Anime News

Japan household TV rankings (Kanto region) have been all too familiar for the week of September 17-23. To begin, this week, NTV aired the popular anime film, Ponyo on September 23rd. The film garnered an 11.

Well, this is surprising. It was announced on Wednesday by both J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Paramount Pictures that they have won the rights to adapt Makoto Shinkai’s anime film blockbuster hit Kimi no na wa.

In recent news, Sentai Filmworks, a well renowned anime production studio has licensed the popular anime series, Himouto. Umaru-chan R, the second season based on the original manga, Himouto. Umaruchan.

Gundam fans will get a double in the coming month of November as a simultaneous screening is announced with a reveal of new visuals and other announcements. Starting on November, there will be a simultaneous screening of "Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt BANDIT FLOWER" and "Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight AXIS Akashi Akashi" Spanning for a limited time of two weeks before ending on December 1, the screening will be held at Shinjuku Piccadilly and other 15 nationwide places.

A look back into the “Fullmetal Alchemist” is out with a 60-second special trailer posted on the official website of the upcoming live-action film. Featuring art and clips, the video is titled, “You can learn about Hagaren in one minute.

The Japanese rock band Cider Girl announced on their official website on Monday that their song “Fourside Moonside” will be included in the new season of Fox Spirit Matchmaker anime as its ending theme song.

According to Destructoid, it has been announced today that the popular video game from Japan, Minna de Wai Wai. Spelunker, will be released in North America under the title, Spelunker Party. The video game has also been announced to drop on October 19th for the Nintendo Switch console and Steam.

According to the Kemono Friends website, Yaoyorozu would no longer be working on the upcoming screen project for Kemono Friends. The website posted a note detailing the reason behind this case, following an announcement from Tatsuki, the director for Yaoyorozu, that he would no longer be working on the project.

The Ottawa Animation Festival is an event to enjoy and award a variety of animation works from all over the world. For this year’s festival, one director makes history for the event as he has not one, but two films slotted in for the competition.

More details are revealed for the newest features of the “Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet” game. Found in this week’s issue of Famitsu magazine and relayed by Bandai Namco, the features included the character creation system, two new characters and the AI supporting characters.