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HBO Max orders second season of Rooster Teeth’s gen:LOCK

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Rooster Teeth’s animated series gen:LOCK is set to return for a second season thanks to the upcoming Warner streaming service HBO Max. Set fifty years in the future in a dystopian Earth undergoing a new, technologically-driven war, gen:LOCK tells the story of an oppressive authoritarian force that threatens to conquer the world. A daring team is recruited […]

Netflix Original anime Eden gets a teaser trailer

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Netflix has released a teaser trailer for its Original sci-fi anime Eden, which is directed by acclaimed animator and director Yasuhiro Irie, whose credits include Fullmetal Alchemist, Cowboy Bebop and Mobile Suit Gundam; take a look at the trailer here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i8Ds2nVVXE Set in a far off future and a world which has been inhabited by […]

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 gets a first poster and teaser trailer

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Last December it was announced that Netflix had ordered a brand new animated Ghost in the Shell series from directors Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) and Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed), and now the streaming service has unveiled the first teaser poster and trailer for the CGI anime series, titled Ghost in the […]

Anime feature Weathering With You gets a new teaser trailer

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Having secured North American distribution rights earlier this year, GKIDS has now unveiled a new subtitled teaser trailer for Weathering With You, the new anime feature from director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura, the creative team behind the critically acclaimed smash hit Your Name. The summer of his high school freshman year, Hokoda runs […]

Threezero’s Alphonse Elric & Edward Elric Fullmetal Alchemist collectible figures unveiled

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Sideshow has revealed Threezero’s Alphonse Elric & Edward Elric 1:6 scale figure twin pack which is based on the appearance of the characters in the acclaimed anime series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The collectible set is available to pre-order now, priced at $278.00; check out the promotional images here… “Maybe life has no equal trade, maybe […]

Anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s horror manga Uzumaki gets a teaser trailer

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Adult Swim has unveiled a teaser for a four-episode anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s acclaimed horror manga Uzumaki, which has been produced by Production I.G. (Ghost in the Shell, Psycho-Pass) and directed by Hiroshi Nagahama (Mushi-Shi). Released between 1998 and 1999 and spanning three volumes, Uzumaki follows the residents of Kurōzu-cho, a city which is […]

Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution CG-animated movie gets a new trailer

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Ahead of its Japanese release tomorrow, The Pokemon Company has unveiled a new trailer for Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution, the new CG-animated reimagining of 1998’s Pokemon: The First Movie. Check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxN76J9na7E Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution is set for release in Japan on July 12th, and an English-language version is slated […]

Anime Review – Netflix’s Baki

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Erika Hardison reviews Netflix’s Baki… Spoiler alert. Now, I haven’t watched any other Baki series and in fact, I’ve never heard of this anime until I saw someone get really excited about it on my Facebook timeline. I figured I’d give it a go since I really enjoy graphic anime like Attack on Titan, Deadman […]

Your Name director’s new film Weathering With You picked up for U.S. distribution

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GKIDS has announced that it has acquired the North American distribution rights to Weathering With You, the new feature from Makoto Shinkai, director of the hugely-successful and highly-acclaimed anime film Your Name. The official synopsis for Weathering With You reads: The summer of his high school freshman year, Hokoda runs away from his remote island […]