Anime News

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.

Heads up to fans from Northern California: this year’s Fanimecon will guest well-known voice actress Aya Hirano. Hirano started in the entertainment industry when she was still a child, appearing in several TV commercials.

Some weeks ago Anime Boston announced that composer Yoko Shimomura, best known for composing the score for the Kingdom Hearts franchise, will be appearing in the convention once more. This year marks Shimomura’s second guesting in Anime Boston, with the first being in 2015.

It was recently confirmed that the total blockbuster gross of Love Live Sunshine: School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow in Japan has crossed the 1 billion yen mark. Mantan Web reports that the movie achieved this huge milestone on February 22, eight weeks since its release on January 4.