Anime News

Good news for fans of Rising of the Shield Hero. The main staff of the popular anime series announced this weekend that Rising of the Shield Hero is getting a second season set for a 2021 premiere. The announcement was made by the series’ composition writer Keigo Koyanagi, character designer Masahiro Suwa and producer Junichiro Tamura during their panel at the Virtual Crunchyroll Expo event held last September 4 to 6.

More news trickling in for the upcoming Inuyasha spin-off, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon. The official website of solo singer Uru—known for her theme songs in anime such as Granbelm and Legend of Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These—has revealed that she will be performing the ending theme song for Yashahime.

A real treat for those excited for the upcoming TV anime series of smash WEBTOON manhwa hit Noblesse: Crunchyroll has recently revealed a five-minute preview of the series. Check it out here. Former Tohoshinki/TVXQ member Jaejoong will perform the series’ opening theme song BREAKING DAWN.

New cast members as well as the theme song artists have been revealed for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Kenjiro Hata’s 2018 manga series Fly Me to the Moon (Tonikaku Kawaii or literally, Generally Cute).

Fansubs are no stranger to anime fans—but what if a licensed anime streaming service uses a fansub on their official streaming platform. Retro anime streaming service RetroCrush did this major oopsie.

The New York Times recently released their monthly Graphic Book and Manga bestseller list for this year. Three notable titles have stand out in the ranks. The first volume of My Hero Acadmia is at #7, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba is #12, and Junji Ito’s Venus In The Blind Spot is at #15.

The recent Japanese Video Game rankings August 24 to 30 is quite different from the recent as the number one spot is currently taken by The Legend of Heroes: Hajimari no Kiseki. On its debut week it had sold around 83,680 copies.

It’s all systems go for the TV anime adaptation of light novel series Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World (Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjō, Arui wa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen), as the TV series’ official website has unveiled a third promo video.

A whopping 14 new cast members have been recently revealed for Netflix’s upcoming live-action series adaptation of the popular suspense-survival manga series Alice in Borderland (Imawa no Kuni no Alice).

A recently-released “game introduction video” for the Re:ZERO smartphone game by Sega has announced that the franchise’s official smartphone game, Re:ZERO - Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu – Lost in Memories, is now set for a September 9 release in Japan.