Anime News

An update has been made on the official website and Twitter account of animation studio Bouncy's new “Himote House” anime as new staff details and a list of premiere dates are revealed for the upcoming series.

“The Royal Tutor” anime returns next year as the series’ official Twitter reveals an all-new feature film under works following its countdown. Along with the film’s reveal, an official website for the project was opened and a key visual, 60-second teaser trailer and visuals of the two new characters have been released.

It was announced on Wednesday by Sega that the release of its upcoming console (which was slated for this year) tentatively named as “Mega Drive Mini” will be delayed. They have also announced that they will release the console globally.

Starting the 44th issue Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, the “Detective Conan” manga will be taking a break. According to the 43rd issue of the magazine, the series will be entering into a nine-week hiatus so that creator Gosho Aoyama may conduct research.

It was confirmed on Tuesday by Bandai Namco Entertainment that the One Piece: World Seeker game is delayed to 2019. The release for the game was supposed to be slated for this year. The game’s developers stated that they needed more time in order to meet fan’s expectations for this highly anticipated title.

The anime adaptation of the novel Tsurune: Kazemai High School's Archery Club is slated to premiere in the Japan on October 14. This was confirmed in the anime adaptation’s official website. Takuya Yamamura is confirmed to be director, Michiko Yokote is script in-charge, Miku Kadowaki for character designs, and Harumi Fuuki for the music.

33-year-old Hitomi Yoshizawa was arrested recently in Tokyo due to a suspected hit-and-run of a biker. She is a former member of the Japanese idol group, Morning Musume. According to police reports, Yoshizawa was driving under the influence of alcohol on Thursday at 7 in the morning as she hit a female biker at a crosswalk, ignoring the red light and did not stop to check on the biker.

It was confirmed in an investigative report by website Famitsu that Nintendo has sold around 5,007,367 Nintendo Switch units in Japan alone. This record was achieved in just 79 weeks (1.5 years) since this highly-demand console went on sale.

The anime film I Want to Eat Your Pancreas premiered on Saturday and Sunday in Japan conquering the box office earning around 100 million yen (US$960,000). It ranked #10 on its opening weekend with around 87, 206 tickets sold.

It was announced on the 43rd issue of the Weekly Shonen Jump that the popular manga series Hunter X Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi will return on September 22. The series went on hiatus for around 5 months as its 380th chapter was published last April 9.