Anime News

March is in and now there Is only weeks to go until Easter Sunday officially arrives. Already various anime and gaming franchises have announced different promos and adds involving the celebration’s motifs of rabbits, flowers, eggs and chocolates.

The upcoming The Royal Tutor television anime series will premiere in Japan starting April 5, its official website announced on Wednesday. Directed by Katsuya Kikuchi, the The Royal Tutor anime is based on Higasa Akai's original manga of the same name.

The release of the Japanese blu-rays & DVDs of D.Gray-man Hollow television anime has been cancelled. In its official website, the production announced that it has called off the release due to “various circumstances,” without detailing the specifics.

Yen press announced that it will publish Napping Princess: The Story of the Unknown Me manga simultaneously with Japan. It’s first chapter is now available, while the second chapter will be released on March 10.

A one man production to be entitled “Aragne no Mushikago” a.ka. “Aragne Insect Cage” is set to be released in the following year, 2018. Set in an apartment where spirits are known to roam free, the film tells the story of 18-year-old college student Rin.

Two weeks ago, Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale online film premiered in Japan and some selected countries in Asia (Philippines, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and Vietnam. Aside from the movie hype, the theme song being used in the film also got hype in the iTunes J-Pop charts.

The topic of romance is a complex topic for many and in terms of relationships, many would say it is a challenge, even those who have immersed themselves I the world of anime and manga have their own relationship troubles in reality.

While fans wait for a second season to come for the action series that is “One Punch Man” there is something else that they can look towards in their anticipation. On Wednesday, Viz Media made an announcement that alongside with the release of the Blu-ray Disc of the anime series, the company will also be releasing six original-video-anime (OVAs) and it is to be part of the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack.

The adventures of the white seal Goma-chan and their owner, schoolboy Ashibe Ashiya, created by Hiromi Morishita, first published in 1988 with one manga sequel and three anime series, the latest having premiered in April 2016 is set to continue this year with a second season.

The anime and manga community are no stranger in being the face for various promotional purposes from different companies and franchises. This time however, the government takes a hand with the promotional ability of anime with the introduction of two “moe” school girl characters to bring awareness over environmental issues to the youth that have found to be either ignorant and/or uninterested in the topic.