Anime News
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After more than a decade of anime seasons, movies, and specials, The Irregular at Magic High School Part 2 has officially been announced. The news was revealed by the anime’s production committee alongside a new announcement visual, confirming that the franchise will continue following the recent release of the Yotsuba Succession Arc film. While details…
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Crunchyroll Weighs In on AI Dubbing After Amazon’s ‘Banana Fish’ Dub Disaster Crunchyroll is clarifying its position on AI in anime localization after Amazon’s controversial Banana Fish AI dub sparked backlash among fans. AI and anime have become an increasingly tense combination lately, and fans have had plenty of reasons to be cautious. After Amazon’s…
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BL Powerhouse KADOKAWA CEO Warns Japan’s Anime Industry Is in Trouble When one of anime and manga’s biggest players starts sounding the alarm about the future of the industry, people tend to pay attention. KADOKAWA CEO Takeshi Natsuno recently sparked discussion after arguing that Japan’s anime industry has become “structurally weak” due to the sheer…
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Makoto Shinkai Says His Next Anime Movie Is “Going to Be Great” — But Fans Still Know Almost Nothing About It Anime fans finally have a new update from Makoto Shinkai — even if his upcoming movie remains one of anime’s biggest mysteries. The acclaimed filmmaker behind Your Name, Weathering With You, and Suzume recently…
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New Adult Anime May Mark Rare Industry First With Direct Dōjin Adaptation A newly announced anime adaptation is turning heads for more than just its supernatural romance premise. The Shy Snow Woman and the Cursed Ring is officially getting a TV anime adaptation, but what has anime fans and industry watchers talking is a specific…
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Perfect Addiction fans finally have premiere news, and the upcoming boys’ love light anime now has its main cast, staff, and release window confirmed. The BL romance series, based on Kaoruko Miyama’s manga of the same name, is set to premiere in July 2026 on tvk. The adaptation will be produced as a “light anime,”…
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At first glance, Would You Like to Be a Tanuki? sounds less like an emotional manga and more like somebody accidentally clicked the wrong reincarnation option. That may explain why anime fans immediately started joking online after news broke that Tomo Nagawa’s manga is officially getting a television anime adaptation. But longtime readers have been…
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Free anime streaming apps tend to trigger two very different emotions at the same time: Excitement and immediate suspicion. So when Amasian TV started getting pushed as a free streaming service offering anime alongside Asian dramas, movies, and live TV, I downloaded it to see what the hype was about. With streaming prices climbing and…
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Romance anime fans know the feeling all too well. You finish a series, fall completely in love with the characters, and then spend the next year desperately searching for any tiny hint that a second season could still happen. That’s basically where fans of A Sign of Affection have been since the anime ended in…
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There are some anime voices that feel so permanent you almost forget there’s a real person behind them. For a lot of fans, that was Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mori in Detective Conan. That’s part of why the news of Wakana Yamazaki’s death has hit anime communities so hard online. Fans aren’t just mourning a…