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April 20, 2021
With six seasons of the anime adaptation of Yuki Midorikawa’s manga series Natsume’s Book of Friends out there, that’s a lot of good material to enjoy. The show is now making a partial addition in distribution as NIS America is bringing the four seasons that they’ve released on home video to Funimation’s streaming site. The service has them in their original Japanese language with English subtitles and available to viewers in the US and Canada where they own the rights to bring it. T...
April 20, 2021
What’s On The Crunchyroll, Funimation, & HIDIVE Anime Streaming Calendar For April 20th, 2021 The spring season is underway and the first two weeks of it are always a little chaotic. It’s a busy season with a lot of shows out – though not every day on every service – and here’s what’s tentatively scheduled for today: Crunchyroll: 12:00pm – JORAN THE PRINCESS OF SNOW AND BLOOD 3:00pm – BUNGO STRAY DOGS WAN! (ENGLISH DUB) Funimation: Tuesday 04/20 11:30 AM – The Saint’s Magi...
April 20, 2021
Nicky, today on TWIA were going to take a little detour away from how we usually do this column, and away from anime as we typically know it. Theres a big, weird, and wonderful world out there stuffed with all kinds of animation and expression, and thankfully, I know the perfect vehicle to carry us through it. Nicky Yes! In our current era, we spend an increasing amount of time struggling to define what properties earn the right to be called "anime." But rarely do we ever see the opposite ques...
April 20, 2021
The Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan film sold 1,533,054 tickets and earned 2,218,130,800 yen (about US$20.5 million) in its first three days to rank #1 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. The film earned the equivalent of US$16.8 million in China in its first three days, and its global earnings total US$37 million. Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet is the 24th film in the franchise. The film was slated to open on April 17 last year, but was delayed from its original date due...
April 20, 2021
“I’ll save the world with my song.” ©Aniplex, Funimation What they say: In the future where robots are made to serve humans, the A.I. Vivy is created to save humanity with her singing. When another A.I. who introduces himself as Matsumoto warns of a coming apocalyptic war between A.I. and humans, the two set out to change history. The Review: Content (Please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers): Vivy was one of my most hotly anticipated anime of the season, and fo...
April 20, 2021
Both disturbing and depressing…perfect for a COVID world. What They Say: Ganta is the only survivor after a mysterious man in red slaughters a classroom full of teenagers. He’s framed for the carnage, sentenced to die, and locked away in the most twisted prison ever built: Deadman Wonderland. And then it gets worse. At Deadman Wonderland, convicts are forced into brutal death matches for the amusement of the masses, the cheers of the crowd drowning out the screams of the dismembered. Even w...
April 20, 2021
Anime News How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Season 3 release date: Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu Season 3 predictions Tue Apr 20, 2021 at 5:27pm ET The How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Season 3 anime TV series will be based on the Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu light novel book series. Pic credit: Tezuka Productions How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Season 3 will have Diablo, Rem, and Shera traveling to the Dark Elf country of Blackwood, but when will Isekai Maou to Sh...
April 19, 2021
Crunchyrollstreamed the 12-episode series as it aired, and Zombie Land Saga Revengepremiered in Japan on April 8. Crunchyroll is streaming the sequel as it airs in Japan. The anime follows Sakura Minamoto, who dreams of being an idol, but is hit by a car and wakes up as a zombie. A man named Kōtarō Tatsumi appears and tells her hes recruiting her into an idol group made up of zombies, dead girls he has "recruited" from several eras of Japanese history. The anime inspired a stage play titled...
April 19, 2021
free, easy, and News Demon Slayer Anime Film Earns 39.7 Billion Yen in Japan posted on Film sells 28.76 million tickets after 27 weeks at box office The Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime film has sold a total of 28.76 million tickets for 39.7 billion yen (about US$367.4 million) in Japan as of Sunday. The film ranked at #5 in its 27th weekend. After 12 consecutive weeks at #1 in the box office in Japan, Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen...
April 19, 2021
free, easy, and News Demon Slayer Console Game Adds Urokodaki as Playable Character posted on Game slated to ship this year The official Twitter account for the Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hinokami Keppūtan video game revealed on Monday that the game will feature Sakonji Urokodaki as a playable character. The game will ship for the PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, and Steamthis year. The game will feature a story mode that will allow fans to relive the story of the first television an...