In a segment that I seem to have to do a couple of times a year that really does make me feel bad, Yoshihiro Togashi’s run on Hunter x Hunter is entering hiatus status again. The property returned to serialization back on September 2018 in Weekly Shonen Jump after the previous hiatus it went into back in April 2018. Now, the book is going into hiatus once again as the health issues are taking their toll. No return date is set but Togashi indicated he has a lot of storyboards set and will be focusing on manuscripts while dealing with the health side. Togashi’s health has always been problematic and made this run difficult. The latest hiatus doesn’t have any sort of time frame for it but it was characterized as a short break.

Viz Media has been releasing the series in North America and they caught up in the spring of 2017. They’re also in the process of releasing the anime TV series adaptation.

Plot Concept: Hunters are a special breed, dedicated to tracking down treasures, magical beasts, and even other men. But such pursuits require a license, and less than one in a hundred thousand can pass the grueling qualification exam. Those who do pass gain access to restricted areas, amazing stores of information, and the right to call themselves Hunters.

[Source: ANN]

© 吾峠呼世晴／集英社・アニプレックス・ufotable

The new cast additions include:

• Hiro Shimono as Zenitsu Agatsuma
• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Inosuke Hashibira
• Takahiro Sakurai as Giyū Tomioka

TVアニメ『鬼滅の刃』 新情報
キャスト情報第二弾①
本作の主人公・炭治郎と同期の鬼殺隊士の一人ー
我妻善逸 : 下野紘
本日解禁の描き下ろしもご紹介！https://t.co/lYxUHYbDYt#鬼滅の刃 #ufotable pic.twitter.com/UtpkA9KVsl

— ufotable (@ufotable) November 25, 2018

TVアニメ『鬼滅の刃』 新情報
キャスト情報第二弾②
更に本作の主人公・炭治郎と同期の鬼殺隊士の一人ー
嘴平伊之助 : 松岡禎丞
本日解禁の描き下ろしもご紹介！https://t.co/lYxUHYbDYt#鬼滅の刃 #ufotable pic.twitter.com/o4QqRlwcyk

— ufotable (@ufotable) November 25, 2018

TVアニメ『鬼滅の刃』 新情報
キャスト情報第二弾③
さらに、鬼殺隊の主軸となる”柱 “のひとり
冨岡義勇 : 櫻井孝宏
本編より、
ジャンプスペシャルアニメフェスタ2018で
公開されたばかりの場面写をご紹介！https://t.co/CGk4ORmpZn#鬼滅の刃 #ufotable pic.twitter.com/c6SabTv86N

— ufotable (@ufotable) November 25, 2018

The Japanese cast previously revealed the two leads with Natsuki Hanae as Tanjir Kamado while Akari Kito will play Nezuko Kamado.

You can see our reviews of the first, second, and third manga chapters.

The manga from Koyoharu Gotouge began in early 2016 and has twelve volumes out so far. Viz Media published the first three chapters as a Jump Start sample title in 2016.

Check out the official site and Twitter.

Plot Concept: Since ancient times, rumors have abounded of man-eating demons lurking in the woods. Because of this, the local townsfolk never venture outside at night. Legend has it that a demon slayer also roams the night, hunting down these bloodthirsty demons. For young Tanjiro, these rumors will soon to become his harsh reality…

Ever since the death of his father, Tanjiro has taken it upon himself to support his family. Although their lives may be hardened by tragedy, they’ve found happiness. But that ephemeral warmth is shattered one day when Tanjiro finds his family slaughtered and the lone survivor, his sister Nezuko, turned into a demon. To his surprise, however, Nezuko still shows signs of human emotion and thought… Thus begins Tanjiro’s request to fight demons and turn his sister human again.

© Tsuburaya Pro / TRIGGER / Tetsu Amemiya

The fall 2018 anime series SSSS.Gridman is getting its home video releases handled by Pony Canyon and they’ve set a good schedule for it. We’re now a few weeks away from the kickoff for the series and the cover artwork for that volume has now landed to give us a clue of what to expect for the full run design. The twelve episode series is getting a four-volume release that begins on December 19th, 2018. The DVDs and Blu-rays are both priced at 8,000 yen each. The series is directed by Akira Amemiya with scripts by Keiichi Hasegawa. Masayuki Gotou is credited with the Gridman design.

The Japanese cast includes Hikaru Midorikawa as GridmanYūya Hirose as Yūta Hibiki, Hikaru Midorikawa as Gridman, Sōma Saitō as Shō Utsumi, Yume Miyamoto as Rokka Takarada, Reina Ueda as Akane Shinjō, Tetsu Inada as Alexis Kerib, Ryousuke Takahashi as Samurai Caribar, Katsuyuki Konishi as Max, Aoi Yūki as Borar, Masaya Matsukaze as Vitt, Kenichi Suzumura as Mysterious Boy, Mayumi Shintani as Rikka Mama, Akari Kitō as Hassu, and Suzuko Mimori as Namiko.

Maaya Uchida is performing the ending theme song for the series with “youthful beautiful” which will have its CD ship in mid-October.

Check out the official site and Twitter.

Plot Concept: You’re not alone. On any day, anywhere. Yūta Hibiki, who is a first-year high school student living in Tsutsujidai, one day wakes up to find he has lost his memories. And he meets the “Hyper Agent Gridman” on his old computer. Gridman says that Yūta has a mission he must fulfill, and Yūta sets out to find the meaning to those words and his memory loss. Yūta’s friends — Shō Utsumi, Rikka Takarada, and Akane Shinjō — would always help him and spend their days with him. But, their tranquil days are suddenly and easily crushed with the appearance of kaijū.

SSSS.Gridman Japanese Volume 1 Cover

[Source: SSSS.Gridman]

© ATLUS © SEGA / PERSONA 5 the Animation Project

The season finale for the Persona 5 the Animation property had a little extra tease at the end that revealed that there will be an anime special coming by the end of the year. Called the Persona 5: Dark Sun special, we now have a new key visual for it below as well as a quick hit teaser for it. Additionally, it also got a premiere date of midnight December 29th, 2018 with it on the same networks as the TV series.

Masashi Ishihama directed the TV series based on the series composition by Shinichi Inotsume. Tomomi Ishikawa worked on the character designs and A-1 Pictures produced the animation.

The Japanese cast includes Rina Satou as Makoto Niijima, Aoi Yuuki as Futaba Sakura, Haruka Tomatsu as Haru Okumura, Mamoru Miyano as Ryuji Sakamoto, Nana Mizuki as Anne Tamamaki, Ikue Otani s Morgana, and Tomokazu Sugita as Yusuki Kitagawa.

Property Concept: The story takes place in Tokyo, the city where people’s desires intertwine. As disturbing incidents keep occurring in town, a rumor goes around that a group of people called the “Phantom Thieves of Hearts” has been reforming corrupt adults.

© ATLUS © SEGA / PERSONA 5 the Animation Project

＼キービジュアル解禁PV公開！／
「DarkSun…」の放送日が
《2018年12月30日》に決定！

描き下ろしのキービジュアル解禁PVも公開！
前日29日にはTVアニメの総集編も放送決定！

【平成最後の2018年末はTVアニメ「ペルソナ５」をご満喫ください！】

▼公式HP▼https://t.co/dkZaj1g0RM#p5a pic.twitter.com/6LFxbovPEI

— TVアニメ「ペルソナ５」公式 (@P5_anime) November 25, 2018

[Source: ANN]

© Shigeru Mizuki · Toei Animation

With a planned run of at least fifty-one episodes, Toei Animation is now doing some promotion for the thirty-fifth episode of the Gegege no Kitaro anime series that’s set to arrive on December 2nd, 2018. Episodes will be streaming on Crunchyroll on Saturday nights at 10:30 pm ET for their members with availability set for North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Europe.

The series is being directed by Kouji Ogawa based on the series composition by Hiroshi Oonogi. Sorato Shimizu is serving as the character designer and chief animation director with Toei Animation handling the production along with Fuji TV and Yomiuri Advertising.

The Japanese cast includes Miyuki Sawashiro as Kitarou, Masako Nozawa as Medama Oyaji, Toshio Furukawa as Nezumi Otoko, Umeka Shouji as Neko Musume, Yukiyo Fujii as Mana Inuyama, Mayumi Tanaka as Sunakake Babaa, Bin Shimada as Konaki Jijii & Nurikabe, and Kappei Yamaguchi as Ittan Momen.

The manga began in 1965 and ran for seventeen volumes through 1986 from Shigeru Mizuki, who passed away in 2015.

Plot Concept: Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai. When a number of unexplainable phenomena plague adults of the human world with confusion and chaos, thirteen-year-old Mana writes a letter to the Yokai Post in search of answers, only to be greeted by Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro…

One of the cuter short form series of the last few years that has made big inroads in the merchandising market is Bananya. While Discotek Media picked up the home video rights for it they’ve now slung it over for streaming on Tubi TV. You can check out our coverage and reviews of the series here.

The project is from TMS Entertainment and Gathering with Kyo Yatate directing it and working on the scripts. Jun Mita served as the animation director for it. Yuuki Kaji took on the titular role in it as well.

Plot Concept: Bananya is a mysterious cat who hides inside a banana. Bananya lives undercover inside a real banana, and no-one has ever seen the part covered by banana skin… When nobody is around, Bananya secretly plays and creates mischief. Bananya likes to play and eat sweet things. Bananya’s dream is to become a stylish chocolate banana.

© Eiichiro Oda / Shueisha · Fuji Television · Toei Animation

Toei Animation has started promoting the next episode of One Piece that’s due out Saturday on December 1st, 2018 in the US with episode 864. The series has been chugging along for quite a few years and is showing no signs of slowing down as they’re going after Sanji and his encounter with Big Mom. Check out the quick promo for the new episode below!

Crunchyroll streams the series in the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America. FUNimation streams it to the USA and Canada.

Series Premise: Monkey. D. Luffy refuses to let anyone or anything stand in the way of his quest to become the king of all pirates. With a course charted for the treacherous waters of the Grand Line and beyond, this is one captain who’ll never give up until he’s claimed the greatest treasure on Earth: the Legendary One Piece!

Crackle has added a new property from the Funimation catalog in dubbed form for fans to check out with the Death Parade series. The full twelve episode series is playing on the service now while the subtitled side remains on Funimation’s side (along with the dub being in both places). Check out the Crackle series page here.

Check out our review of the North American edition.

The twelve episode series was produced at Madhouse with original creator Yuruzu Tachikawa directing. Shinichi Kurita worked on it as the character designer and chief animation director. The series stars Tomoaki Maeno, Asami Seto, Rumi Ookubo and Yoshimasa Hosoya. The English language cast, directed by Zach Bolton and Cris George, includes Alex Organ as Decim, Jamie Marchi, Jad Saxton as Nona, Anastasia Munoz as Quin, Z. Charles Bolton as Clovis, Eric Vale as Takashi and Trina Nishimura as Machiko.

Plot Concept: When two people die at the same time, they’re sent to a place that’s neither heaven nor hella lavish bar between worlds where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: if you win you live again, if you die you’re gone for good.

Decim is the bartender charged with serving the souls who enter Quindecim. He may make a mean cocktail, but his true profession is to play the role of arbiter judge who determines whether or not a soul is worthy of reincarnation. To aid in his judgment, the bar’s patrons are forced to play simple games laced with sadistic twists designed to bring their true natures to light. To Decim, judgment has always been black and whitethat is until he meets a mysterious young woman whose fate seems impossible to decide. His indecision shakes the very foundation of the games and raises the biggest question of all: Who is fit to judge the dead?

The new Kiratto Pri☆Chan anime series got underway back on April 8th, 2018 and now TV Tokyo is doing some new promotion for the show. The thirty-fifth episode is coming up on December 2nd, 2018 and TV Tokyo has a new 30-second promotional spot for it. Sadly, there’s no overseas streaming setup for the show, making this the only legal way to get a taste of the property.

The series has Hiroshi Ikehata directing based on the scripts by Kazuho Hyodo. Hajime Mitsuda is handling the character designs with Tatsunoko Production and Dongwoo A&E handling the animation production.

The Japanese cast includes Koko Hayashi as Mirai Momoyama, Miyu Kubota as play Emo Moegi, Nanami Atsugi as Rin Aoba, Yū Serizawa as Anna Akagi, and Yūki Wakai as Sara Midorikawa.

Plot Concept: The story will have video uploading and streaming sites as a central focus, and will once again have themes of singing, dancing, fashion, and friendship as part of the series’ themes. The series will center on two first-year middle school girls named Mirai Momoyama and Emo Moegi, two aspiring idols who decide to use the “Pri☆Chan System,” a system used by famous people and companies to broadcast content. Like many girls starting their own channels and uploading content, the pair decides to become their own producers, starting their own channel in an attempt to become Pri☆Chan idols.

I had missed this previously but Toei Animation has set a 30th-anniversary edition of the Samurai Troopers anime series. The box set of the TV series and OVAs are landing on December 5th, 2018 with what looks to be a remaster from the film materials. It’s priced at 50,000 yen and we now have the cover artwork for it below.

The series was originally released in North America through Bandai Entertainment.

Plot concept: Long ago, there existed an evil spirit that waged a war to conquer the human world. Defeat drove him back to the realm of darkness, but not before vowing to return and exact his revenge. A thousand years later, the world has all but forgotten the name of Arago, Emperor of Doom. When black clouds smother the bright city lights of Shinjuku, and a sinister laugh drowns out the dying hum of electricity, the people of the world plunge into terror, unprepared for the evil spirit’s return! An ancient fortress of stone appears over the modern glass buildings of the city, and as the armies of the human world launch an attack, their own weapons turn against them, rendering them useless. In the face of this overwhelming power, hope is no where to be found. But not everything is lost! As despair grips the city, five young men emerge, wearing mystical armor said to grant strength enough to defeat Arago once and for all! But despite the might of their armor, Ryo of the Wildfire, Toma of the Heavens, Shu of the Stone, Shin of the Torrent, and Seiji of the Nimbus, will have to join together and learn to work as a team if they are to have any chance of defeating the armies of the Empire of Doom, including the Four Warlords, who possess mystical armor of their own!

Samurai Troopers Japanese Box Set Cover A

Samurai Troopers Japanese Box Set Cover B

Samurai Troopers Japanese Box Set Cover C

© Eiichiro Oda / Shueisha · Fuji Television · Toei Animation

Funimation is doing some promotion of their own with One Piece as they bring out new episodes mostly every week just like in Japan. The series has been chugging along for quite a few years and is showing no signs of slowing down as this clip gives us a race to save Chiffon as the Nostra Castello is revealed to be amphibious! Check out the solid clip for the 860th episode below!

Crunchyroll streams the series in the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America. FUNimation streams it to the USA and Canada.

Series Premise: Monkey. D. Luffy refuses to let anyone or anything stand in the way of his quest to become the king of all pirates. With a course charted for the treacherous waters of the Grand Line and beyond, this is one captain who’ll never give up until he’s claimed the greatest treasure on Earth: the Legendary One Piece!

© Tsukasa Fushimi, Hiro Kanzaki / KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works

We first learned about the OVA that was in the works for Eromanga sensei back in November 2017 with plans for it to see a 2018 debut. That’s now not quite happening as the OVA has now been set for a January 16th, 2019 debut in Japan. The OVA is coming out as two episodes with a nearly 50-minute running time total with stories focusing on Elf Yamada and Sagiri Izumi. It’s set for a 6,000 yen DVD release and a 7,000 yen Blu-ray release.

Check out our review of the first volume and our review of the second volume.

Ryohei Takeshita directed it while Tatsuya Takahashi handled supervision of the scripts for the series. Hiroyuki Oda served as the character designs and A-1 Pictures produced the animation for this Aniplex production.

The Japanese cast includes Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Masamune Izumi, Akane Fujita as Sagiri Izumi, Minami Takahashi as Elf Yamada, Saori Ōnishi as Muramasa Senjyu, Ibuki Kido as Megumi Jinno, Yui Ishikawa as Tomoe Takasago. Nobunaga Shimazaki as Kunimitsu Shidou and Mikako Komatsu as Ayame Kagurazaka.

Plot concept: Masamune Izumi is a high school student who writes light novels. Sagiri Izumi is a shut-in who never leaves her room. A year ago, she became Masamune’s little sister. But one day, Masamune discovers a shocking twist- The artist “Eromanga Sensei,” who has been drawing illustrations for his novels, is none other than his little sister Sagiri! His cute little shut-in of a sister, who has been living under his roof, is using an obscene pen name and draws lewd illustrations?!

Eromanga sensei OVA Cover

Eromanga sensei OVA Cover (Front & Back)

[Source: Eromanga sensei]

Funimation revealed at NYCC that will be coming out early next year with the first part of The Ancient Magus’ Bride. The show will be getting a bilingual DVD/BD/Digital release that will arrive on January 29th, 2018. and that it will include the 3-part prequel OVA “Those Awaiting a Star”. Now, the first trailer has been set for the release and a look at the limited edition that includes Rigid box with specialty print, 5 art cards with exclusive art from Japan, 11×17 fabric poster, 40-page artbook with an in-depth look into the world plus storyboards. On-disc extras include the Twitter Q&A: The Ancient Magus’ Bride Cast & Crew, Textless Opening Song “Here”, Textless Closing Song “-cycle-“, and the Episode 8 Commentary.

The series is based on the manga by manga creator Kore Yamazaki and had Norihiro Naganuma directing it based on the series composition by Aya Takaha. Hirotaka Kato handled the character designs for it.

The English language had had Kyle Phillips directing it based on the scripts by Bonny Clinkenbeard with the two leads cast with Dani Chambers as Chise Hatori and Brian Mathis as Elias Ainsworth.

Known as Mahou Tsukai no Yome in its original Japanese form, Seven Seas Entertainment acquired The Ancient Magus Bride manga back in 2014 for release. The manga series comes from Kore Yamazaki, their third professionally published work, and the first North American volume landed in May 2015. The series is currently being serialized in Monthly Comic Garden with six volumes have been released so far in Japan.

Plot concept: Hatori Chise is only 16, but she has lost far more than most. With neither family nor hope, it seems all doors are closed to her. But, a chance encounter began to turn the rusted wheels of fate. In her darkest hour, a mysterious magus appears before Chitose, offering a chance she couldn’t turn down. This magus who seems closer to demon than human, will he bring her the light she desperately seeks, or drown her in ever deeper shadows?

The fall season is underway and things are coming together well across the streaming services. Crunchyroll lines up some good stuff today with Zombieland Saga and more while Funimation has several dubs from the new and backlist side as well as a simulcast for Run with the Wind. Funimation has nothing scheduled today.

Crunchyroll:

• 8:00am – ANISONG STATION
• 10:30am – MERC STORIA: THE APATHETIC BOY AND THE GIRL IN A BOTTLE
• 11:30am – ZOMBIE LAND SAGA
• 4:30pm – BAKUMATSU

Funimation:

• Nothing Scheduled

HIDIVE:

• 11:00 am – Negima!? Episode 11-13 (Sub/Dub)
• 11:59 am – Run with the Wind Episode 5
• 12:00 pm – Gunparade March Episode 4 (Sub/Dub)
• 1:00 pm – UQ Holder Episode 2 (Dub)

The latest ratings have come in from the holiday weekend where Toonami operated as normal instead of running a marathon or something else. This week had Dragon Ball Super taking the top spot and only down 8,000 from the previous week it aired. Boruto was down just 20,000 while Mob Psycho 100 fell almost 50,000 viewers. The other new show of the night was Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure which fell just 6,000 from the previous airing.

The prior week was an Attack on Titan marathon.

This week is up overall as a block about 7.4% from the marathon week but it’s down 23% from what it was doing this time a year ago.

With the Mirai of the Future out in Japan this past summer the international side is continuing to expand both in location and style. While Anime Limited brought it out dubbed and subtitled already for UK audiences, GKIDS and Fathom Events are bringing it out in North America toward the end of November with it playing subtitled on the November 29th and December 5th. They also have a dubbed showing on December 8th. GKIDS previously brought out their first dubbed trailer live that gives us a taste of how it works and now we have a pair of new dub clips that are fun and cute as we get the kids side at play and more.

The English cast includes:

• Victoria Grace as Mirai
• John Cho as The Father
• Rebecca Hall as The Mother
• Daniel Dae Kim as The Great-Grandfather

Hosoda wrote and directed the film with Hiroyuki Aoyama and Ayako Hata serving as the animation directors. Studio Chizu has handled the animation production and we’ve got a brief teaser for it below.

The Japanese cast includes Moka Kamishiraishi as Kun-chan, Haru Kuroki as Mirai-chan, Yoshiko Miyazaki as Grandmother, Gen Hoshino as Father, Kōji Yakusho as Grandfather, Kumiko Asou as Mother, and Mitsuo Yoshihara as Mysterious Man.

Plot Concept: When four-year-old Kun meets his new baby sister, his world is turned upside down. Named Mirai (meaning “future”), the baby quickly wins the hearts of Kun’s entire family. As his mother returns to work, and his father struggles to run the household, Kun becomes increasingly jealous of baby Mirai… until one day he storms off into the garden, where he encounters strange guests from the past and future – including his sister Mirai, as a teenager. Together, Kun and teenage Mirai go on a journey through time and space, uncovering their family’s incredible story. But why did Mirai come from the future?

Previous clips:

© 2017 Reki Kawahara / Kadokawa / SAO-A Project

The fall 2018 anime series Sword Art Online: Alicization kicked off back on October 6th, 2018 and is moving along with new episodes. The eighth episode is set for a December 1sth, 2018 debut and the first preview for it has landed online. Crunchyroll is streaming it to viewers in North America, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Ireland and Funimation is handling streaming for it as well.

Manabu Ono is directing it and A-1 Pictures handling the animation production. Gou Suzuki, Tomoya Nishiguchi, and Shingo Adachi are handling the character designs.

The announced cast so far includes Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kirito, Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna, Ai Kayano as Alice, and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Eugeo.

Check out the official site and Twitter.

Plot Concept: Kirito awakens in a vast, fantastical forest filled with towering trees. In his search for clues to the truth of his surroundings, he encounters a young boy who seems to know him. He ought to be a simple NPC, but the depth of his emotions seem no different than a human.

As they search for the boy’s parents, Kirito finds a peculiar memory returning to him. A memory from his own childhood, of this boy and a girl, too, with golden hair, and a name he should have never forgotten Alice.

【第9話WEB予告公開】
第9話のWEB予告映像を公開！https://t.co/Dkrf9qPyHI

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— アニメ ソードアート・オンライン 公式 (@sao_anime) November 29, 2018

© 2018 Norihiko Takagi / KADOKAWA

The summer 2018 anime series Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion is being handled by Kadokawa and they’ve set their plans for the release. The twelve episode series is getting done as two box sets with the first out yesterday and the second coming up on December 21st, 2018. We now have a look at the packaging for both sets that looks great. Each set has six episodes and the DVD sets are priced at 16,000 yen while the Blu-ray sets are priced at 18,000 yen. Check the schedule and details below!

The show was directed by Takayuki Kuriyama based on the series composition by Shogo Yasukawa. Masatomo Komine worked on the character designs and NAZ handled the animation production.

The Japanese cast includes Yuuki Ono as Kuchii Jinzaburō, Lynn as Teruhi, Rikiya Koyama as Onitakemaru, Kenji Nomura as Shiraishi Kazuhisa, Shiro Saito as Chōminpuku, Shun Horie as Amushi, Ryota Takeuchi as Hitari, Yūsuke Kobayashi as Dōen, Kenji Hamada as Obusuma Saburō, Hidekatsu Shibata as Sō Sukekuni, Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Abiru Yajirō, Shinnosuke Tachibana as Kagesuke Shōni, Kensho Ono as Hangan Nagamine, Volcano Ōta as Gontarō Kaitani, Mikako Komatsu as Kano, Takehito Koyasu as Fukukō Ryū, Kentarou Tone as Uriyanedi, Takashi Matsuyama as Hōkei Kin, Asumi Yoneyama as Tatsu, and Natsuko Hara will play Sana.

The manga kicked off in 2013 as serialized in Samurai A magazine with Comic Walker availability as well.

Check out the official site and Twitter.

Plot Concept: Great fear came from the sea! Full-scale history Taiga Roman draw major events that shook medieval Japan the “Moto寇” in innovative point of view! As a sinner Bushi Kamakura-朽井迅Saburo sent to Tsushima, to be converse the Mongolian army and the blade on the island!

Angolmois Japanese Blu-ray Box Set 1

Angolmois Japanese Blu-ray Box Set 2

[Source: Angolmois]

Alcon has been looking to expand the Blade Runner world since they got the rights to the property (rights that restrict them from remaking the original 1982 film) and we saw the Blade Runner 2049 film last year as well as a short that was produced and streamed at Crunchyroll. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that a new thirteen-episode series inspired by that recent film is in the works with Crunchyroll with Adult Swim set to air it. Called Blade Runner: Black Lotus, there are no plot details yet regarding it but it will be set in 2032.

The series has Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama directing it at Sold Digital Arts. Shinichiro Watanabe is on board as a creative producer.

“I first saw Blade Runner in 1982, at age 11. It has remained one of the defining films of my life,” said Jason DeMarco, senior vp/creative director of Adult Swim on-air. “To be able to explore more of this universe, with the incredible talent we have on board, is a dream come true.”

Adult Swim has the worldwide non-Asia rights to the dubbed version which will be on Toonami. Crunchyroll will handle the worldwide streaming.

Check out the 2022 short from last year below.

Plot concept: Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

TC Entertainment is making a small dip in a big pond as they’re bringing out a box set for the Manga Hajimete Monogatari series. The show ran from 1978 to 1984 and has 305 episodes to its resume. The set here is bringing out 26 episodes on January 11th, 2019 priced at 10,000 yen.

As part of its 40th-anniversary, the set will be making the leap to DVD for the first time with the first fourteen being the actual first fourteen while the remainder are curated from the larger run. It’ll be a three-disc set and will come with a booklet.

The series saw Hitohiko Soga and Sadao Nozaki directing it with a cast that includes Yuko Tsuga as Mogutan, Midori Utsumi as Big Sister for the first nineteen episodes before Mayumi Oka as Big Sister for the remainder. Mitsuo Yoshimura played the uncle and narrator.

[Source: Manga Hajimete Monogatari]