Anime News

Harassment of celebrities, both in Japan and in other countries, is not a new issue. Numerous cases have been reported, from stalking to hacking social media accounts to sending actual death threats.

Yours truly has just finished watching the painfully short 12-episode anime adaptation of Kaguya-sama: Love is War, and deprived as I am, I started frantically scouring the internet for any news of a second season.

You may not get to see your cells that much in real life (given that they’re inside your body), but you can now bring them home and watch them in a gorgeous Blu-ray set—and in English dub. This is because last Friday, during their panel at Anime Central, Aniplex of America announced that they will be releasing a Blu-ray disc box set of the hit science anime series Cells at Work.

A previous article in this website reported that Universal Studios Japan has added a new chapter in its hit Sailor Moon 4D experience. Entitled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon The Miracle 4-D: Moon Palace Chapter, the chapter now includes the members of the Outer Senshi: Sailor Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.

During the VIZ Media’s Sailor Moon panel that was held on Saturday at Anime Central, they have revealed more cast members for the home video release of the classic Sailor Moon Sailor Stars anime. The anime originally aired in Japan from 1996 to 1997 with a total of 34 episodes.

Anime studio Lerche has just revealed the first teaser trailer for its upcoming BL (boys’ love) anime Given. The 15-second PV shows one of the lead characters, Mafuyu Sato (VA. Shougo Yano) in the staircase which is an all-too familiar place for readers of the manga.

This year’s Anime Expo just keeps getting bigger and bigger. First it was announced that renowned author of Ouran Highschool Host Club Bisco Hatori will be gracing the event as a special guest. This time, Anime Expo has announced that they will be guesting the highly-popular group from the Love Live.

Kunihiko Ikuhara’s magnum opus Revolutionary Girl Utena (Shoujo Kakumei Utena) has just celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, marking the occasion with a musical entitled La fillette révolutionaire Utena ~Shiroki Bara no Tsubomi~ (A White Rosebud).

It’s only less than a year until the much-awaited 2020 Olympics, which will be held in Tokyo. As such, preparations are in full swing for the biggest sports event in the world. In past years, common promotions for the Games include the launching of official mascots, theme songs, and the like.

It was announced last March that Japanese female vocal unit Kalafina is disbanding due to the group’s prolonged inactivity. A report on the Weekly Bunshun Digital, however, refutes this and claims that the group’s disbandment was due to management issues brought about by the whims of the group’s agency.