Anime News

Just a few months after the release of her highly-successful song AIAIAI, Kizuna Ai is back to release a new song. Released on August 16 on music distribution services, her newest digital song Kizunami (cover) reunites her with famed producer Yasutaka Nakata, who also produced AIAIAI.

The official website of animation studio Production I.G. has just announced that their original TV anime series Kabukicho Sherlock will be part of the late-night programming block ”Animeism”. Furthermore, the animation studio has announced October 11 as the official release date of the series.

Anime is for all ages, even those as wacky as 2019 anime series Kaguya-sama: Love is War.

Past news about Kyoto Animation always bordered on heartbreaking, but this time we’re giving you something uplifting: the brass band on which Sound. Euphonium’s Kitauji High School Band was based on recently won a gold medal at a national competition.

Sentai Filmworks has recently revealed an English-dubbed trailer for their upcoming Blu-ray release of the original video anime adaptation of popular yuri manga Kase-san and Morning Glories (Asagao to Kase-san).

Heads up, Gundam fans. Staff of the Anime NYC Convention just announced this Monday that they will be hosting none other than Yoshiyuki Tomino, the creator of legendary mecha series Gundam himself. Tomino’s guesting at the Anime NYC is part of the celebrations for the franchise’s 40th anniversary.

The Violet Evergarden side-story entitled Violet Evergarden: Eternity and Auto Memories Doll (Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidō Shuki Ningyō) has just released a new trailer on Tuesday. Besides previewing the (expectedly) stunning animation and scenery for the upcoming side-story, the trailer also revealed new cast members and the anime’s theme song ”Amy” by Minori Chihara.

The upcoming live-action film adaptation of Wotakoi (Wotaku ni Koi Wa Muzukashii or Love is Hard for Otaku) has just revealed a gloriously funny 30-second teaser trailer this Tuesday. It’s chock-full of the hilarious things we all loved in the series, such as Narumi going gaga over BL items in Comiket and Hanako in crossplay, among many others.

The upcoming English-dub Blu-ray of the 2005 anime series Emma: A Victorian Romance has just announced a new cast member. The official Twitter account of Right Stuf’s Nozomi Entertainment label has revealed that William’s sister Grace Jones will be voiced by British-American theater actress Claire Curtis-Ward.

Almost a month after the terrible fire in Kyoto Animation’s 1st Studio Building that claimed 35 lives, there is still an outpouring of support for the embattled studio. Earlier this month Yoshiki, co-founder of legendary rock band X Japan, donated 10 million yen to support the victims of the July 18 arson.