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Image: NetflixThe 1992 anime adaptation of Yoshihiro Togashi’s YuYu Hakusho is one of those series that hit at just the right time for a generation of animation fans, not unlike Dragonball Z. At a time of live-action adaptations of popular animated material, it wasn’t entirely unexpected to hear the series would be getting one of its own courtesy of Netflix. Nearly a full month ahead of its release, Netflix has released a first look at the upcoming show, which hits on December 14.Yu Yu Hakusho | Official Teaser |…

Image: CrunchyrollAlong with being one of the biggest platforms to watch anime, Crunchyroll is also a hub to read manga on your phone or computer. While not as big as say, Shonen Jump, it’s managed to stick around for a little over a decade...which makes it tragic irony to reveal that the service is going to be delisted a full month from now. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Has Infectious Good EnergyEarlier in the week, the streamer revealed it would be shutting down and delisting the Crunchyroll Manga app on December 11, and notified…

Image: CrunchyrollThis weekend at Anime Expo, One Piece fans learned that the Japanese version of the upcoming live-action Netflix series will be dubbed by the anime’s original Japanese voice actors. Today, there’s even more One Piece dub news: the English dub of the anime will soon be arriving on Crunchyroll.Lamar Johnson Loves Beyblades and PokemonAnd by “soon,” we mean July 5; according to Crunchyroll, which debuted the 1,000th English-dubbed episode of One Piece at Anime Expo—yes, that is three zeroes—you’ll be able…

Image: NetflixThe anime adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece has been going on for nearly 25 years, and is still finding ways to impress longtime fans of the franchise. With Netflix’s upcoming take, the aim is to recapture some of the magic that enchanted viewers back in 1999, but via live-action for new audiences. Those who’ve been with the series for so long may have a tough time adjusting to seeing fresh new faces portray the Straw Hats in a new medium, but the new series is connecting itself to the anime through…

The cinematic adventures of Goku, Vegeta, and the rest of the Z Warriors are (cha la) heading (cha la) to Crunchyroll. The anime streaming service has announced that 15 movies—including all 14 Dragon Ball Z films, and one from its sequel series, Dragon Ball Super—will soon become available all over the world.The Woman Who Would Be PhotonThese movies include almost every Dragon Ball Z movie since the first, Dead Zone, debuted in Japan in 1989. For those still missing Goku since the Super series concluded in 2018, that’s a…

There was a time when you could hop onto Netflix and feel like you had pretty much any movie or show at your fingertips. Those years are long gone. Now consumers have a growing number of streaming providers all clamoring for attention, splitting up the media catalog against dozens of services and making finding the best one a surprisingly difficult task.Reuniting With Tyra BanksIn the past year, numerous streaming services have raised prices on subscription tiers. There’s been rounds of layoffs at HBO, Netflix and more.…

Image: Dark Horse | Yasuhiro NightowAfter years of waiting—and some very convincing tweets by a Twitter user who goes by the name of Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood—Dark Horse has announced that it will be releasing two hardcover deluxe editions of the orginal Trigun mangas. Anime News announced that the collected Trigun will be available in bookstores on December 6, just in time for holiday shopping, while the collected Trigun Maximum will launch in April 2024.Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Has Infectious Good EnergyThis is genuinely…

Outside of occasional YouTube availability, the inability to consistently stream the first three series of the iconic Gundam franchise—Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, and Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ—has been a source of frustration for fans. But, at long last, that’s changed.Bryce Dallas Howard on a Feature Star Wars Film and Book of Boba FettAlthough in recent years the first three shows that make up the vast Gundam franchise have made their way to streaming in the U.S. in fits and starts, this week Crunchyroll—as…

After a viral tweet caused a 2019 sci-fi book to jump to the number six spot on the Amazon bestseller list, everyone involved was shocked. Not only were the authors confused (yet grateful!), but the young artist, whose previous social-media presence was mostly retweeting anime fanart, was also stunned. Chukwudi Iwuji Talks Working on Guardians of the Galaxy 3 After PeacemakerHere’s the tweet:“A lot of this was spurred out of my passion for both good anime and good literature,” said the author of that fateful…

Image: Studio Trigger/NetflixOn Saturday, Crunchyroll held its 2023 Anime Awards ceremony. The event honored the best anime shows, films, and performances of 2022 and for the coveted Anime of the Year award, Studio Trigger’s Cyberpunk: Edgerunners took home the gold.The one-season anime, which was such a hit that it boosted the sales and player count of the Cyberpunk 2077 game, also won the Best Voice Acting nomination for protagonist David Martinez, as played by Zach Aguilar. Other winners during the awards show include…