Anime News

The Fall anime season is coming real soon, and with that comes more releases of new teaser trailers. The next one on the list is upcoming fall season anime TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You (original title: Tonikaku Kawaii or literally, Generally Cute), with a new trailer released just this weekend.

The official Twitter account of the Haruhi Suzumiya franchise is out and about confirming that the new light novel release ain’t a fever dream, as last Sunday a preview of the cover art for the new light novel was released.

The official website of the new Shaman King anime released a new promotional teaser video on Thursday which feature the upcoming anime’s staff and cast members. The anime is scheduled to air in April 2021 and will accurately adapt all the 35 volumes of the manga’s new complete edition.

To those who will be watching the upcoming Demon Slayer film in Japan, the experience in definitely worth it as the 42nd issue of the Weekly Shonen Jump announced on Saturday that theatergoers of the Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train will receive a “Rengoku Volume 0” manga volume.

While Animal Crossing: New Horizons is currently at #2 in the recent September 7 to 13 Japanese video game rankings, it’s Ring Fit Adventure that still dominated the ranks. Weekly sales of Ring Fit Adventure is 43,459, making its overall at 1,527,444.

The 42nd issue for this year’s Young Jump magazine revealed the Demon Slayer manga will be reaching 100 million copies in circulation when the magazine issue ships on September 24 and the 22nd compiled volume of the manga will be released on October 2.

The official website of the mixed-media surfing-themed franchise WAVE.. has released the 1st three minutes of the first film in the trilogy. Check it out here. The trilogy movie will open in theaters one after another on October 2, 16, and 30.

The newest generation of Love Live. is slowly coming to fruition, as the 2.5D idol franchise juggernaut has announced the name of their newest group. According to the franchise’s official Twitter account, the name of the new group is “Liella”.

A huge congratulations to the given boys, as the official Twitter account of the band-themed boys-love series announced that the film has exceeded 100,000 ticket sales in just 4 weeks. Because of this success, the staff of the film also announced that given will begin screening in 54 more theaters, and the short special Fuyu no Hanashi (Winter Story) will also be screened at select theaters for one week.

Japan’s favorite domesticated yakuza boss is jumping to live-action form, as the TV series adaptation of Kousuke Oono’s The Way of the Househusband just released a new promo video. The video features lead character Tatsu, his wife Miku, and Tatsu’s yakuza underling Masa.