Anime News

Kadokawa announced this Wednesday that a smartphone game will be released based on the anime adaptation of Carlo Zen and Shinobu Shinotsuki’s Saga of Tanya the Evil (Youjo Senki literally, Military Chronicles of a Little Girl) novel series.

Kyoto police have officially arrested the suspect in deadly arson in Kyoto Animation’s 1st Studio Building, 10 months after the unfortunate incident. The suspect, identified as 42-year old Shinji Aoba, was taped by the media being transferred by police from the hospital to a Kyoto police station where he will now be officially questioned.

A deluge of announcements was revealed last Saturday for the upcoming third season of the TV anime adaptation of comedy/slice-of-life manga Non Non Biyori. First off, the first key visual of the new season was unveiled in the series’ official Twitter account.

A new teaser video was revealed last Friday for the upcoming smartphone game of popular isekai anime series Re:ZERO Starting Life in a New World (-Re:ZERO - Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu -). The trailer reveals the game’s full title as Re:ZERO - Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu – Lost in Memories, as well as the game’s summer 2020 release.

An official first key visual was recently revealed for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen (lit. Sorcery Fight) manga series. Check out the creepy first key visual below. The anime will be directed by Sunghoo Park (The God of High School) for studio MAPPA.

The manga may be ending soon, but the anime is far from that. The official website of the TV anime adaptation of Atsushi Ohkubo’s Fire Force (En En no Shouboutai) has recently unveiled an ultra-fiery new trailer.

Recently, the US Customs has seized around 86,000 bootleg Pokemon figures. This massive number of figures is worth an estimated $600,000. The figures were hidden inside a shipment that arrived from Hong Kong earlier last week.

It’s another awesome week for Animal Crossing: New Horizons as it still remains number 1 in the recent Japanese Video Game rankings from May 11 to 17. Second place in the ranks goes to Ring Fit Adventure, while Final Fantasy VII Remake is at third place.

Get ready to set sail One Piece fans as Funimation announced on Wednesday that they will be streaming the One Piece Stampede anime film on its service. You better watch it soon than later as it will only be available for 60 days.

It was announced on Tuesday by Japanese Internet service and game developer DMM that they will be hosting an online convention for the anime industry, slated for this late June. According to the company, this online convention is a “place” where everyone involved the industry can hold business-related discussions and release important announcements.