eigoMANGA is pleased to announce that the company will release the original English manga "SOMNIA" to bookstores as a trade paperback on April 28, 2021. "SOMNIA" tells the story of Ren, a teenager who receives a mystic lantern that makes his dreams become reality; starting when he accidentally brought Jubei, [...]
GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audiences, has announced a North American theatrical run in select markets, including San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, Dallas, Boston, and more, of the animated feature ON-GAKU: OUR SOUND from director Kenji Iwaisawa, based on the manga by Hiroyuki Ohashi. In production for over seven [...]
Japanese pop idol group Wasuta (The World Standard) has released their new music video "Seidaku awasete itadaku nya" ("Take the good with the bad") – the lead track from the upcoming mini-album What's "standard"!? In the anime-rock style song written by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN's Tabuchi Tomoya, Wasuta sings about [...]
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF JAPANESE ANIMATION (SPJA) is thrilled to announce Project Anime: Global 2020, a virtual experience. With the ever-growing worldwide interest in Japanese pop culture, the business conference helps educate, inspire, and support event organizers and global entertainment companies as they navigate the nuances of the industry. The [...]
Yen Press, LLC announces an emotional new manga release about a close friendship between two young women and the devastating impact of suicide as one of them struggles to understand the sudden loss of her best friend. My Broken Mariko will debut digitally and also in print as a deluxe, hardcover edition on [...]
Yen Press, LLC just announced a slate of upcoming titles during the Yen Press Industry Panel that was a part of the Virtual Crunchyroll Expo. Acquisitions include the manga, Do You Like the Nerdy Nurse?, Love and Heart, Days on Fes, The Girl Without a Face, I Can’t Reach You, Play it Cool, Guys and Penguin Gentlemenand [...]
Japanese rock band FLOW will stream their live concert "Anime Shibari ONLINE" on August 7 at 8:00pm JST, taking the stage at Ebisu Liquid Room for their first live performance on stage in 6 months. The worldwide livestream event – featuring a set list of FLOW's anime songs from Naruto, Code Geass, [...]
Rooster Teeth’s epic anime-inspired series following the journeys of four unified huntresses-in-training arrives for its spectacular seventh season when Warner Bros. Home Entertainment presents RWBY Volume 7 on Digital ($14.99 SRP USA & Canada) and Blu-ray ($19.98 SRP USA, $24.98 SRP Canada) starting October 13, 2020. Beloved by fans and acclaimed by critics, [...]
Yen Press has launched a notable new manga series with the debut of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 1: The Ways of the Monster Nation. The new manga series is a spin-off from the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slimelight novel, which has been one of Yen's most [...]
From top left to right: Barbara Dunkelman, Kerry Shawcross, Yssa Badiola, Fiona Nova, Torrian Crawford and F.J. DeSanto. Courtesy of Rooster Teeth. Today during SDCC@Home, WarnerMedia’s pioneering and media and entertainment company Rooster Teeth revealed exclusive footage from their slate of upcoming animated series including RWBY Volume 8, [...]
