Hero Mask Season 2 release date on Netflix confirmed for late summer 2019 by Studio Pierrot trailer

Hero Mask artwork

The anime Hero Mask Season 2 release date has officially been confirmed by Japanese animation studio Pierrot to be in 2019. The anime will once again be a Netflix exclusive that will debut worldwide on the streaming giant’s service. The first season focused on James Blood, a detective solving a series of murders involving a … Read more

Patrick Seitz interview: One Piece English dub voice for Franky talks life on the high seas of voice acting [Anime Expo 2019]

Franky in One Piece

Voice actor Patrick Seitz has played a variety of roles including Endeavor in My Hero Academia and Dio Brando in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. He’s also known in the video game world as Mortal Kombat’s Scorpion and Castlevania’s Dracula. When it comes to anime, Patrick’s biggest (and most larger than life) role has been Franky in … Read more

Kyoto Animation Studio releases statement on KyoAni fire – President Ideaki Hatta desires to build park monument as tribute to the dead victims of the arson attack

Kyoto Animation logo

The Kyoto Animation Studio fire has devastated the Japanese animation studio. So far, 34 people have died in the KyoAni arson attack, with 34 people taken to the hospital due to their injuries. Anime fans have been eagerly awaiting official confirmation about who survived the fiery attack. Famous animators such as Yoshiji Kigami and Yasuhiro … Read more

KyoAni fire/arson attack: Violet Evergarden movie and OVA, Free! 2020 movie release dates discussed by Shochiku in light of tragedy at Japanese animation studio

Violet Evergarden artwork

In response to the studio KyoAni fire, Japanese movie distributor Shochiku Inc. has issued a statement about the upcoming Violet Evergarden movie and OVA episode, as well as the Free! 2020 movie. According to a Yahoo Japan report, the release dates for all three projects produced by Kyoto Animation Studio are “not expected to be … Read more

GIBIATE interview with Ryo Aoki: 2020 anime brings Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D) and Naoki Serizawa (Resident Evil/Biohazard) together for one project [Anime Expo 2019]

Sensui Kanzaki, Kathleen, and Kenroku Sanada of GIBIATE

Expo 2019’s closing ceremony finished by shocking fans with the announcement of the GIBIATE Project. Described as the “ultimate survival action” anime, the new TV series brings together Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D) for Character Design, Naoki Serizawa (Resident Evil/Biohazard manga) for Monster Designer, and Yuzo Koshiro (Ys and Act Raisor) as Sound … Read more

Atsushi Okubo interview: Fire Force (Enen no Shouboutai) manga’s ending, Shinra’s character design discussed by creator at Anime Expo 2019

Shinra in Fire Force

The Fire Force anime lit up audiences at Anime Expo 2019 during its premiere. Already, fans are enjoying the first several episodes of Enen no Shouboutai on streaming sites worldwide, but the story of Shinra Kusakabe has a ways to go based on the source material. The story for the Fire Force anime is based … Read more

Highschool DxD Season 5, DxD movie discussed by Hero producer, who tells fans to ‘have faith’

Highschool DxD Hero key art

Future episodes of Highschool DxD Season 5 are bound to be a good anime adaptation now that anime studio Passione has taken over the anime series from studio TNK. The new art direction left some fans divided, but it’s unquestionable that Highschool DxD Hero has been following the source material much more closely. Plus, who … Read more

Promare review: Fire Force comparisons inevitable, but Trigger’s new movie channels the spirit of Gurren Lagann

Promare being compared to Fire Force at an event

Years ago, Anime Expo was the site of animation studio Trigger’s initial announcement of the Promare movie project, the studio’s first film. This year, Trigger returned for Anime Expo 2019 and they surprised fans with a special full-length screening of the entire Promare anime movie. Earlier on the same day, FUNimation and studio David Production … Read more

Human Lost (Ningen Shikaku) anime movie interview with director Fuminori Kizaki and Taku Takahashi of M-Flo fame [Anime Expo 2019]

Human Lost anime movie poster

The Human Lost anime movie (Ningen Shikaku in Japanese) was one of several major movies and TV shows that premiered at Anime Expo this year. But Human Lost has the distinction of being the only new work that is based on classical Japanese literature. The anime is celebrating the 110th birthday of writer Osamu Dazai, … Read more

Dr. STONE Donald Trump cameo had manga fans hoping Trump would ‘get stoned’ in new anime

Trump in the Dr. STONE manga

A Donald Trump cameo in the Dr. STONE manga had fans hoping that the U.S. President would be featured in the Dr. STONE anime. In fact, as some are putting it, they had hoped they’d “see Trump get stoned.” The story is about two high school kids, the super strong Taiju Oki and the frail-but-brilliant … Read more