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2nd visual shows cast, ship― The official Twitter account for Netflix's Hollywood live-action series of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga posted a visual on Monday, and it reveals that the show will debut in 2023. Netflix's page for the series also shows a visual with the cast, the Going Merry ship, and a News Coo. The previously announced cast includes: Inaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy Mackenyu as Roron...
Rhythm smartphone game launched alongside franchise's 1st anime― The official website for the Love Live! franchise announced on Tuesday that the Love Live! School Idol Festival smartphone game will end service on March 31, just 16 days before the 10th anniversary of the game's release in Japan. The announcement encouraged players to look forward to the release of its successor game Love Live! School...
Daoko performs "Tsuki no Hana" song for 2-part film project― The official website for Gekijōban Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Cosmos (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie), the two-part anime film project adapting the final "Shadow Galactica" arc of Naoko Takeuchi's original Sailor Moon manga, unveiled a new trailer and visual for the films on Tuesday. The trailer reveals and previews the films...
Lupin III: Angel Tactics, Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs, Mazinkaiser vs the Great General of Darkness also licensed― Discotek Media announced on Monday that it has licensed titles for release sometime this year, including the Re: Cutie Honey, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection, Aim for the Ace: The Movie, Lupin III: Angel Tactics, Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs, and Mazinkaiser vs the Gre...
Film earns 13.16 billion yen, sells 9.9 million tickets― Makoto Shinkai's Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) anime film has earned about 13.16 billion yen (about US$101 million) and has sold over 9.9 million tickets as of Sunday. The film ranked at #4 in its 11th weekend. The film is now the 23rd highest-grossing film of all time in Japan. The film opened at #1 on November 11 and sold 1.33 million tickets ...
Don't judge this manga based on its back cover copy; it has more in common with Perfect Blue than idol fare like Love Live!― Warning: of necessity, this review will contain some spoilers not covered in the book's back copy. If you pick up Oshi no Ko based solely on the back copy and expecting the cute story of an obstetrician caring for his favorite idol during her pregnancy, you are bound to be dis...
Director Hiroyuki Hashimoto returns from 1st anime― A stage reading in the Magical Girl Raising Project franchise announced on Sunday that an anime adaptation of Asari Endō's Magical Girl Raising Project Restart light novel volumes has been green-lit. Hiroyuki Hashimoto reported on Twitter that he will return from the first Magical Girl Raising Project anime as the director. The franchise's Twitter ...
The Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 is still a ways off, but there are OVAs to tide us over. Nick and Steve are here to tell you why you shouldn't overlook these side story episodes.― The Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 is still a ways off, but there are OVAs to tide us over. Nick and Steve are here to tell you why you shouldn't overlook these side story episodes. This series is streaming on Crunchyrol...
If this were just a film about Koko, however, it would have been more successful, but the cartoonish villain and deforestation plot serves as little more than a distraction from the character arcs.― With the announcement that long-time series protagonist Ash would be retiring from the TV series, could this be his final Pokémon movie? Maybe. To be honest, Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle actu...
Andrew Osmond tours the remote-work-friendly studio and gets the lowdown on Polygon Picture's latest work, Kaina of the Great Snow Sea.― In December 2022, I had the fortune to visit Polygon Pictures, the digital studio whose latest series, Kaina of the Great Snow Sea, recently began on Crunchyroll. Polygon's previous titles include Knights of Sidonia, based on a manga by Tsutomu Nihei, who also orig...
Asuna's story continues in the second Progressive film, opening in theaters in the U.S. on February 3. Find out more about her and Kirito's growing friendship and see the continuation of her rocky relationship with Mito.― Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night is the second Sword Art Online Progressive film, and it picks up the story a bit less than a month after the end of A...
Neptunia Sisters VS Sisters isn't doing anything new in the JRPG space, but is it at least a fun ride?― The Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise has been pretty extensive since 2010. Including the mainline games and the spin-offs, there have been over a dozen games released for the franchise spanning various genres, from online card games to side-scrolling action games to hack-and-slash games with rhyt...
Major revelations will be blithely glossed over, and new characters are thrown at the audience who get one or two scenes to make clear that they're supposed to be somewhat relevant or important, but with no connective context as to why.― There's an element of presumed prestige to the back half of this Muv-Luv Alternative anime adaptation. And why shouldn't there be? The original visual novel is a pr...