One-Punch Man Season 3 Visuals Spotlight ‘Mysterious Beings’

Following up on some earlier hero visuals, it’s time to turn the One-Punch Man season 3 focus over to a series of “mysterious beings.” That’s the subject of the latest villainous visuals, which specifically hone in on Monster King Orochi and Gyoro-Gyoro. Both visuals are courtesy of the anime’s character designers. The Monster King Orochi…

Takeshi Koike’s New Lupin the IIIrd Movie Reveals Release Date, Title and Trailer

Director Takeshi Koike is coming back for another round with Lupin, and the latest feature officially has a title, release date and more. Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: Fujimi no Ketsuzoku is set to open in Japan on June 27, telling the tale of a mysterious, unmarked island on which a great treasure awaits. Once…

Trump Puts 24% Tariffs on Japanese Goods Coming into U.S.

Yesterday President Trump imposed tariffs on goods coming into America, including a 24% tariff on Japanese goods. Things coming in from other countries will have a baseline of 10%, but countries President Trump called the “worst offenders” — including Japan — have much higher rates. This means that going forward, things from Japan like anime,…

DAN DA DAN: EVIL EYE Coming to U.S. Theaters in June

DAN DA DAN’s first season is coming to home video on June 10, and its second season will start streaming in July. But even before that you’ll have the opportunity to see the movie DAN DA DAN: EVIL EYE, which is hitting American theaters on June 6. DAN DA DAN: EVIL EYE consists of season…

MANGA REVIEW: Junji Ito Returns with The Liminal Zone Vol. 2

Junji Ito is back with another volume of The Liminal Zone! Newly translated into English, this collection offers four new stories from the horror manga master. One revisits The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: a new series cut down after just two chapters. While the new installment is (as always) a heck of a read, we’re here to dive…

Hayao Miyazaki’s Future Boy Conan Anime to Stream on RetroCrush

Following an earlier home video release from GKIDS, Hayao Miyazaki’s classic Future Boy Conan TV anime now has a streaming home. The series will make its debut exclusively on RetroCrush starting on April 18. After that, more episodes are set to drop every Friday. If you’re unfamiliar with Future Boy Conan, that might be because it…

BULLET/BULLET Anime Unveils 8 New Cast Members

The cast of the BULLET/BULLET anime, which comes from JUJUTSU KAISEN season 1 director Sunghoo Park and production house E&H, just grew substantially. The original series unveiled eight new cast additions, so let’s take a look at who’s voicing who in the summer 2025 anime. New additions, pictured above, include: Yoshihisa Kawahara as Breakfast Ai…

Does Studio Ghibli Have a Case Against OpenAI? A Lawyer Shares His Thoughts

Futurism, a science and technology site, interviewed lawyer Rob Rosenberg of Telluride Legal Strategies for his thoughts on the legalities of OpenAI letting people make images in the style of Studio Ghibli. Rosenberg is described as a former general counsel at Showtime and an expert on AI. Though he can’t give a cut-and-dry answer of…

Osananajimi to wa LoveCome ni Naranai Anime Planned for 2026

An anime adaptation of Shinya Misu’s romantic comedy manga Osananajimi to wa LoveCome ni Naranai is officially in the works at Tezuka Productions, but we’ll have to wait a little longer to see the results. According to the announcement, the series is currently penciled in for a 2026 premiere. A teaser visual and trailer arrived…

Even Given the Worthless ‘Appraiser’ Class Manga Has One Chapter Left

The Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest manga—which has Morohoshi Fuji adapting the original light novels by Ibarakino and Yu Hitaki—is about to end. According to chapter 116, the next installment will be its last. Barring any unforeseen delays, that should put the ending of the manga adaptation on April 9….