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The entertainment news source Variety revealed on Saturday that the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film is set to debut at #2 in the United States in its opening weekend, behind The Batman. The film earned US$8.68 million in 2,340 theaters in its first full day in the U.S. on Friday. Variety projects that...

The official website of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine announced on Monday that manga artist Mia Ikumi passed away on March 7 due to a subarachnoid hemorrhage surrounding the brain. Her family held a private funeral. Ikumi debuted with the Super Doll Licca-chan in Nakayoshi magazine, where it...

Huge news: Anime just powered up! Funimation, which serves millions of anime fans in over 52 countries and 10 languages, will be unifying under the Crunchyroll brand. This move will include Funimation’s subsidiary, Wakanim, as well as Crunchyroll’s VRV to create one subscription service for our...

Remember when I made my "10 Anime That Are Turning 10 Years Old In 2021" thread? Well, here I am again, with an assortment of anime turning 10 years old in 2022! Please keep in mind, there are many anime that didn't make this list, but that does not mean I am giving them an indication of their...

The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc anime ended on Sunday with an announcement that the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga's Swordsmith Village Arc (Katanakaji no Sato-Hen) will also have a television anime. Director Haruo Sotozaki, character designer and chief...

The cast of the Gekijō-ban Jujutsu Kaisen 0 anime film and Jujutsu Kaisen television anime announced after a Saturday afternoon screening that the television series will get a second season in 2023. The film's website had teased last month that the screening on Saturday would have an "important...

The official website for the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yūkaku-hen) television anime announced on Monday that the anime's 11th and final episode will be 45 minutes long, and will be titled . The episode will air on February 13...

Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 anime film will open with English subtitles and with an English dub in the U.S. and Canada on March 18. The film will launch in over 1,500 theaters, as well as in IMAX theaters. Tickets will go on sale on February 25. The company...

Voice actors Satomi Satou and Takuma Terashima announced on their respective blogs on Thursday that they have welcomed their first child. Satou reported that her body is recovering well, and that she is currently resuming work. Both actors vowed that they will continue to work hard at their...

Japanese voice actor and musician, Maaya Sakamoto revealed today in her year-end wrap-up that she'll be taking a sudden, extended break from her public activities due to being pregnant with her first child to fellow voice acting husband Kenichi Suzumura. The two Ouran High School Host Club voice...

The Jujutsu Kaisen 0 anime film sold 1,908,053 tickets for 2,694,128,150 yen (about US$23.5 million) in 418 theaters during its first three days after opening on Friday. Distributor TOHO said it was the #1 start for a film in Japan this fiscal year, which started in April. Kyodo reports that it...

Shueisha's Jump Festa '22 event revealed on Sunday that the sixth season of the My Hero Academia anime will premiere in fall 2022. The event also revealed a new trailer. (I'd link the trailer, but apparently it's "unavailable" now...) The new season will adapt the "Paranormal Liberation War"...

Shueisha's Jump Festa '22 event on Sunday revealed that the planned sequel to the anime of Boichi and Riichirou Inagaki's Dr. Stone manga will be a third season for the anime that will premiere in 2023. In addition, the franchise will have a television anime special titled Dr. Stone: Ryusui...

An event for Ken Wakui's Tokyo Revengers franchise announced on Saturday that the anime will get a new work that will cover the manga's "Seiya Kessen" ("Christmas Showdown") arc. The event also revealed that the franchise will get an app game for iOS and Android. The game's staff will reveal...

Shueisha's Jump Festa '22 event on Saturday revealed a new promotional video and visual for the previously announced anime based on the "Thousand Year Blood War" arc of Tite Kubo's Bleach manga. The video reveals that the anime will premiere as a television anime in October 2022 on TV Tokyo and...

The Jump Festa '22 event on Saturday revealed that Tatsuki Fujimoto will launch the second part of his Chainsaw Man manga on the Shonen Jump+ app and website in summer 2022. The second part will feature the "Gakkō-hen" (School Arc). Fujimoto debuted the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in December...

The official YouTube channel for Japanese female singer Aimer posted a music video for her latest song "Zankyo Sanka," which has been featured as the OP theme for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc, at 00:00 on December 13 (JST). The three-minute video immediately got a...