Anime News

Mega Man is considered by a vast majority of gamers as one of the most popular video game franchises ever. The most popular games under it are those under the Nintendo Entertainment System. Although there haven’t been any Mega Man games being released lately, it’s nice to be able to just go back and play them again.

A new supernatural mixing with espionage series has been decided for an anime adaptation and its name is “Devil’s Line.” Created by Ryo Hanada in 2013, the series currently has nine volumes with the 10 volume being released on July 21.

Confirmed for October with details released on its official blog, the webcomic turned anime adaptation, “Urahara” as of Wednesday, has not only a full list of cast and staff with visual, but an official Japanese website opened by the staff.

Back in our younger years, we are often fascinated with people who create their own anime music video (AMVs) of the favorite anime series. The theme of the video would really depend on the music that you use and the message that you want to convey to your viewers.

Pokemon GO officially launched in June 6 last year and as of today, it is still considered as one of the most popular downloaded game application in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. To celebrate its first anniversary, the game’s developer Niantic has come up some special game events which will officially be launched at the Pokemon Fest to be held in Chicago.

A new upcoming anime is revealed combining the popular character type of moe girls and the traditional board game that is shogi and its name is “Ryuoh no Oshigoto.” Based on the light novel series written by Shirow Shiratori, illustrated by Shirabi and under the publication of GA Bunko, an imprint of SoftBank's SB Creative subdivision, the upcoming anime already has a list of staff and cast confirmed.

More is to come for the shounen series, “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures” as a new installment of the “Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai” a.k.a. “Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan” manga by Hirohiko Araki is announced by the August issue of Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret magazine on Thursday.

The Captain Tsubasa stage play titled Super Experience Stage Captain Tsubasa will be kicking off this August and diehard fans can’t seem to wait for it. In the production’s official website, a new visual has been revealed as well as three new videos which the first and second video introduces Hikaru Matsuyama and Taro Misaki (both will be respectively playing the roles of Soichiro Sorihashi and Ko Kanegae).

The anime industry has lost another great individual. Seiji Yokoyama, popular for his music compositions in Saint Seiya has passed away on Saturday in a hospital in Sera, Hiroshima. His cause of death was due to pneumonia.

Released on July 8 was the new anime feature film “Mary to Mahou no Hana” a.k.a. “Mary and the Witch's Flower”; now 4 days has passed since the film was was released in 365 theaters (458 screens) across Japan.