Author: Gabriel Persechino-Forest Published: December 27th, 2017
Seven Deadly Sins’ Second Season has New Visual Released
The upcoming anime sequel, The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments, unveiled a new teaser ahead of ts upcoming release.
Source: A-1 Pictures
Director of Kemono Friends not Returning for 2nd Season
After a long controversy that saw fan backlash and questionable corporate moves, it seems that director Tatsuki will not be returning for the second season of the series and neither will animation studio Yaoyorozu. According to statements made Fukuhara (Producer of the first season) the studio was set to participate in the new project but key people involved in the production of the series decided to terminate their involvement, to everyone’s surprise.
Tsukipro the Animation Gets Sequel
With its 13th episode having just ended, the anime Tsukipro already has a confirmed sequel in the works.
Source: Comic Natalie
Anime Getting it’s Own Cryptocurrency
A new cryptocurrency is being developed around Otaku culture alone with Tokyo Otaku Mode now in the process of developing the currency under the name Otaku Coin. The purpose is to create an anime economy which could theoretically empower anime fans and anime companies to more directly control their medium (Sounds like Japan doesn’t like it when big American companies try to make aggressive takeovers with piles of cash no one can compete against, go figure).
Source: PR Times Japan
Love Live!’s Officials Overreact Big Time
In response to what amounts as rowdy behavior at best, the official website for Love Live! decided to threaten that events could actually be cancelled if fans didn’t learn to behave. The offensive behavior? Waving large light-up sticks, waving and screaming. While actions should be taken against those disrupting an event, it seems like a bit of an overreaction to threaten cancellation when easier actions could be taken; like removing the offending parties from the event.
Source: Esuteru Blog