Anime News

Heads up for those waiting for an official English dub of the latest season of SAO. Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block has announced that the English-dubbed Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of the Underworld Part 2 is set for a November 7 premiere, at 12:30 AM EST (effectively November 8).

The blockbuster hit maker himself has spoken. Wildly popular and critically acclaimed director Makoto Shinkai, whose 2016 film your name (Kimi no Na wa) is the highest-grossing anime film of all time worldwide, recently commented about the smashing success of Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train.

A new version of the first promo video for the TV anime adaptation of Daisuke Hagiwara’s fan-favorite romantic comedy manga Horimiya has revealed more cast members. As always, the Youtube link to the video is restricted to Japan, so you can watch it instead in the series’ official Twitter here.

Good news to Wotakoi fans, as we’ll be getting new animated content for the series soon. The official website of the anime adaptation of Fujita’s Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (Otaku ni Koi Wa Muzukasshi) has announced that the new OVA (original video animation) episode is set for a February 26, 2021 release.

A fun two-minute opening movie was just released on the official Youtube channel of Bushiroad’s newest mixed-media project D4DJ. The release of the OP movie serves as promotion for the upcoming TV anime series of the franchise, entitled D4DJ First Mix.

A new trailer was recently revealed for the second and last anime film adaptation of the Date A Live Fragment: Date A Bullet spinoff novels. Check out the trailer here. Besides the reveal of a new trailer, the franchise’s website also announced that solo singer RinamooN will perform the movie’s ending theme song Precious.

The Demon Slayer movie is literally slaying all other films in Japan—past and present—as Japanese media reports that the franchise’s first film, Mugen Train, earns over 1,268,724,700 yen (about USD 12 million) in just its opening day alone.

Hopefully no more delays for the first of two Sailor Moon Eternal anime films, as the franchise rolls out more updates. First is a new trailer for the film, which now includes the four Inner Senshis as well as a sneak peek of Helios (in human form).

For those who loyally follow the anime adaptation of the Attack on Titan manga, the producers of the anime adaptation, Kensuke Tateishi, Toshihiro Maeda, and Tetsuya Kinoshita shares the reason for the change of anime studio for anime’s last season in the November 2020 issue of Newtype magazine.

Game developer UNIVRS announced this week that the Little Witch Academia VR Broom Racing game was released one day early for the Oculus Quest. The game is originally scheduled for October 13. The developer also confirmed that the game will also be available for the Oculus Quest 2.