Anime News

The TV anime series may have long ended, but fan love for the Ancient Magus’ Bride is still going strong—and so is its manga. For fans who miss watching Chise and her beloved Ainsworth in animated form, fret not as Wit Studio has just released a short web anime for the dark fantasy series.

A new One Piece game is set to be released in a few days. Developed by Ganbarion and published by Bandai Namco, One Piece: World Seeker is the newest game in the famous anime franchise. The game is set to be released in Japan on March 14, with the Western release just one day after Japan’s.

There’s no stopping her rise to the top, as everyone’s favorite virtual Youtuber Kizuna Ai is set to collaborate with none other than renowned music composer/producer Yasutaka Nakata. Nakata is known for being the music producer of Japanese girl group Perfume, as well as model-turned-singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.

More Netflix anime licensing news today. The April 2019 issue of Shogakukan’s Monthly Shonen Sunday has announced that Hiroshi Takashige and Ryouji Minagawa’s classic sci-fi manga Spriggan is getting an anime adaptation, which will be released worldwide by Netflix.

The sequel film to the hit 2016 animé series has just released a new key visual. Titled Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato, its new visual has Mumei taking centerstage, along with other familiar faces.

Last 2017, it was announced that classic animé Saint Seiya will be undergoing a CG remake, in collaboration with Netflix. Just recently, Netflix has announced the Japanese voice cast for their upcoming remake.

Japanese publishing company Ichijinsha has just announced that a new animé episode will be released for Wotakoi (Wotaku ni Koi Wa Muzukashii or Love is Hard for Otaku). The new episode will be shipped on March 29 along with the seventh volume of the manga.

According to a report by market analyst Sensor Tower, players of Pokémon’s mobile titles have spent almost $2.5 billion on in-game purchases. Unsurprisingly, Pokémon GO is the biggest contributor to this astounding number, pouring in $2.

The upcoming Hollywood live-action film for Gundam has just signed on comic book creator Brian K Vaughan to handle the movie’s screenplay, entertainment news website Deadline reports. Vaughan is best known for the Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina comic book series, and has been praised by Wired as “the greatest comic book visionary of the last five years”.

On the release date of One Piece’s 92nd tankobon volume in Japan, it was announced that fantasy-action manga has just put out a whopping 450 million copies worldwide. Of this number, 380 million came from Japan while overseas markets contributed the remaining 70 million.