Hideo Kojima’s P.T., the playable teaser of the now-canceled Silent Hill series, will not be playable on Sony’s newest gaming console, the Playstation 5. Konami had apparently removed its compatibility before the launch of the console. P.T., which was released on 12 August 2014 for free on the Playstation 4, was dear to the fans…
The BEASTARS anime is coming back for a second season on January 5, 2021, and has unveiled its first trailer: This trailer also teases the new theme song “Kaibutsu (Monster)”, which is sung by music duo YOASOBI. This announcement was made at the “Fuji TV Anime Line-up Unveiling 2020” event, which was live-streamed on Thursday. The BEASTARS…
The Ojamajo Doremi—Magical DoReMi series is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, with the release of a new movie Looking for Magical DoReMi (Majo Minarai o Sagashite) to commemorate the occasion. After a delay due to COVID-19, it will premiere on 13th November. Toei Animation, the production house for the movie, had delayed the initial…
Adventure fiction series Gintama’s third and final movie, Gintama THE FINAL, will be releasing in Japan on January 8. However, exactly one week after the movie, there will be a new net anime special episode on the online streaming service dTV. This episode will also tie in with the events of the movie. This announcement…
The upcoming TV anime adaptation of Daisuke Hagiwara’s Horimiya now has a new trailer—the third of their promotional videos—as well as the voice actors for the characters, and the character art. The anime will be scheduled for a winter release and will premiere in January 2021. The newly announced cast members are: Nobuhiko Okamoto…
Manga creator Rumiko Takahashi will be awarded the fall 2020’s Medal with Purple Ribbon, which is given to “individuals who have contributed to academic and artistic developments, improvements and accomplishments.” The Japanese government made this announcement on Monday, 02 November 2020. Takahashi began her 40-year career back in 1978 at the age of 21, right…
Among Us has become a very popular game in the past few months, taking over Twitch streams and Youtube gameplays. And now, millions of players were spammed with messages by a hacker in their game log. The hacker has been identified as someone named “Eris Loris”, who spams games with links advertising their Youtube channel…
Kojima Productions is iconic game director Hideo Kojima’s development team. They have announced that work on a brand new project has officially started. In a tweet posted yesterday, they are now in search for the best in-house talent to work for their Tokyo studio—listings include everything from writers to game developers to network programmers, which…
“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and the “Don’t Breathe” sequel now have fixed dates for release—June 11 and August 13, 2021, respectively. Like most movies slated for a 2020 release, the debut date of the “Ghostbusters” sequel could not be fixed. Originally slated for a premiere on 10 July 2020, Sony pushed this date back to March 2021,…
One of Japan’s biggest broadcaster, Nippon TV, has decided to create its first dedicated animation department. This will be headed by Kako Kuwahara, who is the executive VP of business development. They aren’t unfamiliar to the world of anime production, and has ownership stakes in anime studios Madhouse (Paprika, Okko’s Inn) and Tatsunoko Production (Science…
Season 2 of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is only a few months away, as it joins Crunchyroll’s Winter 2021 line-up. A brand-new key visual for the second season has been released, giving us glimpses of the adventures that Rimuru will undertake along with the Jura Tempest Federation. The visual features Rimura…
1997’s teen slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer became a classic hit—and now, Amazon Studios plans to adapt it into a YA TV series. The premise will be the same as the movie and its source material, a 1973 novel by Lois Duncan. A group of teenagers in a small town are stalked…
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train has broken all records and expectations by earning 1.2 billion yen on its opening day alone. It opened in 403 theatres across Japan, with 38 IMAX screens and 365 normal screens. Even though it had a Friday release, which usually account for the lowest earnings on an…
Right before the Friday debut screening of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba The Movie: Mugen Train in Japanese theatres, a new trailer for Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time was shown. This Studio Khara film is now scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release. Directed by Hideaki Anno (The Wind Rises, Shin Godzilla, and the…
Inuyasha has just returned to the forefront of anime with a spin-off called Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, which is currently on air. This has ensured that there is now a new influx of merch for devoted Inuyasha fans. The latest merch that was announced was a pair of art books, which celebrate the art of the…