Anime News
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Tops Recent Japanese Video Game RankingsAug 28, 20 7am
The recent August 17-23 Japanese Video Game rankings reveal that for another consecutive week, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is still number one with weekly copies at 42,863. Overall sales of the game is almost halfway to 6 million as its currently at 5,594,061.
“given” Releases Short MV Ver. of Ending Song, Announces “No Audience Concert” Due to COVIDAug 27, 20 4am
The official Youtube channel of Sony Music Japan has just released a 140-second music video version of the Marutsuke, the ending theme song to the boys-love band series given. The full music video for the song is bundled as a Blu-ray disc with the mini-album gift, which is performed by the in-anime music band given.
fripSide, KOTOKO Revealed as Theme Song Singers for Anime Adaptation of Korean Mobile RPG “King’s Raid”Aug 27, 20 3am
Big name-performers have just been announced for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of South Korean mobile RPG app King’s Raid. The anime’s opening song, legendary future, will be sung by popular anisong pop duo fripSide.
Funimation Reveals English-Dub Cast for TV Anime “Deca-Dence” by Studio Behind “Saga of Tanya the Evil”Aug 26, 20 4am
Funimation has recently revealed the English-dub cast for studio NUT’s original TV anime series Deca-Dence. They are:
The dub cast includes:
· Trina Nishimura as Natsume
· Gabe Kunda as Kaburagi
· Morgan Lauré as Kurenai
· Barry Yandell as Hugin
· Kimberly Grace as Pipe
The English dub is directed by Jeremy Inman, with Paul Cline as sound engineer.
Family of Kyoto Animation Background Artist Who Died in Arson Opens Exhibit of Her WorksAug 26, 20 3am
It cannot be denied that irreplaceable, talented staff and artists were taken from the anime world when the deadly arson against Kyoto Animation was perpetuated. While their works will live on forever in the hearts of fans all over the world, the family of late KyoAni background artist Mikiko Watanabe wanted to make sure that her art will never be forgotten.
Funimation Reveals English-Subbed Trailer for New “Higurashi: When They Cry” AnimeAug 26, 20 3am
October is about to get really bloody (and exciting.), and Funimation is here to amp up the hype for the upcoming premiere of the new TV anime for Higurashi: When They Cry. Funimation has just revealed an English-subtitled trailer for the new Higurashi series for us all poor souls who don’t know a lick of Japanese.
Full Trailer and Key Art Revealed for Netflix Anime Adaptation of CAPCOM Game “Dragon’s Dogma”Aug 25, 20 6am
The first full trailer was just revealed for Netflix and studio Sublimation’s upcoming anime adaptation of CAPCOM’s Dragon’s Dogma video game series. Check out the trailer here.
In addition to a new trailer, Netflix has also revealed a new key visual for the series.
“Laid-Back Camp” Season 2 Casts Tomoyo Kurosawa, Voice Actress of “Sound! Euphonium”’s Kumiko OmaeAug 25, 20 5am
New updates are slowly trickling in for the upcoming second season of Laid-Back Camp (Yurukyan Δ). The TV anime series’ official website revealed this Tuesday that popular voice actress Tomoyo Kurosawa has been cast as Ayano Toki, a new character for season 2.
English-Subtitled Trailer Revealed for Film Adaptation of “Bleach” Author’s “Burn the Witch” MangaAug 24, 20 5am
Crunchyroll has just revealed the English-subtitled trailer of Tite Kubo’s Burn the Witch one-shot-turned-chaptered manga. The streaming service has also revealed that they will be releasing the anime film in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, Middle East, and CIS.
Shiro Usazaki, Artist of “act age” Manga, Speaks Up About Author’s Arrest and Cancellation of SeriesAug 24, 20 4am
Amidst all that has happened to the once-promising manga series act age and its now disgraced creator and writer Tatsuya Matsuki, the person who appears to be collateral damage to the incident is series artist Shiro Usazaki.
