Anime News

In the special Japan premiere of Alita: Battle Angel last February 15, GUNNM author Yukiro Kishiro was reported to have been very satisfied with the film and showering the staff and cast with praises.

Even more news for the highly-anticipated Fruits Basket remake: FUNimation has announced that US fans will be given the chance to watch the animé’s first two episodes before its actual airing date. Select US theaters will be screening Furuba’s first two episodes, and while there are no exact details yet, the company announced that it will happen sometime in March.

It was announced on Sunday that the New Jersey-based anime convention AnimeNEXT will be bringing the staff of MAPPA who worked for the popular Banana Fish anime series as one of their guests. Confirmed staff members attending the convention are director Hiroko Utsumi, supervising anime director Ayumi Yamada, animation director and character designer Akemi Hayashi, international developer Andrew Michael Upton, and setting producer Erika Ando.

It was announced on September of last year that CLAMP’s hit work Cardcaptor Sakura will be getting a smartphone game, Cardcaptor Sakura Happiness Memories. Along with the official announcement by Bushiroad, they also posted a PV of the game which you can watch below: In the video above fans also get to hear a sneak preview of the game’s theme song, “Flash”, written and arranged by Keiichi Tomita and performed by Maaya Sakamoto.

More news coming our way for the much-anticipated remake of Fruits Basket, but this time it’s on the Western side of the show: Funimation, which has gained exclusive rights to stream the reboot, has announced that lead character Tohru Honda will be voiced by none other than her original English voice actress Laura Bailey.

The 2nd part of Attack on Titan season 3 is slated to air in Japan on April 28. According the anime’s official website, the anime will be aired for a total of 10 episodes. All these information were released in a trailer posted by Pony Canyon on Saturday.

What better way to celebrate a massive media franchise’s 40th anniversary than to release limited edition collectibles. That’s exactly what Sunrise’s Gundam franchise did, with its collaboration with Japanese watchmaker INDEPENDENT.

Well-known Hollywood director Marc Webb is set to direct the Hollywood adaptation of the hit anime film Your Name, entertainment news website Deadline reports. Besides directing Sony’s Amazing Spider Man, Webb also directed 2009 romance movie 500 Days of Summer.

Relive the game nostalgia as Square Enix officially announced on Wednesday that Final Fantasy IX will be released on both Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch on March 26. The company also announced recently of the re-release of Final Fantasy IX for the PlayStation 4.

A new trailer for the upcoming game Catherine: Full Body was released by Altus USA on Thursday. The trailer video also announces that the game is slated to be released in the West on September for the PlayStation 4 in both Europe and North America.