Anime News

We’ve all had those days—we suddenly become too aware of our weight or of the tighter waistband of our jeans, so we decide to hit the gym and lose those extra pounds. And then, just as we get on the treadmill or any of those scary gym contraptions… well, we struggle, to put it bluntly.

Now we know everyone’s all excited and hyped up for the premiere of Fruits Basket TODAY, so while waiting for the 1st episode to drop let’s just allow some more good news to sink in, shall we. For fans of the Mabudachi Trio, rejoice.

Netflix has just announced the main cast for their upcoming live-action adaptation of 1998 hit sci-fi anime series Cowboy Bebop. Heading the cast is John Cho (Harold and Kumar, Star Trek)who will be playing lead character Spike Spiegel, an exiled former hitman haunted by guilt over the death of the woman he loved.

Attention Pokemon trainers in Chicago. Niantic and The Pokemon Company have announced the locations for the Pokemon Go Fest 2019, and for this year the event will be kicking off in Chicago. The PoGo Fest will happen in Grant Park and will run from June 13-16, with the event extended to four days instead of the usual two.

Good news to Yuri fans in Toronto, Canada (and nearby cities as well.): Hiromi Takashima, author of the beloved Yuri series Kase-san and… is a special guest at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival next month.

Honestly, no one can blame us if we thought that the live-action film of Akira will forever languish in the development stage—after all, the project was first announced to be greenlit by Warner in 2011, but then just a year later it was announced that production has officially been halted.

The time-traveling visual novel will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and to jumpstart celebrations for this major milestone 5pb.’s Science Adventure title has announced not just one but ten mystery projects for Steins;Gate.

A previous article here mentioned that the game based on Bushiroad and Nelke Planning’s franchise is set to get an international release this year. Just today, the English website of RELIVE went live (no pun intended) and announced the opening of pre-registrations for the game’s worldwide release.

It seems that April is going to be a Phantom Thieves month, as more news about the hit J-RPG is set to be released this month. Just today, Atlus has launched a new site that teases at an upcoming reveal for Persona 5 S.

It was revealed on the 18th issue of the Weekly Shonen Jump on Monday that the Black Clover anime is confirmed to have new theme songs. All songs is expected to debut during the anime’s seventh cours (quarter of a year) this spring.