Month: August 2025

North American tour, London performances stream for limited period of 3 days each Image via Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon the Super Live show’s website © Naoko Takeuchi, PNP, “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” the Super Live Production Committee The Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon franchise‘s website announced last week that Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon The Super Live, … Read more

Image via Nintendo © Nintendo Nintendo revealed on Friday the year-end results for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2025. The new Nintendo Switch 2 system has sold 5.82 million units as of June 30. The company added in its report that after seven weeks, which is past the June 30 date, Switch … Read more

U.S. president signed executive order to adjust global tariffs on Thursday Image via Nintendo’s website © Nintendo Nintendo announced on Friday that it is raising the price of the original Nintendo Switch, Lite, and OLED consoles, as well as Switch accessories in the United States “based on market conditions.” The company is also raising the … Read more

Anime studio Gaina announced on Friday that it is changing its name to Benten Film after being acquired by AI animation company Creator’s X. Kinoshita Group Holdings, which had fully acquired Gaina (formerly known as Fukushima Gainax) in July 2018, has transferred all of its shares of Gaina to Creator’s X. Image via Studio Gaina … Read more

Welcome back, folks! I’ve spoken before about my regrets over not having played any of the Daemon X Machina games. The good news is, I was given a chance to do so—and I’m currently stunned at how slept-on the games are. The sheer customization, the options in combat, the mech design, the controls…. I’m currently … Read more

Film opens in Japan on November 21, U.S. on December 12 TOHO began streaming on Friday a trailer for Studio Chizu and director Mamoru Hosoda‘s new anime film Scarlet (Hateshi naki Scarlet in Japanese, literally “Scarlet Without Limits”): The trailer’s release on August 1 coincides with the day that Hosoda’s Summer Wars film premiered in … Read more

© Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc As 2024 came to a close, Prime Video’s Secret Level threw viewers for a loop with Circle—a strangely dark reimagining of video game forefather, PAC-MAN. Not long after, Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed that the animated short was a stealth teaser for an upcoming Search Action title, Shadow Labyrinth. Since … Read more

Image via Let This Grieving Soul Retire! anime’s website © 槻影・チーコ／マイクロマガジン社／「嘆きの亡霊」製作委員会 The staff for the television anime of Tsukikage and Chyko‘s Let This Grieving Soul Retire! (Nageki no Bōrei wa Intai Shitai: Saijaku Hunter ni Yoru Saikyō Party Ikusei-jutsu) light novel series revealed on Friday that Kiyono Yasuno is performing the second season’s opening theme … Read more

Image via Early Wing Voice actress Shion Hinamoto announced on Thursday that she has retired from voice acting. Hinamoto has voiced an audience member extra in the first episode of the Tasokare Hotel anime. She has also played Campanella in the Ginga Tetsudō no Naka de stage reading. She has also played the character Aki … Read more