Anime News Network - Newsroom Updates: “Gainax Co-Founder Thinks Miyazaki's Return to Feature Filmmaking Will Fail” plus 30 more

Gainax Co-Founder Thinks Miyazaki's Return to Feature Filmmaking Will Fail
Emon Lists To Be Hero 2, Four Youth Anime Projects for 2017
Persona 5 Game Clip Introduces Caroline, Justine
Monster Hunter XX's Felyne Companion Gets Sketchy Makeover
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 5-11
Kodansha USA Releases Giant Killing Manga Digitally
Japanese Men Pick Yuri on Ice! Singer As Top Guy to Hug
Yen Press to Publish The Royal Tutor, Kakegurui, Sekirei Manga in Print
Atom the Beginning Anime Reveals Premiere Date, New Key Visual
God Wars PS4/PS Vita Game's Release Delayed to June (Updated)
PaRappa the Rapper Launches for PS4 on April 20
Authorities Arrest Self-Proclaimed 'Lupin of Saitama' Thief
Sagrada Reset Anime to Air for Half Year Without Breaks
Nintendo Switch Sells 330,637 Units in Japan in 3 Days
Fukushima Gainax's Kumo no Kanata Anime Short Streamed
Fate/Grand Order, Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Rank #2 on Weekly CD Charts
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, February 27-March 5
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, February 27-March 5
Voice Actress Rie Yamaguchi Retires From Voice Acting
Bandai Namco Opens Japan's Largest VR Center This Summer
Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2 Debuts in April
Sword Art Online Film Sells Over 1 Million Tickets
NHK to Run Anime/Documentary Series About Athletes
37th Doraemon Film Tops Japanese Box Office With 692 Million Yen
New Power Rangers Film's Clip Shows Alien Spaceship
Kouichi Yamadera Narrates Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Film's Japanese-Subtitled Trailer
Improve Your Art With Manga Background Drawing Book
Yamakan Discusses Criticism of His Comments About Idol Stabbing
Tubi TV Adds Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie, Arjuna Anime
Nintendo Switch Console Survives Multiple 5ft Drops
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Gets Sequel Set in Korea

Gainax Co-Founder Thinks Miyazaki's Return to Feature Filmmaking Will Fail

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 03:45 PM PST

Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki reportedly said at the end of February that Hayao Miyazaki is starting preparations to work on a new feature film....

Emon Lists To Be Hero 2, Four Youth Anime Projects for 2017

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 03:30 PM PST

The description of Emon's booth at Anime Japan lists that the booth will have presentations on upcoming 2017 anime series, including a second To Be Hero...

Persona 5 Game Clip Introduces Caroline, Justine

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 02:45 PM PST

Game ships on April 4 with English dub, downloadable Japanese track

Monster Hunter XX's Felyne Companion Gets Sketchy Makeover

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 01:45 PM PST

Hiroshi Takahashi's popular Crows and Worst manga series follow delinquent school boys with yankee haircuts that try to establish dominance in their hard-knock...

North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 5-11

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 01:00 PM PST

Miss Hokusai, Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation, STARMYU, Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - The World's Greatest First Love anime; Anonymous Noise, Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant manga ship

Kodansha USA Releases Giant Killing Manga Digitally

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 12:15 PM PST

1st volume launches alongside Ace of Diamond, All-Rounder Meguru

Japanese Men Pick Yuri on Ice! Singer As Top Guy to Hug

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 11:45 AM PST

The singer of the Yuri on Ice! opening theme "History Maker" is inspiring more than fictional skaters to embrace. Dean Fujioka is Japanese men's top choice...

Yen Press to Publish The Royal Tutor, Kakegurui, Sekirei Manga in Print

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 11:30 AM PST

North American publisher Yen Press announced on Tuesday that it will release its digital manga series The Royal Tutor, Kakegurui, and Sekirei in print....

Atom the Beginning Anime Reveals Premiere Date, New Key Visual

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 11:15 AM PST

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Tetsuro Kasahara's Atom the Beginning manga revealed a new key visual and the anime's premiere...

God Wars PS4/PS Vita Game's Release Delayed to June (Updated)

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 11:20 AM PST

NIS America announced on Tuesday that its Western release of Kadokawa Games' God Wars Future Past (God Wars - Toki o Koete) PlayStation 4 and PlayStation...

PaRappa the Rapper Launches for PS4 on April 20

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 10:15 AM PST

The official Japanese PlayStation blog announced on Tuesday that it will release PaRappa the Rapper Remastered, a PlayStation 4 remake of the Parappa the...

Authorities Arrest Self-Proclaimed 'Lupin of Saitama' Thief

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 09:45 AM PST

The world's greatest thief met his match in Saitama. 33-year-old Yoshinobu Ichinotake, the self-proclaimed "Lupin of Saitama" was apprehended by officers...

Sagrada Reset Anime to Air for Half Year Without Breaks

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 09:00 AM PST

The official Twitter account for the television anime of Yutaka Kōno's teen science-fiction/fantasy light novel series Sagrada Reset revealed on Tuesday...

Nintendo Switch Sells 330,637 Units in Japan in 3 Days

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 08:00 AM PST

Famitsu reported on Tuesday that the Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 330,637 units in Japan in the first three days of the system's release. The device...

Fukushima Gainax's Kumo no Kanata Anime Short Streamed

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 06:50 AM PST

Song-inspired short tells story of injured bird in quake-hit area

Fate/Grand Order, Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Rank #2 on Weekly CD Charts

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 01:55 AM PST

Fate/Grand Order OST I sells 54,520, Cinderella Girls Starlight Master 09 sells 52,270

Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, February 27-March 5

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 01:15 AM PST

Touken Ranbu musical sells 7,875, followed by live-action Dansui!, Yuri!!! on Ice, Dempagumi.inc, Maho Girls Precure! film

Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, February 27-March 5

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 12:50 AM PST

Love Live! Sunshine!! sells 10,363, followed by Touken Ranbu musical, Yuri!!! on Ice, Kinmoza special, Maho Girls Precure! film

Voice Actress Rie Yamaguchi Retires From Voice Acting

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 12:15 AM PST

Has appeared in Is this a Zombie?, Elementhunters, Freezing ,Kamisama Dolls

Bandai Namco Opens Japan's Largest VR Center This Summer

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 12:06 AM PST

VR Zone Shinjuku to have 10 VR experiences in Tokyo

Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2 Debuts in April

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 11:30 PM PST

Yō Maejima, Ayana Shiramoto joins cast

Sword Art Online Film Sells Over 1 Million Tickets

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 11:05 PM PST

Film earns 1.3 billion yen total, including 425 million yen in 3rd weekend

NHK to Run Anime/Documentary Series About Athletes

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 11:00 PM PST

Daisuke Ono voices swimmer in J.C. Staff's anime of Weekly Young Jump manga

37th Doraemon Film Tops Japanese Box Office With 692 Million Yen

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 03:56 AM PST

SAO movie drops to #3, live-action HaruChika opens at #8, We Are X documentary at #10

New Power Rangers Film's Clip Shows Alien Spaceship

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 09:30 PM PST

Live-action film opens on March 24

Kouichi Yamadera Narrates Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Film's Japanese-Subtitled Trailer

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 09:00 PM PST

Film opens March 31

Improve Your Art With Manga Background Drawing Book

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 08:45 PM PST

While drawing books that focus on poses, styles, and body proportions are a dime a dozen, few focus on the less glamorous aspect of background art. Terrific...

Yamakan Discusses Criticism of His Comments About Idol Stabbing

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 06:45 PM PST

Refers to Japan as "dirty garbage nation"

Tubi TV Adds Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie, Arjuna Anime

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 05:45 PM PST

Also: Blue Dragon anime uncut

Nintendo Switch Console Survives Multiple 5ft Drops

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 04:45 PM PST

Meanwhile Minecraft creator Notch is not so impressed with console's design

Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Gets Sequel Set in Korea

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 09:03 AM PST

Sequel to 2013 Super Sentai series premieres in April