We first got word of an anime adaptation for Naru Narumi’s Watari-kun’s ****** Is about to Collapse (AKA Watari-kun no xx ga Hōkaisunzen) manga back in September. Now it has a premiere month, as well as news on the main staff and cast. The series is set to premiere this July, with Takashi Naoya directing, Matsuo Asami…
A spinoff of the Crayon Shin-chan series is heading to the screen with the reveal of an anime adaptation for Yoichi Tsukahara’s Style of Hiroshi Nohara’s LUNCH. The Flash-animated series—which follows the budget gourmet outings of Shin-chan’s father Hiroshi Nohara—is set to kick off via Japan’s BS Asahi station this October. Original voice actor Toshiyuki…
The Plus-Sized Elf anime originally debuted in July of last year, and now it’s officially time for the launch of the uncensored English dub. HIDIVE announced plans to launch the dub on March 12 (hey, that’s today!) at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Let’s take a look at who’s voicing who across the dub’s 14 episodes….
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…