The Revenge of My Youth: Re Life With an Angelic Girl Volume 1
Date: 2025 February 08 12:08 | Posted By: JoeShin'ichiro Niihama works at a job he hates, for a company with no morals, under a boss who detests him. After years of corporate abuse, one day he collapses. He wakes, only to find - he's returned to his high school self! Reunited with his once lost mother, Shin'ichiro realises he's leapt back in time. Given a second chance at high school, he vows to do things right this time. Most importantly, he must get close to the girl he always wished he knew better, Haruka Shijoin, to prevent the tragedy that awaits her!
MCM Comic Con London Announces Anime Voice Actors for May 2025
Date: 2025 February 08 11:07 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Events
The good folks MCM Comic Con London have sent us details of two special anime guests who will be attending the May 2025 run of the event. Voice actors Aaron Dismuke and Paul Castro Jr. will appear at the show on all 3 days from Friday 23rd May to Sunday 25th May 2025.
Aaron Dismuke is best known as Alphone Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist (he's been voice acting since he was 9!), along with Senku from Dr. Stone. More recently you may have seen him as Glorio in Dragon Ball Daima.
Paul Castro Jr. played Vegeta (mini) in Dragon Ball Daima along with Freminet in Genshin Impact, Billy in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Hibiki Sakurama in Go! Go! Loser Ranger!
You can catch the both at various events hosted by MCM Comic Con London this May 2025.
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Lego One Piece Sails into 2025!
Date: 2025 February 03 20:48 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Retail
Lego have announced a collaboration with Netflix and Tomorrow Studios to create a brick version of One Piece. The Lego line up will be based on the Netflix live action version of the popular pirate franchise. These sets will feature the main crew as seen in the show in Lego Minifigure Form and will include multiple sets based on the series.
For more information you can visit: LEGO.com/One-piece. The site in question currently hosts a teaser video of Luffy's famous straw hat in Lego form, which is then grabbed by a extra long mini figure arm!
Lego and Netflix have yet to announce a release date for these sets.
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The Colors Within Anime Movie Review
Date: 2025 January 27 19:54 | Posted By: JoeThe Colors Within is the latest cinematic offering from director Naoko Yamada. Animated by studio Science SARU (Dan Da Dan, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off), we were looking forward to catching this highly anticipated movie, so before it hits the big screens across the UK and Ireland on Friday 31st January 2025 lets take a look at the film!
Read More... | Souce: Otaku News
Kindle Scribe as a Manga Reader Review
Date: 2025 January 26 18:20 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Features
There's nothing we here at Otaku News like better when the days are short and the weather is cold than to curl up on the sofa with the latest manga releases. Although we love the experience that you can only get reading on paper, we have been on a quest for many years to find a digital alternative for those times when it is just more convenient.
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Bubblegum Crisis US Blu-ray Release Details
Date: 2025 January 22 20:44 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Anime
The good folks from MediaOCD have got it touch to tell us about the up coming US blu-ray release of Bubblegum Crisis. The blu-ray will be released on February 11th 2025. The New 2-Disc Perfect Collection Blu-ray features a 50-page booklet containing interviews and staff memories, a new interview with Kenichi Sonoda and lots of other nice bits and bobs.
It's 1080p released with English, Japanese 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio / French, Castilian Spanish, Italian, Catalan 2.0 Dolby Digital audio and English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Finnish, Japanese subtitles. Keen eyed anime fans will also notice that it's a region free release.
The press release calls it out as a mega-hit among the early American anime scene and we agree. It's impact on anime and manga fandom was huge. It was one of the major titles of era and it's influence still lives on in many ways to this day. It's a seminal work that's worthy to add to your collection. Anime fans that know about the Bubblegum Crisis are already pre-ordering it from the MediaOCD website. While if you haven't heard of it, we strongly suggested you grab a copy and watch some top notch late 80's anime!
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The Colors Within - In Cinemas Across the UK and Ireland from 31st January 2025
Date: 2025 January 21 20:29 | Posted By: JoeJust a quick reminder to anime fans in the UK and Ireland anime film The Colors Within will be released on Friday 31st January 2025. So visit visit ColorsWithin.co.uk to find a screening near you.
The movie is directed by Naoko Yamada who is best known for titles including A Silent Voice, she also directed K-On! and Liz and the Bluebird. We'd say the Colors Within is closer to K-On! and Liz and the Bluebird, it's great movie and all very wholesome, it's worth catching on the big screen while you can!
Read More... | Souce: Anime Limited
Crystalline Resonance Final Fantasy Piano Concert European Performance 2025 Details
Date: 2025 January 13 20:26 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Events
Fans of the Final Fantasy will be pleased to hear about the European leg of the official Final Fantasy Piano Concert. The Crystalline Resonance Final Fantasy Piano Concert is set to take place in London, UK on Tuesday 28th January 2025, Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday 29th January 2025 and Paris, France on Friday 31st January 2025.
The piano performances also feature giant screen video projection. The show promises some old favourites, plus some newly created piano arrangements. So jump on your Chocobo and head over to the nearest performance!
Read More... | Souce: Wild Faery
The Revenge of My Youth: Re Life With an Angelic Girl Manga Release Details
Date: 2025 January 08 20:52 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Manga
The good folks from One Peace Books have just sent us details for an up coming manga The Revenge of My Youth: Re Life With an Angelic Girl. This manga focuses on the popular anime and manga theme of the do-over. It tackles the theme of if you had another chance, what would you do differently?
It's pitched as a "tearjerker, hilarious school life parody, and motivational tour de force all at once". The manga adaptationis illustrated by Boiru Iseebi and based on the light novel by Yuzi Keino, with translation by Jamie Taber.
It's due out for release on 23rd January 2025.
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Asics and Bleach Shoe Collaboration
Date: 2024 December 22 16:07 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Retail
Japanese Sportsware brand Asics have teamed up with the Bleach franchise to create two sets of shoes with Bleach branding. Initially announced at New York Comic Con, the limited edition sneakers will go on sale from December 27 2024 exclusively in the US at Footlocker and Champs Sports. The collection retails at $145-165 (USD) in Men's sizing.
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Cyberpunk Edgerunners Due for Blu-ray Release in 2025
Date: 2024 December 19 12:35 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Anime
The good folks from Anime Limited have sent us news that they'll be releasing Cyberpunk Edgerunners on Blu-ray in 2025. The stand alone story set in the same universe as video game Cyberpunk 2077, means you can watch it without having played any of the original game. The anime by studio Trigger (who are also response for the anime version of Delicious in Dungeon) tells the story of street wise kid David Martinez trying to survive the dark dystopian world of Night City.
The anime was hugely successfully with anime fans, it won a ton of awards including Crunchyroll Anime of Year (even though it was onNetflix) and increased the popularity of Cyberpunk2077.
Beware, the story is self contained, you don't need to have played any of the video game to understand it, or get into or anything, but after watching it, you'll really want to play the game if you haven't or get back into if you have.
It was one our favourite anime shows of 2022. The soundtrack is also full of hits, Franz Ferdinand's This Fffire sets the scene as the opening theme and gets you in the mood for some anti authoritarian action, but when I Really Want to Stay at Your House by Let's Eat Grandma (Rosa Walton aka Hallie Coggins in Cyberpunk 2077) starts to play, you'll be in tears.
Read More... | Souce: Anime Limited
My Happy Marriage Season 2 Streaming Details
Date: 2024 December 12 20:52 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Anime
Media giants Kadokawa have sent us details for My Happy Marriage. Season 2 will hit Netflix globally on Monday 6th January 2025. You can catch season 1 now.
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Godzilla Minus One UK Blu-ray and DVD Release Details
Date: 2024 December 09 20:57 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Anime
The good folks from Anime Limited have sent us details of their UK home video release of Godzilla Minus One. The live action movie was released on 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD on Monday 2nd December 2024, just in time to add to your Christmas wish list.
As always with the popular releases there are multiple different editions catering for your level of fandom for Godzilla and your wallet. The Deluxe Edition will set you back £79.99 and includes The film on 4K UHD Blu-ray, normal Blu-ray, along with the special Gozilla Minus One / Minus Colour edition which is exclusive to this set, plus a bonus blu-ray with all the bonus content you'd expect. Plus a 68-page booklet.
They've got a steel book edition for £34.99, with the film on 4K, the film on regular blu-ray, plus the bonus content disc.
If you just want the movie, they'll also be selling that in separate editions, of just the 4K Blu-ray, or just the regular blu-ray, or just DVD.
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The Legend of Kamui: Volume One Manga Release Details
Date: 2024 December 07 18:02 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Manga
Publishers Drawn & Quarterly have sent us the release details for The Legend of Kamui: Volume One. Due out in January 2025, the classic and highly influential manga will be available in English. Originally serialized between 1964 and 1971 in the alt-manga magazine GARO, The Legend of Kamui is translated by social historian and decorated academic Richard Rubinger with Noriko Rubinger. Additional translation by Alexa Frank.
Drawn & Quarterly always publish interesting manga and have a nice selection of classic gekiga titles.
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An Interview with Shinnosuke Yakuwa Diretor of Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Date: 2024 December 07 12:31 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Features
Scotland Loves Anime visits more than Scotland this time around! In 2024 the popular long running festival decided to have a little adventure south of the border and visited London too. For the inaugural London event they invited Director Shinnosuke Yakuwa as the Guest of Honour. We caught up with him in London to talk more about his latest film Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window, which was part of the London leg screenings.
Read More... | Souce: Otaku News
Netflix to Release Sakamoto Days Anime in January 2025
Date: 2024 December 04 19:38 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Anime
Netflix have just announced the release details for Sakamoto Days anime adaptation. Based off the popular manga of the same name by Yuto Suzuki. It follows the story of legendary ex-hitman Taro Sakamoto, who has settled down to run his own convenience store. Now with a wife and daughter, he's looking for a simple domestic life, but his past keeps catching up with him and there's a hit out on his name. The comedy action manga then deals with an chain of determined assassins out to get Sakamoto for his past deeds.
Season 1 part 1 will hit Netflix on Saturday 11th January 2025 and consist of 11 episodes with one episode released each week. While season 1 part 2 is scheduled to arrive in July 2025.
The manga is published in English by VIZ Media.
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Square Enix Launches Web Version of Manga UP!
Date: 2024 December 02 20:39 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Manga
The good folks from Square Enix have just sent us details about their Manga UP! Platform. It''s available world wide (excluding Japan) and now it has expanded to include a web version at https://global.manga-up.com/.
Originally Square Enix's digital manga was only available via iOS App or Android App, now it's also a website it means you can access the content on your computer or other web enabled device.
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The Colors Within UK and Ireland Cinema Release Details
Date: 2024 November 27 20:55 | Posted By: JoeAnime company Anime Limited have just revealed the cinematic release details for The Colors Within. The latest Naoko Yamada movie is due to hit cinemas across the UK and Ireland from Friday 31st January 2025.
Naoko Yamada is best know as the director of A Silent Voice, along with the truly fantastic The Heike Story. Her latest movie The Colors Within is a coming-of-age story about Totsuko who is a gentle young woman with a form of synaesthesia that allows her to see the "colours" of people. When she is drawn to the colour of Kimi, a former honour student who suddenly drops out of their Catholic school, the two find themselves forming a band with Rui, a boy who hides his passion for music from his family. As the three grow closer together through their music, will they start to learn who they really are - what their real "colour" is?
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Captain Momo's Secret Base Volume 1
Date: 2024 November 24 17:24 | Posted By: JoeMoshi-Moshi Momo works from home like many people-in a den crowded with books and papers, shared with a cat that's got its own agenda.
Except Momo truly does possess office space - because she lives inside a starship, and relativity means Zoom meetings need half an hour just to ask a question! In the year 3019 AD, humanity has gotten even more work casual: most of the time, Momo doesn't bother to wear her captain's uniform - or anything at all - onboard the cargo vessel Blue Chateau, as she struggles against interstellar tedium, company directives, low battery strength, and her ever-underfoot cat John. But fear not, for equipped with plenty of reading material and a crate of peach liqueur, in the long haul past Proxima Centauri space slacker Captain Momo will at last prove Newton correct - a body at rest will remain at rest!
Nukozuke! Volume 1
Date: 2024 November 18 20:45 | Posted By: JoeA pocket-sized cat-human: have you met a Nuko? In a world where these curious creatures evolved from ordinary cats, part-timer Yuya finds two abandoned nukos on the side of the road and brings them home out of the rain. Kei needs his ducks to be in a row, while Sasame charms everyone she meets. Yuya's got the cooking and sewing skills to take care of these adorable new housemates, but when he's the one falling asleep in any warm spot of sunlight, who's really taking care of who?! Kick back and let this human, his nukos, and their ameowsing life warm your heart!
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