Anime

INTERVIEW: Adam McArthur and Kayleigh McKee Talk About Curse-Busting in “Jujutsu Kaisen”
I spoke with both actors in Crunchyroll’s virtual press conference on March 4, 2026. They discuss the importance of their roles and their acting approach, and end with a special message to their fans.
“That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea” Theatrical Release Date Revealed

“That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea” Theatrical Release Date Revealed

Haylie Baker|
February 28th, 2026
For fans of the isekai classics, Crunchyroll recently announced the release date for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea. As the second film for the franchise, it follows a similar side-story adventure around the slimeful main character Rimuru and his companions following season 3, this time […]
“Witch Hat Atelier” Anime Streams On Crunchyroll

“Witch Hat Atelier” Anime Streams On Crunchyroll

Haylie Baker|
February 22nd, 2026
Witch Hat Atelier’s upcoming anime adaptation receives a brand new trailer and key visual for the new year, revealing voice cast and both opening and ending themes, as well as its scheduled release of April 6, 2026. The stunningly whimsical anime with a darker underbelly will be streaming only on Crunchyroll outside of Asia, introducing […]

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ANIME REVIEW: “The Tibetan Dog”

Based on a best-selling Chinese children’s book, Tibetan Dog (2011) was produced at Japan’s Madhouse studio in a rare Chinese-Japanese deal. Since his parents separated, Tenzin (Tatsuomi Hamada) has grown up in the city of Xi’an in Shaanxi province with his mother. He learned to play the flute from her and had an unremarkable urban […]
Avatar photoCharles Solomon|August 26, 2018
ANIME REVIEW: “The Tibetan Dog”

Frederator Launches First Anime Club on YouTube – “Get In The Robot”

Frederator Studios, A WOW! Unlimited Media company known for its breakout hits in the animation space including Bee and Puppycat, Bravest Warriors, and most recently Netflix’s Castlevania, has launched the first video anime club called Get In The Robot. Get In the Robot was designed to be the first stop for people who have just […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|August 9, 2018
Frederator Launches First Anime Club on YouTube – “Get In The Robot”

ANIME REVIEW: “Tsuki-Ga Kire: The Complete Series”

In the first episode of the 2017 broadcast series Tsuki-ga kirei (in Japanese Tsuki-ga kirei means “As the moon, so beautiful”), Kotaro Azumi (Stephen Sanders), a 9th grader at Kawagoe City Daisan Junior High, quotes Osamu Dazai: “How excruciating, arduous and unbearable it is to live.” Kotaro adds, “He must have been talking about middle […]
Avatar photoCharles Solomon|June 12, 2018
ANIME REVIEW: “Tsuki-Ga Kire: The Complete Series”

ANIME TRAILER: “Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle”

Humanity’s desperate battle to reclaim the Earth from Godzilla continues. The key to defeating the King of the Monsters may be Mechagodzilla, a robotic weapon thought to have been lost nearly 20,000 years ago. Part 2 of the new anime Godzilla trilogy from Toho (and destined for Netflix here in the US). Godzilla: City on […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|May 18, 2018
ANIME TRAILER: “Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle”

ANIME REVIEW: “Lupin the 3rd, Part 5: Lupin and the Internet

It’s time to play The Lupin Game! Anyone can play. Anyone, that is, with a smart phone, a wifi connection and a face recognition app. If you spot the notorious “gentleman thief,” tag and report him. You may even get a reward. What a challenge for Lupin the 3rd. After 26 feature-length TV serials, several […]
Avatar photoW.R. Miller|April 8, 2018
ANIME REVIEW: “Lupin the 3rd, Part 5: Lupin and the Internet

ANIME REVIEW: “Kiss Him, Not Me: The Complete Series”

Like Ouran High School Host Club (2006), the teen romcom Kiss Him, Not Me (2016), plays off the distaff equivalent of the harem comedy. Based on the award-winning 2013 manga by Junko, the Japanese title Watashi ga Motete Dōsunda literally means “What’s the Point of Me Getting Popular?” High school junior Kae Serinuma (voice by […]
Avatar photoCharles Solomon|March 19, 2018
ANIME REVIEW: “Kiss Him, Not Me: The Complete Series”

TRAILER: Fuminori Kizaki’s “Human Lost”

From the chief director of Psycho-Pass, the director of Afro Samurai, and the studio that brought you Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters comes the animated feature film Human Lost – Osamu Dazai’s masterpiece of Japanese literature re-imagined into a hyper-kinetic deep dive into human consciousness. Funimation Films will give Human Lost a limited theatrical release, […]