Anime News 1st quarter 2022

Post by **Ojisama** » 28 Mar 2022, 20:06

Coamix's MangaHot Service Publishes Tsukasa Hojo's City Hunter Manga in English

Coamix and Imagineer's MangaHot app and website announced on Wednesday that it is publishing Tsukasa Hojo's City Hunter manga in English.

MangaHot describes the story:

Ryo Saeba, a.k.a. City Hunter. A sweeper who fulfills all his client's needs. He'll do anything from bodyguarding to contract killing, but he'll only take the job if a pretty woman is involved, or the client's sincerity makes his heart tremble. Together with his partner Kaori Makimura, the kid sister of his late best friend, Ryo fights the evil haunting the shadows of the city!!

City Hunter ran from 1985 to 1991 and has 35 volumes. The manga inspired four television anime series, one anime film, and several video and television specials including a 2015 original anime DVD. ADV Films released most of these anime projects in North America. The City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes anime film opened in Japan in February 2019.

Discotek Media announced its license of the original City Hunter anime projects and the recent City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes film in April 2019. Crunchyroll is streaming the City Hunter television anime series, specials, and films.

Jackie Chan starred in a 1993 Hong Kong live-action film that very loosely adapts the original manga. A Korean live-action television series adaptation premiered in 2011, and Hulu streamed this version in the United States. A French live-action film adaptation opened in France on February 2019. A separate Chinese live-action film adaptation has been green-lit in China.

MangaHot is also publishing six other manga in English: Fist of the North Star, Record of Ragnarok, The Legend of Lu Bu, Tokyo Duel, Keiji's Kabuki Adventure, and Mother Parasite. MangaHot is also available in Japanese. Coamix is the publisher of the Comic Zenon magazine in Japan.

Source - Anime News Network

Post by **Ojisama** » 28 Mar 2022, 20:58

Bunny Drop's Yumi Unita Launches New Manga About a Mother Going Back to her Hometown

The May issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Spirits magazine revealed on Saturday that manga creator Yumi Unita will launch a new manga titled "Yukari mo Yukari mo" (Yukari and Yukari) in the magazine's next issue on April 27. The manga will have a color opening page, and will feature on the issue's front cover. The manga will center on a mother who in her teens had run off to the big city to pursue her dreams, and now in her 40s, travels back to her hometown with her daughter in tow.

Unita's original slice-of-life manga Bunny Drop began serializing in Shodensha's Feel Young magazine in 2005 and ended in April 2011. Yen Press published the manga in North America. A television anime adaptation aired in Japan from July to September 2011, and a live-action film version opened in Japan in December 2011.

Source - Anime News Network

Comment - I loved the Bunny Drop anime and can't wait to get hold of the English translation of this.

Post by **Ojisama** » 28 Mar 2022, 21:09

Sasaki and Miyano Manga Gets New Anime.

The television anime of Shō Harusono's Sasaki and Miyano manga ended on Monday with an announcement of a new anime. The project's official website and social media accounts will announce more details later.

Yen Press licensed the manga, and it describes the story:

It all started like a typical old-school boys' love plotline—bad-boy senior meets adorably awkward underclassman, one of them falls in love, and so on and so forth. But although Miyano is a self-proclaimed boys' love expert, he hasn't quite realized…he's in one himself. Which means it's up to Sasaki to make sure their story has a happily ever after…!

Source - Anime News Network

Post by **Ojisama** » 28 Mar 2022, 22:23

Eminence in Shadow Anime Reveals New Promo Video, October Premiere

Synopsis

Even in his past life, Cid's dream wasn't to become a protagonist or a final boss. He'd rather lie low as a minor character until it's prime time to reveal he's a mastermind...or at least, do the next best thing-pretend to be one! And now that he's been reborn into another world, he's ready to set the perfect conditions to live out his dreams to the fullest. Armed with his overactive imagination, Cid jokingly recruits members to his organization and makes up a whole backstory about an evil cult that they need to take down. Well, as luck would have it, these imaginary adversaries turn out to be the real deal-and everyone knows the truth but him!

Source - Anime News Network

Comment - Be still my beating heart.

Post by **Ojisama** » 28 Mar 2022, 22:49

Crunchyroll Adds 6 Alpha Manga Titles

Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it has added the following manga from AlphaPolis Co., Ltd.'s Alpha Manga app:

Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy
Gate: Where the JSDF Fought
May I Ask for One Final Thing?
An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess
Re:Monster
A Journey Through Another World ~Raising Kids While Adventuring~
Accidentally Summoned (Oops, sorry.)

Source - Anime News Network

Post by **Ojisama** » 30 Mar 2022, 12:38

Netflix: More Than Half of Members Globally Watched 'Anime' Last Year

Director of anime creative at Netflix Kohei Obara revealed to entertainment magazine Variety on Monday that "more than half" of Netflix's worldwide audience watched "anime" last year. The number expands to 90% for Japanese Netflix subscribers.

Netflix classifies Japanese animated titles as well as several Western animated titles as "anime." Obara stated, "anime is one of the cornerstones of [Netflix's] investment in Japan," adding the company plans on diversifying its selection of titles for Japan and worldwide audiences alike.

Netflix released nearly 40 "anime" titles in 2021, which was roughly double the output of 2020. Variety reported on Monday that Netflix will release 40 "anime" titles this year as well.

Post by **Ojisama** » 31 Mar 2022, 20:52

Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest Anime Gets New OVA

The official website and Twitter account for the anime of Ryo Shirakome's Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest (Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō) light novel series announced on Friday that the series is getting a new original video anime (OVA) in 2022. A trailer teases a scene with Oscar and Miledi.

The new season has a new director and one new studio. Akira Iwanaga (Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee, The Morose Mononokean) directed the anime at asread (who animated the first season with WHITE FOX) and Studio Mother. Shoichi Sato returned to oversee and write the series scripts. Chika Kojima again served as the character designer and chief animation director. Ryō Takahashi returned to compose the music. MindaRyn performed the opening theme song "Daylight."

Source - ANN