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After seeing some character trailers in the past few months, it’s finally time to see where the Rock is a Lady’s Modest anime lands. It turns out the series’ home will be HIDIVE, which announced plans to kick off its simulcast on April 3. HIDIVE shared a subtitled trailer along with the news.

Mar 11, 2025 · Kara Dennison. Kara Dennison is a writer, editor, and presenter with bylines at Crunchyroll, Sci-Fi Magazine, Sartorial Geek, and many others. Beyond the world of anime, she's a writer for Doctor Who expanded universe series including Iris Wildthyme and the City of the Saved, as well as an editor for the critically-acclaimed Black Archive series.

Feb 18, 2025 · Hitozuma no Kuchibiru wa Kan-chuhai no Aji ga Shite, which translates to something like “that married woman’s lips taste like canned chuhai,” is getting the anime treatment.(Chuhai is, of course, the alcoholic beverage from Japan made by combining shochu, carbonated water and some kind of flavoring.). This is the second anime Deregula, the folks behind Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All ...

Mar 14, 2025 · It’s been nearly four decades since the first episode of the original Bubblegum Crisis OVA series touched down.Around 30 of those were spent living in my head as one of the most fun projects of its type—of which there were many, being the era of the all-timer OVA—so a rewatch was well overdue.

Mar 10, 2025 · Tsuyoshi Takaki’s BLACK TORCH manga ran in the pages of Jump Comics SQ.from December 2016 to July 2018, and now it’s heading to the screen. While there’s no release date at the time of this writing, plans for a BLACK TORCH anime adaptation have officially been confirmed.. VIZ Media, which publishes the manga, shared a trailer:

Jan 3, 2025 · Kara Dennison. Kara Dennison is a writer, editor, and presenter with bylines at Crunchyroll, Sci-Fi Magazine, Sartorial Geek, and many others. Beyond the world of anime, she's a writer for Doctor Who expanded universe series including Iris Wildthyme and the City of the Saved, as well as an editor for the critically-acclaimed Black Archive series.

Oct 31, 2024 · Fans of the manga My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999 have a reason to be excited, because its long hiatus has finally come to an end! The hiatus began in February 2024, due to creator Mashiro’s health. With the manga returning, that hopefully that means Mashiro is doing a lot better.

Jan 10, 2025 · The Association of Japanese Animations (a.k.a. AJA) had some interesting findings for its Anime Industry Report 2024. The report looks at global sales numbers in 2023.

Feb 26, 2025 · Kara Dennison. Kara Dennison is a writer, editor, and presenter with bylines at Crunchyroll, Sci-Fi Magazine, Sartorial Geek, and many others. Beyond the world of anime, she's a writer for Doctor Who expanded universe series including Iris Wildthyme and the City of the Saved, as well as an editor for the critically-acclaimed Black Archive series.