Anime News

Popular Streaming platform Netflix and The Pokemon Company both announced on Tuesday that the 22nd film of the Pokemon franchise titled Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution will be added to Netflix’s streaming library on February 27.

July is still a ways off, but upcoming anime series Assault Lily Bouquet is gearing up for its summer premiere with more announcements. First off is a cast announcement via its official Twitter account: popular voice actress Rie Takahashi (Takagi in Teasing Master Takagi-san, Megumin in KONOSUBA) will be joining the Assault Lily cast as Shiori Rokkaku.

Netflix has just dropped a surprise announcement by revealing that they have gained the rights to stream Studio Ghibli films WORLDWIDE—except in North America and Japan. And while yes, HBO Max will make Ghibli digitally available in North America, release in the said platform won’t be ‘til May 2020—a good three months later than Netflix, which will start adding Ghibli films to its library by February 1.

Japanese idol juggernaut & multimedia franchise Love Live. has just revealed this Sunday that they will be launching a yet-unspecified “new project”. The announcement was made during the second day of the Love Live.

And finally we have a release window for the highly-anticipated 2nd season of the newest iteration of beloved shoujo anime series Fruits Basket. A promotional video released by the series’ official website confirms that season 2 is set for a spring premiere this year.

We are back again with another round-up of these kinds of guides to help beginner con attendees and cosplayers on their first convention. As observed, there are some cosplayers who make mistakes during the event.

It’s another new year and still, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company’s Nintendo Switch hits Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield still remains number one on last week’s Japan Video Game rankings. The said ranks is carefully compiled by website Famitsu.

It was reported on Thursday in the movie website Box Office Mojo that Makoto Shinkai’s latest film Weathering With You has officially conquered the U.S. Box Office placing itself #2. The “special fan preview” screening immediately got the film to earn U.

2020 is shaping up to be a good year for fujoshis all over, as another popular boys-love manga gets greenlit for a live-action film adaptation. Libre Publishing announced this Monday that Tomoko Yamashita’s supernatural boys-love manga The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window (Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru) is getting a live-action film.

Most of us are familiar with Whisper of the Heart (Mimi o Sumaseba) as a Studio Ghibli film, which was released in 1995 and directed by Yoshifumi Kondo. What most don’t know, however, is that the film was based on a 1989 manga series of the same name written by Aoi Hiiragi.