Anime News

Sad news for those who were planning to see RADWIMPS: the popular four-member rock band has announced last Thursday that their planned world tour this 2020 has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social media is plenty fun, yes, but there are times when the cons of having one far outweigh the pros. This is currently the case for Domestic Girlfriend (Domestic no Kanojo) manga author Kei Sasuga, who has recently expressed that using Twitter has become hard for her because she has been receiving lots of hateful comments.

After months of teaser videos and character introductions, the TV anime adaptation of Reiji Miyajima’s Rent-A-Girlfriend (Kanojo, Okarishimasu) has finally released a full promo video. The new PV introduces the anime series’ story, as well as the voice of Shun Horie as lead character Kazuya.

It was announced on Wednesday on the official Twitter account of the Digimon franchise that the latest Digimon Adventure: anime will restart its broadcast from the first episode on June 7. The series is resuming its previous Sunday timeslot from before new episodes were delayed to due to COVID-19.

It’s another new week and it’s no surprise that Animal Crossing: New Horizon still reigns that #1 spot in the recent Japanese Video Game rankings from May 25-31. Xenoblade: Definitive Edition enters the rankings at #2, while Ring Fit Adventure drops to the third place.

Makoto Shinkai’s hit anime film Weathering With You has not only topped the box office charts, it has also dominated the Blu-Ray and DVD sales in Japan alone. The Blu-Ray, 4k Ultra HD Blu-Ray Collector’s Edition, and DVD standard editions were officially released in Japan on May 27.

For those who are planning to attend this year’s Crunchyroll Expo, we would like to share to you some bad news as the highly anticipated anime convention is cancelled this year. The 2021 convention is planned for August 6 to 8.

Are you ready to get back into the Galar region. A new promotional video was released on Tuesday by The Pokemon Company announcing the official launch date of the “The Isle of Armor”, two of the first expansions of the hit Nintendo Switch games Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield.

Don’t you miss the classic Looney Tunes. Do you love Pokemon. Is it possible to have both in one show. A video was released on Friday on the Pokémon Kids TV YouTube channel. This was an animated short titled POKÉTOON: Scraggy and Mimikyu.

A report from Sankei Shimbun has announced that police have arrested a 21-year-old male resident of Kyoto who is suspected of sending death threats to Kemono Friends season 1 director TATSUKI. The suspect, named Fukuta Kishimoto, was charged with intimidation and forcible obstruction of business.