Upcoming TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury has revealed its October 2 airdate along with a new promo video, key visual, and additional cast members! The trailer features the opening theme song, “Shukufuku” by popular duo Yoasobi. Although the ending theme song is yet to be announced, it’s said that it will

Gag anime Pop Team Epic is now set to premiere on October 2! In addition to being broadcast in Japan, the new season will be available to stream on TikTok Live, marking the very first time that a TV anime will be streamed on TikTok at the same time as the regular broadcast. Pop Team

Whew, looks like we’ve stepped into September! Now that it’s officially fall (regardless of the weather!), we’re looking forward to all the things it’ll bring, like gorgeous red leaves and crazy cosplays for Halloween. These are pretty famous even outside of Japan, but did you also know about the expression shokuyoku no aki (食欲の秋), or

Legendary doujinshi convention Comic Market, or Comiket, came back to Tokyo Big Sight on August 13-14 for its 100th event. Yes, 100th! Courtesy of the folks at Geek Lab, here’s a look at some of the booths run by companies and groups like hololive, Aniplex, and Nitroplus. The booth for internet game company Yostar shined

Gridman Universe will be heading to the big screen in 2023 with an original anime film! “Gridman Universe” refers to the world of SSSS.GRIDMAN and SSSS.DYNAZENON, two anime adaptations based on Tsuburaya Productions’ tokusatsu shows, where high school boys battle marauding kaiju. The film will bring together cast members from both series, including Hikaru Midorikawa

Hi, hello, how are you? It’s good to see you again this week! This’ll be our last roundup during August, and we’re happy to have brought you hundreds of tempting figures for you to hopefully add to your collections! But juuuuust before we get to this week’s lineup… yeah, we know that we have lots

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s iconic animated series is celebrating its 10th anniversary in style with a huge exhibition, and we went to check it out just for you at a pre-event viewing! The event officially opened its doors at Sunshine City in Tokyo on August 10, 2022. Every inch of the exhibition is packed from floor

Hit anime My Hero Academia has announced the theme songs for its sixth season! The opening theme song will be “Hitamuki” by Super Beaver, while the ending theme song will be “Sketch” by Kiro Akiyama. Adapted from Kohei Horikoshi’s manga of the same name, My Hero Academia is set in a world in which the

Fantasy anime Record of Ragnarok has revealed an updated trailer that features the voices of its central characters! New and returning cast members were also confirmed. Joining the cast are Tomokazu Sugita as Jack the Ripper, Katsuyuki Konishi as Heracles, Subaru Kimura as Raiden Tameemon, and Yūichi Nakamura as Buddha. Meanwhile, Miyuki Sawashiro is set

Need a smile on your face? We often find that awesome figures do the trick, so come with us as we look back on Smile Fest 2022! But wait, what’s Smile Fest? Launched by Good Smile Company (of course!), it’s a figure event that was held in Shinjuku, Tokyo on August 6 and 7. In

Isekai anime I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too has released a teaser visual and trailer confirming it will be getting a TV anime adaptation! The teaser visual shows the door which connects this world and the other, while the trailer features narration by Nao Toyama.

Another week, another slew of awesome figures! Whether your preferred way to enjoy figures is staring at them, posing them, photographing them, or a combination of all of the above, we’re right there with you. Of course, another part of the fun is the anticipation, meaning the impatient countdown until your chosen figures arrive at

The prologue for upcoming TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury will be available from September 1 at Gundam Info! Titled Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury PROLOGUE, it will follow test pilot Elnora Samaya, who is waiting for the Gundam Lfrith to meet the conditions set by the council. The prologue

Sports anime Yowamushi Pedal has unveiled a new visual for Season 5! The visual stars protagonist Sakamichi Onodera, who is cycling with Sangaku Manami of rival team Hakone Academy Bicycle Club. Based on Wataru Watanabe’s manga, Yowamushi Pedal follows otaku high schooler Sakamichi Onoda, who is mocked for riding a bulky city bicycle to school.

Comedy anime One Punch Man will be back with Season 3! While an airdate is yet to be revealed, a teaser visual by character designer Chikashi Kubota has been released. Adapted from the original webcomic created by ONE, One-Punch Man revolves around a hero named Saitama who can knock out any opponent with just a

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime’s upcoming anime film has revealed three new cast members! Riko Fukumoto will play Towa, a queen with a mysterious ability. Yuma Uchida will play Hiiro, an ogre survivor. Subaru Kimura will play Lacua, a peddler who often travels through the land of Razha. The new characters were

Isekai light novel series Shangri-La Frontier is set to receive a TV anime and game adaptation! Written by Katarina, Shangri-La Frontier takes place in the near future. In a world where full-dive VR games are held up as the standard, games that aren’t able to keep up with the latest VR technology are dismissed as

Comedy anime Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun is set to return with Season 3 on October 8! Season 3 will air 21 episodes. Makoto Moriwaki will return to direct at Bandai Namco Pictures with series composition by Kazuki Fudeyasu and music by Akimitsu Honya. Yumiko Hara will join the staff as the new character designer.

Cyberpunk anime Psycho-Pass is getting a new film titled Psycho-Pass: Providence! The film is being made as part of the anime’s 10th anniversary celebrations, which will officially kick off in October 2022. Psycho-Pass will be directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani, who directed the original anime and films, and it will be produced by Production I.G. Info

Hey there, we’re glad to see you again! It’s shaping up to be another scorcher of a weekend – or perhaps more accurately, another sauna of a weekend! That’s enough complaining about the weather, though. This time, we’re thinking of some of the pluses of summer in Japan, like natsu matsuri, or summer festivals. It’s