Anime News

Get ready to have your hearts stolen… on stage. The Phantom Thieves are set to make their theater debut in the upcoming PERSONA5 The Stage stage play. Atlus has announced that the play will run from December 13 to 15 at the Hotel Mielparque Osaka, and from December 19 to 29 at the Galaxy Theatre in Shinagawa City, Tokyo.

Get ready for the return of our favorite karuta players. The official website and social media channels of the Chihayafuru anime has just released a video preview for the anime’s upcoming third season.

Lupin III is back, and he looks sleeker than ever in his first 3D CG film. TOHO has just revealed a trailer for the movie Lupin III THE FIRST, affording us all a look at how our favorite thieves will look like in 3D CG.

This Thursday Nintendo has officially launched the Nintendo Switch Lite, the newest addition to their Switch line of gaming consoles. Marketed as a Switch wholly dedicated to portable gameplay, the console is smaller, lighter, but does not carry over some of the features of the Nintendo Switch (understandably so).

This Tuesday, Bandai Namco began streaming the opening animation for their upcoming smartphone game, Gundam Battle: Gunpla Warfare. Check it out below. The said game is the first mobile game from the iconic franchise that will be made available to North American players.

Japanese entertainment mogul Johnny Kitagawa, founder of the influential entertainment company Johnny & Associates, has passed away this Tuesday 5 PM in a Tokyo hospital due to a stroke. He was 87 years old.

Take out some tissues, friends, and prepare for all the feels: the official title, teaser images and trailer were just revealed for the upcoming Digimon 20th anniversary film. It was previously reported on this site that the then-tentatively titled Digimon Adventure the Movie will follow the original DigiDestined at age 22, their ages in line with the franchise’s anniversary (Digimon was created in 1997, with the anime series launched two years later).

A good day to everyone especially to fans of the handsome boys of IDOLiSH7—your best boys are set to return for a second season. This good news was announced during the ”IDOLiSH7 2nd Live ‘Reunion’” concert held this weekend at the Saitama MetLife Dome.

The recently-concluded Hero Fes in Japan has some good and bad news for fans of hit superhero series My Hero Academia. Let’s get to the good news first: the title for the next movie has been announced.

We have some more fresh news right off the just-concluded Anime Expo in Los Angeles: musical anime Carole & Tuesday is set to finally debut worldwide via Netflix on August 30. This news was announced during Fuji TV’s +Ultra panel at Anime Expo last Saturday.