Sun-Star Stationery Co., Ltd. opened reservations for the Sailor Moon Happy Anniversary Set on the Sun-Star Stationery Store at Bandai’s official webshop Premium Bandai on Thursday! The set comes in two versions, Princess Serenity Set and Icon Set, each of which includes a silk wrapper pouch, two ornate envelopes made for money, and four decorative
Enjoy a Halloween-themed take on the world of Haikyu!! at “Haikyu!! Halloween in J-WORLD TOKYO”! It’ll be held from Sept. 30 until Nov. 3 at Ikebukuro theme park J-WORLD TOKYO. Haikyu!! is a hit volleyball manga which has been adapted into 3 anime seasons thus far and also has highlight movies coming out this fall
DARLING in the FRANXX, an upcoming original anime made in collaboration by Trigger ( Kill la Kill and Little Witch Academia ) and A-1 Pictures ( AnoHana and THE IDOLM@STER series) released its second character PV on Sep. 20! The video made its debut during the rebroadcast of Gurren Lagann, and it introduces a girl
The third in a series of key images for the Fate/Grand Order stage play (to begin performances at Zepp Blue Theater Roppongi on Sept. 29) has just been revealed. Created by the character designer responsible for the Fate/Grand Order opening animation, Hosoi Mieko, the illustration features a deeply wounded Bedivere. Merchandise expected to be available
Skybound Entertainment, the company run by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, are teaming with Universal Pictures to develop the comic Kill the Minotaur into a feature film. The comic, written by Christian Cantamessa and Chris Pasetto, with art by Lukas Ketner and Jean-Francois Beaulieu, will be adapted and produced by Kirkman and his Skybound
M. Night Shyamalan’s sequel to Split — titled Glass — has added a couple familiar faces from the first movie in the franchise, Unbreakable, as it builds towards Bruce Willis’ David Dunn meeting James McAvoy’s Kevin Wendell Crumb. RELATED: Glass: Synopsis for Unbreakable/Split Spinoff Surfaces Online Spencer Treat Clark will return as Dunn’s son, who
Glenn Close’s Nova Prime came very close to making a return in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. During a fan Q&A on Twitter, director James Gunn revealed the character had a cameo that never made it into the film. She had a cameo we didn’t use, yes — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) September 21, 2017
All 18 volumes of Fist of the North Star plus a bonus episode titled “He Who Rides With Me” will be available both in Japanese and English for the first time in a special eBook! The “Fist of the North Star” Innovative eBook Kickstarter campaign began on Sept. 12, reaching its funding goal in just
Little sisters are such an iconic part of modern anime that it’s hard to imagine life without them, so Anime!Anime! ran a survey to find out which little sister was the most popular! Let’s find out just who made it to the top… 10. Doma Umaru ( Himouto! Umaru-chan )9. Kosaka Kirino ( Oreimo )8.
The live action Gintama movie will be available for rental and purchase on DVD and Blu-ray on Nov. 22 as well as digital download in Japan from Oct. 25. Written and directed by Fukuda Yuichi, the movie stars Oguri Shun as the protagonist Gintoki and has just opened in China where it is proving to
Universal Cool Japan, the epic Universal Studios Japan event held annually since 2015, has been a hit with fans all over the world, and it’ll be making its return for a limited time on Jan. 19, 2018. This year will be bigger and better than ever, too! In addition to the previously announced lineup, more
Recently we’ve seen more and more fans celebrating their favorite anime characters’ birthdays with fun events like “birthday festivals” on SNS. That begs the question, though, which anime characters get the most love on their special day? With that in mind, we bring you this list of the top 11 September-born anime characters whose birthdays
UPDATE 9/20/2017 1:00 AM ET: The full, official, widescreen Tomb Raider trailer arrived online late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning. UPDATE 9/19/2017 5:25 PM ET: The Instagram post containing the Tomb Raider trailer has since been deleted. Stick with CBR for updates! Lara Croft is back! The heavily anticipated first trailer for MGM’s Tomb Raider reboot
The 2nd key visual for the upcoming stage play Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Arc has been released! Rin and Yukio Okumura are featured in the center surrounded by the rest of the main cast. The play is based on Ao no Exorcist (or Blue Exorcist), a popular shonen manga serialized in Jump Square (Shueisha)
The last of the three PVs leading up to the One Piece fall special “Tragic Duel: Luffy vs. Sanji” came out last Saturday! The video was made by Sato Daisuke from Sato Eizo, who is loved by fans for bringing out the emotional angle in the fights he captures in his videos. The one-hour special
Move over, Marvel! Deadline reports Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi is in talks to helm Warner Bros.’ film adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira. According to the report’s description of the film, “the story takes place in the rebuilt New Manhattan where a leader of a biker gang saves his friend from a medical experiment.” Warner
Syfy has pushed the premiere of Happy! back by a week, but shared some new images to hold fans over until then. The series originally targeted November 29 for its premiere, but Syfy will hold off on airing the pilot for another week. Now, the series will debut on December 6 at 10/9c. In the
When DC’s Legends of Tomorrow return in the Season 3 premiere, it seems as though they’ll make some time to go to the beach before they fix the timestream. If new photos from “Aruba-Con,” the season premiere, are any indication, this will go the same way as most of their plans: horribly wrong. In the
Image Comics has released solicitation information and images for new books and products shipping in December 2017. When you’re through checking out these solicitations for new Image releases, be sure to visit CBR’s Image Comics forum to discuss these titles and products with fellow readers and fans. Image Comics Solicitations – Last Six Months RUMBLE
This is Comic Book Easter Eggs, where I spotlight notable “Easter Eggs” (basically hidden references) within comic books or other media (so long as it is connected to comic books somehow). With issue #6 of Wonder Woman ’77 Meets the Bionic Woman getting released this Wednesday, we asked the writer of the comic, best-selling author
The second issue of Dark Nights: Metal concluded with Batman being transformed into a gateway, through which the demon Barbatos and his seven evil Batmen have entered the DC Universe from the Dark Multiverse. Readers will have to wait for the release of Batman Lost in November to see how Batman will “face his greatest
Despite a disappointing worldwide box office of $219m so far, there’s still hope for a Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets sequel according to director Luc Besson. RELATED: REVIEW: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets The sci-fi adventure movie starred huge stars including Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne and Rihanna, and is
Ahead of the Sunday premiere of Star Trek: Discovery, CBS has revealed the titles of the first four episodes of the franchise’s television revival. RELATED: Jonathan Franks Drops Major Star Trek: Discovery Spoiler In the premiere episode, “The Vulcan Hello,” the crew of the Shenzhou will make a startling discovery in space, which leaves Michael
This is Foggy Ruins of TIme, a feature that provides the cultural context behind certain comic book characters/behaviors. You know, the sort of then-topical references that have faded into the “foggy ruins of time.” To wit, twenty years from now, a college senior watching episodes of “Seinfeld” will likely miss a lot of the then-topical
When Frank Grillo’s Brock Rumlow was shown being pulled out from the rumble with burns covering his body in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, fans were excited because they knew that his transition into Crossbones wouldn’t be too far behind. Unfortunately, when Crossbones did show up in Captain America: Civil War, it was only for
An extended trailer for the upcoming fourth season of Fox’s Gotham puts the season’s big bad up front – after an extended catch-up session that traces the rise of both Bruce Wayne and his various nemeses across the crime-riddle streets of Gotham City. As the trailer concludes, attention turns to Ben McKenzie’s Jim Gordon and
Audition tapes for DC Comics’ live-action take on Beast Boy have surfaced online, revealing some of the actors vying to join the cast of the Titans television show. It seems that an Asian actor will be tapped for the role. In recent weeks, Titans has been steadily adding to its cast. Recent announcements included the
A new report has surfaced, indicating Marvel Studios’ is in the early stages of developing a movie based on Marvel Comics’ popular child superhero comic Power Pack. Citing an unnamed source, a report from That Hashtag Show states that the studio has revisited the idea of bringing the superhero team to the big screen within
A beautiful colored face powder based on the Silver Crystal of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon is being released on Premium Bandai! The case features a transparent bottom that lets you see the powder pearls inside. The color of the lid is based on Princess Serenity’s home, Silver Millenium, bringing the series to life. It looks
It’s time for the 5th entry in Kotobukiya’s Pokémon figure series! Joining this time is protagonist Hilda (Touko) of Pokémon Black and White based on Ariga Hitoshi’s illustration. With her poofy ponytail and shorts, Hilda isn’t just cool, but also ready for action! The molding brings out her muscles and also gives fans a chance