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And now it is officially confirmed: the long-shelved Hollywood live-action adaptation of classic anime movie Akira is set to go full steam ahead. Warner Bros. has announced that Thor: Ragnarok’s Taika Waititi is set to direct the long-overdue Akira.

It was announced on Toonami’s official Facebook page on Friday that they will be running Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin anime on Adult Swim’s Toonami block starting July 6. The anime is based from the manga of the same name created by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko.

It was revealed during the “Goblin Slayer Special Event: Guild Party 2019” event on Sunday that the Goblin Slayer franchise will it’s a theatrical anime episode slated to premiere in 9 theaters in Japan in 2020.

Last week, studio Lerche released the first of four teasers for its upcoming boys’ love anime Given. The teaser series, entitled ”talk to_PV” will feature all four main characters of the anime in four weeks, with last week’s teaser focusing on Mafuyu Sato.

American distributor GKIDS has announced in a press release Thursday that they have acquired the North American rights to blockbuster director Makoto Shinkai’s newest anime movie Weathering With You (“Tenki no Ko”).

Funimation has added four awesome films into its library this week. In a report by Anime News Network on Thursday, all four films will be available for both original Japanese language with subtitles as well as in English dubs.

Japan is known to be very strict on its laws regarding cannabis: basically, drugs in Japan is a big no-no. Coupled by harsh punishments for those who will violate this law is the citizen’s general negative attitude towards drugs and an eagerness to cooperate with authorities on reporting suspected users thus made Japan’s drug use one of the lowest in the world.

Japanese advertisements are on a totally different level—there’s the zany, the downright weird, and then there are the gorgeous ones—bonus points if these feature our favorite anime characters. Luckily for One Piece fans, the series’ characters are featured in the newest “Hungry Days” ad for popular noodle brand Nissin.

There’s manga that leaves you all light and fuzzy and happy, that when a final chapter is announced you just want to bawl your eyes out because you don’t want it to end. On the other hand, there is the kind of manga that you secretly enjoy and keep it as such because liking this kind of manga might call your character into question.

Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe’s newest work has announced a new cast member in the person of singer-songwriter Aoi Shouta. According to the official website of Carole and Tuesday, Aoi will be voicing the character Pyotr, described in the website as a social media celebrity who will make his appearance in the upcoming episode this Wednesday.