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The official YouTube channel for the three-piece Japanese rock band Wanima is now streaming a music video for their latest digital single song "Matatabi," which is featured as the ending theme for the summer 2025 TV anime Nyaight of the Living Cat . The music video features Kazuko Kurosawa of comedy trio Morisanchu. As this is a theme song for an anime about cats, she plays the role of a strong female panther-like character, leading a group of dancers in a stormy dance. Wanima's vocalist and bassist Kenta, who dyes his hair in leopard print for this music video, is surrounded by women who seduce him like cats. Wanima "Matatabi" Music Video Wanima, consisting of Kenta (vocal/bass), Ko-shin (guitar/chorus), and Fuji (drums/chorus), was formed in 2010 and made their major debut from Warner Music Japan's unBORDE label in May 2017. Nyaight of the Living Cat is the third anime...

With the year reaching its end, so comes the close of many Fall 2024 anime series, including Yakuza Fiancé and the wildly popular Dandadan. But as the curtains on these amazing shows fall, 2025 promises to haul in a handful of sequels that have been long awaited. Studios like A-1 Pictures and Tms Entertainment are returning to start the year off with everyone's favorite characters and stories.

Alongside the final season of My Hero Academia and the next installments of Spy x Family and Jujutsu Kaisen (set for 2025 but yet to be announced), the sequels of the most recent years' other best anime—such as Dr. Stone, The Apothecary Diaries, and more—are coming back to pile Anime Winter 2025's plate high to comfort fans after the madness of the holiday season and answer the questions they've been holding.

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The main characters of Digimon Tamers are the first in the Digimon anime franchise to not be DigiDestined. Instead, Takato, Henry, Rika, and the rest of their friends are designated as Tamers. They aren't special children chosen for a special purpose, but kids who happen to bond individually and become partners with Digimon in various ways.

The heroes of Digimon Tamers are the best written in the franchise. This applies to the main kids, their Digimon, and their various allies. Nearly all of them are fully fleshed out and well-developed, with their stories directly tied to the dark and mature narrative of the season.

Kenta and MarineAngemon Come Through in the End Kenta is the Last Tamer to Get a Partner

Kenta Kitagawa is the least important of the season's major Tamers. One of Takato's longtime friends, Kenta is Kazu's sidekick and lackey in the early parts of the season and,...

The official accounts for the upcoming live-action TV drama adaptation Wingman , based on Masakazu Katsura's superhero manga from 1983, today announced five additional cast members including voice actor Mamoru Miyano . Miyano is cast as Kitakura, a handsome new teacher who is assigned to the high school attended by the protagonist, Kenta Hirono. "I am very happy to be able to be involved in Katsura-sensei's work again in this way, and to be able to work with Director Sakamoto again in a way that I never thought possible. My heart is shaken by my actor life with a strange destiny," said Miyano. "On the set, I was moved by Director Sakamoto's passionate direction, and we were able to proceed while having deep discussions about my role with Katsura-sensei. I am now playing the role of 'Teacher Kitakura' with all of my strength, so please look forward to watching the show!" Additional...

We're a little over a month out from the premiere of Terminator Zero , which starts streaming via Netflix around the world on August 29, 2024. We've already learned about the English cast, so now it's time to turn our attention to the voice actors in the Japanese version. The Terminator Zero Japanese cast includes: Terminator voiced by Yasuhiro Mamiya (Magma in Dr. Stone ) Malcolm voiced by Yuya Uchida (Aka in Wonder Egg Priority ) Eiko voiced by Toa Yukinari (Claudia Peer in Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt ) Kokoro voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki (Chise Hatori in The Ancient Magus' Bride ) Misaki voiced by Saori Hayami (Maria Campbell in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! ) Kenta voiced by Hiro Shimono (Connie Springer in Attack on Titan ) Hiro voiced by Shizuka Ishigami (Hugo in The Duke of Death and His Maid ) Reika voiced by Miyuki Sato (Emperor Antoku in The Heike Story...

Digimon Tamers isn't set in the same universe as Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02, instead taking place in a world where Digimon was initially believed to only be a popular media franchise. Just as in real life, a major aspect of the Digimon franchise is its trading card game. In the anime, however, the cards aren't merely collectibles or something to play with, but valuable tools that Takato, Henry, Rika, Jeri, and their friends use to defend the world.

Unlike their DigiDestined predecessors, the Tamers in Digimon Tamers are able to fight more directly alongside their Partners by strategically using their Digivices to scan cards, granting their Digimon special weapons, power boosts, and the ability to Digivolve. Some of the cards, most notably the Blue Cards, contain special properties that make them useful outside of combat, and detailed explanations for how they operate. The card system in Digimon Tamers...

Get ready for an intense showdown in Season 6, Episode 27 of “New Japan Pro Wrestling” titled “New Japan Soul,” airing at 10:00 Pm on Thursday, July 18, 2024, exclusively on Axs TV. This episode marks a pivotal moment in the journey towards G1 Climax 34, featuring the A Block Qualifier Tournament.

Fans of professional wrestling can anticipate thrilling matchups as Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi-hashi, Callum Newman, Kenta, and Yujiro Takahashi step into the ring. Each wrestler brings their unique skills and strategies, aiming to secure victories that will propel them closer to championship contention.

The atmosphere will be electric with adrenaline-fueled action, fierce rivalries, and high-stakes drama unfolding throughout the tournament. Viewers can expect hard-hitting maneuvers, strategic gameplay, and moments of pure athleticism that define the competitive spirit of New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Don’t miss out on the excitement and spectacle of “New Japan Soul” on Axs TV, where the passion for wrestling meets...

Vampires are one of the most popular horror and paranormal anime creatures. They drink blood to sustain their long lives and sleep in coffins to hide away from the sun. Most of the time more vampires are made by a blood exchange. But there are some anime worlds where vampires are "alive" enough to have children with humans.

Vampires are very powerful creatures, but sunlight really nerfs their abilities. Half-vampires, otherwise called dhampirs, tend to be a bit different. Dhampirs can better blend in with humans, can control their bloodlust better, and are more resistant to sunlight. They have the best of both worlds: the strength and immortality of their vampire parent, and the ability to live in the sun with other humans (to a certain extent) like their moral parent can.

Related: 20 Best Vampire Anime For Your Watchlist

Kanon (Chibi Vampire)

Kanon is the spitting image of her vampire mother Karin in Chibi Vampire.

Neill Blomkamp’s “Gran Turismo” movie from Sony Pictures packs all the adrenaline and all the emotions. Based on a true story, the film follows young Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe) as he gets the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go from a video game racer to a real race car driver. It all started with Gran Turismo game creator Kazunori Yamauchi (Takehiro Hira) who got ahold of an automobile simulator and transformed it into a very real racing experience for gamers. Dreamer and Nissan marketing executive Danny Moore (Orlando Bloom) took the love for the game a step further by giving the best players a chance to go through a Gran Turismo academy to compete for the chance at racing on some of the professional courses featured in the game.

Enter David Harbour’s Jack Salter as Chief Engineer enlisted with determining whether the transition from a video game simulation to the real deal is even possible,...

Japanese anime and manga often feature fiendish, blood-sucking vampire characters as dark antiheroes or terrifying villains, while others portray vampires as charming, surprisingly relatable and likable people, including cute vampire girls here and there. Vampires are more popular than ever in media, and anyone who loves stories about the occult or the supernatural are encouraged to try a handful of great vampire anime series.

Related: 10 Best High Fantasy Anime (That Aren't Isekai)

While the powers, weaknesses, and origin myth/stories of vampires can change over the years according to each creator, vampires are always instantly recognizable as fanged children of the night, and anime fans can't get enough of it. In anime, there's plenty of room for reinterpretation of vampires or even desconstructions of them, from half-vampire antiheroes to vampires who have more in common with high school students than with the likes of Dracula and Nosferatu.

Update on May 17th,...

Impact Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling will co-produce a major live pro wrestling show on Thursday, March 30th, at the Globe Theater in Los Angeles with megastars from both promotions in-action and numerous first-ever dream matches confirmed.

The show, Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive, will air live on pay-per-view on fite.tv, starting at 8 p.m. Pst.

Impact World Champion Josh Alexander steps into the ring at Multiverse United against Kushida, while “Speedball” Mike Bailey battles Will Ospreay in the co-main event that will be a nonstop fight for bragging rights. The Bailey-Ospreay battle is their fifth-ever one-on-one contest and the first since August 2022, with their first-ever back in 2015. “Will Ospreay is the best professional wrestler in the world, after me,” Bailey said. “So, this will be the best professional wrestling match of the year.”

Alexander is the longest-reigning Impact World Champion and also was half of the decorated...