Anime News

Bandai Namco Entertainment has just confirmed the Western release date for the Switch port of Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization. According to their official press release, the game will be released to the West on May 24, just almost a month after its April 25 release in Japan.

It was revealed during the 28th chapter of the Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru manga that the last chapter will be released on April 4. This was revealed in the Shonen Jump+ website on Thursday. The manga is created by Saru Hashino and released in December 2016.

The director of the hit video game NieR: Automata Yoko Taro will now become a virtual YouTuber this month. This was announced during the game’s official livestream that happened last February 20. Yoko Taro is notable for wearing an Emil mask (based from the Nier game) whenever is invited for guest appearances.

As the well-known creative artist and director Kunihiko Ikuhara is set to release his new original animé Sarazanmai, a new exhibition featuring his most popular works will be held at Space 634 in Tokyo Solomachi.

Longtime Pokémon fans, get ready for a nostalgia trip as the first-ever movie in the franchise, Mewtwo Strikes Back, will be remade into full 3DCG. The remake, entitled Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution, has just released a short and long version of its trailer.

Conan Edogawa and friends are set to have a new smartphone game. Case Closed Runner: Race to the Truth is a horizontal runner game that features Conan and other characters in the series revisiting cases from the anime.

Japan’s most iconic ghost is set to come back to Japanese theaters. Sadako Yamamura, complete with her signature white dress and freakishly long hair, will be returning in the franchise’s latest film simply titled Sadako.

The second full trailer of the upcoming live-action Pokemon movie titled Pokemon: Detective Pikachu was released in the official Twitter accounts of Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment on Tuesday.

The movie adaptation of Daisuke Igarashi’s manga Children of the Sea (Kaiju ni Kodomo) has just released a 20-second teaser trailer. The trailer also features a short preview on the music of Joe Hisaishi, who serves as composer for the film.

A new trailer (see video below) and visual (above) for the upcoming Crayon Shin-Chan anime film titled Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Shinkon Ryokō Hurricane ~Ushinawareta Hiroshi~ (Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Honeymoon Hurricane, Lost Hiroshi) was released on the official website of the franchise’s anime films on Wednesday.