Anime News

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.

The upcoming movie in the Godzilla franchise, Godzilla: King of Monsters has just released new movie posters. The poster shows the King of Monsters himself, Godzilla, squaring off with his arch enemy, the three-headed dragon King Ghidorah.

The original DigiDestined are set to make a grand comeback. As part of the anime’s 20th anniversary, Digimon Adventure is set to come out with a new film, with the teaser trailer for the upcoming project just released yesterday.

The Japanese pop culture phenomenon is getting the Hollywood treatment, as Sanrio has just announced today its partnership with New Line Cinema and Flynn Picture Co. This collaboration is set to produce an English-language film for its beloved cat, a first in the character’s 45-year history.

Another well-known seiyuu joins the ranks of the new voice cast for Fruits Basket. The seventh issue of Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume magazine for this year announced that famous voice actress Miyuki Sawashiro is set to voice Kyoko Honda, the mother of lead character Tohru.

To those who missed the ramen-eating adventures of Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles, the live-action series will be return in a new live-action special titled Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san 2019 Haru SP (Ms.

The Hollywood movie Alita: Battle Angel has conquered the Chinese box office earning more than US$100 million as of its second weekend of screening. On its first week, it earned around US$62.3 million.