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Thursday, April 05, 2018

Anime News Network - Newsroom Updates: “Niantic Organizes Pokémon GO Earth Day Clean-Up Events Worldwide” plus 39 more

Anime News Network - Newsroom Updates: “Niantic Organizes Pokémon GO Earth Day Clean-Up Events Worldwide” plus 39 more


Niantic Organizes Pokémon GO Earth Day Clean-Up Events Worldwide

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 03:45 PM PDT

Your favorite Pokémon hunting grounds could get a little cleaner this month, thanks to an upcoming Earth Day event. The Pokémon GO mobile game and Mission...

Cross Infinite World Licenses Little Princess in Fairy Forest Light Novel

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 03:30 PM PDT

Digital release slated for May 31

Take Snaps with the Laid-Back Camp Girls Using Limited Ed. Casio Camera

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:45 PM PDT

Are you a solo camper that wants to bring your favorite anime girls with you on your next trip? Casio is offering an option that'll let you take some...

Director, Studio Ghibli Co-Founder Isao Takahata Passes Away

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 03:10 PM PDT

Grave of the Fireflies, Princess Kaguya director was 82

Crunchyroll Adds Gurazeni: Money Pitch Anime

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:30 PM PDT

Series premieres Friday

Conan & Tōru Amuro Open an Ikemen Cafe for Latest Sho-Comi Collab

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 01:45 PM PDT

The next part of Detective Conan's collaboration with Shogakukan's Sho-Comi shōjo magazine is out and this time it's imagining the titular detective and...

Tatsuro Yamashita Performs Songs for Mamoru Hosoda's Mirai of the Future Film

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 01:17 PM PDT

Yamashita previously performed song for Summer Wars

Tezuka Mix Magazine's Launch Delayed Indefinitely

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 12:30 PM PDT

Magazine would have included Tezuka-based shorts by Japanese, Western creators

Kikuko Inoue Holds BBQ at Please Teacher's Lake Locale, & You're Invited

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 11:45 AM PDT

The "eternally 17-year-old" voice actress Kikuko Inoue (Fairy Tail's Minerva, Ah! My Goddess' Belldandy) is celebrating 30 years in the voice acting business....

Detective Conan Episodes Get Chinese Dub 2 Hours After Japanese Premiere

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 11:30 AM PDT

Chinese-dubbed episodes of the Detective Conan (Case Closed) anime will begin premiering on Chinese streaming services two hours after the Japanese broadcast...

Hikaru Utada Performs Image Song for Live-Action Boys Over Flowers Season 2

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 11:10 AM PDT

Takashi Sorimachi joins cast as Oto's father Makoto

Princess Mononoke's Ashitaka Tops Fan Poll of Anime's Best Archers

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 10:45 AM PDT

Perhaps due to the popularity of kyūdō, the Japanese martial art of archery, the world of anime is rife with top-notch archers. It seems like nearly every...

Sword Art Online: Alternative Gun Gale Online Anime's Extended Trailer Streamed

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 10:10 AM PDT

Anime premieres April 7 on Hulu, Crunchyroll

Happy Sugar Life Anime Reveals Main Character Visuals

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 09:00 AM PDT

The staff of the television anime adaptation of Tomiyaki Kagisora's Happy Sugar Life manga revealed the color character designs for the series' three main...

Violet Evergarden Anime Now Available on Netflix in U.S.

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 08:10 AM PDT

Netflix began streaming the 13 episodes of Violet Evergarden "season 1" in the United States on Thursday. The series is available with Japanese (audio...

Welcome to the Ballroom Manga Continues its Hiatus

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 08:00 AM PDT

The May issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine revealed on Friday that Tomo Takeuchi's Welcome to the Ballroom manga is still on hiatus due to the...

Anisong World Matsuri Returns to Anime Expo 2018

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 07:15 AM PDT

Anisong festival returns to Microsoft Theater for the third year in a row with three-day, multi-artist music event Santa Ana, Calif. (April 3, 2018) –...

TMS Announces 50th Anniversary Anime Series of the Iconic, Tomorrow's Joe, Will Reboot as MEGALOBOX, Launching on Crunchyroll, April 5th

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 07:10 AM PDT

Los Angeles, CA – April 4, 2018 – TMS Entertainment USA announces that a new style of anime series inspired by TOMORROW'S JOE (aka Ashita no Joe), called...

Eleven Arts Anime Studio to Release Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 07:05 AM PDT

U.S. distributor sets release for celebrated new feature from one of Japan's most popular anime franchises. (LOS ANGELES, CA — March 19th, 2018) — ELEVEN...

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero “Ultimate Day One Edition” Sashays onto Nintendo Switch in North America on May 8

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 07:00 AM PDT

Preorder the ‘Definitive’ Version of Crowdfunded Indie Darling with All Post-Launch DLC, Bonus Art Book, and More! Torrance, Calif. — April...

Butt Detective TV Anime's Promo Video Streamed

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 07:00 AM PDT

Series about detective with butt-shaped face debuts on May 3

'Pretty' Shōjo Idol Franchise Crossover Film Reveals Trailer, Theme Song

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 06:30 AM PDT

Film with Pretty Rhythm, PriPara, Idol Time PriPara, Kiratto Pri☆Chan characters opens on May 5

Live-Action Kodoku no Gourmet Show's 7th Season Premieres on Friday

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 06:00 AM PDT

1st episode to feature Gorō in Saitama prefecture

Shiin Horror Adventure Game Slated for Switch on June 28

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 05:15 AM PDT

Game also available on PS4, PS Vita

Imagica Robot Holdings Renamed as Imagica Group in Reorganization

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 04:45 AM PDT

Imagica to also merge with 2 other subsidiaries to expand focus

Good Smile Company Establishes Shanghai Firm for Original Chinese Products

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 04:15 AM PDT

New company will develop figures, character goods through licenses

Nana Shiiba's Haru wa Mijikashi Koise yo Danshi Manga to Have 'Important Announcement' on April 20

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 03:45 AM PDT

This year's ninth issue of Shueisha's Margaret magazine announced on Thursday that Nana Shiiba's Haru wa Mijikashi Koise yo Danshi (Springtime is Short,...

Juni Taisen: Zodiac War Manga to End in 4th Volume

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 03:15 AM PDT

Manga launched last September; Viz Media publishes manga digitally

To Love Ru: Darkness Game App Ends Service in May

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:45 AM PDT

Game launched in March 2017, allows players to take pictures of characters

Hiro Mashima Launches New Manga on June 27, Also Plans Fairy Tail Sequel & Spinoff Manga

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:30 AM PDT

Author previously teased that new will work be "new form of fantasy," will feature Plue

Lupin the Third Part 5 Anime Listed With 24 Episodes

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:15 AM PDT

Amazon is listing five Blu-ray Disc and DVD home video releases with a total episode count of 24 episodes for Lupin the Third: Part 5, the fifth Lupin...

Hiro Mashima: 'Final Season' of Fairy Tail TV Anime to Premiere this Fall

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 01:45 AM PDT

Author had previously teased final season would premiere this year

42nd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 01:15 AM PDT

Arslan, In/Spectre, Cells at Work!, Lovesick Ellie, Suteki na Kareshi, Tongari Bōshi no Atelier among nominations

Kamisama Kiss Manga Gets Special Chapter on April 25

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 12:45 AM PDT

Manga ran 2008-2016, inspired 2 anime seasons, OADs

2018 Doraemon Film Sets Earnings Record Among New Doraemon Films

Posted: 05 Apr 2018 12:15 AM PDT

38th film grosses 4.44 billion yen in 32 days

Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls Anime Reveals New Visual for Show's 2nd Cour

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 11:45 PM PDT

The official website for the Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls (Basilisk: Ōka Ninpōchō) anime unveiled a new key visual for the anime's second cour (quarter-year)...

Escaflowne Director Kazuki Akane, Studio 8-Bit Reveal New Original Project

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 11:18 PM PDT

New project to center on drama of children going through puberty

English Version of Rhythm Game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Now On iOS & Android

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 10:48 PM PDT

LET THE PARTY BEGIN! ENGLISH VERSION OF POPULAR RHYTHM GAME, BANG DREAM! GIRLS BAND PARTY! NOW ON IOS & ANDRIOID Singapore (April 4, 2018) – The English...

HIDIVE Streaming Video App Launches On Apple TV in 100+ Countries

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 10:44 PM PDT

Houston, TX, April 4, 2018 – HIDIVE today announced its streaming video app is now available for tvOS enabled Apple TV devices (4th generation and later)...

HIDIVE Announces Dark Thriller Doreiku The Animation in Simulcast and Dubcast Edition for Spring 2018

Posted: 04 Apr 2018 10:43 PM PDT

HOUSTON TX, April 3, 2018 – HIDIVE announced today it acquired streaming rights to DOREIKU The Animation for the Spring 2018 simulcast season. The dark...

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