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Pcb & Dead Meat Partner to Release Frost Road via Kickstarter: "Pcb Entertainment, Keith Arem (Call of Duty Performance Director), Christopher Shy (Dead Space Comic Artist) - the creative team behind Image Comics’ award winning graphic novel, Ascend, is set to unveil Frost Road, set to launch on Kickstarter March 4, 2025. The thriller comic is best described as a high intensity graphic novel that blends apocalyptic horror and suspense, perfect for fans of The Last of Us, A Quiet Place, & Silent Hill.

As part of the crowdfunded campaign, Pcb and Arem are partnering with James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca of Dead Meat, a horror centric YouTube channel with over 6.7 million subs, to flesh out Frost Road’s stretch goal rewards to develop a new immersive audio drama, based on the upcoming book.

"We're so excited to have the opportunity to work with Keith, someone we feel understands horror in the...

Attention! This is a PSA! The End is Nyaigh!

In case you missed the celebration of Cat Day in Japan this past Caturday, February 22, an all-new trailer has been released that warns of the upcoming “nyandemic.” From executive director Takashi Miike, the animated post-apocalyptic comedy series Nyaight of the Living Cat will begin streaming this July only on Crunchyroll worldwide excluding Asia. Sony Pictures Entertainment will be distributing in Asia and Japan.

Please spread awareness, but help reduce panic and hiss-teria by staying cautious and vigilant. Don’t let their cute faces and fluffy coats fool you. If you see a cat lying on its back, do not touch its belly. It’s a trap! If you see a cat making fresh biscuits, do not stop in awe. Before you know it, you may be swarmed by a clowder with no escape. If a cat makes contact with you, it’s already too late.

Picture: Apple Cider Vinegar is now available to stream on Netflix UK

It’s a busy start to February on Netflix UK with 56 new additions to the library, including more legacy content from the WWE.

First of all, here are the week’s top highlights:

Apple Cider Vinegar (Limited Series) N

Episodes: 6

Genre: Drama | Runtime: 60 Minutes

Cast: Kaitlyn Dever, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Aisha Dee, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Ashley Zukerman,

Kaitlyn Dever previously wowed audiences for her performance in Unbelievable and will star in the upcoming second season of HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us.

Belle and Milla, two young women scammed the world into thinking their wellness remedies were cures for deadly illnesses, but as the lies began to catch up with them, their lives began to unravel.

Cassandra (Limited Series) N

Episodes: 6

Genre: Drama | Runtime: 50 Minutes

Cast: Lavinia Wilson, Mina Tander, Michael Klammer, Franz Hartwig, Joshua Kantara

Given the...

Based on the beloved manga series of the same name, Golden Kamuy introduced Satoru Noda’s memorable characters and action-packed tale to the silver screen. Director Shigeaki Kubo faced the challenge of adapting over a dozen manga volumes into a feature-length film while staying faithful to the source material.

He succeeded in large part thanks to expansively showcasing what makes Golden Kamuy such an engrossing story—the perfect balance of brutality and humor, education and adventure.

From its opening scenes of warfare’s harsh realities to its character-driven quest for gold and justice, Golden Kamuy immersed viewers in late 19th-century Hokkaido. Lead by Kento Yamazaki’s gritty yet sympathetic Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto and Anna Yamada’s headstrong Ainu guide Asirpa, characters both familiar and new leapt from the page with depth and dimension.

Fierce battles against men and nature alike thrilled, and tensions between factions vying for the treasure kept mysteries swirling.

During the last weekend of August, the town of Noboribetsu in Hokkaido comes alive for the Noboribetsu Jigoku Matsuri — also known as the Noboribetsu Hell Festival — to celebrate the legend of Jigokudani (Hell Valley) opening up, bringing the Great Demon King Enma and demons to the northern village for a giant party. For this year’s extravaganza, the event is teaming up with the classic Hokkaido-based series Golden Kamuy to elevate the hellish fun! A visual (featured above) featuring Lieutenant Tsurumi dressed as King Enma was released alongside lanterns that will be placed along the Gokuraku Street in downtown Noboribetsu Onsen Town. Related: Golden Kamuy Anime Joins Festivities at Sendai Tanabata Festival This year’s Noboribetsu Jigoku Matsuri will run from August 23 to 25, with the Golden Kamuy collaboration on display during the same time. A pop-up shop selling merch based on the visual will open a day earlier on August...

Long-time anime song performer Sayuri announced on her X account today that she has to take an indefinite hiatus due to functional dysphonia, a condition that causes her vocal cords to involuntary sound strained due to increased muscle tension in the voice box. Sayuri wrote on X that she“need[s] to concentrate on rehabilitation to get better, so I have decided to take a break from singing for a while.” Sayuri is best known for performing the ending theme songs “Tower of Flower” for Lycoris Recoil , “About a Voyage” for My Hero Academia season 4, “Sore wa Chiisana Hikari no Youna” for Erased and many more. Statement Translation: “For some time now, I have been having trouble with my voice, finding it difficult to produce the sounds I want. I went to see a doctor, who diagnosed me with functional dysphonia. My voice shakes, goes flat, and gets hoarse. My muscles...

The official website for the live-action adaptation project based on Satoru Noda's adventure manga, Golden Kamuy , has released a main trailer for Golden Kamuy: Hokkaido Irezumi Shuzin Soudatsu-hen (Hokkaido Tattooed Prisoners Scramble Arc) , an upcoming serial drama series that tells a sequel story to the feature film released in January 2024. The clips also confirms that the nine-episode drama will premiere on the Japanese satellite broadcasting station Wowow's Serial Drama W programming block on October 6, 2024 . Kento Yamazaki reprises his role as the protagonist, Saichi Sugimoto, alongside Anna Yamada as the main heroine, Asirpa. In addition to the the 13 main cast members from the film including the two and four members announced in March , seven more additional cat members have been revealed as below: Tetsuzo Nihei played by Takahiro Fujimoto Kazuo Henmi played by Masato Hagiwara Kiichiro Wakayama played by Kiyohiko Shibukawa Tatsuya Nakazawa played by Tomoki Kimura Yasaku Edogai...

My Hero Academia You’re Next Cast: All New and Returning Characters Appearing in the Fourth Film - Main Image

The fourth movie in the global hit franchise is coming soon. Ahead of its highly anticipated debut, My Hero Academia: You’re Next has unveiled its cast and characters.

In this new film, Deku and his friends will face new challenges and meet new allies and villains that fans are sure to either love or hate.

Cast and Characters Confirmed for My Hero Academia: You’re Next Film

Ahead of its premiere on August 2, the film’s official website revealed new cast members joining the star-studded ensemble for My Hero Academia: You’re Next.

The cast primarily consists of returning voice actors who will reprise their roles for the movie, including:

Daiki Yamashita as Izuku MidoriyaNobuhiko Okamoto (Himmel in Frieren: Beyond Journey's End) as Katsuki BakugoYuki Kaji (Eren Yeager in Attack on Titan...

It's Tanabata time, and Golden Kamuy is getting in on the festivities! The official website for the historical anime has announced an ongoing collaborations with summer festivals across Japan, starting with the Tanabata celebrations in Sendai. The Sendai Tanabata Festival is renowned for being the biggest in Japan, ongoing since the time of Date Masamune. The city is decorated with massive, colorful bamboo decorations for the occasion: Related: 5 Reasons to Watch Golden Kamuy A new collaboration visual (seen above) prepares the stars of the series for the festivities. From August 6-8, Brandome Ichibancho Shopping Street in Sendai will display special decorations based on the collab visual: Related: Golden Kamuy Live-Action Film Gets Manga-Inspired Theatrical Gift from Creator Satoru Noda Plans are also afoot for a pop-up shop running August 5-12, offering merch inspired by the collab visual. There will also be two further collaborations between the anime and summer festivals,...

Local animated features led Japanese box office in the first half of 2024 as just two Hollywood titles broke the top 10.

Of the 20 highest-grossing films released so far this year, 15 were produced in Japan. Six out of the top 10 titles are anime features.

Dominating the first half of 2024 was Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram, the 27th annual entry in a series of films about a high school detective who has been shrunk to child-like proportions. The film has earned $94.4m (¥15.19bn) – a record for the long-running franchise. By comparison, 2023’s top-grossing film, animation The First Slam Dunk, took $98.6m (¥15.87bn) over...

Fantasy Manga Clevatess Inspires Anime Adaptation: Release Date Predictions Explored - Main Image

The heroes will unite against the lord of the magical beasts, as the release date of the Clevatess anime adaptation is coming soon.

Ahead of the fantasy anime’s release date announcement, more information, including details about the cast and staff, has been revealed.

Yuji Iwahara's Clevatess Manga Set for Epic Fantasy Anime Debut

Clevatess: The King of Magical Beasts, the Baby, and the Corpse Hero, or simply Clevatess, is a dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Iwahara.

The series is getting an anime adaptation, as announced by Kadokawa, but there’s no word on its release date yet.

Kadokawa also unveiled the anime’s first promotional video, which reveals the main cast and staff of the Clevatess anime adaptation.

A new visual has also been posted on the official website and X...

Get ready to dive into another one of Yuji Iwahara’s whimsical worlds as his latest manga series, Clevatess , has a TV anime adaptation currently in production. Kadokawa announced the news of the adaptation today alongside releasing the first trailer and teaser visual as well as details on the lead cast and staff members. Clevatess first trailer and teaser visual The lead cast members announced today include: Alicia voiced by Haruka Shiraishi (Asirpa in Golden Kamuy ) Clen voiced by Mutsumi Tamura (Kobayashi in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid ) Clevatess voiced by Yuichi Nakamura (Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen ) Related: The Misfit of Demon King Academy II Continues with Second Cour on April 12 Kiyotaka Taguchi ( Ultraman Blazar ) directs Clevatess at Lay-duce with the series being the first time Taguchi has directed an animated TV series. Keigo Koyanagi ( Brave Bang Bravern! ) is writing the series composition, Soichiro Sako ( Buddy Daddies ) is drawing the character designs and Nobuaki Nobusawa ( Mr.

The Blue Miburo anime—known as Ao no Miburo in Japan and under the English title of Blue Wolves of Miburo in Kodansha's release of Tsuyoshi Yasuda's manga—revealed a bunch of new details today. In addition to the first full trailer and more cast members, the official accounts came through with a new key visual and plans for an October 12, 2024 premiere. Blue Miburo Trailer Blue Miburo Concept Movie New cast members include: Nagakura Shinpachi voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda (Hyakunosuke Ogata in Golden Kamuy ) Harada Sanosuke voiced by Ryota Iwasaki (Inasa Yoarashi in My Hero Academia ) Yamanami Keisuke voiced by Kengo Kawanishi (Gen Asagiri in Dr. Stone ) Todo Heisuke voiced by Kikunosuke Toya (Denji in Chainsaw Man ) Inoue Genzaburo voiced by Noriaki Sugiyama (Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto ) Niimi Nishiki voiced by Yuichiro Umehara (Goblin Slayer in Goblin Slayer ) Noguchi Kenji voiced by Tomohiro Ono (Makoto Shibe in Tomodachi Game...

Anime is more than just a niche in the United States now and Hollywood is taking notice — Netflix especially. The streamer has both produced English-language anime movie/TV adaptations in-house and imported shows made in Japan for international distribution (such as the live-action "Fullmetal Alchemist" trilogy). One can only wonder which anime Netflix will see fit to adapt next — and whether fans should see that as a promise or a threat.

In the meantime, one of Netflix's most recent imports won't convince it to slow down on live-action anime. 2024's "Golden Kamuy," which premiered in Japanese theaters this past January, was added to Netflix on May 19, 2024. The film is an adaptation of a manga by Satoru Noda, which was previously adapted as an anime in 2018. The "Golden Kamuy" manga is complete (it ran for 314 chapters from 2015 to 2022), while the anime still has a fifth and final season on the horizon adapting the manga's last chapters.

More music videos are dropping on Crunchyroll today following the releases last month , with this month’s uploads including theme songs from Black Butler -Public School Arc- , Golden Kamuy Season 4 , Wind Breaker and more! Read on for the full list of the June music video releases. Ali Ali feat. Dos Monos Ali feat. J-rexxx, Rueed Ali feat. Mfs Ali feat. Mummy-d (including the Golden Kamuy Season 4 opening theme song ) Ali feat. R-Shitei Ali feat. Namichie, Alonzo, 6B Ali feat. Umedacypher Creepy Nuts Durdn Hitsujibungaku Kairi Yagi Momo Asakura natori (including the Wind Breaker opening theme song ) otoha (including the Black Butler -Public School Arc- opening theme ) Reol Sangatsu No Phantasia (including The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3 second ending theme song ) SennaRin SennaRin feat. suis (from Yorushika) Sid (including the Black Butler -Public School Arc- ending theme ) Tomori Kusunoki (including The Misfit of Demon King Academy II (cour...

DanMachi Season 5 Cast: All Confirmed New and Returning Characters - Main Image

DanMachi’s next installment is still over a season away, but it is being hyped up now with a new trailer. There, new DanMachi season 5 cast members were revealed who will join the show’s returning VAs.

Along with the cast, the trailer also shows off new footage featuring the new and returning cast members in action.

DanMachi Voice Cast Returns in Season 5

The DanMachi anime began with season 1 back in April 2015. It took four years, but the show finally returned with season 2 in July 2019.

Since then, the series has gotten two more seasons, with the fourth one being split into two halves.

All of the show’s seasons were animated by J.C.Staff, the studio behind One-Punch Man season 2 and Fairy Tail.

Along with the studio, the show’s voice cast has also stuck around throughout the seasons,...

The following contains spoilers for the Golden Kamuy (2024) live-action adaptation.

To the Ainu people, indigenous people from the cold northern island of Hokkaido in Japan, God lives in everything. Kamuy, as they call these spirits, reside in animals, natural phenomena, and even human inventions. All of these have the capacity to be just as evil as they can be good. Satoru Noda's Golden Kamuy manga chronicles the good and the bad of a gold rush through the icy mountains of Hokkaido, as the Kamuy of the shiny metal brings out the truth in people, for better and worse.

After gathering a massive following since its anime adaptation, the divisive Golden Kamuy franchise now has a full-length feature film that takes advantage of the bigger budget and picturesque locales. Produced by Credeus and currently streaming on Netflix, the live-action movie adapts the early chapters of the series, bringing some of...

Image via 81 Produce official website The voice talent agency 81 Produce announced on their official website May 21 that voice actor Hideyuki Umezu passed away due to interstitial pneumonia on May 17 at the age of 68. According to the statement, the funeral service was held with only relatives in attendance following wishes from his family. The agency writes, "We would like to express our deepest gratitude for your kindness during his life and respectfully inform you of his passing." Hideyuki Umezu was born in Aichi Prefecture on July 24, 1955. After graduating from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, he enrolled in the voice acting course at Nhk Actors Seminar and made his voice acting debut in 1982. He was a voice actor not only in anime series, but also in Japanese dubbing for foreign films, as well as narrating TV programs. His notable anime character roles include: David Rutherford in Blue Comet Spt Layzner (1985) Nel...

Hiroin Shikkaku star Kento Yamazaki and Missions of Love's Anna Yamada lead the cast of Golden Kamuy. 

Golden Kamuy is based on Satoru Noda's adventure manga of the same name that depicts a historical adventure focused on a war veteran named Saichi Sugimoto who helps a young Ainu girl named Asirpa seek revenge for her father's death. 

Golden Kamuy premiered in theaters on January 19 and Netflix on May 19. 

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Acchon burike! Pinoko — Black Jack's pint-sized sidekick — will come to life on television next month as the upcoming live-action adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's classic Black Jack premieres in Japan on June 30. Issey Takahashi (Rohan in the live-action Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan movies) will play the unconventional physician. Today, TV Asahi announced that child actress Yuno Nagao will appear as Pinoko. Nagao recently appeared Osoma in the live-action Golden Kamuy , and can now be seen in a new poster doing Pinoko's signature shocked expression: Related: 1st Black Jack TV Drama in 24 Years Premieres in 2024 Despite looking like a child, Pinoko is technically 18 years old. To be specific, she was once a teratoma living in her twin sister's body. After Black Jack solved the twins' unusual case, Pinoko became his assistant and sidekick. Nagao says Black Jack is a family favorite, and she put a lot of effort into preserving...

Considering the success of the homonymous, multi-awarded manga by Satoru Noda and the quality of the anime, one of the best series of the last few years, a live-action adaptation was bound to happen. The recent release on Netflix follows the first season of the manga and stays quite close to it.

As I wrote in the anime review, “Golden Kamuy” is a rather different shonen title, which stands out by focusing on an Ainu character, while highlighting the language, culture, and customs of the indigenous people, supervised by Hiroshi Nakagawa, an Ainu language linguist from Chiba University.

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Saichi Sugimoto (nicknamed “Immortal Sugimoto” for escaping death multiple times but also for his savage fighting style), a veteran of the Battle of 203 Hill in the Russo-Japanese War hears a dubious story about a hidden trove of Ainu gold, the location of...

It’s quite telling when mediums like comics and manga, which are often neglected by highbrow literary types, can convey the plight of marginalized people with much sensibility and to a wider audience as compared to other mainstream, esteemed mediums. Mangaka Satoru Noda’s masterpiece, Golden Kamuy, a story that revolves majorly around the lives and culture of the Ainu people, the extremely persecuted indigenous tribespeople of Northern Japan, is among such brilliant examples. Simultaneously, the narrative presents a strong theme regarding the futility of war, its disastrous effects on the soldiers who are commoditized by the state, and the narrative treatment, which is a whacky yet brilliant mix of absurd humor and brutal, graphic violence. But the most memorable aspect, which truly makes Golden Kamuy a ground-breaking piece of literature, is the varied and unexpected ways it appeals to the humanity of the readers through its characters.

A live-action...

Golden Kamuy Season 5 Release Date: When Will Asirpa and Sugimoto Come Back? - Main Image

Golden Kamuy's fourth season ended nearly a year ago now, so many fans are wondering about the Golden Kamuy season 5 release date. After all, the show’s fifth season was confirmed following the season 4 finale.

Based on the gaps between the show’s previous seasons, it’s possible to predict a release date window for when fans can finally get to see Saichi Sugimoto and Asirpa’s adventure continue in the harsh and snowy Hokkaido.

Golden Kamuy Season 5 Release Date Predictions

Since the anime’s first season aired in April 2018, Golden Kamuy has quickly become a popular series thanks to its historical Hokkaido setting, coupled with how it puts the spotlight on Ainu culture.

Thanks in part to the anime’s success, the manga has become a bestseller with over 24 million copies in circulation.

“Golden Kamuy” is a captivating Japanese film directed by Shigeaki Kubo, featuring Kento Yamazaki and Anna Yamada. The screenplay, penned by Tsutomu Kuwoira, is based on the renowned manga by Satoru Noda.

Are you in the mood for an adventure film? “Golden Kamuy” has everything to delight fans of the genre, bringing a popular story that was previously adapted into an anime series in 2018 to the big screen.

The story of Sugimoto “The Immortal” and his faithful companion Asirpa will entertain you with their thrilling escapades in untamed lands, offering a rich blend of Japanese storytelling elements: action, legends, and treasures.

Plot Summary

During the Russo-Japanese War, a man named Sugimoto survives the brutal Battle of Hill 203. Now a war veteran, he hunts for gold in Hokkaido, Japan. He learns of a legend about a map leading to a vast treasure trove of gold nuggets. The map was divided and...

Twin Engine has established a new anime studio called Nogami, led by veteran producer Fumio Kaneko. Nogami joins Twin Engine's Eota team, which promotes collaboration and assistance among its smaller studios. Nogami aims to produce original anime and explore licensing opportunities, while also supporting other roles within the organization.

Planning and production company Twin Engine, producers of the critically acclaimed Vinland Saga, has announced that it has established a new anime studio called Nogami. Leading the company is veteran producer Fumio Kaneko, who will be taking the role of representative director.

This new studio joins an umbrella of smaller teams within Twin Engine's "Eota" team, promising collaboration and assistance among each other. Kaneko's experience as a producer underlines how Nogami's spread of duties will exist outside just animation.

Eota's breadth of studios suggests that their ability to support each other will allow each team to specialize in different production roles.

As manga establishes itself as a multi-billion dollar industry, 2023's biggest manga app saw a shocking $675 million in transactions -- leaving names more familiar to U.S. readers like Manga Plus and Shonen Jump far behind.

The Korea Economic Daily (Ked) reports that the Japanese manga app Piccoma surpassed 100 billion yen in 2023, or $675.2 million in sales made through the app. According to Piccoma's owners, Kakao Corporation, this is the first time a digital manga or comics service platform has ever exceeded this milestone. Data from the market analysis firm data.ai added that this transaction total placed Piccoma as the 17th-best app worldwide in terms of transaction volume, and excluding games, as the seventh. Only TikTok, YouTube, Disney+, Tinder, Google One and HBO Max made more.

Related Shonen Jump's Translation of My Hero Academia Creator Comment Is Unintentionally Hilarious Shonen Jump's English translation of Kohei Horikoshi's comments turned the...

18 years since the first announcement back in 2006, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom , the feature film sequel from the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed franchise, finally opened in 352 theaters across Japan on January 26, 2024. According the official website , the 124-minute film earned 1,065,983,130 yen (7.23 million Usd) on 634,182 admissions in its first three-day weekend of January 26-28. The opening weekend gross not only debuted the film at #1 in the box office ranking, but also became the best first-week box office record in the Gundam franchise of all-time. Compared to the most recent Gundam film, Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway released in 2021, Seed Freedom 's first weekend gross was 416.4 percent of that of Hathaway , and its ticket sales was 502.8 percent. Meanwhile, the film ranked #2 in Filmarks' first- day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of of 4.23/5.0 based on 3,490 reviews. The film was originally announced in 2006 after the broadcast of Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny , but the years passed without any updates.