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Cowboy Bebop’s Shinichiro Watanabe directing a Blade Runner 2049 anime prequel

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We’ve already seen a couple of live-action prequel shorts for the hotly-anticipated sci-fi sequel Blade Runner 2049 focussing on the characters played by Jared Leto and Dave Bautista, and now comes word that an anime prequel is incoming from Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo director Shinichiro Watanabe. According to the official press release, the short […]

Netflix releases trailer for anime series Neo Yokio starring Jaden Smith

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Netflix has released the first trailer for Neo Yokio, a new six-episode anime series from Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend), which sees Jaden Smith leading a voice cast that includes Susan Sarandon, Steve Buscemi, Tavi Gevinson, Jason Schwartzman and Jude Law. Check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwc6fTnsdBI Welcome to Neo Yokio, the greatest city in the world. It’s […]

Anime Review – New Game!!: The Season So Far

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Jordan Wharton on New Game!… New Game!! is the second season of the popular 2016 anime New Game!. The first season focused heavily on introducing the characters, their surroundings, and their purpose. The key information being given was that Aoba Suzukaze, the main protagonist, wanted to work on games development based on her love for […]

Studio Ghibli reopens for Hayao Miyazaki’s new film

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Since late last year, it’s been rumoured that legendary anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki would be coming out of retirement once again to direct a new feature film, and now comes word that the production department of Studio Ghibli has officially reopened in order to begin work on the project. Empire reports that Miyazaki assembled some […]

Netflix releases trailer for anime series Kakegurui

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Netflix has debuted a trailer for the upcoming anime series Kakegurui, MAPPA’s adaptation of Homura Kawamoto and Tōru Naomura’s Japanese Manga series Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler; take a look at the trailer here… Live. Bet your life on it. There is one absolute rule in gambling — at the end of the day, there is […]

Anime series Fate/Apocrypha gets a trailer from Netflix

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Netflix has debuted a trailer for the upcoming anime Fate/Apocrypha. The series is an adaptation of Yūichirō Higashide and Ototsugu Konoe’s Japanese light novel series from Type-Moon’s Fate/stay night franchise; watch it below… An unprecedented Great Holy Grail War begins… Fourteen Heroic Spirits gather for an apocryphal Holy Grail War. In a city called Fuyuki, […]