Anime, or Japanese animation, along with manga is becoming increasingly popular outside of Japan. Here you’ll find the latest DVD/Blu-ray releases, announcements for up-and-coming series and suggestions from those who love this medium. Dattebayo!
At 10:30 am local time (6:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time), a fire broke out at building that housed the Kyoto Animation Company in Kyoto, Japan. A man in his 40s was suspected of starting the fire which killed 33 people,…
A new teaser for the upcoming film Digimon Adventure: Last Adventure Kizuna was unveiled by Toei Animation at a special screening during Anime Expo this past Sunday. This brief trailer has Agumon asking Tai if they will remain together as…
The title and date of the upcoming My Hero Academia film was unveiled earlier today. My Hero Academia The Movie Heroes: Rising will hit theatres in Japan on Friday, December 20th, 2019. Also included was a new visual with Katsuki…
Pony Canyon, the distributor for the Attack on Titan anime series, announced that there is a fourth season coming in 2020, but that it will be the last for the animated series. A brief, 15 second video posted to YouTube…
The Vancouver International Film Festival is hosting their first ever Anime Day this Sunday, June 30th, 2019 with four films at the Vancity Theatre in downtown Vancouver. These four films are Penguin Highway, Made in Abyss: Journey’s Dawn, The Girl…
Canadian fans of The Rising of the Shield Hero anime can send themed postcards from the series to their friends or family courtesy of Crunchyroll and Postable. There are four designs to choose from, featuring characters from The Rising of…
While Naruto Shippuden ended in 2017, Viz Media was still releasing DVD box sets of the animated series which has now concluded with the release of the 38th and final DVD box set. These closing episodes delve into the childhoods…
The anime Dr. STONE, based on the manga series written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Boichi, is coming to Crunchyroll as their first simulcast for the summer. Thousands of year after humanity was petrified during a global catastrophe, two…
Crunchyroll and Twitch Prime are working together to bring 30 days of free anime to Twitch Prime members. This bonus is the first non-gaming loot for Twitch Prime members. Members of Twitch Prime have their choice of free PC games…
With 45 million users, Crunchyroll streams anime to all corners of the world and plans to release statistics on a steady basis of what their fans watch and from where. Over a one week period, from March 25th to 31st,…