The broadcast schedule, director, and production company have been announced for *March Comes in Like a Lion* which made big waves with the confirmation that it’s getting a TV anime adaptation.
New year’s day is an extremely important day for otaku in Japan - it’s one of the best days in the year to bring home hauls of your favorite anime goods!
A ton of anime was once again broadcast in 2015. And there were even countless films too. Among them there were many male characters and *ikemen* (hunky guys) who appeared.
The Japan release of the first movie in the *Kizumonogatari* trilogy, *Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu-hen* (Blood and Iron), is just around the corner on Jan. 8.
Tongue-in-cheek comic and anime hit One-Punch Man might feature the most powerful character ever, but that doesn’t preclude it from having the funniest character ever too.
Full-time butlers are pretty hard to come by these days, so when we had the chance to meet one such professional in Japan, we leapt on the chance to ask him a bunch of questions to ask about his role—like how come they don’t wear coattails anymore?
From Cospa’s Cospatio brand comes a maid outfit based on that of main character Shirley Madison of the series *Shirley* supervised by series author Kaoru Mori that will be released in late March 2016.
Overlap, makers of anime, games, light novels, and more, will be launching a digital BL (Boys Love) comic magazine titled *LiQulle* on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016.
Fujino Omori’s first ranobe (light novel) *Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?* has sold more than 3.7 million copies since its debut in 2013.
2015’s final issue of Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine included no new episodes of hit manga Hunter x Hunter, ending a 25-year-long record for series creator Yoshihiro Togashi.
Jump Festa 2016 was held at Chiba’s Makuhari Messe. An exhibition of popular manga works took place in the venue delighting the many fans who gathered at the event.
A new anime adaptation has been announced for the popular manga *D.Gray-man* currently serialized in *Jump SQ.Crown* (Shueisha). The new series will broadcast in 2016.
*Bonobono* has been confirmed to be getting a new TV anime adaptation in 2016, a year that will mark its 30th anniversary since beginning serialization.
The release date for the sequel to the film *Assassination Classroom*, *Assassination Classroom: Graduation*, has been set. Its nationwide road show will begin on March 25, 2016.
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