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Follow Vulpix's Journey Across Hokkaido on 15 Pokémon Manhole Covers
'Josee, the Tiger and the Fish' Short Story Inspires 2020 Anime Film by BONES
Twin Star Exorcists' Yoshiaki Sukeno Launches New Manga on December 5
Spriggan, More Manga Artists Take the Idol Stage for Red and White Contest
Crunchyroll Adds VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fresh, Kyo Kara Maoh! Season 3 Anime to Catalog
World's First Doraemon Store Opens in Tokyo
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Chihayafuru Anime's 3rd Season
Persona 5 Royal PS4 Game Listed With February 20 Release Date in Asia
My Hero One's Justice 2 Game Launches in Americas on March 13
Irodori Comics Launches Non-Erotic Dōjinshi Label With 4 Manga
Promare, Okko's Inn, Weathering With You Anime Films Nominated for Annie Awards
planetarian Snow Globe OVA Crowdfunding Reaches Goal in 2 Days
Granblue Fantasy: Versus PS4 Fighting Game's Trailer Previews Percival
Final Eureka 7 Film Delayed to 2021
Lupin III's Goemon, Captain Harlock's Titular Voice Actor Makio Inoue Passes Away
Scandal to Perform New Ending Theme for GeGeGe no Kitaro Anime
'Pet' TV Anime's 3rd Promo Video Reveals Ending Theme Song by Memai Siren
Somali and the Forest Spirit Anime's 2 TV Ads Reveal January 9 Debut
6th Yo-kai Watch Film Casts Dancer Ririri-chan as Cheerleader
Viz Media, Manga Plus Add Zipman!! Manga in English
Butt Detective Children's Books Gets Stage Musical in April
Irodori Comics to Publish Non-erotic Doujinshi Manga Beginning December 14
Live-Action Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku Series Reveals Lead Actor, Staff, April Debut
Live-Action Wasteful Days of High School Girl Series Casts Ayaka Imoto
2nd My Hero Academia Stage Play Unveils Ad, 2 New Visuals
Code Geass & Black Butler Creators, J.C. Staff Make Skate-Leading Stars TV Anime

Follow Vulpix's Journey Across Hokkaido on 15 Pokémon Manhole Covers

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 03:45 PM PST

Earlier this year Iwate rolled out a series of Rock- or Ground-type Pokémon manhole covers across the prefecture. Now, Japan's most northern prefecture...

'Josee, the Tiger and the Fish' Short Story Inspires 2020 Anime Film by BONES

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 04:05 PM PST

Noragami's Kotaro Tamura directs anime based on Seiko Tanabe's romance story

Twin Star Exorcists' Yoshiaki Sukeno Launches New Manga on December 5

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 03:00 PM PST

Senpai ga Boku o Tori ni Kiteru revolves around big-chested student council president

Spriggan, More Manga Artists Take the Idol Stage for Red and White Contest

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 02:45 PM PST

The Red and White Song Contest (Kōhaku Uta Gassen) is a New Year tradition in Japan pitting female and male singers against one another. The opposing teams...

Crunchyroll Adds VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fresh, Kyo Kara Maoh! Season 3 Anime to Catalog

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 02:01 PM PST

Both anime begin streaming on Monday

World's First Doraemon Store Opens in Tokyo

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 01:45 PM PST

'Doraemon Mirai Department Store' in DiverCity Tokyo Plaza opened on Sunday

Sentai Filmworks Licenses Chihayafuru Anime's 3rd Season

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 01:30 PM PST

New season premiered on October 22

Persona 5 Royal PS4 Game Listed With February 20 Release Date in Asia

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 01:00 PM PST

My Hero One's Justice 2 Game Launches in Americas on March 13

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 11:56 AM PST

Irodori Comics Launches Non-Erotic Dōjinshi Label With 4 Manga

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 10:49 AM PST

Works by Hiroyuki, Yoimachi Meme, Yuuki Satou debut digitally on December 14

Promare, Okko's Inn, Weathering With You Anime Films Nominated for Annie Awards

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 09:01 AM PST

Awards ceremony to be held on January 25

planetarian Snow Globe OVA Crowdfunding Reaches Goal in 2 Days

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 07:08 AM PST

1st stretch goal aims to raise 40 million yen to increase anime's length

Granblue Fantasy: Versus PS4 Fighting Game's Trailer Previews Percival

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 05:00 AM PST

Game ships in West in Q1 2020

Final Eureka 7 Film Delayed to 2021

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 02:37 AM PST

2nd film to get special December 23 screening with director, Eureka voice actress, BONES head Masahiko Minami

Lupin III's Goemon, Captain Harlock's Titular Voice Actor Makio Inoue Passes Away

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 02:19 AM PST

Inoue also voiced major roles in Hyojin no Hoshi, Unico, Kingdom Hearts

Scandal to Perform New Ending Theme for GeGeGe no Kitaro Anime

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 01:32 AM PST

Anime entered "final arc" in October

'Pet' TV Anime's 3rd Promo Video Reveals Ending Theme Song by Memai Siren

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 01:14 AM PST

Series premieres on January 6 with exclusive Amazon streaming

Somali and the Forest Spirit Anime's 2 TV Ads Reveal January 9 Debut

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 01:02 AM PST

TV ads preview show's opening theme song

6th Yo-kai Watch Film Casts Dancer Ririri-chan as Cheerleader

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 12:47 AM PST

Film opens on December 13

Viz Media, Manga Plus Add Zipman!! Manga in English

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 12:17 AM PST

Also available in Spanish via Manga Plus

Butt Detective Children's Books Gets Stage Musical in April

Posted: 01 Dec 2019 11:47 PM PST

Yuko Sanpei, Ayaka Saito, Ikkei Watanabe reprise voice roles

Irodori Comics to Publish Non-erotic Doujinshi Manga Beginning December 14

Posted: 01 Dec 2019 10:24 PM PST

Titles to be sold under new non-erotic doujinshi label IRODORI Aqua NEW YORK, USA – December 1, 2019 – Japanese doujinshi publisher, IRODORI Comics, is...

Live-Action Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku Series Reveals Lead Actor, Staff, April Debut

Posted: 01 Dec 2019 09:32 PM PST

Jiro Sato plays family's terrible father in slapstick gag comedy

Live-Action Wasteful Days of High School Girl Series Casts Ayaka Imoto

Posted: 01 Dec 2019 09:05 PM PST

Imoto plays horror/occult fan Hisui "Witch" Kujō

2nd My Hero Academia Stage Play Unveils Ad, 2 New Visuals

Posted: 01 Dec 2019 08:25 PM PST

Play runs from March to April

Code Geass & Black Butler Creators, J.C. Staff Make Skate-Leading Stars TV Anime

Posted: 01 Dec 2019 07:54 PM PST

Yuma Uchida, Makoto Furukawa, Hiroshi Kamiya play figure skaters in high school