Anime News

Anime Expo 2019 is less than two months away, and the convention is starting to roll out the big guns for the event. Just today, Viz Media has announced that renowned manga author Bisco Hatori will grace the event as a Guest of Honor.

It was announced on Tuesday by Sentai Filmworks they will be screening the 2nd Made in Abyss compilation film titled Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight on May 27 in the United States. The company also confirmed that that bonus features like interviews and behind-the-scenes content will be included in the screening.

Are you ready of the return of this popular video game franchise. A new trailer was released and uploaded on Tuesday by SNK for the new Samurai Shodown (Samurai Spirits) video game. Aside from this trailer, they have also released another character trailer featuring Genjuro.

Heads up Toonami viewers. Adult Swim’s resident anime block just announced this Monday that the block will air 30 minutes earlier than usual starting on May 25. This is to make way for the premiere of Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2.

Last November 2018, Viz Media announced that they have acquired the rights to release Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars in home video.

A new trailer was just released for the second season of the live-action adaptation of Hikaru Nakamura’s manga Saint Young Men. Definitely not for those sensitive to religious matters, as we get to see Jesus and Buddha try maid cosplay and even blurt out some bleeped-out cuss words.

We are currently at episode 6 of the long-anticipated Fruits Basket remake and while we don’t know how many episodes the first season will have (yes folks, there are more seasons to come.), there is one sure thing about this season: the arrival of DVD/Blu-ray volumes.

It was announced on Saturday during the “Nyanpasu Matsuri Vacation Nanon”. event that the anime series Non Non Biyori is getting a third season. A promotional video on the announcement of the anime’s third season was also uploaded on the series' official website.

It was announced on Monday in the Weekly Shonen Jump that The Promised Neverland manga by Posuka Demizu and Kaiu Shirai will have a one-week break. This means that no new chapter will be published in the magazine’s next issue on May 20 and will return on May 27 for the magazine’s 26th issue.

Atlus has launched a series of “video reports” about its upcoming game Persona 5 The Royal. The videos, dubbed “Morgana Report” (“Morgana Tsuushin” or “Monatsu” in Japanese”) are voiced by Morgana’s VA Ikue Ohtani.