Category: Anime || Manga

“#Explore Shiren the Wanderer's Latest Roguelike Thrills in Overview Trailer”   Originally released for Nintendo DS in Japan a decade ago, followed by an expanded release on PS Vita in 2015, the next stop for Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate is Switch and PC. More bonus dungeons and…

“#Battle In 5 Seconds After Meeting Action Manga Gets Anime Adaptation in 2021”   Shogakukan has announced that the battle manga Battle in 5 Seconds After Meeting will be adapted into a TV anime slated for 2021. The manga, written by Miyako Kashiwa and illustrated by Saiza Harawata has also achieved a cumulative publishing milestone of…

“#Live Drama BokuLaku Combines Seiyuu, Storytelling, and Shipping”   If you've ever wanted to hear your favorite anime voice actors read BL fanfic, you're in luck… and it's going to be broadcast!   Upcoming live drama Bokurateki ni wa Risou no Rakugo (shortened to BokuLaku — for that "BL" energy) introduces the idea of a "rakugo café," where visitors…

“#ESSAY: Mr. Osomatsu's Desperate Quest To Beat Time”   Osomatsu-kun was pretty big.   The gag manga helped to cement Fujio Akatsuka as a promising creator and its repeated jokes reverberated throughout Japanese culture. The "Sheeeh!" pose — usually performed by the self-centered Iyami — was so popular that when The Beatles toured Japan in the '60s, they managed to…

“#'Mami Rap' is Previewed Before the Upcoming Rent-a-Girlfriend TV Anime Japanese Blu-Ray Release”   The duo of Mami and Ruka from Rent-a-Girlfriend are center stage in the previews for the upcoming Blu-ray versions of the hit TV anime series (which is streaming on Crunchyroll!). "Mami Rap," sung by the voice actor for the character Aoi Yuki, was shown off which…

“#Celebrate Zoro's Birthday With a Fancy Three-Sword-Style Necklace”   It's November 11, and today we celebrate the birthday of One Piece's unstoppable—unless he gets lost, that is—swordsman, Roronoa Zoro! If you have some spare cash lying around, you can celebrate in even fancier style thanks to a new three-sword-style necklace that's now available at the…

“#Junichi Suwabe Checks Into Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist- TV Anime as a Master Doctor”   The roster of “mystery illness” curing doctors in the upcoming January 2021 TV anime, Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist-, based on the manga series by Aho Toro, keeps growing as Ramune’s master Momiji gets cast alongside the release of his…

“#Sweet Flower Ichika is Previewed in New The Quintessential Quintuplets Season 2 TV Anime Trailer”   To get fans prepared for the upcoming second season of quin-tastic harem TV anime The Quintessential Quintuplets the official Twitter account for the franchise is releasing a new trailer for each girl – starting with the eldest sister Ichika Nakano. Trailers for…

“#Get Evangelion Unit-01-inspired Rainbow Stove for Cold Winter”     A Nagoya-based heating appliance manufacturer TOYOTOMI has started accepting pre-orders for its new product "RL-250EVA01," a rainbow stove inspired by Evangelion Unit-01 from the Evangelion franchise.   The company was established in 1949 and has about a 40% share of the domestic market for portable oil…

“#Gekidan Hikosen's Mixed-media Project Gem Fragments Reveals Stage Play's Cast Visuals”     The official website for Gem Fragments, a new mixed-media project produced by Bushiroad's group company Gekidan Hikosen / Theater Company HIKOSEN, has revealed visuals of its upcoming stage play's main cast members in their character costumes. From the company's "Eigeki Live Entertainment" brand, the…