In one story, a school of gifted children hides a terrible secret. In the other, teens Maru and Kiruko wander the post-apocalypse looking for “Heaven.” One is heaven, one is hell. Or is it the other way around? That’s Heavenly Delusion (also known as Tengoku Daimakyo ), a manga series by Masakazu Ishiguro that was adapted into animation last year. It shares his affinity for comedy, horror, and carefully constructed mysteries. The Heavenly Delusion adaptation featured many of the anime industry’s most prestigious artists: director of photography Kentarou Waki, art director Yuuji Kaneko and composer Kensuke Ushio. The director, Hirotaka Mori, was a fresh face. But Mori did a fantastic job, delivering one of the best series of the year. He’s a director to watch closely in the future. Crunchyroll News had the opportunity to speak to Mori virtually during his visit to Anime Central about his process.
- 5/25/2024
- by Adam Wescott
- Crunchyroll
Comics and graphic novel publisher Ablaze announced a new addition to its Ablaze Manga imprint in Happyland , a horror manga from creator Shingo Adachi. The series will be available both in print and digitally, with volume 1 slated to launch on September 11, 2024. Related: 4 Osamu Tezuka Titles to Make English Debut from Ablaze Manga Happyland Vol. 1 by Shingo Honda Synopsis: Welcome to Happyland, an extreme amusement park! The Komiya family is not unusual is any way, two parents love each other and their two children, who are healthy, happy, and accomplished at school and with extracurriculars. In appearance, they’re an ideal family that has everything going for them! At least… That's what they believed until the father decided to take them to spend a day at Happyland Park. In this park with its extreme attractions, the most shameful secrets will emerge in the most literally explosive way possible! A horrifying and...
- 4/25/2024
- by Joseph Luster
- Crunchyroll
Alongside a new anime season started this week, the sakura trees in Japan also finally bloomed! To celebrate the change of seasons, the official Twitter account for the fictional LycoReco Café from the Lycoris Recoil anime released a new visual of Chisato and Takina enjoying their time sitting under a blooming cherry blossom tree. Alongside the visual, the account also did a little bit of role-play with the characters: “We went in the early morning to see the sakura blooming, but Chisato, who suggested the idea, fell asleep… -Takina” “Ahhh! I told you to keep that a secret! You’re so mean Takina! -Chisato” Related: Lycoris Recoil Franchise Surpasses 500,000 Copies in Print Shingo Adachi directed the Lycoris Recoil anime, with character designs from Imigimuru, story by Spider LIly and Asaura ( Ben-To manga) and A-1 Pictures handling the animation production. The anime aired from July to September 2022. A new anime in...
- 4/3/2024
- by Daryl Harding
- Crunchyroll
The anime industry’s outward shine might temporarily blind you to the dark inner workings of studios. But it won’t be too long before more animators expose the industry’s failures.
The latest person to speak up is Terumi Nishii, the chief animation director of Jujutsu Kaisen 0. While this isn’t the first time that Nishii has warned people about the struggling industry, her latest tweet exposes the naked truth to anime worshippers.
Is the anime industry going bankrupt? Experts Share
In a recent X post (formerly Twitter), Terumi Nishii made a grim forecast of an upcoming bankruptcy in the anime industry.
“In the future, the capacity of each company will be completely exhausted. We expect to see more and more bankruptcies due to the fact that a production scheduled for 3 years from now will be finished in 5 years, but the budget has been spent on another production. I...
The latest person to speak up is Terumi Nishii, the chief animation director of Jujutsu Kaisen 0. While this isn’t the first time that Nishii has warned people about the struggling industry, her latest tweet exposes the naked truth to anime worshippers.
Is the anime industry going bankrupt? Experts Share
In a recent X post (formerly Twitter), Terumi Nishii made a grim forecast of an upcoming bankruptcy in the anime industry.
“In the future, the capacity of each company will be completely exhausted. We expect to see more and more bankruptcies due to the fact that a production scheduled for 3 years from now will be finished in 5 years, but the budget has been spent on another production. I...
- 3/31/2024
- by Aaheli Pradhan
- FandomWire
Even though the anime ended last year, Lycoris Recoil continues through various other mediums, including light novels, manga, production books and more. One of those light novels, the second titled Recovery Days written by Spider Lily and illustrated by Imigimuru, was released today in Japan and revealed that over 500,000 copies of the franchise have been printed (physically) and sold (digitally), a mammoth number for a spin-off from an original anime series. Cover of Lycoris Recoil Recovery Days Related: New Lycoris Recoil Anime Officially Revealed Lycoris Recoil was directed by Shingo Adachi, with character designs from Imigimuru and the story was written by Asaura ( Ben-To manga) with animation produced at A-1 Pictures. A new anime is in production. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in both subbed and English subbed formats, describing it as such: For these peaceful days――there’s a secret behind it all. A secret organization that...
- 3/8/2024
- by Daryl Harding
- Crunchyroll
Spy x Family leads the field with 19 nominations for Crunchyroll’s seventh annual Anime Awards, which be handed out in March. Ranking of Kings is next with 16, spread across two seasons, followed by Cyberpunk: Edgerunners with 13 noms, which were revealed today. See the full list below.
All three series will vie for the marquee Anime of the Year prize against Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc and Lycoris Recoil. All of those except Lycoris Recoil also are up for Best Animation, joined by Akebi’s Sailor Uniform.
A pair of 2022 box office hits — the No. 1-debuting Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero and No. 2-bowing One Piece Film Red — will battle for Best Film against Bubble, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, The Deer King and Inu-Oh, which is up for Best Indie Feature at the Annie Awards.
The awards, which honor anime creators, musicians...
All three series will vie for the marquee Anime of the Year prize against Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc and Lycoris Recoil. All of those except Lycoris Recoil also are up for Best Animation, joined by Akebi’s Sailor Uniform.
A pair of 2022 box office hits — the No. 1-debuting Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero and No. 2-bowing One Piece Film Red — will battle for Best Film against Bubble, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, The Deer King and Inu-Oh, which is up for Best Indie Feature at the Annie Awards.
The awards, which honor anime creators, musicians...
- 1/19/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the most interesting latest trends in the anime world are titles that are not manga adaptations, but original television series, with titles like “Bna” and “Odd Taxi” highlighting the quality of such productions. “Lycoris Recoil” continues on the path of the aforementioned, implementing a favorite anime concept, that of the school of assassins for young girls, in the fashion of “Noir” , “Gunslinger Girls” etc.
Takina Inoue is a member of a government-sponsored all-female task force of assassins and spies made up of orphans known as “Lycoris”. The organization is an undercover group, who eliminate criminals and terrorists in Tokyo, while also taking up missions of protecting significant individuals, with the agents always being disguised as high school students. As the series begins, Takina, during an operation to intercept a large exchange of firearms, starts firing indiscriminately at the enemies in order to save a colleague that was taken as hostage,...
Takina Inoue is a member of a government-sponsored all-female task force of assassins and spies made up of orphans known as “Lycoris”. The organization is an undercover group, who eliminate criminals and terrorists in Tokyo, while also taking up missions of protecting significant individuals, with the agents always being disguised as high school students. As the series begins, Takina, during an operation to intercept a large exchange of firearms, starts firing indiscriminately at the enemies in order to save a colleague that was taken as hostage,...
- 1/14/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Just when we all thought there was no way to beat the embarrassment of anime riches that was 2021, along comes 2022 to blow every expectation away with so many fantastic shows it was nearly impossible even to begin to try and stay up to day with all of them.
There were giant favorites shocking audiences by returning with their best seasons yet, hugely anticipated sequels delivering tons of thrills, brand new shows succeeding expectations, and even entirely original shows full of surprises. No matter your taste, there truly was something for everyone.
This makes it rather tough to even begin to boil down all the great anime of the year into a best-of list, but that won't stop us from trying. Here is the best anime of the year, ranked.
Made In Abyss: The Golden City Of The Scorching Sun
It is very hard to recommend anyone watch "Made in Abyss:...
There were giant favorites shocking audiences by returning with their best seasons yet, hugely anticipated sequels delivering tons of thrills, brand new shows succeeding expectations, and even entirely original shows full of surprises. No matter your taste, there truly was something for everyone.
This makes it rather tough to even begin to boil down all the great anime of the year into a best-of list, but that won't stop us from trying. Here is the best anime of the year, ranked.
Made In Abyss: The Golden City Of The Scorching Sun
It is very hard to recommend anyone watch "Made in Abyss:...
- 12/20/2022
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
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