There’s no stopping the resurgence of classic sci-fi anime Saint Seiya—first we got a 3DCG anime, now we are getting a smartphone game. Bandai Namco has announced last week that they are currently developing a smartphone game for the Saint Seiya franchise.
Bushiroad announced last Friday that acclaimed anime director Seiji Mizushima (Fullmetal Alchemist, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) will be directing the anime project for its newest mixed-media franchise D4DJ (Dig Delight Direct Drive DJ).
Bandai Namco has released this Friday a seven-minute gameplay trailer for the video game adaptation of popular soccer manga & anime series Captain Tsubasa. Entitled Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions, the game will be available on the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam.
The staff of Netflix anime series 7SEEDS has revealed that voice actress Mone Kamishiraishi is set to perform the opening theme song of the series’ upcoming season 2. The song, entitled “From the Seeds”, was composed by rock band GLIM SPANKY.
Kadokawa announced this Monday that popular comedy slice-of-life manga series Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out. (Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai.) is getting a TV anime adaptation slated for a July release.
We’re all excited for the release of the Wotakoi live-action movie this Friday, and to get us all hyped up even more, TOHO has released a new promotional video. The video features lead cast Kento Yamazaki (who plays Hirotaka) and Mitsuki Takahata (playing Narumi) recording soulful songs for the movie.
It’s still raining success for Makoto Shinkai’s latest film, as online film earnings aggregator Box Office Mojo estimates that the film has already made more than $7.2 million in North America. Weathering with You opened to 224 theaters in the US last January 31, but it already had held special screenings since January 15, where it earned over $1 million.
Sad news for ardent players of the Release the Spyce smartphone game: the game’s official Twitter account has announced this Monday that the app will be closing down this March 29. The game, whose official title is Release the Spyce secret fragrance, was only just launched on February last year.