Anime News

A new promotional video presenting the CG animation style for the upcoming anime series “Land of the Lustrous” a.k.a. “Houseki no Kuni” is out and streaming on the official website as of Friday. “Land of the Lustrous” is a series that is being serialized by Kodansha's Afternoon magazine, was first launched in 2012 and is a creation of Haruko Ichikawa.

Synopsis This is the story of a world named OZ, a digital world that has spanned worldwide and has become a place where just about everything is done, from shopping, to tracking markets and to even being a control center for traffic lights and alert systems.

Artist Aneko Yusagi’s fantasy light novel series, “The Rising of the Shield Hero” a.k.a.

The new superhero series “Infini-T Force” has a revelation of more staff by their production company Tatsunoko Productions as of Wednesdy and they include designs also revealed by the staff.

A series featuring the adventures of the bear character that is Rilakkuma is making its way to the popular film and series viewing site, Netflix for the following year. Having the tentative title of "Rilakkuma Series", the anime is set to be 13 episodes long and each episode will be 11 minutes long.

Synopsis In comparison to many shoujo works, this is not a tale of a sweet romance leading to a climatic confession nor is this a dramatic tale of star-crossed lovers. This is story that tells of the day to day life of a young woman and young man in a loving relationship.

“Cleanliness Boy. Aoyama-kun” a.k.a. “Keppeki Danshi.

As of Tuesday, the supernatural comedy series that is “Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san” a.k.a. “You're Being Summoned, Azazel” has been announced by this year’s 13th issue of Kodansha's Evening magazine to once again be taking a break, and this time it will be for two issues.

An animation film festival was held in Croatia last June 10 called Animafest Zagreb. Studio Ghibli’s animated feature film The Red Turtle won in the Grand Prix – Feature Film category. The film’s award-winning animator and director Michael Dudok de Wit has also won an award in this event.

Synopsis This is the story of a kind girl with a beautiful girl named Mugi. Being on the chubby side but entirely comfortable with her weight, Mugi never believed herself to have an opportunity at love.