik, character design and animation direction by Oohigashi Yurie, mecha design by Takeuchi Shiho, and music by Evan Call. Set

Upcoming TV anime Dorohedoro is set to hit the airwaves in Jan. 2020! A PV was also released with the announcement, illustrating the dark yet dynamic world of Dorohedoro. Produced by Mappa, the anime will adapt Q Hayashida’s dark fantasy manga, which ran for over 18 years. It follows a young man named Caiman as

Anime NYC 2019 has announced that it will release an additional 1000 tickets for anisong concert Lantis Matsuri, the original tickets for which sold out in just ten minutes! Set to go on sale at 12:00 pm ET on Oct. 12, the additional tickets will be classified as C Tickets, and will grant access to

A new trailer has been released for In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World, the extended version of acclaimed anime film In This Corner of the World! The trailer features a number of charming scenes, particularly between the movie’s protagonist, Suzu, and a beautiful courtesan named Rin, whose role will be explored further

The movie’s second key visual was also released along with new cast announcements and character visuals. Takahashi Minami will play Miyazato Tohmi, the captain of the Yamato, while Naganawa Maria will voice its vice captain, Nomura Sia. Kusunoki Tomori will be joining the crew as Abe Azumi, captain of the Shinano, and Amano Satomi will

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, a spin-off manga from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure‘s Diamond is Unbreakable arc, has released a key visual for its new OVA! The spin-off consists of a series of one-shots, following Kishibe’s bizarre encounters as he visits various locations to gather material for his manga. So far, Episodes 2 and 5 of the

Bushiroad anime and video game event CharaExpo USA 2019 is welcoming to the main stage Aimi and Otsuka Sae, the voices of Toyama Kasumi and Hanazono Tae from BanG Dream! band Poppin’Party! The two will take to the main stage for a talk show and mini live acoustic stage event. Although the schedule has not

The Irregular at Magic High School is based on the light novel series written by Satou Tsutomu and illustrated by Ishida Kana. It received its first anime in 2014 and a movie in 2017. The new season will adapt the Visitor arc of the original series, where magician siblings Tatsuya and Miyuki meet Angelina Kudou

Both the key visual and trailer give fans another taste of the long journey that the main characters will have to endure, including Bedivere (played by Miyano Mamoru), Fujimaru RItsuka, Mash Kyrielight, and Da Vinci. It was also announced that Suezawa Kei and Arai Kazuto will be directing the first and second films respectively, with

Rap franchise Hypnosis Mic has announced new unit North Bastard, created specially for its very first stage play adaptation! Representing the Akabane division, North Bastard will join Ikebukuro division’s Buster Bros!!! and Yokohama division’s Mad Trigger Crew for the first installment of the stage play adaptation. The new unit features Douan Kazusato (played by Kishomoto

With anime more popular than ever all over the world, we sat down with some of the people who actually produce it to hear some of their thoughts about the production process and a few behind the scenes stories too. This interview series is a collaborative project between Japanese language news site Anime! Anime!, Tokyo

With less than three weeks to go until the premiere of Part 2, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These‘s movie trilogy has revealed a new two-minute trailer! The trailer shows the increasingly fierce internal conflict within both the Empire and the Alliance. Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These is inspired by

“Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2019 ~Chaldea Park~” (herein “FGO Fes. 2019”), an event celebrating the fourth anniversary of the smartphone RPG Fate/Grand Order (herein FGO), was held for two days on Aug. 3 (Sat.) and 4 (Sun.) at Makuhari Messe International Exhibit Halls 4-7. ANX sponsored the event and was among the exhibiting companies, and SMS

Popular manga The Promised Neverland will be heading to the big screen in 2020 with a live action movie adaptation! The movie will shift the ages of the protagonists from 12 to 16 and is directed by Hirakawa Yuichirou with a script by Gotou Noriko. So far, cast members for the three protagonists have been

Hypnosis Mic has released “Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-+”, a new version of its theme song featuring the recently added Osaka and Nagoya division units! With music, lyrics, and arrangement by composing unit invisible manners (Hirayama Daisuke & Fukuyama Sei), the updated version of the track gives fans a taste of Dotsuitare Honpo and Bad

Popular anime Fruits Basket will be back for Season 2 in 2020! The second season was announced during the final episode of Season 1 which saw the introduction of two new characters: Manabe Kakeru and Kuragi Machi. Played by Eguchi Takuya and Kakuma Ai, the two are student council members, who will come to be

The latest installment in the Sword Art Online: Alicization series, War of Underworld, has released its second trailer, this time featuring opening theme track “Resolution” by Tomatsu Haruka, the voice of Asuna! The trailer features the beginnings of a war of unprecedented scale along with appearance of Kirito and the other familiar characters. It also

Season 4 of popular volleyball anime Haikyu!! will be titled “To the Top”! A visual of Karasuno High’s latest team lineup has been released along with the announcement of two new cast members: Hanae Natsuki as Hoshiumi Kourai of Kamomedai High, and Miyano Mamoru as Miya Atsumu of Inarizaki High. The original Haikyu!! manga was

Rap battle franchise Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- is heading to the stage! Titled Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rule the Stage – track.1-, the stage adaptation begins performances at Tokyo’s Stella Ball in Nov. 2019 and will feature the Ikebukuro and Yokohama divisions. The Shibuya and Shinjuku divisions will star in their own play

With anime more popular than ever all over the world, we sat down with some of the people who actually produce it to hear some of their thoughts about the production process and a few behind the scenes stories too. This interview series is a collaborative project between Japanese language news site Anime! Anime!, Tokyo

≪Project Partner Interview: Knead Chiaki & Wotakumito≫ – What are your impressions of this project? Chiaki: At Knead we’ve already handled several kimono figures and are currently in production with orders from other companies, but I think this one is a little different. We often use sample images and illustrations as a reference, but using

Jack Jeanne, a new game conceived by Tokyo Ghoul‘s Ishida Sui, has released a new trailer confirming its key casting! Six members of cast have been confirmed so far: Kondou Takayuki as Takahina Sarafumi, Kasama Jun as Musumi Kai, Kishio Daisuke as Neji Kokuto, Kajiwara Gakuto as Shirota Mitsuki, Uchida Yuma as Orimaki Suzu, and