The Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime film has sold a total of 27.45 million tickets and earned a cumulative total of 37,776,680,150 yen (about US$359.7 million) in Japan. The film also ranked at #3 in South Korea over the previous weekend, and has earned a cumulative total of 7,308,202,280 South Korean won (about US$6.58 million) since it opened there on January 27. The film was originally scheduled to open in South Korea in December, but it was delayed to January 27 due to concerns about the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).......
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CyberAgent announced on Monday that the game app for The Promised Neverland series will launch for iOS and Android devices this spring with the title Yakusoku no Neverland ~Kariniwa Kara no Dassо̄ (The Promised Neverland: Escape from the Hunting Grounds). The company opened an official website for the game. The game will be an online escape game, in which four players work together to escape a map based on The Promised Neverland series. Players control different characters, and they can use a variety of weapons and items to defeat demons. Pre-registration is open now. The app will be free-to-play, but will have optional in-app purchases.......
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Kodansha Comics announced on Monday four new manga titles that will debut digitally in April. The following titles will debut over consecutive Tuesdays in April: Title: Girlfriend, Girlfriend (Kanojo mo Kanojo)Author: HiroyukiDebut Date: April 6Synopsis: Naoya just got a girlfriend, the gorgeous Saki-chan, and though their intensities often pit them against each other like ice and fire, they’re totally, uncontrollably in love with each other. He vows never to cheat…when out of the blue he receives another confession! Nagisa’s cute, sweet, and she’s made him lunch to boot! He knows he can’t cheat, but he can’t......
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One of the more interesting – if not necessarily “fun” – aspects of reviewing an adaptation of source material you’re familiar with is how some of the issues that come up are not so much the result of changes or omission, but in how a new medium can bring to light or even exacerbate problems that were already present in the original story. I reckon I’ve made my complaints about the way this second season of The Promised Neverland has handled skipping so much of the manga’s content pretty clear by now, but “Episode 6”......
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Animax Asia announced on Tuesday that it will premiere the new Fruits Basket anime on February 22. The channel will air two episodes every Monday and Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. GMT +8. The anime’s “1st Season” premiered in Japan in April 2019 and aired for 25 episodes. The Fruits Basket 2nd Season anime premiered in Japan in April 2020, and continued on into the summer season for a total of 25 episodes. The anime will have a final season, titled Fruits Basket the Final, that will premiere in April. The two 2019 and 2020 anime series adapt Natsuki Takaya’s Fruits Basket manga. The adaptation has an entirely new......
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Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Monday that it has licensed Shinichi Matsui’s Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! (Mezametara Saikyō Sōbi to Uchūsen Mochi Datta no de, Ikkodate Mezashite Yōhei Toshite Jiyū ni Ikitai) manga and Matsuri Akai and Tōzai’s My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s (Assassin de Aru Ore no Status ga Yūsha Yori mo Akiraka ni Tsuyoi Nodaga) light novels. Seven Seas Entertainment will publish the first volume of the Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! manga both digitally and in print in August. It describes the......
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Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train stayed at #2 in its 17th weekend. The film sold 92,000 tickets over the weekend, and earned 145,327,200 yen (about US$1.38 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold 27.07 million tickets for a cumulative 37,179,382,650 yen (US$353.6 million). After 12 consecutive weeks at #1 in the box office in Japan, the film dropped to #2 during the January 9-10 weekend, its 13th weekend. During that weekend, the film sold 425,000 tickets and earned 677,783,450 yen (about US$6.57 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film returned......
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Shueisha reported on Tuesday that Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen manga has 30 million copies in circulation (not sold), including print and digital copies. It has only been 14 days since Shueisha reported on January 26 that the series had 25 million copies in circulation, and only 28 days since it reported on January 13 that the series had 20 million copies in circulation. Shueisha also revealed the cover art for the manga’s 15th compiled book volume (seen right), which will ship on March 4. The manga’s number of copies in circulation has risen over 350% in the four months since the premiere of its anime......
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The staff of the television anime of two-person creator team so-ma-to’s Shadows House manga revealed on Thursday that Reiji Kawashima is joining the show’s cast as Patrick / Ricky. The anime will premiere in April, and stars: Akari Kitō as Kate Yū Sasahara as Emiriko Ayane Sakura as Louise / Lou Kōdai Sakai as John / Shaun Kazuki Ohashi (episode director for Kakegurui, Girlish Number, Ace Attorney Season 2) is directing the series, and Toshiya Ono (The Promised Neverland, Gatchaman Crowds, tsuritama) is overseeing the series scripts. Chizuko Kusakabe (Pumpkin Scissors, Trouble Chocolate) is designing the characters, and Kenichiro Suehiro (Cells at Work!, Golden Kamuy, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-) is composing the music. CloverWorks (DARLING in the FRANXX, The Promised Neverland, Fate/Grand......
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