Anime News

A new year with lists of new anime, live action adaptation and films are up in production that many fans new and old can look forward to. But with so many new anime and other works coming out it will be a hard pick on what to watch first and what to continue following.

The sports genre in the world of anime are known to show highly popular sports such as baseball, basketball and even soccer in creative and exciting ways for any viewer interested. Lately however new and unique types of sports anime have been popping up with a new sport to the scene.

The Re:Zero hype has not ended yet. Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu -Death or Kiss is an upcoming PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game to be released in Japan this March 23. It is an adventure game with its own original story making this a must-have for any Re:Zero fan.

Sega has released a new trailer for the game Valkyria Revolution (Valkyria: Azure Revolution in Japan) which introduces the Maxim, a character played by Kenichi Suzumura. The game is scheduled to be released in Japan this January 19 for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 platforms.

So Valentine's Day is around the corner. While some of you are now planning to give out the best bouquet of flowers and the sweetest of chocolates to the ones you love, Japan has released something that seems to go well with the upcoming occassion.

It was revealed in the second issue of Young Magazine on Friday that manga artist Masamune Yoshimoto will be launching a new "magical girl historical manga" series titled Maho Shojo Omatsu. The manga's first chapter is slated to be released in the magazine's next issue this February 5.

As a way of celebrating its 20th anniversary, Bandai will be remaking its original Digital Monster keychain toys. This announcement was released by the company on Friday and the toys are now open for pre-orders.

On Friday, Avex Pictures released a commercial for the upcoming stage play adaptation of the Noragami manga scheduled to run from February 16 to 26 in Tokyo. You can check out the TV Ad video below: The upcoming play will run for only 15 performances at the AiiA 2.

An official website was launched on Thursday by “Success” for the Chinese-Japanese co-produced animated series adaptation of the comic by Tecent “Chōyū Sekai” a.k.a “World of Super Sand Box” entitled “Chōyū Sekai: Being the Reality” Set in a world where its peace is threatened by other worldly beings known as “Disasters”, a special military unit that was created to fight back and they are known as “Sabor”.

On Saturday and just before its official premiere, the official website of Tales of Zestiria the X anime uploaded a promotional video that come in two versions. You may check out the videos below (take note that the first video is for those who have not seen the first season while the second video is a preview for those who have already seen the first season).