16th volume's 2nd part launched on Friday― The afterword in the second part of the 16th volume of Kugane Maruyama's Overlord light novel series revealed on Friday that the novels will end in two volumes. Kugane Maruyama began the original Overlord light novel series online in 2010, and Kadokawa's Enterbrain imprint began publishing the series in print with illustrations by so-bin in 2012. Yen Press ...
Megumi Ogata, Rie Kugimiya join cast with Yumeta Company, Toei Animation returning― The "Digi Fes 2022" event confirmed the finalized title, new and returning cast members, and returning studios for the upcoming new film in the Digimon Adventure 02 anime on Saturday. The event also screened the beginning of the film for the first time in public. The film's formal title is Digimon Adventure 02 The Be...
Main manga ended on Monday― The September issue of Kodansha's Be Love magazine announced on Monday that Yuki Suetsugu's Chihayafuru manga will have a spinoff side story chapter that will debut in the magazine's December issue on November 1. The manga will also appear on that issue's front cover. The final chapter of Chihayafuru also debuted in the September issue on Monday. The manga's 50th and fina...
Game launches for iOS, Android devices― Square Enix announced on its livestream for its Fullmetal Alchemist Mobile game on Friday that the game will launch for iOS and Android devices on August 4. The game will be free-to-play with optional in-game purchases. Preregistration is open. The game will tell the story of Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist series with full voice-acting and scenes featuri...
My Isekai Life, Danmachi IV, Vermeil in Gold, Ya Boy Kongming! also get dubs― HIDIVE announced during its Otakon panel on Saturday that it will add The Super Dimension Century Orguss anime to its streaming service in fall 2022 (Discotek licensed the anime). In addition, the service revealed more dubcasts, which include: My Isekai Life: dub debuting in August Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Sco...
The quintet's electrifying performance marked their international debut, serving up their brand of glammy pop-punk to a wave of new fans.― The Korean rock-and-roll band Rolling Quartz made their presence known onstage at Otakon's Friday Night K-Pop Show. Composed of the guitarists Iree, Yeong, and Hyunhung, lead vocalist Jayoung, bassist Areum, and drummer Yeongeun, the quintet's electrifying perfor...
The seiyū power couple has a whole room in their house dedicated to their 3,000 figurines.― Seiyū power couple Toshio Furukawa and Shino Kakinuma's Otakon panel started at the early hour of 10:15 am on Friday, meaning that it got off to a slow start. The morning crowd slumped into the panel with faces that bore tired looks. But all of the coffee and protein must have kicked in by the time Furukawa a...
Ise admitted that Hunter x Hunter's Killua was her “first love” when she read the manga in high school.― Voice actress Mariya Ise was greeted by a cavalcade of star-struck fans at her Otakon Q&A panel on Friday. The Hunter x Hunter seiyuu was given plenty of questions about her role as Killua Zoldyck, but not before discussing her own origin story. “I first started voice acting when I was only sixte...
While these new extra episodes aren't essential viewing, they've got a lot more energy and character to them. They even work that good ol' anime magic and make the world's most boring sport into something fun to watch!― The last time we got some between-season MHA OVAs, it was a pretty forgettable time. Not terrible, but a very obvious retread of ideas both the main series and previous OVAs had cove...
The award-winning manga is getting an anime next year! ANN spoke exclusively with creator Norio Sakurai about their romcom series.― The Dangers In My Heart is a charming romantic comedy manga starring an introverted teenage boy and his burgeoning relationship with his beautiful classmate. The manga took the top spot in the web category of Next Manga Awards 2020, and it will be getting a TV anime in ...
Hiroki's mom finds reassurance after talking with a gay colleague but it's her own husband that is putting the biggest strain on the family, including their likely gay son.― In volume two of Okura's gentle series I Think Our Son is Gay, mom Tomoko is present when a man comes to pick up her boss at Steamy Bento. Immediately her coworkers begin speculating on his sexuality, and that makes Tomoko uncom...
Beat the heat (and crowds) and check out everything from life-size weapon replicas to recreated game environments from the massively popular mobile game Fate/Grand Order!― Fate/Grand Order's convention was back in Japan this weekend after a two year COVID-related absence to celebrate the 7th Anniversary of the wildly successful mobile game and the Fate series in general. And just in case you weren't...
Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2022 is happening in Japan right now and we've captured your favorite servants in our merch gallery!― After a two year COVID-related absence, Fate/Grand Order's convention was back in Japan this weekend to celebrate the 7th Anniversary of the wildly successful mobile game and the Fate series in general. As is expected at events like these, we got to see a lot of merch—and not j...
Anime viewers may get a lot more out of this introductory volume of the manga that inspired it, because if you're armed with a bit more knowledge, the foreshadowing is everywhere.― Hindsight is, as the saying goes, 20/20. That means that if you're already familiar with the story of Shadows House from its anime adaptation, you may get a lot more out of this introductory volume of the manga that inspi...
A team whose credits include The Witcher, Shang-Chi, and the CG-animated Saint Seiya series shared their five year journey to bring Knights of the Zodiac to reality.― Director Tomek Baginski and Toei Animation producer Yoshi Ikezawa dove into the details of their partnership and how they worked together to bring Knights of the Zodiac to life. Fight choreographer Andy Cheng spoke about his involvemen...
This dual-protagonist JRPG shows a lot of promise...but still needs its technical problems smoothed out.― Boasting creative staff from both America and China, Arrowiz Studios is currently hard at work producing a brand-new JRPG: Mato Anomalies. We were fortunate enough to gain access to an exclusive demo of the game on PC courtesy of Arrowiz. Mato Anomalies takes place in a retro-futuristic version ...
Volume 5 shows that Ragna Crimson is a work that can cover a wider range of tones and speeds, while also letting Daiki Kobayashi flex creative muscles that previously haven't been at the forefront.― This is perhaps the most restrained volume of Ragna Crimson thus far. Ragna and Crimson are in a situation unlike any they have been in previously, and it makes for a nice change of pace while allowing t...
"[Seiya] is such a great character from the get-go...He grows up feeling so lonely and in that loneliness, he builds walls around himself because he's afraid of letting someone else in for fear of getting hurt again."― Screenwriters Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, best known for their work on 10 Cloverfield Lane, are the minds behind the movie's script. Having worked on multiple projects in the pas...
Getting a copy of Xenoblade 3 might necessitate a plane ticket to NYC at this point!? Also: bid farewell to the Wii U and 3DS eShop, catch up on Dragon Quest news, and much much more!― And so it is that we find ourselves here again. My name is Jean-Karlo and I'm happy to see you all again, if you're coming back—or for the first time, if you're new. I'm hoping you guys are having a good time—I know I...