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Netflix’s Castlevania season 2 gets October premiere date

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In news coming out of Anime Expo 2018, the official Twitter account for Netflix’s Castlevania has revealed that the second season of the video game adaptation will arrive on the streaming service on October 26th. https://twitter.com/Castlevania/status/1014288843141337088 The second season was originally slated to arrive in the summer, so fans will have to wait a little […]

Anime rom-com The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl gets a U.S. trailer

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GKIDS and Fathom Events have announced that they are bringing director Masaaki Yuasa’s (Lu Over the Wall) anime feature The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl is coming to U.S. theaters for two nights on August 21st and August 22nd. Watch the U.S. trailer here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of The Night Is Short, Walk […]

Funko’s new Dragon Ball Z Pop! Vinyl figures revealed

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To celebrate the highly popular Japanese anime television show Dragon Ball Z, Funko is releasing a new series of vinyl Pop! Animation figures featuring Tien with Chiaotzu, Gohan in his training outfit, Master Roshi, and Bulma; check them out here… In the latest Dragon Ball Z-themed series, meet and collect best friends and martial artists Chiaotzu […]

Secret of Mana composer Hiroki Kikuta to appear at the Anime Expo 2018

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Japanese veteran videogame composer Hiroki Kikuta, best known for his work on the beloved Super Nintendo RPG Secret of Mana, will be Lab Zero Games’s guest of honor at this year’s Anime Expo in Los Angeles.  Kikuta will be taking part in multiple panels, interviews and autograph sessions during the expo and wing a behind the […]

Anime feature Flavors of Youth gets a trailer

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Ahead of its world premiere at L.A.’s Anime Expo next month, Netflix has released a poster and trailer for Flavors of Youth, the latest anime feature from the studio that brought us last year’s acclaimed Your Name. Directed by Xiaoxing Yi, Yoshitaka Takeuchi, and Haoling Li, it features the voice talents of Taito Ban, Mariya Ise, and Minako […]

Watch the Blade Runner 2049 anime prequel Black Out 2022

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We’ve seen a couple of prequel shorts for Blade Runner 2049 based on the characters played by Jared Leto and Dave Bautista, and now with just over a week to go until the release of the hotly-anticipated sci-fi we have another, this time in the medium of anime. Below you will find Blade Runner Black […]

Viz Media announces premiere of new anime series Infini-T Force

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Viz Media has announced that it has acquired the North American distribution rights to the new anime series Infini-T Force from the legendary studio Tatsunoko Production, which unites the heroes from four of the studio’s most popular shows – Gatchaman, Hurricane Polimar, Casshan and Tekkaman. The acquisition includes rights for digital streaming, EST, home video and merchandise in North America, […]

Taika Waititi confirms Akira talks, wants to adapt the manga rather than the anime movie

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Taika Waititi has said that he would want to craft an adaptation of the Akira manga, rather than the anime. There has been a lot of talk over the years about a live action adaptation of the much beloved Japanese property Akira. Numerous directors have been suggested for the task but the latest to be […]