News by Lindsay M. Amazon is bringing Wit Studio’s new anime, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, to the world via Prime streaming. Roy Price, the head of Amazon Studios, confirmed via Twitter that the series will be available for streaming in Japan beginning in April. He has also confirmed that…
Read MoreDespite a weekly manga and sufficient popularity to be lumped in with the “big three” manga franchises in Japan at one time, the Bleach franchise has fallen to the wayside in recent years. Its anime has been discontinued, fewer games and merchandise have been produced, and manga volume sales have…
Read MoreWhen a comedy show spans just a dozen episodes, its setting can dictate its identity just as much as the actual gags and satire behind it. Modern anime turns to academic locales so routinely that every season brings a handful of shows set in this same backdrop. The overexposure is…
Read MoreOn paper, 2016 is shaping up to be one of the finest years for anime in ages. Between fresh IPs, high-profile adaptations such as My Hero Academia, and the return of dormant franchises like Berserk, there’s ample reason to party. The winter season probably won’t be the peak of 2016’s…
Read MoreOkay, so I’ll try to stay coherenrfhzioe$ryhs&… Let’s try again: I’ll try to stay coherent as I share with you newly-released information on the Danganronpa franchise. A while back, Spike Chunsoft revealed the existence of Danganronpa V3 to our great rejoicing. The reason for its insistence on calling it “New…
Read MoreOne Punch Man should by all means be a one trick pony. How can a show centred on defeating over the top bad guys maintain any prolonged interest when the main hero can dispatch them all with (you guessed it) one punch? If fighting was the crux of One Punch…
Read MoreWriting an origin story for a famous character you didn’t create can’t be an enviable task. There’s an onus to craft a story that is in line with the original work and the slightest deviation can result in a slew of tetchy fans. Modeled after one of Osamu Tezuka’s masterpieces,…
Read MoreOkay, that sounds creepier now that it’s written out. But the fact remains, it’s true. Anime Contact has been launched in Japan, allowing people to buy contacts inspired by different variations of eyes in anime for a mere 3,300 yen. Anime Contact contacts are different than the usual big-eyed contacts,…
Read MoreAustralia’s home-grown alternative to CrunchyRoll, AnimeLab, is a very good service. A very, very good service indeed, and one many do prefer to the undeniable global giant. One of the issues that AnimeLab has had, however, is that it is available on relatively few devices. CrunchyRoll is even available on…
Read MoreYou might recall late last year when Crunchyroll released its anime streaming app for Nintendo’s Wii U, complete with Game Pad support for streaming anime anywhere in the house. Back then, I pondered if the 3DS would be the next system to get the app, thus making Crunchyroll’s services available…
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