Anime News

This Monday, Sentai Filmworks announced that it has licensed the Knights of Sidonia for release on Blu-ray and DVD.

All Esper Dayo (by Kiminori Wakasugi) is a science-fiction comedy manga which we heard recently that it was green-lit for a live-action film adaptation.

The more hated the villain the more satisfying it is when they meet their end. In the laws of fiction, the deaths grow more gruesome depending upon the heinousness of the villain’s actions. This week we’re counting down seven particularly cringe-worthy deaths in anime. Since a death …

The 41st issue of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine is announcing upon Wednesday that Hiromu Arakawa’s Silver Spoon agricultural manga will have a special in-game weapon in CAPCOM’s Monster Hunter 4 video game for the Nintendo 3DS portable system. The weapon that will appear in the game …

This year’s 42nd issue of Shueisha’s Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Square Enix will release Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call for the Nintendo 3DS as the sequel to its 2012 Theatrhythm Final Fantasy rhythm game for the Nintendo 3DS.

According to an advertisement published in this month’s anime magazines on Tuesday, voice actress and singer Yui Horie will perform the opening and ending themes for Golden Time, the Fall anime inspired by a light novel series from Toradora! author Yuyuko Takemiya. The ad also revealed that …

Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) anime film stayed at #1 during its seventh weekend. The film centers on Jir Horikoshi (played by Evangelion director Hideaki Anno), the designer of Japan’s famed Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane of World War II. The film …

This year’s 41st issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation creator Yoshiyuki Nishi will launch his new series in the next issue on September 16. The magazine describes the manga as, “Breaking common sense! Shaking …

A new commercial for Gekijō-ban Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magica Shinpen: Hangyaku no Monogatari (Madoka Magica The Movie -Rebellion-) began airing in Japan. The ad for the upcoming third Madoka Magica film has small amounts of footage that did not appear in the earlier feature on Fuji TV’s …

The anime streaming service Daisuki announced at its panel at Otakon that it will stream Cowboy Bebop television anime series.

Aniple USA announced at its panel at Otakon, that it has licensed Hiroyuki Imaishi and Trigger’s battle action anime Kill la Kill. The company added it plans to stream the anime series this fall, and also has plans to release the series on home video.

Fuji TV announced during its Noitamina presentation that it will air the original anime project Galilei Donna – Storia di tre sorelle a caccia di un mistero this October.