Anime News

  New Year is all about good vibes and surprises that will await us this year. On Tuesday, the manga creator Hiro Mashima posted a New Year’s greeting art on his official Twitter page. The post reveals that he also preparing for “several surprise announcements” for 2020.

Studio Ghibli has been a powerhouse in the anime and movie industry for years making blockbuster masterpieces like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, and so on. The New Year has begun and the studio released their new year’s message on Wednesday.

It was announced by Sentai Filmworks in a press release on Monday that they have officially acquired license to the third season of BanG Dream. for the following regions: Canada, United States, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Latin America, the Netherlands, and Central America.

With 2019 ending, it’s time that we find out which movie dominated the Japanese box office this year. It’s no surprise that Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering With You is at number 1. The movie beats the over-all Japanese gross sales of other anime films like Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire and One Piece Stampede.

Good news to all Fire Force fans. The hit dark fantasy anime series just revealed two big announcements for the franchise: first off, a highly-anticipated second season. This news was revealed on the 23rd episode of the series last week.

A full trailer was just released last week for the upcoming anime movie adaptation of boys-love manga Twittering Birds Never Fly – The Clouds Gather (Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai – The Clouds Gather). The full trailer introduces eight more cast members for the film: ·         Hiroki Yasumoto as Kanji Kageyama ·         Yuuki Ono as Kuga ·         Toru Ohkawa as Misumi ·         Kenta Miyake as Ryuzaki ·         Akimitsu Takase as Hirata ·         Kazuyuki Okitsu as Nanahara ·         Takuya Sato as Ageya ·         Takahiro Miyake as Sugimoto You can watch the trailer here.

A promotional video was released just this Friday for the upcoming anime adaptation of Hitoma Iruma’s yuri light novel Adachi and Shimamura. Besides a sneak peek into the two titular characters, the video also revealed the staff as well as the additional cast.

Just this Saturday, a second promotional video was released for upcoming idol anime project 22/7. While the first PV focused on lead character Miu Takigawa, the new PV this time puts the spotlight on all eight idols.

We are just a few days before we welcome 2020. In relation to the new year, pictures were posted on the official Twitter account of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine last week which contains a drawing made by Hajime Isayama, the creator of the popular manga series Attack on Titan.

Another sad news in the world of smartphone games as it was announced that the Arpeggio of Blue Steel - Ars Nova - Re:Birth smartphone game will officially be ending its service on January 31. The official announcement was posted on Friday on the game’s official Twitter account.