2016 has been a ride for all of us especially those who work in the anime and entertainment industries. The official website of Kenichi Kurosawa has released a statement that he passed away last December 5 at the age of 48.

The Japanese superhero anime series My Hero Academia (Boku no Hīrō Akademia) ranked seventh in New York Times’ Best International Show in 2016. “In the self-aware category of Japanese anime, this shrewdly written and dynamically drawn series posits a world in which 80 percent of humanity has developed some sort of special powers (not all of them super, and not all used for good).

A new anime on theme of people and their jobs comes to the screen on April of 2017 by anime studio P.A. Works. Entitled as “Sakura Quest” the anime depicts the story of a tourism bureau set in a small provincial town reviving it’s “micro-nation” tourism program, something that originated from a nation during Japan’s bubble economy period, a period in which over 200 micro-nations were produced.

For any anime fan, film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist Hayao Miyazaki was and is a man who created pieces of art that have left their mark in the anime world. Though his most famous works may be recognized to be under the “Studio Ghibli” productions, any fan would recognize his artistic touch in them.

The Yuri... on Ice anime production continues to give its fans more reason to be hyped on the upcoming episodes. On Tuesday, its official website have recently announced that they are casting Japanese Professional Skater Nobunari Oda to play the role of himself in the anime.

As many have predicted, Makoto Shinkai's successful movie Kimi no Na wa has now reached over 20 Billion Yen in box office ticket sales. That's a total of 15,391,716 tickets sold as of yesterday. The movie has been shown for a total of 102 days.

TOHO Animation's new 3D CG anime project titled Cyborg 009 Call of Justice has released another promotional video in their official website on Tuesday, showing the cyborgs battling with the Emperor.

Gintama fans, are you ready. The anime's official website has released a new visual on Monday with the staff from its previous anime adaptations returning for this upcoming anime production. ЯeaL (a four-member all-girls band) have confirmed to sing the anime opening song ("Kagero) while RIZE will perform the ending theme song ("Silver").

The ongoing manga series The Seven Deadly Sins by Nakaba Suzuki will be on hiatus to January 18. The announcement was released Wednesday on the first 2017 issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine. The reason for the hiatus is due to the mangaka being confined in the hospital after undergoing a medical procedure.

It's official: As of Sunday, the anime film Kimi no Na wa earns a total of 19,957,000,000 yen in box office ticket sales surpassing the Studio Ghibli anime film classic Howl's Moving Castle. The movie has been showing for a total of 101 days since its premiere in Japan.