Anime News

It was reported on Friday by Oricon that both the regular and limited editions of the 21st Volume of the ‘Demon Slayer’ manga sold more than 2 million copies in just three days since its release. Aside from this, they were ranked #1 and #2 respectively in Oricon’s manga chart.

Music company Pony Canyon has announced that a 14-year old middle school student named Hinano Takashima has won their DEEMO THE MOVIE – Utahime Audition Final round of contests. She will thus be singing the theme song to the anime film adaptation of popular rhythm game Deemo.

All good things must come to an end—including, sadly, the story of our favorite volleyball boys, as the 31st issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump announced this Monday that Haikyuu. will be reaching the “climax” of the story’s final arc on July 13.

In a span of two days this week we already have a total of three marriage announcements from popular Japanese voice actors. First to announce this week is popular singer and voice actress Nana Mizuki, who made the surprise announcement on her blog Tuesday morning.

American distributor GKIDS has announced that they have acquired the license for the North American release of Studio Ghibli’s first 3DCG movie, Earwig and the Witch (Aya to Majo). According to GKIDS’ website, they will be releasing the film in North American cinemas in early 2021.

  A recent tweet by Ahiru no Sora manga author Takeshi Hinata is currently getting attention, as he did not mince words in criticizing the anime adaptation of his basketball-themed manga. On Friday, he quote-tweeted a tweet from the official Twitter account of the Ahiru no Sora anime series and said, “You’re the worst”.

Good news for fans waiting for an update on the new Higurashi anime project. The series’ official website has announced that the anime is now set for an October 2020 premiere. The project was supposed to be released this July, but the COVID-19 pandemic halted productions and thus affected the series’ schedule.

A new highlight video was recently revealed for the live-action film adaptation of popular shoujo manga title Kiss Him, Not Me (Watashi ga Motete Dousunda). The video, posted on the film’s official website, focuses on Asuma Mutsumi, who is played in the film by THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE member Hokuto Yoshino.

Get ready for a new mobile rhythm game, as Japanese entertainment company Bushiroad has announced that they will be launching the D4DJ Groovy Rhythm game globally soon. The announcement was made at the Anime Expo Lite online event last Friday.

And it’s on once more folks, as the production crew of Netflix’s live-action adaptation of cult favorite Cowboy Bebop has announced that they have been given the clearance to continue shooting in New Zealand.