The outcome of the manga award which honors productions that excel at division of labor, “Saito Takao Award”, has been decided. With the prize this year going to writer Iwaaki Hitoshi and illustratr Muroi Daisuke, for their work on the manga “Reiri”, serialized in Bessatsu Shonen Champion.
The nominees of the 47th “Annie awards” have been announced. “Weathering with you” is being nominated in total of 4 different departments which it finds itself in the Best Indie Features along with “Waka Okami wa Shogakusei!” and “Promare” that both works are also being nominated in.
A new manga app from the “Shonen Jump +” Editorial Department, “Shunkan Shonen Jump”, has been made available for download.
This service allows users with smartphones to read “Shonen Jump” works for free corresponding to the number of users that “jump” together.
The world's largest pop culture festival, “Tokyo Comic Con 2019”, held atMakuharimesse,Chibafor three days from Nov. 22 to Nov. 24, came to a close amid great success.
Saudi Arabia's first official Japanimation event 「SAUDI ANIME EXPO 2019」 was held, an event where Japanese anime content and anisong singers met. There were around 37,800 visitors in just three days, and the event ended with great success.
「Narita Anime Deck」, an interactive entertainment facility with anime-themed food, drink and merchandise is scheduled to open on Nov. 28, 2019 at Narita International Airport.
In an attempt to globalize Japanese music, Sony Music Label, under their “SACRA MUSIC” label,has started the World Anisong Cover Project “WACAVA Project”.
“Anime Game Festival Nagoya 2020” will be held on Feb. 15 – 16, 2020.
It will be the biggest Anime/Game event in Tokai region. The visitors can experience the contents of Anime, e-sports, Cosplay, and VTuber etc. all at once.
Manga artist Tsukushi Akihito known for his work “Made in Abyss” and Producer Fukuhara Yoshitada from Yaoyorozu, who directed “Kemono Friends” will join anime project “Mokuri”.
The project started a crowd funding at “Makuake” on Nov.17.
Bushiroad launches a new brand “B blossom”.
The launch of this brand was announced at “ARGONAVIS project kick-off conference” held on Nov. 5, 2019.
The 2nd PV for TV anime Ahiru no Sora has been released and features the passionate plays of a freakishly tall basketball club member. Broadcasting information was released at the same time. The series will be aired on TV Tokyo’s channel 6 starting on October 2nd.
「Gundam AGEII Magnum SV ver.」 piloted by Kujo Kyoya in 『Gundam Build Divers』 gets a gunpla kit with a scale of 1/144(HG). Currently available for pre-order on Premium Bandai.
「BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!」 and its 4th tie-up with Lawson as of September the 3rd, has been revealed. The campaign is to give out a limited quantity of originals goods which will be sold on a first-come-first-serve basis
From TV anime "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind" comes blazers and pants (slacks) which can be worn together as business suits inspired by Giorno Giovanna and Bruno Bucciarati. Pre-orders are available at "Premium Bandai" until Dec. 26, 2019.
To commemorate the release of "Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes" (released on Sep. 11), the latest "Crayon Shin-chan"'s movie, all the 27 movies of the series can be streamed for free on "ABEMA"'s "Minna no Anime Channel". To commemorate the release of the latest movie, this project will be streaming the 27 movies of the series for free, including "Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~" that is appearing for the first time on "ABEMA", "Crayon Shin-chan: Great Adventure in Henderland" where the active character "Buriburizaemon" in "Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes" made an appearance, and "Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission". Do take this chance to recap "Crayon Shin-chan" movies series on "ABEMA" before watching the latest movie. The free streaming of all the 27 "Crayon Shin-chan" movies series will be available according on "Minna no Anime Channel". "Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes" will be released nationwide on Sep. 11, 2020.
The Anime adaptation of the silly cute FemBL "Fucked by My Best Friend" released a promo video with two versions. Shion and Rui are an amazing pick-up artist team with a success rate of 100. But one day, Shion was drugged by a mysterious lady, and a few hours later, he wakes up to find himself transformed into a woman's body. Rui, who comes to check on Shion, see's him in a woman's body and his male switch turns on. He hits on her(him) without knowing it's Shion, and... Two promo videos, each narrated by Chihaya Rui (voice: Furukawa Makoto) and Chihara Shion (voice: Yamamoto Kazuomi) have been released. Let's enjoy a bit of Rui's hot voice, Shion's Male and Female voice. It was also announced that the anime will be broadcast on BS11, so we can watch "Fucked by My Best Friend" anime all over Japan. The on-air version short anime of "Fucked by My Best Friend" is scheduled to be broadcast on Tokyo MX and BS11 on April 4, 2021. The premium version, which depicts the "graphic" scenes, will also be streamed from the same day. "Fucked by My Best Friend" Anime Broadcast/Streaming Information