The cast for Love Kome ~We Love Rice~ has been announced. The anime, set for a spring released, is about a group of boys who love rice. A sexy adult manga is getting an anime release. It was announced in W Comics that Soryo to Majiwaru by Reon Maomi will premiere in April. According to Anime News Network, “The...

The Blu-ray version of Revolutionary Girl Utena will be available for purchase in 2017, thanks to Right Stuf’s Nozomi Entertainment. The manga Anata no Koto wa Sorehodo by Ryou Ikuemi is getting the live-action drama treatment, according to an announcement in Shodensha’s Feel Young magazine. According to Anime News Network, “The story follows Mitsu, a woman around the age...

Yuriko Yoshitaka will play the lead character in Tokyo Tarareba Musume, a drama based off of Akiko Higashimura’s latest joesi manga. According to Crunchyroll, “ Rinko, Kaori, and Koyuki are 3 young, single women who aren’t very lucky in their love lives or their professional careers. They often gather together to commisserate and to play out ”what-if“ scenarios in...

First Love Monster, the story about a girl who likes a boy who is a fifth-grader, is getting a stage play. Kyo Kara Maoh!, a manga that ran in Kadokawa’s Asuka magazine has ended. The final volume will be released late October. The trailer for the live-action film Bittersweet has been released. The movie is based off a manga...

Sigh. As much as I love Korean dramas, I’m a little sad that Japanese dramas don’t get the English-subtitle treatment as much. It’s even more true for movies. It’s surprising considering how popular anime is in the United States, but perhaps people just don’t care as much about the live-action stuff. There are ways to watch dramas and movies...