General Anime News & Discussion

That was an interesting read, Slow. Organized crime is on the downhill slide, even in Japan, and I think that is a good thing. Cybercrime, I saw that as one of the outstanding practices the yakuza are focusing on in the new age: BOOOOOOOO!!!

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Japanese Fans Pick Their Favorite Zaftig Characters In A Plus-Sized Poll

June 02, 2017 10:30pm CDT
The rubenesque ladies of anime got some love in Charapedia’s latest 10,000 Reader Poll

Production I.G’s ‘Vertical Anime’ App Reveals Promo Video, June 5 Launch Date

posted on 2017-06-03 05:45 EDT
Each anime to have 10 3-minute episodes

Annecy to Screen Presentation on 100 Years of Anime

posted on 2017-06-03 10:45 EDT
Classic short films, Akira, Perfect Blue, Yamato Resurrection to screen

The List: 7 Questionable Anime-Original Endings

by Lynzee Loveridge, Jun 3rd 2017

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Sunrise Opens the Doors to Its Drawing Cram School Next Year

June 03, 2017 10:55pm EDT
Program that educated creators behind “Tiger & Bunny,” Love Live!" and more reopens after seven years.

Ikemen Sengoku TV Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, Story, Short Format

posted on 2017-06-04 01:45 EDT
Series of 5-minute shorts premieres on July 12

They have to bring in new talent somehow, because right now no one is doing it for the money, and until that changes, you’ll see studios dropping like flies in the next couple of years. With only the top 5 or 10 Studios being able to stay open

and if I had to say which studios: Sunrise, Bones, Madhouse, StudioDeen, White Fox, Silver Link, ufotable, and Satelight

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Mobile Game Developer Voltage Establishes Anime, IP Department

posted on 2017-06-04 18:45 EDT
Company produces romance apps including Hana Yori Dango - F4 to First Kiss

June Bride Poll: Which Anime Guy Would You Like to Marry?

June 04, 2017 8:41pm CDT
Japanese fans vote on the ideal anime husband. (Waifu version to come later.)

Ugh… only #2???

Anime Tamago Announces Projects For 2018

posted on 2017-06-05 00:30 EDT
Shorts feature works by Imagica, Robot, Tomason, Usagi.Ou, Nanahoshi, Pinako

Altair: A Record of Battles Anime Casts Kazuya Nakai, Kouki Uchiyama

posted on 2017-06-05 01:30 EDT
Ai Kayano, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Nobuhiko Okamoto also join cast of summer anime

Creative Spotlight: Ryutaro Nakamura

June 05, 2017 2:05pm CDT
An in-depth look at the director of Serial Experiments Lain, Ryutaro Nakamura.

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Overture to “LOST SONG” to Play Live This September

June 05, 2017 6:35pm EDT
Upcoming anime series announces live event.

Lunatan Anime Promo Features Rie Murakawa’s Theme Song

posted on 2017-06-05 19:30 EDT
“Vertical” anime premiered Monday on Production I.G’s new app

ANN Survey: Anime or Animes?

June 5, 2017

This Week in Anime - It Came From DeviantArt

by Nicholas Dupree and Michelle Liu, Jun 6th 2017

FLOWER Performs Altair: A Record of Battles Anime’s Ending Theme Song

posted on 2017-06-06 19:20 EDT
Historical fantasy anime premieres July 7

How Polygon Pictures is Changing the Anime Industry

by Callum May, Jun 7th 2017

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