Anime News

Although the Pokemon Go hype seemed to have declined as months go by, there are still thousands of loyal players who roam through different places to achieve the primary game goal "to catch them all".

KOEI Tecmo Games released a teaser last Tuesday on their upcoming Nintendo 3DS game, Shingeki no Kyojin: Shichi Kara no Dasshutsu (Attack on Titan: Escape From the Brink of Death). It's official release date will be on March 30, 2017 (Japan) and stated that a new promotional movie for the game will be released this November 30.

Hatsune Miku fans, get ready. Video game developer Sega have announced on Tuesday that their upcoming PS4 game, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone will be released digitally in the West this January 10, 2017.

We're pretty sure that a lot have been long-time fans of the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise. Though the anime and manga series have ended, the hype still continues with an upcoming live-action movie.

Just as we thought, the 7th episode is an action-packed one ending on a cliffhanger that makes us fans wish that a week will pass within a blink of an eye. And what make this episode more interesting are the historical allusions that appeared, making this one close to the real deal.

Yu-Gi-Oh.: The Dark Side of Dimensions, which was first slated to premiere in US and Canada on January 20 next year, is moved to a new date: January 27. The movie officially premiered in Japan on April 23 this year and ranked #6 in the box office with a total of 92,396 tickets sold.

The Kimi no Na wa (Your Name) hype has not ended yet. This high-grossing Japanese anime film now has an official English Dub cast as well as an English trailer. The company who will be handling this project is none other than Great Britain's Anime Limited.

Studio Ghibli's fans in the US, rejoice. Fathom Events and GKIDS made an announcement on Monday that they will screen Spirited Away for two days (December 4-5) in 400 theaters. This special screening is a way to commemorate the film's 15th anniversary.

Studio Ghibli movie fans rejoice. It has recently been reported in an NHK TV Special (Owaranai Hito Miyazaki Hayao) that well-acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki wants to return and make an anime full-length feature film for one last time.

As of November 10, Production I.G.'s animated feature film Miss Hokusai earns a total of $222,670 USD. Last October 30, it was able to get a total of $176,008 USD in North America alone. Officially distributed for the US and Canada by GKids, the Miss Hokusai film was able win a couple of awards last year like the Jury Award in the Official Feature Film Competition (39th Annecy International Film Festival), the Satoshi Kon Award for best animated film, and the Sequences Award for best Asian feature film to name a few.