Anime News

Atlus just streamed the slick new opening movie for the upcoming Persona 5 Royal, the enhanced follow-up to their highly-successful Persona 5 game. Without further ado, check it out below. While I’ll forever miss ”Wake Up, Get Out, Get Out There”, we get a groovy new song whose (presumably) English lyrics we’ll all struggle to understand.

In today’s edition of “things we never knew we needed but deep down we all knew we deserved ”: yes, you read that headline right. Worldwide fast food company KFC has just launched a dating simulator game which features Colonel Sanders as a hot anime --daddy-- guy.

Good news to SAO fans. The much-awaited second half of Sword Art Online: Alicization anime is set for an October 12 release in Japan. The announcement on the anime series’ official website also stated that the Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of the Underworld will air on 5 channels in Japan: Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, and MBS.

Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering With You (Tenki no Ko) has been dominating the Japanese box office, raking in 12.17 billion yen in ticket sales since it opened on July 19. Its dominance in the box office was not halted even by the likes of One Piece Stampede nor by Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World.

A new trailer for the upcoming theatrical OVA of Sato’s yuri manga Fragtime was just released this Monday. Check it out below: The trailer also reveals more cast members, listed below. Only Anzai’s role was named.

Missed (cursing at) Kyuubey. Get ready as anime studio SHAFT is set to bring us back to the world of tragic magical girls. It was announced earlier this year that the Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side-Story, a spin-off smartphone game of the Puella Magi Madoka Magica series, is getting an anime adaptation and is set for a release this year.

Looking to re-play classic Dante on your Nintendo Switch. Well then, we have good news for you: CAPCOM has announced this Wednesday that they will release the second Devil May Cry game on the Nintendo Switch this month, on the 19th.

Another sad news of a delayed anime film opening: the official website for the Violet Evergarden movie has just announced that the originally announced January 10, 2020 opening will not push through.

Sad news for fans of -gay- skating anime series Yuri... On Ice: the official website of the franchise’s first movie Yuri... On Ice Movie: Ice Adolescence (Yuri... On Ice Gekijou-ban : Ice Adolescence) has just announced that the film’s opening date has been postponed.

The future is here, and while we aren’t getting those flying cars yet we got something even better—Teasing Master Takagi-san in VR. If getting teased by your crush is your thing, then this might be the answer to your woes.