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Gakuen Basara, the manga that reimagines the popular Sengoku Basara video games as a high school comedy, is being turned into an anime series. The series is being animated at Brain's Base with Minoru Ohara (Lupin III: Episode 0) at the helm and Ko...

Aoyama Gosho's popular manga Detective Conan, which has been on hiatus since Dec. 2018, is set to resume in the Apr. 11 edition of Weekly Shonen Sunday! A handwritten statement from Aoyama was released alongside the announcement confirming that th...

By Christine Kim and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, were among the hundreds in Pyongyang on Sunday watching South Korean K-pop singers perform in the North for the first time in more than a...

Crunchyroll has been announcing a bunch of spring 2018 anime simulcast titles as the season kicks off, and the latest was Lupin the 3rd Part 5. The series begins on April 3 at 11:30am Pacific Time for Crunchyroll members in North America, South an...

Lupin the Third Part 5 premieres April 3, but we've got a slightly early look at the series' opening sequence. The series, which takes place in France, is said to take the franchise in a more high-tech direction.

Nippon Ichi Software shared a new trailer for The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince, their upcoming picture book-style action adventure game where you'll play as the Liar Princess to help out the Blind Prince.

Sengoku Basara festival set for July 14 To be held at Sun Plaza Hall in Nakano, Tokyo. Capcom has announced Basara Festival 2018 ~Summer Siege~, a Sengoku Basara-themed festival that will be held at Sun Plaza Hall in Nakano, Tokyo on July 14.

Image courtesy of VIZ Media. © GoRA・GoHands/k-project Include Six Action-Driven Original Animated Stories And Spinoff Shorts Based On The Hit Anime Series Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: k-project.

© Tetsuo Bamboo / Takeshi Takami / NSP 2001, © Hiroyuki Hatsu, Hideki Tsuji 2017Tetsuo Hara / Takemi Budo / NSP 2001, © Fist of Souten 2018 The spring 2018 anime season just got a bit more intense as Crunchyroll announced this weekend that they'll...

"(Kim Jong Un) showed much interest during the show and asked questions about the songs and lyrics," Culture Minister Do Jong-whan told reporters after the show. Sunday's performance coincided with the start of annual joint South Korean-U.

Boruto's dad is so popular, he's getting his own live-action Kabuki play! Yeah, this play might be a prequel of sorts for Boruto, huh? Kabuki Theater is one of Japan's most well-known traditions, and one Kabuki troupe is adapting Masashi Kishimoto...

Eleven Arts announced on Monday that it will hold United States theatrical screenings for Nippon Animation's two-film anime adaptation of Waki Yamato's Haikara-san ga Tooru manga. It will release the films with the title Haikara-San: Here Comes Mi...

Dragon Quest VR activity coming to VR Zone Shinjuku on April 27 Opening event set for April 25. Bandai Namco has announced a collaboration with Square Enix to bring a Dragon Quest-themed virtual reality activity, titled Dragon Quest VR, to its VR ...

Video shows first appearance of unexpected political dynamo Slowpoke. While udon noodles are popular across Japan, just about everyone agrees that the very best udon, by far, is found in Kagawa Prefecture.

Momoiro Clover Z come back this year with their new single Xiao Yi Xiao (笑一笑 ～シャオイーシャオ！～). This is the 19th single of Momoclo and will be released on April 11th. This is the first single of Momoiro Clover Z reduced to four members since the gradua...

Next weekend on Kamen Rider Build, nothing beats a classic as Banjo finally picks up his old Build Driver and transforms into his first form, Kamen Rider Build Cross-Z as sports his new weapon, the Magma Knuckle!

In the next episode of Kaito Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger, a french jewelry designer visits the town and becomes a target of the Ganglers and the Lupinrangers will have to protect her.

The Brave Witches anime series got a VR game called 502nd JFW Brave Witches: VR Operation Baba-Yaga last year on PC, and the game is now available for PlayStation VR in Japan for 1,780 yen. Check out some gameplay below: Brave Witches: VR Operatio...

The official website for the Black Clover TV anime went up with a new cast member announcement this week. The latest voice actor to get in on the adaptation of Yūki Tabata's manga is Minami Tsuda, who is on board to play White Night Eye mad scient...

King has been destroyed, but a few loose ends still need tying up. Per Sword's request, Luke erases Sophie's memory so that she can return to her normal life. Her days are peaceful, but in the back of her mind, Sophie knows she has lost something.

By Jenni . April 2, 2018 . 10:00am Chasm finally has a solid release window. On the PlayStation Blog, Bit Kid Inc. 's James Petruzzi confirmed that the 2D Metroidvania following a Guildean knight named Daltyn attempting to delve into an unsettling...