Anime News

Box Entertainment has announced that voice and TV actress Komiya Arisa will be on indefinite hiatus from her scheduled activities because of an acute allergic reaction. She had undergone an allergy reaction and the doctors identified severe hives due to a suspected acute allergy.

The yuri or girls’ love genre in anime has long been popular with fans for all kinds of reasons. There’s the innate attraction to anything that is “forbidden”—think Netsuzou Trap, where the two female leads engage in a secret forbidden relationship behind the back of no less than the boyfriend of one of the leads.

Acclaimed director of box-office hit Kimi no Na Wa is set to come back to the big screen once more with his newest anime film entitled Tenki no Ko: Weathering With You (Weather Child: Weathering With You).

Square Enix is gearing up to re-introduce its timeless gaming classics to old and new fans alike, as they have just released the trailer to the upcoming HD remaster of Final Fantasy X & X-2. The remaster bundles together the two titles and will make the game available for both Nintendo Switch & Xbox One for the first time.

Gone are the days when curses from vengeful ghosts are spread through video tapes or black-and-white footages. In this modern day and age, Youtube is the way to go, as it appears that evil ghosts also make the effort to keep up with the times.

Sad news for fans of Vocaloid and rock band Hitorie. The official website of the J-Rock band has announced today that their vocalist and guitarist wowaka has died on April 5. He passed away in his sleep due to acute heart failure.

We’ve all had those days—we suddenly become too aware of our weight or of the tighter waistband of our jeans, so we decide to hit the gym and lose those extra pounds. And then, just as we get on the treadmill or any of those scary gym contraptions… well, we struggle, to put it bluntly.

Now we know everyone’s all excited and hyped up for the premiere of Fruits Basket TODAY, so while waiting for the 1st episode to drop let’s just allow some more good news to sink in, shall we. For fans of the Mabudachi Trio, rejoice.

Netflix has just announced the main cast for their upcoming live-action adaptation of 1998 hit sci-fi anime series Cowboy Bebop. Heading the cast is John Cho (Harold and Kumar, Star Trek)who will be playing lead character Spike Spiegel, an exiled former hitman haunted by guilt over the death of the woman he loved.

Attention Pokemon trainers in Chicago. Niantic and The Pokemon Company have announced the locations for the Pokemon Go Fest 2019, and for this year the event will be kicking off in Chicago. The PoGo Fest will happen in Grant Park and will run from June 13-16, with the event extended to four days instead of the usual two.