As an epic poem with its roots in the stories told by travelling bards, telling the story of the Genpei War from a wide range of perspectives, The Tale of the Heike isn’t exactly an easy thing to adapt—into any medium, let alone an 11-part anime series. But by drawing …
The Woman Called Fujiko Mine is one of the most acclaimed series within the beloved Lupin III franchise, but at the moment, options for watching it are limited. That’s going to change soon, with a new partnership with TMS Entertainment (who owns the rights to Lupin III) bringing a whole …
The Tale of the Heike (Heike Monogatari), one of Japan’s most famous pieces of classical literature, has a new anime adaptation on the way, and it’s not far off: The Heike Story from studio Science Saru and director Naoko Yamada premieres on Funimation next week, on September 15. The Tale …
The upcoming Yasuke anime series has a new trailer ahead of its debut on Netflix later this week, and it’s looking good. Created by LeSean Thomas and Studio Mappa in partnership with Netflix, Yasuke is based on the real-life African samurai Yasuke, who was brought to Japan to Jesuit missionaries …
The Clannad anime, based on Key’s acclaimed visual novel of the same name, is now available to stream on AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand. Clannad tells the story of Tomoya Okazaki, a third-year high school student with a reputation for being a delinquent, stemming from his troubled life at …
CD PROJECT RED is teaming up with Studio Trigger and Netflix for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, an anime series set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077. Due to premiere in 2022, Edgerunners is a 10-episode series about a street kid with everything to lose who decides to become an “edgerunner”—that is, an …
