ONE PIECE FILM RED [Anime News] – Raiding Theaters This November!

Crunchyroll, one of the leading ultimate anime destinations worldwide, announced it will release the highly-anticipated One Piece Film Red in theaters in Australia and New Zealand on November 3 and in the United States and Canada on November 4, which will follow on the heels of the movie’s October 13 release in Austria and Germany. Produced by Toei …

MY HERO ACADEMIA [AX 2019 Panel / Season 4 Premiere Review]: The Dark Light.

The thing I was most excited about this weekend at Anime Expo 2019 was the My Hero Academia panel, which included the highly anticipated U.S. premiere of Season 4. When I arrived this morning to get in line, it wasn’t hard to guess I wasn’t the only one. After three Hot Topic-shaking successful seasons, My …

THE PROMISED NEVERLAND / THE RISING OF THE SHIELD HERO [Premiere Reviews]: Twist and Shout.

The Promised Neverland, or Yakusoku no Neverland, is the type of anime I would never watch unless otherwise highly recommended, similar to that of Made in Abyss in its youthful cutesieness. The two shows also have the theme of curious orphans, with the dreaded "don't go near the gate to the dangerous forest" warnings here …

THE GEEEEK AWARDS [Best Anime of 2018]: Punch, Drunk, Love.

1. Aggretsuko – So. Damn. Relatable! Retsuko, a little red panda, releases her work frustrations by singing death metal karaoke. The misery of being a worker bee in the corporate world has never been more poignantly portrayed. Our heroine overcomes the challenges of capitalism, misogyny, and singlehood by screaming beautiful terrors at the top of …

CRUNCHYROLL [Anime Expo 2018]: And Newwwwwwww!!

When you think of anime, two companies quickly come to mind. One of them is Crunchyroll (to which your "Monsignor" is a subscriber). Hell, just about everyone roaming in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center this week/end is sporting one of the streaming service's tidy little orange swag baggies. More importantly, Crunchyroll announced a …