This year, the highly popular series Fullmetal Alchemist will be celebrating the 16th anniversary of its original manga release which has gone on to sell over 67 million copies worldwide since its inception. Since then, Fullmetal Alchemist has been adapted into a televised anime series, video game, a theatrical animated film, and an upcoming live action film this December. To celebrate the upcoming release director Fumihiko Sori, and actor Ryosuke Yamada, who plays the leading role as Edward Elric, made a special appearance at this year’s Anime Expo in Los Angeles as part of the "Hagaren World Bullet Tour."
Read more: FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Live Action Panel at Anime Expo 2017
The US premiere for the Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale was held on March 1st, 2017 at the Grauman’s Egyptian theater in Hollywood California. There was a red carpet event before the movie premiere to which Reki Kawahara (Author of Sword Art Online), abec (Original Illustrator of Sword Art Online Light Novel), Tomohiko Ito (Director of SAO anime/movie), Shingo Adachi (Chief Character Designer of SAO anime series), Kazuma Miki (Editor), and Shinichiro Kashiwada (Aniplex Producer) along with the English voice cast attended. Fans were able to take pictures of the guests and also had a chance to buy exclusive merchandise from the Aniplex store. For the premiere, Aniplex invited cosplayers to dress up as the favorite SAO characters. We found out that work on the English dubbed version of Ordinal Scale is currently underway and Aniplex is planning to have it released on DVD soon. In addition, the complete season 1 blu-ray box set will be available from Aniplex as well, so make sure to add that to your to-buy list! The-O network Online along with several other media outlets got the opportunity to attend a press conference with the production cast before the premiere. Check out the entire Q&A right here first!
Read more: Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale US Premiere
On November 27, 2016, Sunrise held an event for the highly popular anime series Code Geass detailing their 10th anniversary plans. This includes a three part movie retelling the original series beginning in January 2017 and a continuation of the series titled Code Geass Lelouch of the Resurrection that puts the question to rest if the protagonist survived or not. As of a couple days ago, it appears a fan released a recording of the scenes that shows new footage from the new sequel.
Announced originally in July 2016, a trailer for the second season of the highly popular anime adaptation of Attack on Titan by WIT Studio has been released!
It was revealed earlier this month in the 21st volume of the manga that the anime would air in April 2017. Check out the trailer now!
Don't forget to also check out our previous video interview with some of the production staff of Attack of Titan!
Fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion who enjoy traditional Japanese fashion now have a chance to enjoy a special treat: a furisode (long-sleeved) kimono featuring the Eva units. These were developed by Tokyo Otaku Mode, a website specializing in Japanese pop culture merchandise and are expanding into original product development.
Read more: Fans Worldwide Choose Design for EVANGELION x Full Graphic Kimono Project!
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