The biggest news in the anime /manga industry this week, let alone this year, is the partnership between Funimation and Crunchyroll. Funimation and Crunchyroll are partnering to bring more more anime directly to the fans. Crunchyroll will be the streaming service for subtitled anime. Anything that is on Funimation’s site that is subtitled will be going over to Crunchyroll....

Back to school! Want some alternatives to textbooks? If you’re looking for some good shoujo to read, here’s a list of titles showing up on shelves in September.  We have The Prince and His Dark Days debuting this month.  Sayonara to Komomo Confiserie, and Are You Alice? is ending this month, so say good-bye to Wonderland. As of this month,...

A lot of announcements for Fall 2016 anime this week. The anime adaptation of Dream Festival! will premiere on TV Oct. 7. There’s an earlier premiere set for Sept. 23 on Animate Channel. You can also view the promotional video. Yuri!!! on ICE has launched an English website featuring story and character information. There will be two anime adaptations...

The Gakuen Handsome anime will premiere Oct. 3 in Japan. The anime is based off Tohoku Penet’s PC game by the same name. According to Anime News Network, “The original game’s ‘school love story’ is set at Baramon High School, a private boys’ school for the prefecture’s most elite. The protagonist transferred into the school and meets various major...

Yuu Watase drew modern-day versions of her characters from the manga Fushigi Yugi in honor of the manga’s 20th anniversary. Kodansha’s Morning recently published the first chapter of a history manga titled Marie Antoinette. The manga is created by Fuyumi Souryo and focused on Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI. It is being supervised by The Palace of Versailles...