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The series site for Kuroko’s Basketball continues to be updated with new character pages. Following last week’s addition of Shigehiro Ogiwaro, voiced by Yū Hayashi, and Shūzō Nijimura, voiced by Ryōtarō Okiayu, this week’s update features Chihiro Mayuzumi, voiced by Ryota Ohsaka (Ace of Diamond’s Eijun Sawamura). …
Earlier today The Pokémon Company shared an English teaser trailer for the latest Pokémon movie, which is set to be released outside of Japan as Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages. It’s coming to Cartoon Network later…
Josei manga magazine Be Love recently teased big Chihayafuru news for its 9th 2015 issue, on sale April 15th, but an early look at the series’ 27th volume, due to be released April 13th, gave away the headline. The story of a young woman…
Leads for this August’s Boruto: Naruto the Movie anime movie have been officially introduced with Yuko Sanpei (Eureka 7’s Renton Thurston, Yes! Precure 5‘s Cure Dream) as Boruto Uzumaki and Kokoro Kikichu (Heartcatch Precure!’s Potpourri) as Sarada Uchiha. Along with this, a new set of screenshot have been presented. …
![[Video] New Gintama anime shocks Japan by mocking a crying politician](https://sotaku.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/video-new-gintama-anime-shocks-japan-by-mocking-a-crying-politician.png)
In the west, it’s typical to see animated series like South Park and Family Guy poke (often controversial) fun at public personalities from politicians to Hollywood celebrities that sometimes, it ain’t shocking anymore. However, that sort of satire is rare in…
The official website for Square Enix’s monthly magazine Gangan Joker has announced that manga creator Cocoa Fujiwara passed away on March 31. She was 31. Her funeral was already conducted with her family and relatives. She was best known for…
Kodansha today posted a 45-second CM for the 16th volume of Hajime Isayama’s mega hit manga series Attack on Titan on its official YouTube channel, which will be released in Japan tomorrow, April 9. The limited edition of the volume…
It is officially confirmed that a live-action film adaptation of Atsuko Nanba’s 2004-2005 shoujo mangaSenpai to Kanojo (Senior and Girlfriend) is in the works for a fall 2015 release. The one-sided love-themed manga was serialized in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Friend from…
While the cast of this August’s Boruto: Naruto the Movie haven’t been formally announced, a visual presented the listing a bit too clearly, with Yuko Sanpei (Yes! Precure 5‘s Cure Dream) as Boruto Uzumaki and Kokoro Kikichu (Heartcatch Precure!’s Potpourri) as Sarada Uchiha. And, speaking…
At least they’ll have photos to remember this moment. Near Universal Studios Japan’s Attack on Titan attraction, there are Eren Titan and Female Titan statues. I checked them out during a press preview this week. They really tower over everything…
Three new anime-inspired bronze statues can now be seen guarding the Ooizumi-Gakuen Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, and they are none other than Lum Invader from Urusei Yatsura, Tetsuro and Maetel from Galaxy Express 999, and Astro…
The highly-anticipated stage musical adaptation of the Death Note manga series created by Tsugumi Ohba (story) and Takeshi Obata (art) finally opened at Nissay Theater in Tokyo yesterday, April 6. You can check the latest CM and an open rehearsal…
![[Video] Original cast return as Aria the Avvenire teaser is streamed](https://sotaku.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/video-original-cast-return-as-aria-the-avvenire-teaser-is-streamed.jpg)
A new teaser video streamed by Shochiku Channel has announced that the original Aria cast will be reprising their roles for the upcoming Aria the Avvenire anime, which will premiere in a special screening event this September 26. The video…
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Shogakukan’s Web Sunday site has announced that Fullmetal Alchemist author Hiromu Arakawa’s best-selling agricultural school manga Silver Spoon will be returning in Shonen Sunday issue 21, on sale April 22nd, ending an eight month hiatus. Plans for its 13th volume are also in the works. The news…
