Anime News

The hit PlayStation 4 game God of War is celebrating it first anniversary this week. As part of the celebrations, special commemorative content to fans such as a free dynamic theme and several Avatars on the PS4 were released via the PlayStation Store by Santa Monica Studios.

Honestly, the zipper on Rilakkuma’s back is quite the mystery—why would a stuffed brown bear have one in his back, and more importantly, what does it conceal beneath. This question is further teased in the newest PV for Netflix’s Rilakkuma and Kaoru animated series.

Activision has announced that FromSoftware’s newest action-adventure game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has officially sold 2 million copies in just 10 days after its release. The amazing sales numbers of Sekiro came from sales on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One and also includes both the physical and digital sales of the game on all these platforms.

It seems that Japan’s love for the long-running detective anime has not waned, as Detective Conan: Fist of the Blue Sapphire, has already earned nearly 1.9 billion yen (about $16.85 million) in just the 1st three days of its release.

After 8 months of hiatus, the popular manga series Berserk by Kentaro Miura is confirmed to return on the upcoming issue of Young Animal magazine in Japan. This news has been confirmed on the publication’s official website which reveals a teaser page of the upcoming 358th chapter of Griffith in full armor.

The romance rhythm smartphone game titled I★CHU: Étoile Stage is confirmed to have an anime adaptation. No future details have released yet except for its key visual and official trailer confirming the anime.

Capping off this week is some happy relationship news, as popular voice actress Mimori Suzuko has just announced her marriage to wrestling champion Kazuchika “Rainmaker” Okada. The announcement was made on Mimori’s official blog as well as Okada’s Twitter.

It all started with a tweet from the official Twitter account of the Rurouni Kenshin live-action movie, where a picture of a room very much familiar with Kenshin fans was accompanied by this caption: "04.

Just last month an article in this website revealed that Pokemon’s first movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back, will be getting a 3DCG remake and will be renamed Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution. Now new details about the upcoming 3DCG remake were revealed along with a brand-new trailer which was posted on Pokemon’s official website.

Box Entertainment has announced that voice and TV actress Komiya Arisa will be on indefinite hiatus from her scheduled activities because of an acute allergic reaction. She had undergone an allergy reaction and the doctors identified severe hives due to a suspected acute allergy.