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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.

Yojo Senki: Saga of Tanya the Evil will be premiering on January next year. This has been confirmed from the official Twitter account of media store chain Tsutaya on Sunday. Aside from the announced premiere month, the artists who will be singing the anime's theme songs and the seiyuus have also been confirmed.

The 6th episode of Drifters is already out and what I can say that this episode is both shocking and hype inducing. Even though I already read the manga (*coughs* like hours ago LOL, you can’t blame me, I am tired of waiting every week) the anime adaptation never ceases to amaze me and constantly pushing me on the edge of my seat.

This season is like the other previous seasons, has it share of awesome and also some weird ones. From boobs smashing and butt crushing battlefield of Keijo to an unlikely fat ass hero of To Be Hero, another anime with an unlikely theme is currently airing, a show about academic cheating, Cheating Craft.

Kantai Collection, fondly called by fans as KanColle, have recently hinted the appearance of two Allied ship girls, a Lexington-class aircraft carrier of the US Navy and a hinted French seaplane tender, allegedly a Commandant Teste seaplane tender.