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  Hollywood trade newswire Variety has confirmed that the director of the animated film Raya and the Last Dragon in  Carlos López Estrada has now signed onto the Hollywod live-action adaptation of the Japanese anime film Your Name as its new director at the insistence of the film's production committee. He officially replaces the film's previously announced director in Marc Webb ,  first announced in 2019 to great fanfare .   The adaptation is being jointly produced by Japan's  Toho and J.J. Abrams ' Bad Robot production house with Paramount handling US and international distribution outside Japan. López Estrada has also been tasked with writing a brand new script alongside directing duties as the film continues active development, replacing the film's initial script.    Crunchyroll currently streams Your Name and describes it:   Mitsuha and Taki are total strangers living completely different liv...

    The king has returned to his throne. One Piece Film Red earned an impressive 340 million yen (2.29 million USD), 240 percent of last weekend, on 224,000 admissions in its 13th weekend, returning to No.1 position from last weekend's third. One of the reasons for this return may be that the film's first seven and a half minutes was introduced during the TV broadcast of the 2012 film  ONE PIECE FILM Z on Friday night.   The 15th One Piece anime feature film's cumulative total domestic gross has reached 17.7 billion yen (114.3 million USD) on 12.79 million admissions.     Coming in third is the revival screening of the Detective Conan anime franchise's 25th feature film Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween , which plans a time-limited screening in Japan from October 28 to November 7. The film made 114 million yen (766,974 USD) on 82,000 admissions on its first Saturday and Sunday.   The 111-minute film was originally released i...

    The two-member Japanese rock unit THE SPELLBOUND has posted a full music video for their latest song "Subete ga Soko ni Arimasu You ni." ( May everything be there. ), which has been featured as the ending theme for the ongoing fourth season of the TV anime Golden Kamuy .    RELATED: Multinational Hip-hop/funk Band ALI Releases Golden Kamuy Season 4 Opening Theme MV    THE SPELLBOUND was founded by Masayuki Nakano (BOOM BOOM SATELLITES bassist, programmer) with Yusuke Kobayashi (THE NOVEMBERS guitarist/vocalist) as vocalist in December 2020. Their first CD single "Subete ga Soko ni Arimasu You ni." is set to be released in Japan on November 2.   The song has already become a huge topic among anime fans, as the lyrics and its fast pace are linked to the anime's worldview. The music video was created based on the members' own idea, following the concept of their online live performances streamed by a single camera, which they have b...

    Sneaker Taisho , Japan's open competition for light novels sponsored by Kadokawa Shoten, has selected Hiyoko Sumeragi's By My Flame The World Bows Down: ep.1 The Devil's Castle, Burning  as its first Grand Prize winner in 12 years. The last winner was Gangudo's Narutama ~Arui wa Gakuen Puzzle in 2010, which was later published under the new title, Kohitsuji wa Mayowanai .   To commemorate the announcement, a special PV for the novel introduced by Haruhi Suzumiya (CV: Aya Hirano) is now streamed on YouTube. Nagaru Tanigawa's The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya , the first volume of his Haruhi Suzumiya novel series, won the award's Grand Prize back in 2003.         By My Flame The World Bows Down: ep.1 The Devil's Castle, Burning featuring illustrations by Mika Pikazo and background painting by mocha is set to be released in Japan on December 1. Pre-orders are now accepted at Amazon Japan and other online bookstores.    ...

  We finally have some details on the Ten Count anime, which was originally planned for 2020 and aims to adapt the boys' love manga by Rihito Takarai. The project has been confirmed as an anime film that has its sights on a 2023 premiere, and its leads are front and center on a new teaser visual.   RELATED: INTERVIEW: Sasaki and Miyano Manga Creator Sho Harusono   Sou Toyama is directing the anime film, with Tomomi Shimazaki handling character designs for the East Fish Studio x SynergySP production. Shinnosuke Tachibana  (Tomoe from  Kamisama Hajimemashita ) and  Tomoaki Maeno  (Abeno from  The Morose Mononokean  ) provide the voices of Tadaomi Shirotani and Riku Kurose, respectively.     劇場アニメ「テンカウント」2023年公開決定???? ティザービジュアル公開✨ 城谷忠臣：立花慎之介 黒瀬 陸：前野智昭 原作：宝井理人『テンカウント』 監督·脚本：外山 草 キャラデザ：島崎知美 アニメーション制作：イーストフィッシュスタジオ×SynergySP https://t.co/59DzBjwERh #テンカウント pic.twitter.com/g9YOOA9Ptu — 劇場アニメ「テンカウント」公式 (@10count_...

  Manga and anime series  Moyashimon  teaches us all about the wonderful things bacteria can do for us... including brewing! Naturally, a brewery collaboration makes total sense—which is why the series has collabed twice with sake makers  ICHI-GO-CAN . This past summer marked the second of these collabs, complete with a crowdfunding event. For those who may have missed it, there will be a chance to grab one of these adorable sake cans this weekend.   This weekend marks the Tokyo University of Agriculture's harvest festival at its Setagaya Campus . Appropriately—as  Moyashimon  takes place at an unnamed agricultural university in Tokyo—visitors to the harvest festival will be able to pick up a collaborative tin at the student co-op.   RELATED:  ONKYO Collabs to Create Sake Infused with the Music of  Mr. Osomatsu   Starting tomorrow, the ICHI-GO-CAN website will also be offering limited pre-sales of the full set of four  ...

  The chill delight of the Story of Seasons series continues with Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life , and XSEED Games confirmed plans to launch the new entry simultaneously across console and PC platforms. Fans of farm life can look forward to this one planting its roots on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam) in North America in Summer 2023.   RELATED: Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom Charms the West This November   Check out some footage in the multiplatform trailer:     Description: STORY OF SEASONS: A Wonderful Life  revisits the tranquil community of Forgotten Valley where the protagonist fulfills their father and his friend Takakura’s dream of running a farm. As the seasons go by, they will find their lifelong partner, raise a child together, and watch them grow up. Will their child carry on the family’s farm legacy or find their calling somewhere else? Only time will tell…   An unf...

  Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S is a puzzle game that first made its way to Nintendo Switch and the Microsoft Store back in March 2021—following its initial debut on mobile—and now it's coming to Steam. Komodo opened a Steam page for the puzzler, which is set to launch on November 19 for $13.99.   RELATED: Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S Puzzler Heads to Switch Today   Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S tasks players with completing puzzles by filling in squares using numbers at the top and left of the grid as hints. The game includes over 350 puzzles, unlockable Piapro contest songs and the ability to choose from Miku and an assortment of Piapro characters that will cheer you on as you flex your brain.   Source: Press release     ------- Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine . You can read his comics at subhumanzoids . Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox . Source: Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

  A new preview is here for Tactics Ogre: Reborn , and it's being billed as the "final trailer" in Japan. This one offers up a look at the revamped strategy-RPG's story ahead of its November 11 launch.   RELATED: Tactics Ogre: Reborn Brings Revered Series to PS4, PS5, Switch and PC   Check it out in English and Japanese:       Synopsis: The Valerian Isles, jewels of the Obero Sea. Long a center of naval commerce, the people of the isles struggled throughout history for dominion over her shores.   Finally there rose a man to put an end to this conflict: Dorgalua Oberyth. But history would know him as the “Dynast-King.” King Dorgalua strove to stamp out the hatred among the people of the isles, and for fully half a century, Valeria knew prosperity.   Yet upon the king’s death, civil war erupted anew as three factions vied for control: the Bakram, who comprised much of Valeria’s nobility; the Galgastani, whose people made up the maj...

Image via  Suzume on Twitter   The time for Makoto Shinkai’s next film draws near, with Suzume set to open in Japan on November 11. As Japanese viewers go to the theater to watch one of the biggest films of the year they’ll be given the “Makoto Shinkai Book,” which will be handed out to three million people who head out in the first week or so and watch the anime film.    Sample cover:   The “Makoto Shinkai Book” features not only interviews with the staff, including the director himself but also the original pitch for Suzume written by Shinkai, as well as excerpts of the original pitches for Your Name. and Weathering With You . All the information in the book, other than the other staff members interviewed, is written by Shinkai.    The anime film was also announced that Suzume will be getting midnight screenings at 11 theaters in six cities across Japan.   RELATED:  Your Name VA Ryunosuke Kamiki Joins Shinkai's Ne...

    The official website and Twitter for Sword Art Online -DIVE TO STAGE- , the forthcoming live entertainment show inspired by Reki Kawahara's sci-fi adventure light novel series, has finally unveiled individual visuals of its 16 main cast members in their character costumes!   RELATED: Kirito & Asuna Show Off Intense Sword Action in Sword Art Online Live Show PV     Kirito (CV: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka): Rin Matsubara     Asuna (CV: Haruka Tomatsu): Minami Tsukui     Yui (CV: Kanae Ito): Yui Oikawa     Shilika (CV: Rina Hidaka): Momoko Suzuki     Lisbeth (CV: Ayahi Takagaki): Fuyuna Asakura     Klein (CV: Hiroaki Hirata): Shujin Seki     Agil (CV: Hiroki Yasumoto): Aiichiro Miyagawa / Sachi (CV: Saori Hayami): Ayaka Hashimoto     Diavel (CV: Nobuyuki Hiyama): Yukihiro Matsunaga / Keita (CV:...

  The robot cat from the future know as  Doraemon  has traveled all across time and space. So it's not surprising that this vintage anime and manga creation should appear with his friends in a piece of classic Japanese artwork!   The new  ukiyo-e  print is a reimagining of  Utagawa Hiroshige 's 19th century print  Sudden Shower at Shōno,  from his  Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō . The  original work  depictures villagers and palanquin bearers dashing for cover in a torrential downpour. This new riff on the art replaces the characters with Suneo and Gian carrying Shizuka's palanquin, with Doraemon and Nobita on either side.     RELATED:  Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom  Socializes with Villagers in Latest Trailer   Reservations are now open  for these woodblock prints on the Ukiyo-e Work website, and are priced at 49,500 yen each (tax included). Only 300 of the...

  A new collaboration between  TIGER & BUNNY 2  and jeweler  MATERIAL CROWN  is adding super-sparkle to fans' wardrobes!   The collab, issues through Premium Bandai, consists of four necklaces inspired by the heroes of the superhero anime's sequel series:     RELATED:  Tiger & Bunny 2  Anime Serves up Heroic New Anime Visual for Second Part   The necklaces integrate costume design aspects from Wild Tiger, Barnaby Brooks Jr., Mr. Black, and He Is Thomas. Each pendant also sports pyroxene gems in the hero's image colors:     RELATED:  Second Part of  TIGER & BUNNY 2  Anime Gets New Trailer   Each necklace will also come with a warranty card featuring art of its respective character.     Pre-orders are open now for the necklaces , which are priced at 17,600 yen each. Orders will close November 30 , with the necklaces shipping out in  February 2023 .  ...