webofanimeez Miku Day was Saturday, March 9, and that means McDonald’s Japan launched its Hatsune Miku goodness! The fast food giant teamed up with Miku for its Shaka Shaka Potato, and spoofed the Vocaloid’s song “Mikumiku Ni Shiteageru [Shiteyanyo]” by turning it into “Shakashaka Ni Shiteageru.” And it has its own music video! Shakashaka Ni Shiteageru…
As part of its events marking the 40th anniversary of Studio Ghibli, distributor GKIDS is bringing 1997’s Princess Mononoke to the big screen in America and Canada. The movie, which has a new 4K restoration, will exclusively hit IMAX theaters on March 26. GKIDS explained, “The IMAX version of the film was created from a…
We got our first proper look at the Takopi’s Original Sin anime adaptation in December, and now we have two more cast members to look forward to sometime this year. Lets see who’s joining the cast of the upcoming series based on Taizan5’s sci-fi manga of the same name. Konomi Kohara (Chika Fujiwara in Kaguya-sama:…
Tsuyoshi Takaki’s BLACK TORCH manga ran in the pages of Jump Comics SQ. from December 2016 to July 2018, and now it’s heading to the screen. While there’s no release date at the time of this writing, plans for a BLACK TORCH anime adaptation have officially been confirmed. VIZ Media, which publishes the manga, shared…
Late last week the Rutherford County School board in Tennessee voted to remove multiple book titles from its school library shelves, including volumes of Assassination Classroom by Yusei Matsui. Among the other titles, they also banned Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, a classic which is used in their own schools for required reading in AP English….
An anime adaptation was announced for Yugo Kobayashi’s Fermat no Ryori manga in December 2024, and now the premiere timing has been narrowed down. According to the latest update, which includes a new teaser trailer, the series will premiere as part of TV Asahi Network’s IMAnimation block this July. Check out the teaser trailer and…
Just because we’re coming out of the darker part of the year doesn’t mean we’ve left behind our love of thrills and chills. And fortunately, three new manga and comic releases coming in March and April will keep us well-stocked with unusual stories all the way into spring! Tuttle Publishing, with its focus on Asian…
Spinoff anime My Hero Academia: Vigilantes will be here April 7, and Crunchyroll has revealed that it will be offering a simultaneous release. The anime series, which is based off a manga by Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court, and Kohei Horikoshi, occurs prior to the events in My Hero Academia. Crunchyroll also dropped this trailer, which…
Ahead of the July premiere of season 2, the Kaiju No. 8 anime is heading to the big screen when the compilation film premieres in Japan on March 28. Another character trailer is here just weeks before the opening, this time to put the spotlight on Reno Ichikawa. Refresh yourself with a look at Reno…
Detective Conan movies always do gangbusters in Japan, and this year’s is looking to be no exception. To give it an even bigger boost, the official website announced that the new entry, Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback, will also screen simultaneously in 55 IMAX cinemas, 12 MX4D cinemas, 62 4DX cinemas and 9 Dolby Cinema locations…