Anime News

All good things must come to an end, including the waifu war between our favorite quintuplets. The official Twitter account of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine recently revealed the cover page for their 10th anniversary issue, which states that The Quintessential Quintuplets (Gotoubun no Hanayome) manga will be ending in three chapters.

There’s no stopping the resurgence of classic sci-fi anime Saint Seiya—first we got a 3DCG anime, now we are getting a smartphone game. Bandai Namco has announced last week that they are currently developing a smartphone game for the Saint Seiya franchise.

Good news to those wanting to stream Ancient Magus Bride in English dub. Streaming platform Crunchyroll has announced that they will start streaming the English dub of the popular fantasy anime series on February 6 at 6:00 pm EST worldwide except in Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Bushiroad announced last Friday that acclaimed anime director Seiji Mizushima (Fullmetal Alchemist, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) will be directing the anime project for its newest mixed-media franchise D4DJ (Dig Delight Direct Drive DJ).

Bandai Namco has released this Friday a seven-minute gameplay trailer for the video game adaptation of popular soccer manga & anime series Captain Tsubasa. Entitled Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions, the game will be available on the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam.

The staff of Netflix anime series 7SEEDS has revealed that voice actress Mone Kamishiraishi is set to perform the opening theme song of the series’ upcoming season 2. The song, entitled “From the Seeds”, was composed by rock band GLIM SPANKY.

Kadokawa announced this Monday that popular comedy slice-of-life manga series Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out. (Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai.) is getting a TV anime adaptation slated for a July release. The announcement also revealed a first official visual for the upcoming anime: Series author Take has expressed their thoughts and excitement for the upcoming anime adaptation of their manga, saying that “it was the hardest thing to keep this announcement a secret”.

We’re all excited for the release of the Wotakoi live-action movie this Friday, and to get us all hyped up even more, TOHO has released a new promotional video. The video features lead cast Kento Yamazaki (who plays Hirotaka) and Mitsuki Takahata (playing Narumi) recording soulful songs for the movie.

It’s still raining success for Makoto Shinkai’s latest film, as online film earnings aggregator Box Office Mojo estimates that the film has already made more than $7.2 million in North America. Weathering with You opened to 224 theaters in the US last January 31, but it already had held special screenings since January 15, where it earned over $1 million.

Sad news for ardent players of the Release the Spyce smartphone game: the game’s official Twitter account has announced this Monday that the app will be closing down this March 29. The game, whose official title is Release the Spyce secret fragrance, was only just launched on February last year.