Anime News

It was announced on the fourth compiled volume of Ichigeki manga on Thursday that the history drama manga series is confirmed to have a film adaptation. Ichigeki is created by Jiro Matsumoto and it is a period drama based on the novel Bakumatsu Ichigeki Hissatsu-tai (Bakumatsu One-Hit Kill Team) by Yoshio Nagai.

Yuriko Yamaguchi, the voice actress who provided the Japanese voices of Nico Robin (One Piece), Sarah Rockbell (Fullmetal Alchemist), and Nurse Joy (Pokemon), is coming to the Arizona’s Taiyou Con event in Mesa.

The latest anime film of the Dragon Ball franchise titled Dragon Ball Super: Broly has conquered the Japanese box office earning 2 billion yen in just 11 days. This was confirmed by the newspaper Mainichi Shimbun on Tuesday.

It seems that filming for the upcoming Hollywood film adaptation of the Monster Hunter game franchise has finished. This has been confirmed in a recent Instagram post by actress Milla Jovovich. She posted a photograph of Namibia which is the last location of the film shoot.

A new trailer for the “Deluxe Edition” version of Dragon Ball FighterZ was uploaded by Bandai Namco Entertainment on Tuesday. Note that this new version will only be released digitally for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

It was revealed in the 13th and final episode of the second season Thunderbolt Fantasy on Monday that it is confirmed to be getting a third season. The series was written by Gen Urobuchi (notable for writing the script for the Madoka Magica anime) with character designs by Nitroplus and Good Smile Company as “modeling adviser” for the series.

From manga to an anime, and even a film, the magical girl of “Fate” now gains a Prisma Illya OVA. Announced at yesterday’s “Prisma☆Klangfest ~ kaleidoscope ~”, a live anniversary event for Prisma Illya fans held at Tokyo's Toyosu PIT, no specifics have been given on the project as of yet.

The “Steins; Gate 0” anime was meant to have 24 episodes but the supposed final episode did not air. Now it is announced that the 24th episode will be streamed on Crunchyroll. Titled as "Valentine's of Crystal Polymorphism - Bittersweet Intermedio -” the episode is also a part of the sixth and final DVD and Blu-ray Disc release for the series that shipped on Friday.

It has been confirmed, the volleyball anime “Haikyuu..” is making a return. Announced at a stage presentation held at the Jump Festa '19 event, it was not specified whether the new series meant a new season but there will be a "kickoff event" to be held on September 22 for the new series.

Coming January is a new original anime by Gaina titled “Hulaing Babies” and staff and cast details have been confirmed for the series. The anime will be featuring a group of young girls as they take part in a hulaing club in their high school located in a sleepy hot springs town near Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture.