Anime News

After some delays of its release due to COVID-19, finally Naughty Dog’s latest video game The Last of Us Part II is now released today, June 19 for the PlayStation 4. Game and Tech website TechRadar have given a five-star rating, saying “it is the greatest game of this generation”.

There is absolutely no stopping Animal Crossing: New Horizons as it remains number one in the recent Japanese Video Game Rankings from June 8 to 14. Sekai no Asobi Taizen 51 is still in number 2 in the ranks while Ring Fit Adventure remains at number 3.

Anime fans, get ready to be hyped again as One Piece and Digimon Adventure: are confirmed to have new episodes again beginning June 28. Both anime series did not have a new episode since April due to production delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

We haven’t heard much from Studio Ghibli for a while when it comes to animation is concerned. However, both NHK and Studios revealed some visuals on Friday of Goro’s Miyazaki’s anime of Earwig and the Witch.

  A lot of people were saddened when the ongoing 5th season of Food Wars. Shokugeki no Soma was abruptly cut due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To refresh everyone’s memory, the current 5th season stopped at episode 3, with the anime’s staff announcing that episode 4 onwards will be delayed “until July or later”.

Tons of new updates for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of the hit Yongje Park manhwa God of High School: first off, a final trailer for the series which revealed its July 6 premiere. Check it out here.

And finally a release date for the much-awaited second season of Fire Force (En En no Shouboutai). The official Twitter account of the anime series revealed this Tuesday that the newest season is set for a July 3 premiere.

A new promo video was released last Friday for the upcoming Studio Colorido anime film A Whisker Away (Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu or Wanting to Cry, I Pretend to Be a Cat). The video previews two theme songs for the movie: “Hana ni Bourei” (A Ghost for a Flower), as well as the ending theme song “Usotsuki” (The Lying Moon).

Calling all fans of otome romance games out there. Papergames’ popular otome game Koi to Producer ~ EVOLxLOVE ~ (Mr. Love: Queen’s Choice) is getting a TV anime adaptation—and it’s already set for a July 15 premiere.

Update trickles from the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Reiji Miyajima’s romcom manga series Rent-a-Girlfriend (Kanojo, Okarishimasu): the official website of the TV anime adaptation has listed the series with 12 episodes, with home video releases divided into four volumes.