Anime News

Kino and Hermes Stars in 1st POV of New Kino's Journey TV AnimeAug 11, 17 10am
“Kino no Tabi - the Beautiful World- the Animated Series’” official website releases its first promotional video for streaming and features characters Kino and her talking motorrad on the road.
Also featured in the video is the anime’s main theme music composed by Yoshiaki Dewa, known to have worked on the anime “A Lull in the Sea” and “Flying Witch
Based on Keiichi Sigsawa's “Kino's Journey - The Beautiful World” light novels, the anime will be premiering in October and will be broadcasted by AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, and BS11 with Crunchyroll taking charge of the series’ stream.

DYNAMIC CHORD Otome Project Releases Staff, Theme and PremiereAug 11, 17 9am
A promotional video is up and streaming is up as of Friday for the honeybee black label's DYNAMIC CHORD anime adaptation. Set up on the upcoming series’ official site, the video reveals more details on the work with a preview of the series’ opening theme song titled, “p.

Creators of ‘Death Note’ Gives Netflix Live-Action Movie Adaptation a Thumbs UpAug 11, 17 7am
Hard to believe but yes—the original creators of the Death Note manga namely Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba have praised the live-action film adaptation of Death Note produced by Netflix.
To quote Ohba, “It was more interesting that I expected.

An 11-minutes Subbed and Dubbed Stream for Gundam the Origin Episode 5 is OutAug 10, 17 12pm
Starting on Wednesday and ending on September 11, the Gundam.info portal has released both a multi-lingual subbed and English dubbed stream of “Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum” a.k.

Pre-registration Open for "Kirara Fantasia" Smart Phone GameAug 10, 17 11am
Get an early start with the upcoming game Kirara Fantasia as a pre-registration for the fantasy RPG smartphone game opens in Japan. Featuring characters from the Manga Time Kirara comics such as “SCHOOL-LIVE.

After the First: 18ifAug 10, 17 11am
Synopsis
This is a story of dreams and witches involving one Tsukishiro Haruto as after falling asleep one night he awakens to find himself stuck in the dream world. Thus begins his adventures in the dream world and attempting to solve the mystery of what is known as the “Sleeping Beauty Syndrome”
The First Episode
A main high point of the episode was the surreal yet fascinating art that just seemed to pop out of the screen from just the first note of the opening theme.

‘Shakugan no Shana’ Returns with a New Story!Aug 10, 17 1am
After four years of silence, it was confirmed in the September issue of Dengeki Bunko Magazine on Wednesday that Shakugan no Shana will return in a new light novel story.
The light novel series created by Yashichiro Takahashi with illustrations done by Noizi Ito (the same illustrator for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya).

Anime Streaming Service Daisuki to Shut Down in OctoberAug 10, 17 1am
It was announced recently that Daisuki, the anime streaming service owned by Anime Consortium Japan will be ending its services effective October 31. Regardless of this announcement, it will still provide free simulcast streaming of Dragon Ball Super until the service’s closure.

2.7 Million Worth Tickets Sold for Live-action Gintama Film Aug 9, 17 12pm
A new height has been reached by the live-action film of Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga as of Sunday. In just its fourth weekend the film has earned a total of 2.73 billion yen (about US$24.7 million).

First Episode Impressions: Nana Maru San BatsuAug 9, 17 10am
Synopsis
This is the tale of a young male named Shiki Koshiyama, a boy who loves books but finds difficulty with speaking up and making friends. Upon entering into high school he discovers the world of quiz bowls, he finds himself being brought into a completely new world.