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Oshi no Ko is Japanese anime fans’ favourite series of 2023 so far.READ MORE: The best anime movies ever: a beginner’s guide to the wonderful, overwhelming genreAccording to 2,500 young Japanese anime fans polled by the Japanese website Otana Answer, the series – which aired April 12 – came out in the top spot (via thenerdstash).The Japanese manga series was written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari, while Daisuke Hiramaki and Saori Tachibana direct the adapted series.A synopsis for the show reads: “A doctor and his recently-deceased patient are reborn as twins to a famous Japanese musical idol and navigate the highs and lows of the Japanese entertainment industry as they grow up together through their lives.”The top ten answers for the ‘Best anime of 2023’ poll were: Oshi no Ko, Tokyo Revengers Season 2, Demon Slayer: The Swordsmith Village Arc, My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999, Magic and Muscles, Pokemon, The Dangers in My Heart, Uma Musume: Pretty Derby- Road to the To, Blue Orchestra and Konosuba- An Explosion on This Wonderful World.At the end of last month, Oshi no Ko confirmed that there will be a season two, for which Hiramaki and Neotomi are expected to return to direct. No release date has been announced yet, but it is expected to air in 2024.Oshi no Ko can be watched on the Manga Plus platform in English.In other manga news, back in December Netflix’s Alice In Borderland season 2 become the platform’s most-watched Japanese show ever in just four days following its premiere.The second season of the hit manga adaptation premiered on Netflix on December 22 and, within just four days, quickly set a new record as the most-watched Japanese series ever on the streaming platform.

Chainsaw Man is one of the most talked about anime shows in years – but is it available to watch in the UK?Adapted from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga series, Chainsaw Man follows the life of Denji, a teenager who lives in poverty with his chainsaw-headed devil dog Pochita.Exhausted and depressed, Denji dreams of having a normal life, but things get even worse when he’s lured into a trap by his Yakuza boss and sliced to pieces by a devil-controlled zombie horde.As he dies, Pochita saves Denji’s life by possessing him – turning him into a half-human, half-devil entity who is able to transform any part of his body into a chainsaw.The series was released back in October 2022, but anime fans in the UK have had to wait a little longer.You can watch all 12 episodes of the series on the anime streaming service Crunchyroll, which is currently offering a 14-day free trial. And given that each episode is only 23 minutes long, that should be more than long enough to get through the entire first season.

Jujutsu Kaisen will be upon us soon following a breakout first season that introduced anime lovers to Yuji Itadori and his comrades in the fight against the supernatural.The well-received first season has already been followed by a movie prequel dubbed Jujutsu Kaisen 0 that was released in Japan in December 2021 and March 2022 across the rest of the world, a collaboration with popular mobile shooter PUBG, and a 2022 stage adaptation.Fans will be glad to see the return of breakout characters like Satoru Gojo and Nobara Kugisaki and the introduction of Jujutsu Kaisen 0 protagonist Yuta Okkotsu in the anime when the series returns later this year for a two-cour season, meaning it will run for two broadcast seasons starting this July all the way through to December or early January next year.Season 2 will follow fan-favourite Satoru Gojo in a trip down memory lane in the Gojo’s Past arc in the first half of the season before pivoting to the present day in the second half with the Shibuya Incident arc. Here’s what we know about season 2 of Jujutsu Kaisen so far.Warning: spoilers for Jujutsu Kaisen season 1 and the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 movie follow.Jujutsu Kaisen follows the story of Yuji Itadori, a high school student who becomes involved in the world of jujutsu sorcerers after encountering an object containing the fingers of a powerful Curse spirit, Sukuna.

Attack On Titan is set to conclude with current season Attack On Titan: The Final Season Part Three after first premiering in 2013.One of Japan’s most successful anime series, Attack On Titan is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to as Titans.The show follows Eren Yeager, who vows to exterminate the Titans after they bring about the destruction of his hometown and the death of his mother.One of the reasons behind the show’s international success is the clever use of music, with each season featuring a new theme that hints at what’s to come over the following episodes.Attack On Titan Season Four, Part Three’s theme song is ‘Under The Tree’.

Attack On Titan is set to come to a close at the end of its current season.Based on the popular manga series of the same name, Attack On Titan is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to as Titans.The anime follows Eren Yeager, who vows to exterminate the Titans after they bring about the destruction of his hometown and the death of his mother.Attack On Titan is available to stream in the UK via Crunchyroll. The streaming service boasts the “world’s largest anime library” and allows subscribers to watch episodes one hour after they air in Japan.Newcomers can take advantage of a 14-day free trial to the service while subscriptions start at £4.99 a month.

Creed III star and director Michael B. Jordan has shared his top five anime recommendations.During a press run to promote his latest boxing film, Jordan revealed in an interview with BBC Radio 1’s Ali Plumb on where he’d recommend new fans should begin watching anime.

Attack On Titan is set to conclude with the finale of season four, part three – but is the anime series worth watching?Adapted from the manga by Hajime Isayama, the series tells the story of a post-apocalyptic world, where the remains of humanity live behind walls to protect them from cannibalistic giants known as Titans.The show’s fourth and final season has been stretched across three parts. The first aired back in December 2020, followed by part two in January 2022.

anime action, Attack On Titan is set to come to an end with the conclusion of season four, part three.Adapted from the manga by Hajime Isayama, the series tells the story of a post-apocalyptic world, where the remains of humanity live behind walls to protect them from cannibalistic giants known as Titans.The show’s fourth and final season has been stretched across three parts. The first aired back in December 2020, followed by part two in January 2022.

Attack On Titan killed off one of its major characters in the show’s opening episode for The Final Season: Part 3.Adapted from the manga by Hajime Isayama, the anime series is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the remains of humanity live behind walls to protect them from giant humanoid titans.The third part of the show’s fourth season debuted last week (March 3) via a one-hour special, with the second half set to arrive later this year.The episode itself continued the show’s tradition of killing off key characters, with Survey Corps leader Hange Zoë being the biggest casualty. The scientist character, who played a key role in developing weapons against the Titans, has been a mainstay since the first season.While fans of the manga knew that her death was on the horizon, viewers on social media praised the show’s execution of Hange’s send off.“Have rewatched this scene 15 times by now,” one viewer wrote on Twitter.

Attack On Titan’s final season is set to conclude this year.Adapted from the manga by Hajime Isayama, the anime series is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the remains of humanity live behind walls to protect them from giant humanoid Titans.The show’s fourth and final season has been stretched across three parts. The first aired from December 2020, followed by part two in January 2022.

on their website.“Pokémon is the world’s leading media brand and Charizard is the GOAT of that brand. It’s an asset that Pokémon and non-Pokémon collectors know of and want to own,” Jesse Craig, director of business development for PWCC, told CNN in a statement.“This is a card where demand continues to outweigh supply,” Craig added.The card has drawn increasingly competitive bids in recent years, including one sold for $336,000 earlier this month.

1998’s “Cowboy Bebop” stands as maybe the most revered piece of anime this side of “Akira” and “Ghost in the Shell.” Netflix has boldly gone there anyway, adapting the animated sci-fi-noir-Western to a live action thriller with John Cho in the lead as brooding intergalactic bounty hunter Spike Spiegel. Like all private eye yarns, this one revolves around a love affair gone wrong amidst a sea of questionable characters. But it’s mostly an excuse to hang out with a trio of mismatched, cranky, heart-of-gold space cowboys as they flit from one bad-idea job to the next.This “Cowboy Bebop” does a couple of things well.

the “Tamako Market” actress wrote. “Christopher Owen Ayres passed away peacefully, held close by his mother, brother, and girlfriend.”As of yet, Ayres’ cause of death hasn’t been specified, although he was diagnosed with end-stage cardiac obstructive pulmonary disease in 2017, Entertainment Weekly reported.

action-packed teaser.The 2½-minute trailer, titled “The Lost Session,” featured characters Spike Spiegel (voiced by John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir) and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) running after a runaway target while squabbling about how to best catch the enemy. The trailer also teased the show’s main villain, Vicious (Alex Hassell), as well as a snippet of the song “Green Bird” from the original series episode “Ballad for Fallen Angels.” The group’s spaceship, the Bebop, was also featured in the clip.Fans loved the colorful, action-meets-Western-meets-space adventure series and bombarded social media with their reactions.“Very different from the anime,but I dont hate it.

In the latest Episode Of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations it seems that the village hidden in the leaves will come under attack once again. The mastermind behind the Karra organization Isshiki Otsutsuki, and the man who put the Karma mark on Kawaki is on the hunt for the boy again after his Karma mark had disappeared.

Variety reported the series was set to be newly adapted — and now it’s finally happening.“Cowboy Bebop” will make its debut on Netflix on Nov. 19, featuring John Cho, Alex Hassell, Daniella Pineda, Mustafa Shakir and Elena Satine.

Comicbook.com.This ability forced the group to use almost all of their chakra in order for Sarada Uchiha to be able to find Boro’s weakness. When the time was right Sarada moved in for the final blow using the Chidori taught to her by her father Sasuke Uchiha to take out the scientific ninja tool behind the regeneration abilities.After his abilities are done for Boro goes into a huge rage growing huge and becoming even more powerful.

forthcoming Amazon series and the 20th anniversary of “The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring.”And now, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation are working together to make an anime accompaniment to the notable “LOTR” films, Deadline reported Thursday.The new animated project, “The War of the Rohirrim,” will center around the King of Rohan’s epic battle with Helm Hammerhand.

announced in a statement. “He will be greatly missed.

HITC. Close family members gathered to remember Kikuchi at a funeral in his homeland, local media outlet Oricon News reported.Born in 1931 in Hirosaki, Kikuchi attended the Nihon University College of Art.

After two great films, and four bad to mediocre ones, It’s clear the “Terminator” franchise has ground to a halt in live-action following, Tim Miller’s underwhelming “Terminator: Dark Fate.” But given the premium place spent on time-spent as a metric in streaming, Hollywood’s found a lot of success in animation and anime, and thus another way to keep I.P. content churn churning.