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VIZ Media acquires JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Season 4 and live action movie

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 JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure was renewed for a fourth season, titled Golden Wind after the manga’s eponymous arc of the same name. Today, Golden Wind has officially been acquired for distribution by the American company VIZ Media, which is famous for licensing many anime and manga series for English-speaking audiences, including: Bleach, Naruto, and Pokémon. In addition […]

Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke coming to U.S. theaters this month

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GKIS and Fathom Events have announced that Hayao Miyazaki’s anime masterpiece Princess Mononoke will be the next feature to screen as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2018, with the film playing three dates this month in both its original Japanese language and the English dub featuring the voices of Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie […]

AR game Ingress heading to Netflix as anime series

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Variety is reporting that the hit mobile augmented reality game Ingress is heading to Netflix, with the studio ordering an anime series from Fuji TV and Crafter. The storyline for Ingress: The Animation will overlap with the ongoing narrative of the video game, as well as introducing the upcoming sequel Ingress Prime. It takes place […]

Dakota Fanning joins Michael B. Jordan in Western anime series gen:Lock

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Last month it was announced that Michael B. Jordan is lending his voice to the lead character in gen:Lock, a new Western anime series from Rooster Teeth Animation (Red vs. Blue), and now comes word from Variety that Dakota Fanning (The Alienist) has joined the cast, as well as anime voice actor veteran Kōichi Yamadera […]

Netflix announces new Ultraman anime series

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As well as revealing the premiere date of the second season of Castlevania, Netflix dropped another big announcement at Anime Expo this week with the streaming service set to unveil a new 3D CG anime series based upon Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi’s Ultraman manga. Ultraman is being directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the […]

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 […]