"Your Lie In April" Musical Premieres In Tokyo

"Your Lie In April" Musical Premieres In Tokyo

The world premiere of a brand-new musical Your Lie in April finally opened its curtain to a house full of an enthusiastic audience at the prestigious Nissay Theatre on Saturday, May 7th in Tokyo two years after the cancellation of the world premiere in 2020 due to the pandemic.

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Kingdom Hearts Series Coming to Nintendo Switch via Cloud on February 10, 2022

Kingdom Hearts Series Coming to Nintendo Switch via Cloud on February 10, 2022

To kick off celebrations for the 20th anniversary of KINGDOM HEARTS, SQUARE ENIX® and Disney today announced that fans can now pre-order four beloved KINGDOM HEARTS titles coming to Nintendo Switch™ via cloud on February 10.

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Crunchyroll Announces Winter Dub Slate

Crunchyroll Announces Winter Dub Slate

Crunchyroll is kicking off the year with a hot new slate of anime dubs to warm the winter anime season including the continuation of Platinum End from the creators of Death Note, Orient, a new series based on the historical fantasy and adventure manga, and the mysterious romance series Love of Kill, among many others. These new dubbed anime series will be available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German worldwide outside of Asia. The full list of Crunchyroll winter anime series include:

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Funimation Announces Winter 2022 Anime Lineup of 20+ Titles

Funimation Announces Winter 2022 Anime Lineup of 20+ Titles

Funimation will be ringing in the New Year with more than 20 exciting new and returning series to its streaming platform. Simulcasts from Japan will include Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2, The Case Study Of Vanitas, Sabikui Bisco, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 2, My Dress-Up Darling, and Tribe Nine among many other highly anticipated anime titles, which will be subtitled and dubbed.

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Makoto Shinkai's Latest Animated Feature "Suzume no Tojimari" Coming in Fall 2022

Makoto Shinkai's Latest Animated Feature "Suzume no Tojimari" Coming in Fall 2022

CoMix Wave Films, STORY Inc. and Toho Co., Ltd. held a press conference to announce the production of long-awaited new film from Makoto Shinkai, an animation director with all eyes around the world watching his next move.

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Sora From KINGDOM HEARTS Revealed as the Final DLC Fighter for Smash Bros

Sora From KINGDOM HEARTS Revealed as the Final DLC Fighter for Smash Bros

In a video hosted by Masahiro Sakurai, the Super Smash Bros. series director revealed that Sora from the KINGDOM HEARTS series will be the final DLC fighter added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Oct. 18, completing an extraordinary, nearly three-year journey of new fighters across video game history joining the game’s roster.

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It's An Otaku Thing Episode 1: Live Action Anime OH NO!

It's An Otaku Thing Episode 1: Live Action Anime OH NO!

Episode 1 of our monthly podcast is all about anime and manga. Justin and Ashley discuss live-action anime adaptations. The Cowboy Bebop "controversy," horrible anime live action movies and what anime we think would translate well.

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Onetime Kalafina Member KEIKO Release New Music Video

Onetime Kalafina Member KEIKO Release New Music Video

Previously a member of Kalafina, the popular three-girl vocal unit produced by Yuki Kajiura who disbanded in March 2019, Japanese singer KEIKO has released her new single ‘Nobody Knows You’ on September 15, her first new music since her March 10 double-single, ‘Sakura wo Goran’/‘Waratte Yaru’.

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New music from BiSH! ‘Kingdom’ anime theme tune ‘STACKiNG’ out now

New music from BiSH! ‘Kingdom’ anime theme tune ‘STACKiNG’ out now

BiSH – the Japanese group known as “the punk band without musical instruments” – have released ‘STACKiNG’, the opening theme song to the second season of anime series ‘Kingdom’, which began broadcasting on July 18. The single is available digitally now, and will be followed by a new album on August 4

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Anime Franchise ANPANMAN to Premiere Exclusively on TUBI Beginning Today

Anime Franchise ANPANMAN to Premiere Exclusively on TUBI Beginning Today

Tubi (www.tubi.tv), a division of FOX Entertainment, today announced it will exclusively premiere the massively popular Anpanman franchise from TMS Entertainment to English and Spanish speaking audiences.

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Sentai Brandishes “SWORDGAI The Animation

Sentai Brandishes “SWORDGAI The Animation

Sentai announced today that it acquired distribution rights to brutal action series SWORDGAI The Animation for audiences in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Latin America.

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