Anime News

A new teaser visual was recently revealed for the new Prince of Tennis anime special entitled The New Prince of Tennis: Hyotei vs. Rikkai Game of Future. Check it out below. The series’ official Twitter also revealed a new cast member for the anime special.

Good news. The original English dub cast of Inuyasha was announced to be returning for the series. This was announced by Viz Media on their official Twitter account. The original English dub cast: Richard Ian Cox as Inuyasha Kira Tozer as Kagome (she replaced Kagome’s original voice actress Moneca Stori) David Kaye as Sesshomaru Jillian Michaels as Shippo Kelly Sheridan as Sango Kirby Morrow as Miroku New cast members announced as well are Alan Lee as Kohaku and Aleks Le as Hisui.

And COVID-19 continues to be a bane to the Japanese anime industry (and to the world at large) as another anime film suffers a delay: the release of upcoming original romance anime film Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (Cider no You ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru) is now delayed to June 25, 2021 from its original May 2021 release (at least it’s just a month, right.

Bushiroad’s newest mixed-media franchise gets a new manga series. Kadokawa’s Magazine Pocket manga app revealed that they will be launching a new manga based on D4DJ (Dig Delight Direct Drive DJ)’s in-story group Photon Maiden.

A new trailer was recently unveiled for the live-action film adaptation of supernatural boys-love manga series The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window (Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru). The new trailer previews the film’s theme song Kuraku Kuroku (Darker and Blacker) by band Zutto Mayonaka de Iinoni (Zutomayo).

Two new cast members were revealed Tuesday for the second season of Fire Force (En En no Shouboutai). They are: ·        Yuuki Ono as Takagi Oze ·        Kousuke Toriumi as Hajiki A new main visual was also revealed for the ongoing season 2.

The stakes are high in the newest full trailer for the live-action adaptation of popular suspense-survival manga series Alice in Borderland (Imawa no Kuni no Alice). Netflix released the new trailer last Thursday, which shows the characters’ arrival in a deserted Tokyo and the start of the “game”.

         A third promo video has been recently revealed for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Daisuke Hagiwara’s fan-favorite romantic comedy manga Horimiya. The new PV introduces the voice cast for the student council members.

For those living in the Asia region, we have some good news for you. It was announced by Aniplus Asia on Monday that they will air a simulcast on the final season of the Attack on Titan anime. The anime is scheduled to premiere on December 7.

TOHO announced recently that they will premiere the live-action Hollywood adaptation of the Monster Hunter video game on March 26, 2021 in Japan. It will be screened in IMAX 3D, MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema.