The first new release of Hideshi Hino's work in a decade, The Town of Pigs is a short allegory of war that starkly reflects the demons inside humanity.― Spoiler warning: for the sake of discussing the context of this manga, the end twist is included in this review. The Town of Pigs marks a long-deserved return of Hideshi Hino, a central horror manga artist whose work hasn't been released stateside i...
Kiznaiver's Hiroshi Kobayashi directs with scripts by Code Geass' Ichiro Okouchi― Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed the staff, story, new character and mobile suit visuals on Friday for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo), the first new Gundam television anime series in seven years. The company also revealed the July 14 debut date of the project's prequel an...
Plans for cast change announced in December― The new promotional video for the anime of Ken Wakui's Tokyo Revengers franchise revealed the new cast member for Ken "Doraken/Draken" Ryūgūji on Sunday. Masaya Fukunishi is replacing Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Draken's voice. The anime's website confirms Fukunishi will be in the upcoming Blu-ray box, as well as the broadcast, streaming, and other versions of th...
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai -Ultra Romantic- ends on June 24― The staff for Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai -Ultra Romantic-, the third season of the Kaguya-sama: Love is War television anime, uneveiled a new promotional video and key visual, which reveal that the season's final episode on June 24 will be an hour-long episode. The visual's tagline reads, "Goodbye love comedy." The series will get a specia...
Director Kenji Nakamura, voice actor Takahiro Sakurai return for film― A livestream celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Mononoke anime revealed on Saturday that the anime is getting a film in 2023. The announcement stated the film will be a completely new work. Kenji Nakamura will return to direct the film, with production at Twin Engine. Takahiro Sakurai will return to voice the Medicine Seller...
From the creator of Chainsaw Man comes a story about the passion of artists and the tragedies that shape our life.― Growing up as a child, I've always found that there's never really a right or wrong reason to pursue a passion. Whether it's sports, academics, or even the creative arts, the reasons behind why one might decide to walk down those paths could range from the incredibly complex and selfle...
Compared to when I was a kid, anime is so easily accessible now ; in enormous quantities, through multiple legal avenues. It's hard enough to know where to start watching as an adolescent or an adult, but what about with children?― Remain an anime fan long enough and it's probable you'll eventually spawn little proto-anime-fans of your own. I'm a father of three, and I've successfully indoctrinate...
An anime filled with devilish dysfunctional weirdos engaging in wanton violence is a bit dated at this point, but its filling a niche for someone, if the crowdfunding numbers are to be believed.― With the third season crowdfunded and poised to premiere this summer, it's well past time to formally take a look back at the original Dropkick on my Devil, to evaluate what brought us here. It's a unique p...
Square-Enix reveals its continuing game plan for the FFVII franchise, and Zack is looking FINE.― Welcome back to another news-tastic This Week in Games! If you're expecting to read anything here about recent Overwatch 2-related presentations, you are gravely mistaken, because after a year of having to constantly report on increasingly awful revelations about Activision-Blizzard's fetid corporate cul...
Now screening in the U.S. for the first time, Macross Frontier: The False Songstress proves its larger-than-life idol, Sheryl, is still legendary for a reason.― It still feels surreal to be covering this film, honestly. Sure, Macross Plus got an event screening not all that long ago, but that was a title that had at least temporarily escaped the licensing nightmare that has plagued Macross for decad...
Nick and Nicky revisit one of their favorite OAVs just in time for June. If you've put off watching this one (or haven't heard of it) now's a great time to fall in love with Kase and Yamada!― Nick and Nicky revisit one of their favorite OAVs just in time for June. If you've put off watching this one (or haven't heard of it) now's a great time to fall in love with Kase and Yamada! This series is str...