Anime News

Good news to My Hero Academia fans. Fresh off the oven news: a 5th season has been confirmed for the hit shounen series. The happy news was announced in the 19th edition of the Weekly Shounen Jump magazine.

Good news to Kingdom fans in the US, Canada, UK, and Ireland. Funimation has announced that they will be streaming the third season of the hit historical epic series in the countries previously mentioned.

  More stuff for our fujoshis here, as the official website of the Umibe no Étranger boys-love anime film adaptation has released updates on its main cast, staff, and premiere date. For starters, main characters Shin Hashimoto and Mio Chibana will be played by Taishi Murata (Ren Munakata in TsukiPro the Animation) and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Inosuke Hashibira in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba), respectively.

Sad news for ardent fans of the Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo (God’s Blessing to this Wonderful World) light novel series: publisher Kadokawa has just confirmed that the series’ upcoming 17th volume is set to be its last.

A new promotional video was released this Saturday for the upcoming Strike the Blood IV, which is set for an April 8 release. Check out the videohere. The fourth OVA series from the Strike the Blood franchise features an all-new cast.

Crunchyroll has just released the extended trailer of their upcoming adaptation of the ultra-popular Tower of God manhwa series. Check it out here. KPop boyband Stray Kids will be singing the series’ theme songs in Korean, Japanese, and English.

American distributor GKIDS and streaming service Shout. Factory has announced this Monday that they will be releasing Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers film on Blu-ray disc. This will be the first time for the said film to receive a Blu-ray release.

More depressed magical girls coming our way, as a season two has been officially announced for the Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side-Story. The announcement was made at the end of the series’ finale episode last March 28.

The second season of the new iteration of beloved shoujo anime Fruits Basket has just announced the artists who will be performing the theme songs of the upcoming second season. The series’ new opening theme song, “Prism”, will be performed by masked singing unit AmPM, featuring solo singer Miyuna.

Crunchyroll has announced on Friday on its website that they have officially added Fruits Basket season 2 on its 2020 spring anime line up. The anime is scheduled to be released on the site on April 6 at 10am Pacific.