Anime News

The love war between the two geniuses continues, as a third season was officially announced for hit romcom anime series Kaguya-sama: Love is War. The announcement, made during a special event on Sunday, also revealed that the series will be getting an OVA set for a 2021 release.

iOS users can now read their favorite manga on the go as Mangamo officially announced this week that the manga subscription app is now available worldwide for iOS devices. Only Japan, China, and Korea do not have access to the app.

As expected, the debut week of Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit has taken over the recent Japanese Video Game rankings from October 12 to 18. The game has sold 79,918 copies on its first week alone. Second place is Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

There is more to look forward to in The Promised Neverland series as it was announced on their official Twitter account that the popular franchise is getting a fourth novel. The novel is titled Yaksoku no Neverland: Omoide no Film-tachi (The Promised Neverland: The Films of Memories).

It was announced this week by Nintendo that they will be releasing an updated version of the first-ever Fire Emblem game titled Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & The Blade of Light on December 4 for the Nintendo Switch.

  It seems there is more reason to get the PlayStation 5 after all Crunchyroll recently announced this week that their anime streaming platform will be available for the upcoming PlayStation 5. Aside from this, Sony Interactive Entertainment Phil Rosenberg also announced other popular streaming platforms like Netflix, YouTube, Spotify, Apple TV, Disney+, Twitch, Amazon Prime, and more will also be available in the console as well.

Japanese publisher Wani Books has announced that they will be launching a manga adaptation of the popular BL (boys’ love) novel series 2gether by Thai author JittiRain. The manga adaptation will be illustrated by Hiromasa Okujima, who has also worked on other BL titles such as Bad Boys, Happy Home (Dousei Yankee Akamatsu Seven).

Two new guest cast members were announced this Wednesday for the upcoming Stand By Me Doraemon 2 CG film. They are: Comedian Bakarhythm, (real name Hidetomo Masuno) who will voice Nakameguro, a salesman for the Future Department Store that sends Doraemon gadgets from the future.

Heads up for those waiting for an official English dub of the latest season of SAO. Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block has announced that the English-dubbed Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of the Underworld Part 2 is set for a November 7 premiere, at 12:30 AM EST (effectively November 8).

The blockbuster hit maker himself has spoken. Wildly popular and critically acclaimed director Makoto Shinkai, whose 2016 film your name (Kimi no Na wa) is the highest-grossing anime film of all time worldwide, recently commented about the smashing success of Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train.