Anime News

  Video promotes first expansion pack for game The   ARK: Survival Ascended   game streamed a new animated teaser for the   ARK: Lost Colony   expansion on Monday, animated by   MAPPA . Watch trailer here The trailer includes the voices of  Michelle Yeoh , Madeleine Madden, Auli'i Cravalho, and others. ARK Lost Colony  is the first expansion pack for the  ARK: Survival Ascended  game. The developer says the game "bridges the gap from ARK Extinction to ARK Genesis and into the world of ARK 2." ARK: Survival Ascended  debuted in early access for PC via  Steam  in October 2023. The game then launched for the Xbox Series X|S in November 2023, and on  PlayStation  5 in November 2023. MAPPA  has produced such anime as  Kids on the Slope ,  In This Corner of the World ,  Yuri!!! on Ice ,  Jujutsu Kaisen , and  Attack on Titan The Final Season . MAPPA 's new original  anime  for...

  Bloodict  manga launches on April 18 The April issue of  Square Enix 's  Monthly G Fantasy  magazine revealed on Tuesday that manga creator  Umiharu  will launch a new manga titled  Bloodict  ( Blood-Addict ) in the magazine's next issue on April 18. The manga will have a color opening page. The manga is set in a certain "eastern country," where the commerce and use of an illegal drug named UDL has spread widely following the end of a devastatingly long war. Here, a boy named Ibuki is searching for his long-lost mother. One day, she meets a mysterious girl named Mylphy, and Ibuki's search for her mother will begin to take on a surprising twist. Umiharu  launched  The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World  manga adaptation of author  Hifumi Asakura  and illustrator  Yamakawa 's  Arafō Otoko no Isekai Tsūhan Seikatsu  light novel series in  Monthly G Fantasy  in April 201...

  Shinji Takamatsu  returns to helm  Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Haikara!  at  Studio DEEN A teaser website opened on Monday and revealed the new   Cute High Earth Defense Club (Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu)   television anime series titled   Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Haikara! . The website also announced the new anime's staff and teaser visual. Shinji Takamatsu , the director of the anime's first three series and the most recent  Cute High Earth Defense Club Eternal Love!  film, is returning to direct the new anime at  Studio DEEN . The  Cute High Earth Defense Club Eternal Love!  anime  film  for the  franchise 's 10th anniversary  premiered  in Japan on January 24. The first  Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!  television anime season premiered in Japan in January 2015.  Crunchyroll ,  Funimation ,  and   Viewster   streamed  the anime as it aired in Japan....

  Mitsue Yamazaki  helms anime series at  Dōga Kōbō TOHO animation  confirmed on Monday the television anime adaptation of  Satsuki Nakamura 's  Though I Am an Inept Villainess  ( Futsutsuka na Akujo de wa Gozaimasu ga - Sūgū Chōso Torikae Den ) light novel series, and revealed the anime's main staff and teaser visual. Watch trailer here The anime's character designer  Ai Kikuchi  drew the teaser visual:   The novels' illustrator  YukiKana  and the manga adaptation's artist  Ei Ohitsuji  both drew illustrations to celebrate the anime annnouncement: Mitsue Yamazaki  ( How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? ,  Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun ) is directing the anime at  Dōga Kōbō   Yoshiko Nakamura  ( Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time ,  Tadaima, Okaeri ,  The Helpful Fox Senko-san ) is overseeing the series scripts, and  Ai Kikuchi  ( How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? ,  Ne...

  New episodes resume on April 6 simultaneously in Japan, overseas The IGN news service posted the official trailer for Part 2 of the  One Piece  anime's Egghead arc with English subtitles on Friday. Watch trailer here The  One Piece  anime will start  airing  new episodes again in Japan on April 6 on Sundays at 11:15 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT) on  Fuji TV  and its affiliates. Crunchyroll  will simultaneously  stream  the anime when it resumes the Egghead arc on April 6 in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Latin America. Additionally, it will stream  One Piece  Specials 14-16, and new English  dub  episodes (1109-1122) starting on March 18 in the mentioned territories. The  franchise  had  announced  in mid-October that the current Egghead arc of the anime would pause to "recharge," and then the arc will continue in April 2025. The anime is currently airing...

  Screenings on April 13, 14, and 16 with English subtitles,  dub Crunchyroll  announced on Friday that it acquired the North American theatrical rights for the compilation  film  of the first  Kaiju No. 8  anime season under the title  Kaiju No. 8 : Mission Recon .  Sony Pictures Entertainment  will present the film "in an event-style release" in theaters in the United States and Canada on April 13, 14, and 16. The screenings will be available in both Japanese with English subtitles, and dubbed in English. The film will  open  in 32 theaters in Japan for three weeks only starting on March 28, and will include the new original episode "Hoshina's Day Off." The American band  OneRepublic  performs the ending theme song "Invincible (from  Kaiju No. 8 )" as the ending theme for the "Hoshina's Day Off" part of the film. Multiple staff members from the first season are returning for the new episode.  Yūto Tsukuda ...

  Chika Anzai ,  Ikumi Hasegawa ,  Akari Kitō , more star in sci-fi anime based on RPG The official website for the television anime adaptation of game developer  Petit Depotto 's  Gnosia  sci-fi social deduction RPG revealed in a new trailer on Sunday that the anime will debut in October. The website also revealed the show's staff and cast, as well as a new visual. Watch trailer here The anime will star (left to right in image above): Hiroki Nanami  as Raqio Ikumi Hasegawa  as Setsu Chika Anzai  as Yūri Akari Kitō  as SQ Asami Seto  as Gina Kazuya Ichikawa  ( Burning Kabaddi ,  The World Ends with You the Animation ) is directing the anime at  Domerica .  Jukki Hanada  ( Love Live! School idol project  franchise,  Sound! Euphonium ) is both writing and overseeing the series scripts, and  Arisa Matsuura  ( Romantic Killer ) is adapting Kotori's original character designs for animation....

  Sound! Euphonium , The Final Movie  unveiled in 10th anniversary event The " Sound! Euphonium  10th Anniversary Event" on Sunday revealed  Sound! Euphonium , The Final Movie , the  franchise 's upcoming film slated for 2026. The film's trailer video and teaser visual also debuted at the event. Watch trailer here The third season of the  Sound! Euphonium  anime  premiered  in April 2024. The anime had a total of 13 episodes. The third anime season adapted Kumiko's third year in high school.  Haruka Tomatsu  voiced the new character Mayu Kuroe. Original light novel author  Ayano Takeda  published the story of Kumiko's third year in high school in two novel volumes. The first volume shipped in April 2019 and the second volume shipped in June 2019. The first 13-episode television anime series for the  franchise  premiered in April 2015. The anime  inspired  the  Gekijō-ban Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji ...

  Teaser post uses same phrase as  TOHO 's tease of new anime announcement The official X (formerly  Twitter ) account of  Satsuki Nakamura 's  Though I Am an Inept Villainess  ( Futsutsuka na Akujo de wa Gozaimasu ga - Sūgū Chōso Torikae Den ) light novel series has been teasing an announcement since March 12 by posting countdown images drawn by the light novels' illustrator  YukiKana . The account will reveal the announcement on Monday, at 7:00 p.m. JST (6:00 a.m. EDT), the same time that  TOHO animation  will  reveal  a new anime. The light novels' X/ Twitter  teaser posts also use the same phrase as  TOHO animation 's tease of new anime announcement: "On the night the comet lights up the night sky, the fate of two people will intersect." Ichijinsha  launched Nakamura's light novel series with illustrations by  YukiKana  in December 2020. The novels' manga adaptation by  Ei Ohitsuji  simultaneou...

  Senryū Girl ,  Detectives These Days Are Crazy!  manga creator launched series in 2023 NBC Universal  announced on Friday that  Masakuni Igarashi 's  Tune In to the Midnight Heart  ( Mayonaka Heart Tune ) manga is getting a television anime series that will debut in 2026. Watch trailer here Kodansha 's  K MANGA  service is publishing the manga digitally in English, and it describes the story: When Arisu Yamabuki was all alone in bed at night, he was able to find solace in the voice of a radio host who went by “Apollo.” However, one day, she simply stopped broadcasting without any explanation. Years then passed, and Arisu is now a second-year high-schooler. He makes it his mission to search for Apollo, as there is something he wants to tell her. He doesn't know what she looks like, or even what her real name is, but he manages to get some leads on her in his school's broadcasting club. That's where he meets four girls who all dream to get a ...