Japan Coast Guard found Takahashi off Okinawan coast in snorkeling gear on Wednesday morning― The Japan Coast Guard found manga creator Kazuki Takahashi (real name Kazuo Takahashi) off the coast of Nago city in Okinawa on the morning of Wednesday, July 6. He was 60 years old. The Coast Guard reportedly found Takahashi equipped with snorkeling gear. Both the Coast Guard and police are currently inves...
If you bounced off the first season of Komi Can't Communicate, you might want to give it another shot. Jean-Karlo and Nicky discuss how the expanded cast and friendships in the series really work together to make Komi's journey feel less co-dependent on Tadano.― If you bounced off the first season of Komi Can't Communicate, you might want to give it another shot. Jean-Karlo and Nicky discuss how th...
It's time to dive into the depths of horror with Riko, Reg, and Nanachi as we return to Made in Abyss! Also: Classroom of the Elite II, Overlord IV, Tokyo Mew Mew New, Yurei Deco, Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 2, RWBY: Ice Queendom, and more!― Adblock+ breaks this page, consider whitelisting ANN Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2022 Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics write up th...
Toei identified about 3,000 illegal uploads 10 days after film's opening― Toei revealed on Monday that it has identified about 3,000 cases of illegally recorded footage uploads of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero — the second anime film in the Dragon Ball Super franchise — on various platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, 10 days after the film's opening. According to Toei, the number of cas...
AX Ontario to be held on November 12-13― The staff of Anime Expo revealed during the closing ceremony for Anime Expo 2022 that the event will return to Los Angeles on July 1-4, 2023. The staff also revealed a new Anime Expo Ontario event to be held on November 12-13 in Ontario, California. See you at anime expo at Ontario, California on November 12-13! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/9tT45LRMz6— Anime Expo (@Anim...
Nobita to Sora no Utopia centers on skybound adventure for utopian land― The staff for the Doraemon anime series revealed the story, title, staff, visual, and teaser trailer for the 2023 Doraemon film on Monday. The 42nd film in the franchise is titled Eiga Doraemon: Nobita to Sora no Utopia (titled Doraemon the Movie 2023: Nobita's Sky Utopia in English), and it will open in March 2023. The film wi...
Miyaya debuted in 1967; is known for Ore-tachi no Kisetsu, Like a Rolling Stone, Seishokuki― Manga creator Kazuhiko Miyaya (real name Hajime Fuchigami) passed away on June 28. He was 76. The Asahi Shimbun newspaper cites a source saying that Miyaya was found collapsed at his home on June 28. Miyaya debuted in Mushi Production's alternative manga magazine COM in 1967 with his work Nemuri ni Tsuku Tok...
Original 13-episode series from GAINAX premiered in 2010― Studio Trigger announced at its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that it is working on a new project for the Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt franchise. The staff at the panel showed a short video featuring an animated shot and text with the phrase "NEW PANTY & STOCKING." The videos featured the main characters each posing with both their midd...
Thunderbolt Fantasy cosplayers KarmaLuna are representing the U.S. in the World Cosplay Summit next year!― It's that time of year everybody! On day three, Anime Expo decided to announce who would be representing the United States in the 2023 World Cosplay Summit. Many people from all over have already competed with just three groups remaining and this was especially noteworthy since this would mark ...
The Capcom Fighting Collection delivers a lineup of Darkstalkers games and lesser-known arcade titles! What holds up and what doesn’t?― The arcades of the 1990s never wanted for fighting games. Capcom's Street Fighter II saw to that, striking gold with its 1991 debut and inspiring wave upon wave of imitators. Yet that proved a burden whenever Capcom created an arcade game that wasn't Street Fighter....
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Coverage is sponsored by Yen Press!― July 1 – July 4, 2022 Friday, July 1 Panels and Premieres • Premiere Report: My Hero Academia Season 5 OAV • STUDIO COLORIDO: Live Drawing & Q&A • Sword Art Online 10th Anniversary Celebration • Studio TRIGGER Live Drawing and Q&A panel • Kaguya-sa...
Fans packed into Petree Hall on Sunday to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the English version of the Fate/Grand Order mobile game, which promised an hour and a half of surprises and special guests.― Fans packed into Petree Hall on Sunday to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the English version of the Fate/Grand Order mobile game, which promised an hour and a half of surprises and special guests....
Producer Kiyotaka Waki revealed that the facial motion capture for all 22 characters Land of the Lustrous was done entirely by CEO Eiji Inomoto.― After showing everything they had available at the Trigun Stampede panel, Orange mentioned upfront that they had no announcements. Yoshihiro Watanabe, the host of the panel, transparently prefaced the introduction to make the audience aware that the panel ...
Sunghoo Park said that he is aware Todo is apparently very popular in the U.S. “We're all brothers,” he said while flexing his arm.― Note: an earlier version of this write-up said Sunghoo Park was "hard at work" on Season Two. After reviewing the audio of the panel, that statement has been removed and Park's involvement is not confirmed. Panels as industry Q&As with no new announcements are a patte...
Uniquely, Dr. Stone: Ryusui is a straightforward continuation of the main series. Humorously, Ryusui gets introduced right after Tsukasa gets taken out of the picture and is pretty much the embodiment of everything that he hated.― When I hear that something is an OVA or special, I usually assume that it is a side story or maybe a retelling that gives additional context to situations that happen in t...
A room full of tokusatsu fans were treated to Kabashima doing a live drawing of Kamen Rider W and a promise that FUUTO PI will carry the same feeling as the tokusatsu series.― Studio KAI came to Anime Expo and kicked off their first-ever panel. The young Japanese animation studio just hit its third-year anniversary, and the staff were excited to share their newest title, Fuuto PI. They did not expec...
Sakurai and Ito announced season three will be premiering in October but the world premiere for episode one and two will happen at Crunchyroll Expo 2022.― October is just around the corner, and Warner Bros. Japan couldn't wait to bring the audience at Anime Expo the freshly completed visuals from Mob Psycho 100 III. Alongside a representative from Crunchyroll, the duo energized the crowd with season...
Volleyball, surfing, soft tennis—name a sport and an anime will appear. But what about a series pitting Japan's best soccer forwards in an experiment to create the best striker among them all?― Volleyball, surfing, soft tennis—name a sport and an anime will appear. But what about a series pitting Japan's best soccer forwards in an experiment to create the best striker among them all? The highly anti...
"These characters fail, fall from places of great power, or go on detours but they all work hard to rise above it. It might sound idealistic, but it's about getting back up and giving it another shot."― Crunchyroll's Ranking of Kings panel got the crowd emotional by opening with the series' second opening sequence set to Vaundy's "Naked Hero" before welcoming series director Yousuke Hatta and animat...
In response to the elephant in the room—why go the route of 3D CG—Takei agreed that the manga and '98 anime are masterpieces. “But I thought that as animation, we can do something else with it and that's how I came up with 3D CG.― After nearly 12 years since Trigun: Badlands Rumble and double that for the 1998 TV anime series, studio Orange surprised the world with an announcement for TRIGUN STAMPED...
Summer Ghost might be better than your name. I know, I can't believe I just typed that.― Summer Ghost might be better than Your Name. I know, I can't believe I just typed that, but I'm wiping away tears as I write this review and I am shook at how emotional this movie made me. GKIDS held a screening at Anime Expo for Flat Studio's Summer Ghost, directed by loundraw. Before I dive right in, loundraw ...
This film satisfactorily caps off Nishikata and Takagi's story by being very light on the teasing and heavy on the warm fuzzies.― With its pitch-perfect portrayal of an awkward middle school romance, Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san (or Teasing Master Takagi-san) was always one of the more charming anime romcoms. After three seasons of adorable flirting masked as teasing, there's absolutely no doubt that ...
Is there a bigger mic drop than walking off stage to the announcement of more Panty & Stocking?― Let's get the biggest part out in the open. Yes, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is coming back. Trigger officially announced the sequel, although we don't know what form it will take, as their close out mic drop to a packed room in the Main Events hall. More Panty & Stocking has been a long-coveted fan...