Anime News

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.

Select US cinemas were reported to be listing Masaaki Yuasa’s Ride Your Wave anime film as premiering on February 19, 19:00. According to the listings, the film will be shown in Japanese audio with English subtitles.

A new key visual was released Thursday for the 24th movie in the Detective Conan franchise, Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan (Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet). Check out the newest visual below. Prominently featured in the new visual are the four members of the mysterious Akai family: FBI agent Shuichi Akai, high school detective Masumi Sera, their mother Mary Sera, and professional shogi player Shukichi Haneda.

This Thursday the official Youtube channel of Kodansha released a 60-second animated promotional video for Cells at Work. Black, one of the manga spinoffs of Akane Shimizu’s popular science-themed manga series.

Prepare your fujoshi hearts as a teaser trailer was just released for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of popular boys-love manga Love Stage.. Breathe deeply and get ready to squeal at all the gayness in the trailer, which you can watch here.

Good news to US Violet Evergarden fans. Funimation has announced at the recently-concluded Ohayocon 2020 that they will be screening Violet Evergarden: Eternity and Auto Memories Doll (Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou) in select US theaters.

We kinda saw this coming, but nevertheless we were still amazed by the just-released opening video for the newest game in the Persona 5 franchise. Atlus has released this Sunday the opening video for Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers which spotlights each member of the Phantom Thieves.

Gaming company Square Enix has just announced that the release of the much-awaited Final Fantasy VII Remake will be delayed to April 10. The game’s worldwide release was initially announced to be March 3, 2020, but Square Enix has decided to delay its release “in order to ensure we deliver a game that is in-line with our vision, and the quality that our fans who have been waiting for deserve”.

The official website of hit isekai anime series Re:ZERO -Starting Life in a New World ( - Re:ZERO - Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu - ) has just revealed the artists who will perform the theme songs for its upcoming second season.

Get hyped as the official Twitter account of Netflix on Monday revealed that the BEASTARS anime will be available for streaming outside of Japan beginning March 13. The anime first season has ended with a total of 12 episodes.