Anime News

To those who booked their travels to Japan and looking forward to the live-action stage play adaptation of the popular BEASTARS anime, we are sad to bring you this announcement that the play has been cancelled.

Those who are looking forward to order a Nintendo Switch in Japan, sad to say that you might not be getting it this week. Nintendo recently announced on Tuesday that will not be shipping Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch lite units in Japan this week.

We have seen these happen at times and these are some things that are just far beyond the control of the organizers. Finally, we are back in our convention guide and feature series where we share some tips, how to’s, not to’s, and more in the world of cosplay conventions.

A new delay has just been announced for the much-awaited Violet Evergarden film: this Monday, Kyoto Animation has announced that they will be postponing the release of the said movie due to concerns brought about by COVID-19.

Sad news for fans of shounen manga series Domestic na Kanojo (Domestic Girlfriend): Kodansha’s Weekly Shounen Magazine has announced that the controversial (ecchi) manga series by Kei Sasuga is set to end with volume 28, which will be released on August 17 this year.

There may be a lot of depressing news around what with COVID-19, but here we have some good celebratory news that could cheer us up some: today is April 8, and for anime and most especially Kyoto Animation fans, today is a memorable day.

And another anime is delayed due to COVID-19, as the official Twitter account of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU (original Japanese title: Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru) has announced that the series’ “CLIMAX” third season is delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 is messing up with a lot of anime schedules this season, including the supposed premiere of the second half of anime series No Guns Life. The official website of the series has announced this Tuesday that they are delaying the premiere of the series’ last 12 episodes due to the current COVID-19 outbreak.

Finally, it is finished: Netflix has finally uploaded episodes 74 to 114 of the 1986 Saint Seiya anime series. This is the last of the batch uploads of the Saint Seiya anime, as episode 114 is the series’ last episode.

A lot of popular anime series are getting stage play adaptations recently, and Fire Force is no exception. Last December, it was announced that the hit series is getting a stage play, and today we are getting new updates on this project: additional cast have been announced for the adaptation as well as run dates.