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  A quick head's up for all you fans of romantic comedy and corporate culture: Funimation has acquired the license to My Senpai is Annoying (known in Japan as Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi), an upcoming TV anime based on the office romcom manga by Shiromanta about a tiny office lady who develops mixed...

New jobs can be tough! And for Futuba Igarashi, it’s about to get even tougher. We’re excited to announce that My Senpai is Annoying is officially coming to Funimation as part of the Fall 2021 anime season lineup. From studio Doga Kobo (Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Plastic Memories) and director Ryota Ito, this new romantic comedy...

  Summer has drawn to a close but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the color-changing scenery of fall! What better way to spend those long hours in the car than with a new anime series? Now is the perfect time to finally hack away at the backlog or dive into something totally out of...

The world of parenthood is a magical, beautiful and often challenging place. It has its highs and its lows, similar to the world of anime. Of course, that’s without the magical outfit changes. Wouldn’t that make getting ready in the morning so much easier? RELATED: A Mom’s Guide to Anime: Shows For Every Generation As a single...

  With the new Shaman King TV anime rebook continuing into October, a brand new opening theme will start for the episode with none other than Nana Mizuki performing "Get up! Shout!" for the adaptation of Hiroyuki Takei's manga series. Today, a new trailer for the series was released featuring for the upcoming cour featuring the new...

We all have that dreaded list of anime that we just never get around to watching…that’s right: the dreaded BACKLOG. But, don’t worry, The Great British Backlog is here to support you through tough times and help you finally tackle that ever-growing to-watch list! For our first chapter, Funimation UK’s Fray and Mitch dive into...

  With The Heike Story TV anime being released weekly on streaming services in Japan and around the world ahead of its Fuji TV broadcast, the anime series produced at Science SARU under the direction of A Silent Voice director Naoko Yamada had creditless versions of its opening and ending posted to the Asmik Ace YouTube...

Image via Demon Slayer on Twitter   Have you ever wanted to become a Hashira and have your own breathing techniques? Japanese phone company au is collaborating with Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba to bring the power to your smartphone with filters on Instagram. A commercial celebrating the collaboration was released that features Japanese star Ryunosuke Kamiki,...

    The official YouTube channel for Sparkleling and Storytelling's co-produced original web anime project UNTITLED MAGICAL GIRL has posted the third and final episode of its latest arc "Flowery Magical Girl," the ninth episode in the whole series, featuring its theme song "FLOWERY MY WAY" sung by May'n (the singing voice of Sheryl Nome in Macross...

  To advertise the release of MUNTO's Blu-ray Box in December, Kyoto Animation has uploaded the first two episodes of their first original TV anime series on YouTube – in 4K! Though the Blu-rays are only 1080p, the anime studio has upscaled the 2009 series all the way to 4K for the series' first-ever digital release....

    Honey∞Parade Games' action game franchise Senran Kagura celebrates its 10th-anniversary on September 22, 2021. The franchise's first game Senran Kagura: Shoujo-tachi no Shin'ei was released from Marvelous Entertainment in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS on September 22, 2011, then followed by various sequels and anime adaptations.   To express the gratitude to the...

    The official YouTube channel for anime voice actress/singer Nana Mizuki has posted a 20-second teaser clip for her forthcoming 41st single "Get up! Shout!."    The song itself is not introduced at all in the video, but she and her three bandmates are performing heavily in what looks like an underground parking lot. A...

    ALI PROJECT, a two-member unit consisting of singer Arika Takarano (lyrics) and keyboardist Mikiya Katakura (music/arrangement), has posted a short version music video for their 33rd single song "Hi no Tsuki" (Scarlet Moon), which will be featured as the OP theme song for the forthcoming TV anime adaptation of Keisuke Makino's fantasy light...