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“Kuroshitsuji” a.k.a “Black Butler” was its own type of anime which has garnered different fans and viewers to its story. A historical fiction and dark fantasy story with elements of the psychological drama, “Kuroshitsuji” is an anime that has lasted three seasons with over 46 episodes and four OVAs and has lasted up to this year in publication and has garnered the interest of many different fans and viewers.

In the anime world, “Death Note” is considered as a piece of work that has left its mark on fans and the thriller genre of anime. With 37 episodes, two specials, and around four live action films under its belt, “Death Note” is a memorable anime for its thrills, mystery and supernatural element.

The first volume of the manga The Children Nowadays will be released by Viz Media digitally. In their recent announcement, it can be bought and viewed starting December 13. This manga was created by Kiriko Kubo and was first published by Big Comics Spirits magazine in 1986.

The popular otome romance adventure game, “Kenka Bancho Otome,” will be adapted into a series of 10-minute animated shorts set to air Spring 2017 under the title of “Kenka Bancho Otome: Girl Beats Boys.

In a recent announcement released by Square Enix, the PS4 exclusive game Dragon Quest Heroes II (Dragon Quest Heroes II: Futago no Ō to Yogen no Owari) is set for a North America release in April 25.

It seems that the chances of seeing Attack on Titan Season 2 for the West are high now. In a recent announcement released by FUNimation Animation on Thursday, they have already licensed the series' second season.

Summer 2017 is going to be quite interesting especially for fans of Hajime Isayama's popular manga and anime franchise, Attack on Titan. It has been announced that the manga will have a stage play adaptation slated for next year as confirmed in the wraparound jacket band found in the 21st manga volume of the series.

2016 has been a ride for all of us especially those who work in the anime and entertainment industries. The official website of Kenichi Kurosawa has released a statement that he passed away last December 5 at the age of 48.

The Japanese superhero anime series My Hero Academia (Boku no Hīrō Akademia) ranked seventh in New York Times’ Best International Show in 2016. “In the self-aware category of Japanese anime, this shrewdly written and dynamically drawn series posits a world in which 80 percent of humanity has developed some sort of special powers (not all of them super, and not all used for good).

A new anime on theme of people and their jobs comes to the screen on April of 2017 by anime studio P.A. Works. Entitled as “Sakura Quest” the anime depicts the story of a tourism bureau set in a small provincial town reviving it’s “micro-nation” tourism program, something that originated from a nation during Japan’s bubble economy period, a period in which over 200 micro-nations were produced.