Toei Animation have released yet another trailer for the upcoming Space Pirate Captain Harlock film. The latest trailer showcases more of the film than any before it, featuring several of the films cast as well as the theme song of the movie which was revealed as ‘Be the Light’ by ONE OK...

Mangaka Shimura Takako will be ending her popular manga Hourou Musuko in the August issue of Enterbrains’ Monthly Comic Bean Magazine. The manga has been in publication for over ten years and deals with the subjects of gender identity and the beginnings of puberty. The front cover of the August Comic...

Japanese Businessmen and women will be able to purchase Evangelion themed clothing and accessories all throughout this month, allowing them to show off their interest for the anime around their workplace in style. Japanese clothing company Haruyama have collaborated with Evangelion to create a special event...

If you’re planning on visiting Japan this month and have an interest in Bishonen anime, then this attraction is right up your ally. For the whole of June, the Animate cafe in the Tennoji ward of Osaka will be themed around the anime Karneval. The concept of the cafe is designed around various elements of...

Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Production I.G.’s latest re imaging of the popular series, will premiere on the 22nd of June in cinemas throughout Japan. In anticipation for the first episode, a new website has been set up to further promote the anime and the artist who created the opening theme. The...

Fans of Sword Art Online will be excited to know that new merchandise will be available within the next few months, which you can display in plain sight without anyone noticing. Japanese clothing company Cospa have produced a very stylish red SAO necktie, perfect to wear around the office or in any other...

The newly released 31st volume of Kenta Shinohara’s popular SKET Dance manga has announced that the series will reach its climax in its upcoming 32nd volume. SKET Dance has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine since 2006 and after a monumental 7 year run will be reaching its climax in its...

Australian anime distributor Madman Entertainment has announced special One Day Only Screenings for Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II – The Battle for Doldrey. It is part of a new series of one-day REEL Anime Specials available to see on the big screen for the first time. Here the cities, dates and times...

The first visual for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s Kiki’s Delivery Service has been revealed. The image which can be seen above features Kiki herself with broomstick in hand. It has been confirmed that 16 year old Fuka Koshiba will play the lead-role of Kiki. The...

Military jackets that make both the women look sexy and the men look tough. Just the other week we saw some awesome looking, official clothing from One Piece which was based on the character Trafalgar Law, not we’ve got something that I’m going to say is probably even better, if not, more...

A brand new visual art for the Nisekoi anime has been revealed through Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The visual which can be seen above showcases the series cast as they are set to appear in the anime series. The character designs look very close to the manga source material which is of course a great thing...

Good news for fans of the anime series Gargantia as it appears the series will receive a spin-off manga not unlike the spin-off manga which was just announced for Valvrave the Liberator, another mecha series airing this season. The Gargantia spin-off manga will follow the popular character Bellows. She soon...

Tokyo Game Show has just released the main visual art for its upcoming annual event. Tokyo Game Show 2013 will have the theme of Limitless Evolution, in regards to the evolution of gaming. The Tokyo Game Show 2013 poster can be seen above. It features Tokyo Game Show’s mascot robotic girl named...

Earlier in the year Chiyomaru Shikura, creator of Steins;Gate, revealed plans for his next work Occultic;Nine. Chiyomaru also specified that his debut novel is not the proper fourth “science adventure” following after Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes, though it could be considered the...

SMASH! has just confirmed that director Matsubara Hidenori will be attending the convention this year, joining Japanese voice-actors Masakazu Morita and Haruka Momoi on August 10. Hidenori-san is also a famous character designer and illustrator for well-known classics like Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ah! My...

More details have come to light on the greatly anticipated Space Pirate Captain Harlock film. The latest piece of information is that the film’s theme will be performed by popular J-Rock band ONE OK ROCK. ONE OK ROCK (pronounced ‘One Ock Rock’, in reference to the Japanese pronunciation of...

The Japan Foundation recently housed the Evangelion Exhibition in one of its few showings outside of Japan. Special guest Yuko Miyamura, the seiyuu of Asuka, attended the event, working on a voice acting workshop as well as providing insight into her work on Evangelion via an in depth question and answer...

That’s right anime fans, the long awaited debut of Japan’s first anime streaming service has come about with DAISUKI launching earlier today. For those of you who just cannot wait to take a look through DAISUKI’s launch line-up of anime you can head on over to DAISUKI.net right now and...

Mind-blowing right? (Click to enlarge) Kouji Tajima, a Japanese concept artist with a number of film credits to his name, including the upcoming Captain Harlock film, Les Miserables and Total Recall. Not only has he done all of that great stuff but he has also created a gorgeous Attack on Titan mock-up...

The first 5 minutes of Makoto Shinkai’s highly anticipated The Garden of Words anime film has made its way online. The film recently saw its world premiere take place at the Gold Coast Film Festival, which Shinkai himself attended. The Garden of Words has also recently been licensed for distribution by...

As many of you probably know, several cities in Australia are hosting the Evangelion Art Expo in succession for the first time outside Japan. An assortment of production stills and sketches are being displayed and a bunch of cool, limited merchandise from Evangelion 3.0′s Japanese theatre screenings...

Namco have issued out a press release officially announcing the opening date and attractions for the new indoor Shonen Jump Magazine theme park. J-World Tokyo, located in the Sunshine City World Import Mart, will be open to the public on July the 11th and will have attraction based around popular Jump...

This week’s issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday has dropped a pretty significant announcement for fans of the Magi anime series. The anime series’ sequel has been listed as ‘opening’ in Fall 2013. This particular phrasing has lead many to believe that the sequel will not be a 2nd season of...

The latest issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine has announced that Yuji Terajima’s popular baseball manga Ace of Diamond will be getting an anime adaptation. Furthermore it has been revealed that the anime will be produced by two anime studio powerhouses, the legendary Madhouse and Production I.G. This...

Ever wondered how you could incorporate anime into facial hair removal? Evangelion teamed up with Schick to create Eva themed razor stands, but now there is a new character promoting shaving in Akihabara. Electronic product company Izumi has created the anime mascot Izumi Matsumoto to help promote their...

Studio Trigger’s upcoming anime series, Kill La Kill, from the mind of Hiroyuki Imaishi the creator of Gurren Lagann, now has had its first official commercial released online today. The commercial showcases several of the designs for the series including characters and locations. It does not however...