Anime News

We’re all cooped up in our houses and are now running out of things to do, but thankfully the SOS Brigade (well actually just Haruhi and Kyon) is giving us something to keep ourselves busy with. Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya voice actors Aya Hirano (Haruhi) and Tomokazu Sugita (Kyon) posted videos of them last Sunday doing the iconic “Hare Hare Yukai” dance from their homes.

  A Facebook post from the Yoru no Ki Japanese theatre troupe last April 24, Friday announced that veteran actor, playwright, and director Shu Wada passed away on April 23 due to pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The upcoming TV anime adaptation of Reiji Miyajima’s rom-com manga series Kanojo, Okarishimasu (Rent-a-Girlfriend) has just announced the artists who will be performing the theme songs. According to the series’ official website, all-female rock band The Peggies will be performing the opening theme song while solo singer halca will be performing the ending theme.

A new Bushiroad project is heading to our TVs soon, as their newest multimedia project D4DJ (Dig Delight Direct Drive DJ) is confirmed to be getting a TV series. D4DJ First Mix, the official title of the TV series, has also released a first official visual.

Finally, a (small) update on this long-delayed film: Mitsurou Kubo, co-creator of the well-loved 2016 (gay) skating anime series Yuri... On ICE has recently revealed to her Instagram followers that she’s currently working on the Yuri.

Good news to all Moonies out there: we finally have some major news on the much-awaited Sailor Moon Eternal film (the first one). Last Thursday, Toei unveiled a teaser video for the first of two upcoming films.

It was announced on Friday by Bandai Namco Entertainment that the released dates for the upcoming video game Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris is moved to July 9 for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and July 10 in PC via Steam.

While conventions are perfect venues to just go around in cosplay, there are some mini-events in these conventions where cosplayers have the opportunity to go up on stage and just do their stuff. However, there will always be a first time for everyone—and that first time can make you nervous.

Get your straw hats ready as Luffy and the gang are officially heading to the popular streaming platform Netflix. That’s right. The One Piece anime’s two arcs namely the East Blue and Alabasta Arcs are available for streaming on the platform beginning June 12 on the following country: United States, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia.

We know we are all hyped with the current Animal Crossing: New Horizons game. But what happens if this popular Nintendo Switch game had an opening sequence in ‘80s theme anime style. A Korean digital artist named Southbig is, like many of us, hooked with the game and the hype was just too much that they made a poster and later a short animation.