Anime News

As part of promotions for the just-released 3DCG anime series Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, a “Directors Interview” was recently uploaded on the Netflix Asia Youtube channel. The video features interviews with the series’ two directors, Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki, as well as behind-the-scenes footage of the series’ production process, voice recording, and motion-capturing.

While we’re all in our homes hoping that this pandemic comes to an end soon so that we can all finally go out and all the delayed anime films can finally be released, Aniplex of America dropped the first English-dubbed teaser for the much-awaited Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train.

We don’t want to spoil you much but we might be reaching the climax of the popular Demon Slayer manga series. This was confirmed when one of its licensors and editors stated the series will officially wrapping up in May.

  Fans are wild. But this is an exemption to the odd ones out there. If you head on to Twitter, there has been a great influx of Animal Crossing: New Horizons fanart. Lately, fanart of the blue-feathered dodo Wilbur has been on the rise—mostly recreating the bird pilot as a sexy hunk.

If you’re looking for more anime films to watch while staying at home, you’re definitely in luck. Now you can watch Katsuhiro Otomo’s popular anime movies online for free. He first started as a manga artist, then is later highly recognized as one of the most influential people in the anime and manga industry due to his massive contribution to the mentioned mediums.

Aside from the Ultra Jump manga contest that was previously announced, online publication Shonen Jump+ is launching its own contest to search for the next shonen manga star. The launch of this competition is in hopes of creating a shortcut on the path to making shonen manga.

To those who are looking forward to Otakon this year, we have some bad news. It was announced recently on their official website that this highly anticipated anime convention is cancelled. The main reason for the cancellation is due to current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

While all of us are advised to stay at home, cosplayers from all over the world find ways to do cosplay in the comforts of their own home. Popular Japanese cosplayer Enako is one those and it’s just awesome to know that she was able to get the perfect Nezuko cosplay.

2020 has been a good year for boys-love fans so far, as another live-action film has been announced for the genre. Cocomi’s Restart wa Tadaima no Ato de (Restart After Come Back Home) has just been revealed to be receiving a live-action film adaptation—and it is already set for release this fall.

Apparently it’s not all that bad if an anime film gets delayed because of the coronavirus, based on the experience of Studio Colorido’s anime film A Whisker Away (Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu or Wanting to Cry, I Pretend to Be a Cat).