English Reviews

Crunchyroll announced on Friday in conjunction with Kamitsubaki Studio‘s upcoming Anime Central panel this weekend that it will stream the television anime of the Kamitsubaki-Shi Kensetsu-chū. (Kamitsubaki City Under Construction) project for the summer 2025 season. The anime will stream in July in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, … Read more

SNK‘s board chairman to serve as interim CEO Fighting game company SNK announced on Tuesday that CEO Kenji Matsubara will step down as CEO and “transition to an advisory role.” During a transitional period, the company’s board has appointed its chairman to serve as interim CEO (the announcement did not say who the chairman was, … Read more

Cuteuphoria’s Dra-Con Café, NEKO-NIN exHeart SPIN! fan disc both launched last November Sekai Project announced during its panel at Anime Central on Friday that it has licensed Cuteuphoria’s Dra-Con Café (Dragon Girls x Concept Cafe) and Whirlpool’s NEKO-NIN exHeart SPIN! LOVE+PLUS visual novels in the West for release on PC via Steam in 2025. Image … Read more

Image via Amazon © Rumiko Takahashi, Takashi Shiina, Shogakukan The ninth volume Takashi Shiina‘s manga adaptation of the Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Hanyō no Yashahime) anime spinoff of Rumiko Takahashi‘s Inuyasha series revealed on Friday the manga will end in its 10th volume this summer. Shiina launched the manga adaptation in Shogakukan‘s Shōnen Sunday S magazine … Read more

Manga inspired anime film that opened in April 2024 Image via Amazon © Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yūsuke Nomura, Kōta Sannomiya, Kodansha The seventh volume of Kōta Sannomiya‘s BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi-, the manga spinoff of Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura‘s Blue Lock soccer manga, announced on Friday that the spinoff manga will end with its eight volume, … Read more

Takara Tomy teased a new collaboration between the Transformers toys and the popular anime franchise Evangelion at the Shizuoka Hobby Show 2025 on Wednesday. The crossover will be part of the toy maker’s Synergenex brand for collaborations, in celebration of Evangelion‘s 30th anniversary. The only peek of what’s to come is a silhouette of what … Read more

  The American Cinematheque made headlines nine years ago when it announced that it had installed a projection booth that the city of Los Angeles deemed suitable for projecting nitrate prints. There are only a few others like it, even in the city most closely associated with filmmaking. But if you’ve ever seen the way … Read more

I don’t harbor many regrets in my life; I’ve been fortunate to meet people and have experiences that others might only dream about. But there are a few things I could and should have done better. One is to avoid procrastination. I’ve delayed calling people I wanted to interview because I had no particular deadline…and … Read more