On NHK a special documentary was aired titled "The Last Confession of Namie Amuro", which is part of a special set of shows celebrating the end of the Heisei era. A previous interview aired back in August 2018, just a month before Namie Amuro offi...

The Emperor of Japan is one of the most revered people in the country. And as the days of Emperor Akihito is coming to an end, his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, is preparing to ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne.

The official website for the television anime of author Kouhei Kadono and illustrator Kouji Ogata's Boogiepop and Others (Boogiepop wa Warawanai) light novel series revealed on Monday that the anime will adapt the Boogiepop at Dawn novel (the sixt...

The Oscar for Best Animated Feature has not had a particularly long life past its inception. Quite literally a 21st century creation, the Oscar category came to life at the 2002 Oscar ceremony, where legendary animated meme, Shrek, became the inau...

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a former member of an idol group over the alleged shoplifting of a jacket in Chuo Ward last year, reports TBS News (Jan. 22). In October, Yuno Arita, 23, allegedly stole a Louis Vuitton jacket with a value o...

It has been announce that top Johnny's talent Tomohisa Yamashita will be starring in a brand new drama series. "In Hand" is a managa series that was created by Ao Akato. Akato originally launched In Hand only around three years ago in March 2016, ...

It's been revealed through a sneaky GIF on Yakuza Kiwami's Steam page that the remaster of the first Yakuza game is coming to PC with 4K resolution and uncapped framerates on February 19, 2019. [Thanks, Metacouncil via @Wario64.

Love Live fans, or Love Livers, are quite infamous in Japan for being unruly. However, it seems that BanG Dream fans also want that infamy as well. During the Animax Musix event, BanG Dream, or Bandori fans gathered in order to watch Poppin' Party...

Japanese cinema chain Aeon Cinema is listing the Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! Kurenai Densetsu (KONOSUBA - God's blessing on this wonderful world! Crimson Legend) anime film with a July 12 opening date.

Boruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and Gaara from Naruto as new playable characters. Bandai Namco shared a closer look with a new batch of screenshots that also feature original characters Galena and Kane.

The Resident Evil 2 remake's "1-Shot Demo" launched earlier this month for PS4, Xbox One, and PC which was played by 1. 3 million last week. Capcom shared an update saying the demo hit 3 million downloads.

The beloved and seemingly infinite Lupin III series has received an announcement stating that another anime film is on the way, demonstrating the strength of the franchise even 40+ years after its debut.

Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists opening movie (The full version of the Tokyo Game Show 2018 trailer. ) Gust has released the opening movie for Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Atelier of the New World.

Marvelous announced that it is adding Altera Larva as a new playable character for Fate/Extella Link for PS4, PS Vita, Switch in Japan later this month. Here's a new trailer and screenshots for Altera Larva.

Square Enix announced that it will host the very first official broadcast for Dragon Quest XI S on January 25, 2019. During the live stream we'll get some talk from the devs and some voice cast announcements.

Square Enix recently filed a bit of an interesting trademark Europe with "HD-2D" and "HD2D" a term that Square Enix used to describe the graphical art style of its Nintendo Switch RPG Octopath Traveler.

JERA Studio and JFI Games have released a new trailer for Dusk Diver, their upcoming action game where regular schoolgirl Yang Yumo teams up with Guardians to defeat Phantom enemies every day at dusk. The trailer shows off some of the game's story...

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT new male DLC character reveal set for January 28 The final additional character from the Season Pass. Square Enix will host a broadcast for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT for PlayStation 4 and Dissidia Final Fantasy for arcade...

Kenichi Sonoda's Bean Bandit Reveals Cast, Aims to Crowdfund OP and ED by Matt Schley January 20, 2019 Last year, we learned Kenichi Sonoda is working on a new short anime about Bean Bandit, the hero of 1989 classic Riding Bean.

Norimitsu Kaihou and Sadoru Chiba's School-Live! (Gakkō Gurashi! ) manga is getting a live-action film adaptation. And now, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the zombie apocalypse with a new video! It features staff and cast interviews, as well a...

Several songs from across the Fire Emblem series are getting rearranged for the live concert that will be held at Fire Emblem Expo in May, and these rearrangements are getting a soundtrack release that comes out in March.

PQube to publish World End Syndrome both physically and digitally in Europe North American release still digital-only. PQube will publish World End Syndrome for PlayStation 4 and Switch both physically and digitally in Europe when it launches this...

Bandai Namco was expected to reveal a teaser trailer for a brand-new Gundam game later today in Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2, but it ended up being revealed earlier as SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays.

5pb. shared a new trailer for Robotics;Notes DaSH, the long-awaited true sequel to the Augmented Science Adventure visual novel Robotics;Notes which originally released in 2012 for PS3 and Xbox 360. The second Robotics;Notes title is set later on ...

'さすらいの6人' (Sasurai no 6-ri) "The Wandering Six" It's interesting that Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai's curious mixture of 2D and 3D animation can reveal to us about the anime production process. Last week there were some comments asking about why some...

The 13 nominees for the 12th annual Manga Taisho Awards have been announced by the awards' executive committee. The award is limited to series with eight or fewer collected volumes in order to promote newer titles.

According to the anime's staff, a second season of Dropkick on My Devil! ! hinged on the number of copies the first season's box sets managed to sell in Japan. The listed goal was 2,000, and it was reached just in time for the January 20 deadline.

Sword Art Online creator Reki Kawahara recently sat down for an interview with Dengeki Online. He appeared in an interview together with seiyuu Ai Kayano and Bloom Into You mangaka Nio Nakatani. The two creators talked about each other's works, an...

Compile Heart launched a new countdown site to tease something new. The URL shows the title as "H" for now but it also has "moe-chro" which hints at a new Moero Chronicle title. The teaser website shows either of the above images that you can chan...

The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince got a new trailer from NIS America, titled 'I See the Way', which focuses on switching between the wolf and princess forms. Using the wolf form, the 'princess' is able to take out enemies that are in the way,...