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The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) released its preliminary Anime Industry Report 2020 findings on Friday, and plans to release its full findings in a report on November 30. The preliminary report found that the anime industry rose 15.1% to 2.5112 trillion yen (about US$24.18 billion)...

The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba train keeps on chugging with a live-streamed special for the series announcing tonight that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba THE MOVIE Mugen Train has crossed 10 million tickets sold – the fastest film to do so in Japanese box office history. A special event to...

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba THE MOVIE Mugen Train continues to derail all box office expectations, confirming that the anime film made over 1 billion yen on the first day of release, and surpassed its own box office records over the weekend. Yesterday, we reported that Demon Slayer: Mugen...

Voice actor Natsuki Hanae, who is best known for playing Tanjiro in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, announced the birth of his twin daughters on Twitter on Sunday. The full translation of his tweet reads: "My twin daughters were born the other day. Both mother and children are healthy. With the...

The official Twitter account for the Haikyu!! anime revealed on Sunday that the second half of Haikyu!! To The Top, the fourth season of the Haikyu!! anime, will debut in the "Animeism" programming block on MBS, TBS, and BS-TBS on October 2 at 26:25 (effectively October 3 at 2:25 a.m.). The...

Agency 81 Produce announced on Tuesday that voice actor Toshihiko Seki (58) has tested positive for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The agency stated his condition is stable, but he was hospitalized on Tuesday. Seki started having a fever on the night of July 31, and went to the...

A live-streamed program for Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-Hen) debuted a new full trailer and new main visual on Sunday. The trailer announces and previews the new theme song ”Homura" (Flame) by returning singer LiSA: LiSA and Yuki...

In addition to the report by The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), Oricon has also confirmed that LiSA's 15th single song "Gurenge," the OP theme for the TV anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, has been downloaded more than one million times by July 26. The song was digitally...

Voice actors Kensho Ono (30) and Kana Hanazawa (31) announced on their Twitter accounts on Wednesday that they have gotten married. Ono wrote in his message that Hanazawa is "a person I respect. She is passionate about her work, is always cheerful and makes me happy when we're together, and she...

Wedding dress rental service Mariarosa is putting up Sailor Moon-themed wedding dress and tuxedos for rent in dress shops across Japan starting from August. The dress designs were personally supervised by Sailor Moon creator Naoko Takeuchi herself. The dress lineup comes with multiple...

Voice actress Mikako Komatsu announced on Tuesday that she has married fellow voice actor Tomoaki Maeno. The prolific voice actors have worked together on more than a dozen anime including Fairy gone, ClassicaLoid, Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live, Say, "I Love You"., Dr. Stone, Gangsta., and...

When you think of a studio that consistently makes some of the best anime, only a few anime studios come to mind. Topping that list is Kyoto Animation, who makes the most gorgeous, the most thrilling, the most heartwarming, anime in the business, constantly outdoing themselves (and the rest of...

GUIDELINES Only official artwork, no fan-drawn images allowed (Unfortunately) Screen shots are fine but should be HQ. On that note, these will be video game badges, but it should be fine if you use anime screenshots or artwork. No heavily edited images - The more edited the worse the quality...

GUIDELINES - Only official artwork, no fan-drawn images allowed - For animes and videogames badges as a whole, try to use only significant logos and/or titles that represent them - Screenshots are fine but should be high quality - No heavily edited images - The more edited the worse the quality...

UPDATED as of April 30 With the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, as well as Japan’s recently-expanded State of Emergency declaration, the past few weeks have seen a number of announcements for anime postponements. This goes beyond shifting TV schedules; some of the...

GUIDELINES • Only official artwork, no fan-drawn images allowed. • Screenshots are fine but should be high quality. • Will need to buy a form from the SHOP+ to insert them in the system outside of the ones voted on the Anime and Games thread. more guidelines can be read here SCHEDULE April 17...

A livestream presentation revealed on Friday a trailer, visual, staff, and the October 16 debut for Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-Hen (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train), the upcoming sequel anime film for the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba television anime series. Aniplex...

The latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump announced that hit-manga series and Anime of the Year winner, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba would inspire two new games, a “battle-royal” smartphone game, set to be released this year, and a “demon-slaying action” PlayStation 4 game. The first of the...