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Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ upcoming live-action Hollywood Pokemon film Detective Pikachu is slated to release in May. While the movie’s premiere is still a few months away, it was confirmed in a report by the entertainment news website The Hollywood Reporter that Legendary is now working on a sequel for the film.

News Writer: Raven Heads up, Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight fans. The Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight: ReLIVE mobile game is set to release a global version this 2019. The global version was previewed and available for demo play during the Taiwan International Comics & Animation (TICA) Festival last January 19-23 in Taipei, Taiwan.

Written by: Raven The Sword Art Online arcade game, Deep Explorer, now has a confirmed release date. Initially announced last October 2018 by Bandai Namco for a spring 2019 release, the video game company has recently announced that Sword Art Online Arcade: Deep Explorer will be released in Japanese arcades on March 29.

The official website for the original anime project Twilight (Hakubo) by Yutaka Yamamoto released an update on Friday that it will have its official debut in Japan on May 24 at the Porepore Cinemas Iwaki Onahama in Fukushima prefecture.

We are just a couple of weeks away until the release of the highly-anticipated crossover fighting game Jump Force. A new trailer featuring the game’s story was unveiled during the Taipei Games Show. Bandai Namco Entertainment has officially uploaded this trailer on its official YouTube channel on Friday.

It was announced on Wednesday by VIZ Media that the company have officially acquired the license (US and Canada) to the 21st Pokemon anime film titled Pokemon the Movie: The Power of Us and plans to release it on DVD and Blu-ray.

While we are still hyped on the Dragon Ball Super: Broly movie, fans might still have to wait and hang on to hope that new episodes of the Dragon Ball Super anime will happen soon. Toei Animation recently reported to website Anime News Network that an article spotlight posted by international media news website World Screen stating of upcoming new episodes for Dragon Ball Super “is not true at the moment” and denies that new episodes are slated to release soon.

While Legendary Pictures is still gearing up for the upcoming premiere for Detective Pikachu, the website We Got This Covered posted recently that the company is also working on a “Pokemon Red and Blue” movie.

Studio Chizu and Mamoru Hosoda’s anime film Mirai is selected as one of the nominees for the Animated Feature category in the 91st Academy Awards. The complete list of nominees were unveiled by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday.

Relive the original Yakuza as the full remake of this popular game is slated for a PC version release via Steam on February 19. Sega of America has uploaded the game’s trailer on Tuesday for its upcoming release: Yakuza Kiwami was first released for the PS3 then in PS4 in January 2016 in Japan.