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Lupin the Third: Part 5 Anime Casts Takaya Kamikawa
Average Age of Hikikomori on the Rise in Japan
Anime Expo to Host Manga Artist Santa Inoue, Character Designers Takehito Harada & Eisuke Ogura, More
Bean Bandit Kickstarter Campaign Celebration Illustrations
Fate/Grand Order VR feat. Mash Kyrielight Game's English Dub Trailer Streamed
House in Fata Morgana Gets PS4/Vita Release in the West
Dead or Alive 6 Tones Down Characters' Sexuality
Japan Cuts Festival to Host U.S. Premiere of Live-Action Bleach Film With Director Q&A
Viz Media No Longer Has Rights to Shaman King Manga
Square Enix, Platinum Games Announce Babylon's Fall Game for PS4, PC
Dragon Quest XI Game's English E3 Trailer Streamed
Pop Team Epic Manga Creator's Twitter Account is Back
Caly Poly Graduate Takes Waifu Nico to Accept Diploma
Yakuza Studio's Fist of the North Star Game Heads West in October
Design Festa Gallery: Freedom in Watercolors
Live-Action Kakugo wa Ii ka Soko no Joshi. TV Series Reveals Heroine Cast Member
As Miss Beelzebub Likes Anime Reveals October Premiere, Cast, Staff
Gundam Build Divers Anime Reveals 2nd Cour's Theme Songs
Warriors Orochi 4 Launches on Steam on October 16
Back Street Girls TV Anime Reveals New Visual
E3 2018 News & Trailer Roundup
Usuzumizakura -Garo- Anime Film Reveals Cast, Character Designs, October Premiere
Ikaruga Shooter Game Launches for PS4 on June 29
Impossibility Defense's Kōji Shiraishi Directs Live-Action Gedō no Uta Film
Happy Sugar Life TV Anime Replaces Yuichiro Umehara With Kaito Ishikawa
Reborn! Stage Play's Visual Reveals 2 More Cast Members in Costume
Jump Force Game's Gameplay Videos Confirm Zoro, Sasuke as Playable Characters (Updated)
Code Vein Game's 4th Blood Veil Trailer Previews Ivy
D3 Publisher Opens Countdown Site for New Switch Game
Kamen Rider Build, Kaitō Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger Films' Trailer Posted
The Prince of Tennis OVA's Video Previews Violin Theme by Ayasa
Compile Heart Launches 24-Hour 'Urgent Press Conference' Countdown Site
Zanki Zero PS4, PS Vita Game's Video Shows 1st 10 Minutes of Story
Devolver Digital to Release Metal Wolf Chaos Game on Xbox One, PS4, PC
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Anime Reveals New Visual
Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. Announces Jump Force for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 System, and Steam
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition Announced for All Current Generation Home Consoles and Steam
Rikiya Koyama to Play Original Villain Character in My Hero Academia: Two Heroes Anime Film
NieR: Automata Game Gets Xbox One Release on June 26
Kingdom Hearts III Game's Trailer Previews World Based on Frozen (Updated)

Lupin the Third: Part 5 Anime Casts Takaya Kamikawa

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 03:59 PM PDT

Kamikawa plays Shake Hanz founder that appeared in episode 1

Average Age of Hikikomori on the Rise in Japan

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 03:45 PM PDT

Anime paints a particular picture Japan's hikikomori population. They're often the stars of isekai series, leaving behind a solitary life of junk food...

Anime Expo to Host Manga Artist Santa Inoue, Character Designers Takehito Harada & Eisuke Ogura, More

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 02:59 PM PDT

Series of guests also announced for Sword Art Online, Fate/Grand Order, Cells at Work!, Persona 5,

Bean Bandit Kickstarter Campaign Celebration Illustrations

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 02:45 PM PDT

Kenichi Sonoda's Kickstarter campaign for his Bean Bandit anime met its goal on June 2. Supporters within the industry shared fan-art of the Gunsmith Cats...

Fate/Grand Order VR feat. Mash Kyrielight Game's English Dub Trailer Streamed

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 01:59 PM PDT

Dub debuts at Anime Expo on July 4

House in Fata Morgana Gets PS4/Vita Release in the West

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 12:52 PM PDT

Release slated for early 2019

Dead or Alive 6 Tones Down Characters' Sexuality

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 12:45 PM PDT

Dead or Alive 6 producer and director Yohei Shimbori revealed in an interview with IGN's Esra Krabbe that the sexy fighting game franchise is toning down...

Japan Cuts Festival to Host U.S. Premiere of Live-Action Bleach Film With Director Q&A

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 12:30 PM PDT

Also: East Coast premiere of Night is Short, Walk On Girl

Viz Media No Longer Has Rights to Shaman King Manga

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 11:59 AM PDT

Viz Media confirmed with ANN that it no longer has the rights to Hiroyuki Takei's Shaman King manga. Japanese publisher Kodansha has been listed as the...

Square Enix, Platinum Games Announce Babylon's Fall Game for PS4, PC

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 11:00 AM PDT

Teaser trailer streamed

Dragon Quest XI Game's English E3 Trailer Streamed

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 11:07 AM PDT

PS4 special editions revealed

Pop Team Epic Manga Creator's Twitter Account is Back

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 01:20 PM PDT

Pop Team Epic manga creator Bkub Okawa is back to rule social media once again after a temporary Twitter suspension. Okawa apologized for the 'fuss' his...

Caly Poly Graduate Takes Waifu Nico to Accept Diploma

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 12:00 PM PDT

A graduate of California State Polytechnic University's Business Administration School brought his biggest supporter on stage with him to accept his Bachelor's...

Yakuza Studio's Fist of the North Star Game Heads West in October

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 09:29 AM PDT

Game to have dual audio, 'extra carnage'

Design Festa Gallery: Freedom in Watercolors

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 09:15 AM PDT

The Design Festa gallery is a permanent exhibition space in Harajuku that is dedicated to showing off the talents of young and upcoming artists in Japan....

Live-Action Kakugo wa Ii ka Soko no Joshi. TV Series Reveals Heroine Cast Member

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 09:00 AM PDT

Kosame Asakura, Tōma Naito join cast

As Miss Beelzebub Likes Anime Reveals October Premiere, Cast, Staff

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 08:00 AM PDT

Rikuya Yasuda, Saori Ōnishi star in series at LIDEN FILMS

Gundam Build Divers Anime Reveals 2nd Cour's Theme Songs

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 08:00 AM PDT

Gundam Build Divers anime premiered on April 3

Warriors Orochi 4 Launches on Steam on October 16

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 07:00 AM PDT

A trailer for the Warriors Orochi 4 (Musou Orochi 3) game revealed on Friday that the game will launch for PC via Steam in Japan on October 16. The game...

Back Street Girls TV Anime Reveals New Visual

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 06:00 AM PDT

The official Twitter account for the television anime of Jasmine Gyuh's Back Street Girls comedy manga revealed a new visual for the anime on Monday. The...

E3 2018 News & Trailer Roundup

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 04:44 PM PDT

Catch up all the news from Japanese developers at E3!

Usuzumizakura -Garo- Anime Film Reveals Cast, Character Designs, October Premiere

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 04:00 AM PDT

More staff also revealed for latest entry in Garo franchise

Ikaruga Shooter Game Launches for PS4 on June 29

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 03:00 AM PDT

Game developer Treasure announced on Monday that it will release its Ikaruga game digitally for PlayStation 4 on June 29 for 980 yen (about US$9). The...

Impossibility Defense's Kōji Shiraishi Directs Live-Action Gedō no Uta Film

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 02:00 AM PDT

The wraparound jacket band on the sixth volume of Daisuke Watanabe's Gedō no Uta (The Villain's Song) manga revealed on Monday that Kōji Shiraishi (live-action...

Happy Sugar Life TV Anime Replaces Yuichiro Umehara With Kaito Ishikawa

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 01:34 AM PDT

Umehara was hospitalized in May after being diagnosed with autoimmune disease

Reborn! Stage Play's Visual Reveals 2 More Cast Members in Costume

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 01:12 AM PDT

Masanari Wada, Yūta Kishimoto join cast of play running in September-October

Jump Force Game's Gameplay Videos Confirm Zoro, Sasuke as Playable Characters (Updated)

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 12:56 AM PDT

Game's producer confirmed that game will have characters in video game debut

Code Vein Game's 4th Blood Veil Trailer Previews Ivy

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 12:30 AM PDT

Game launches for PS4, Xbox One, PC in West on September 28

D3 Publisher Opens Countdown Site for New Switch Game

Posted: 10 Jun 2018 11:58 PM PDT

D3 Publisher opened a teaser website on Tuesday that has a countdown for a new game for the Nintendo Switch. The site also features an "item search" game....

Kamen Rider Build, Kaitō Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger Films' Trailer Posted

Posted: 10 Jun 2018 10:59 PM PDT

Poster visuals for August 4 films also unveiled

The Prince of Tennis OVA's Video Previews Violin Theme by Ayasa

Posted: 10 Jun 2018 09:45 PM PDT

Ayasa performs "BEST GAMES!!" violin theme for August OVA

Compile Heart Launches 24-Hour 'Urgent Press Conference' Countdown Site

Posted: 10 Jun 2018 09:15 PM PDT

Compile Heart launched a "Compile Heart Urgent Press Conference" countdown site on Monday. The site counts down to Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. JST (Monday at...

Zanki Zero PS4, PS Vita Game's Video Shows 1st 10 Minutes of Story

Posted: 10 Jun 2018 09:00 PM PDT

Game about human clones as last 8 humans left alive on Earth launches on July 5

Devolver Digital to Release Metal Wolf Chaos Game on Xbox One, PS4, PC

Posted: 10 Jun 2018 08:38 PM PDT

FromSoftware's mecha action game launches this year

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Anime Reveals New Visual

Posted: 10 Jun 2018 08:23 PM PDT

This year's 28th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed a new visual on Monday for the television anime of Tadahiro Miura's Yuuna and...

Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. Announces Jump Force for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 System, and Steam

Posted: 10 Jun 2018 08:04 PM PDT

The Ultimate Heroes from Japanese Manga and Anime Join Forces to Save Earth! LOS ANGELES, Calif., (June 10, 2018) – Leading developer and publisher of...

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition Announced for All Current Generation Home Consoles and Steam

Posted: 10 Jun 2018 07:57 PM PDT

The Beloved RPG Celebrates its 10th Anniversary with Bonus Content for Western Audiences LOS ANGELES, Calif., (June 10, 2018) – Leading videogame and interactive...

Rikiya Koyama to Play Original Villain Character in My Hero Academia: Two Heroes Anime Film

Posted: 10 Jun 2018 07:50 PM PDT

Film has world premiere at AX on July 5 before opening in Japan on August 3

NieR: Automata Game Gets Xbox One Release on June 26

Posted: 10 Jun 2018 07:45 PM PDT

Game includes DLC content

Kingdom Hearts III Game's Trailer Previews World Based on Frozen (Updated)

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 03:34 AM PDT

Square Enix's PS4, Xbox One game slated for January release