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One of the biggest trademarks of anime is its proclivity for intense action, leading to some of the greatest actions movies of all time. While many great shows have nothing to do with the genre, many of the biggest anime in history have been ones that have had a heavy focus on action, whether it be grounded in reality or the fantastical.

Feature-length anime films are often when animators are given complete time and freedom on a project, and that often leads to anime movies focused on action, which takes their stories and animation to incredible levels, especially if they were part of an ongoing franchise, and being some of the best things to watch in the entire medium. This has always been the case for old and new movies alike, with a few taking it far enough to be some of the best action-centric anime films for fans to watch.

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc , the upcoming and most recent animated adaptation of the long-running Kinnikuman shonen action manga, has revealed a new cast addition. The series will broadcast in Japan on the Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting / Tokyo Broadcasting System networks beginning on July 7, 2024, and it will also stream on Netflix. In Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc , actor / comedian Akira Kawashima (of comedy duo Kirin) plays the roles of Big the Budo / Neptune King , a legendary fighter who hides his true identity in an outfit resembling kendo armor. Big the Budo / Neptune King character visual Also known in the English as Ultimate Muscle , the original Kinnikuman manga by Yudetamago has been serialized since 1979 in Shueisha publications such as Weekly Shonen Jump , Weekly Playboy , and Shu Play News . Akira Sato directs Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc at animation studio Production I.G. Makoto Fukami provides the series composition, Hirotaka Marufuji provides the character designs, and Yasuharu Takanashi provides the music.

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc , the upcoming and most recent animated adaptation of the long-running Kinnikuman shonen action manga, has revealed a new cast addition. The series will broadcast in Japan on the Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting / Tokyo Broadcasting System networks beginning on July 7, 2024, and it will also stream on Netflix. In Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc , actor / comedian Kendo Kobayashi plays the role of Wolfman , a wrestler that specializes in sumo-style slaps, strikes, and throws. Wolfman character visual Also known in the English as Ultimate Muscle , the original Kinnikuman manga by Yudetamago has been serialized since 1979 in Shueisha publications such as Weekly Shonen Jump , Weekly Playboy , and Shu Play News . Akira Sato directs Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc at animation studio Production I.G. Makoto Fukami provides the series composition, Hirotaka Marufuji provides the character designs, and Yasuharu Takanashi provides the music. Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc key visual Related: Kinnikuman Manga Announces 45 Anniversary Exhibition...

Before readers the world over had the chance to fall in love with Naruto, the ramen-loving ninja had quite a different job in his author's original idea. Fans these days are familiar with Ichiraku Ramen, the noodle shop that Naruto often visits for a good meal and a break from his missions in Konoha village. However, in the original conception of the character and his story, this shop played a far more pivotal role in the plot.

Masashi Kishimoto has mentioned several times, like in this famous interview with Fuji TV's Kendo Kobayashi, that his manga went through drastic changes before reaching its final form. After being inspired by the ramen restaurant at his college, Kishimoto originally planned to write the story of a young apprentice at a ramen shop who would butt heads with the older chef. Clearly, after the idea was rejected, Kishimoto decided to maintain some elements of it in Naruto,...

Japan’s anime industry gathered in Tokyo over the weekend for the seventh annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards, which select leading achievements in Japanese animation across a broad range of categories and pick the winners via a global popular vote.

Netflix’s standalone series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners took the event’s top anime of the year award, while Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc, which made its international debut on Crunchyroll, cleaned up across many of the other main categories, including best action, best animation, best director (Haruo Sotozaki) and best fantasy. Other big winners included blockbuster Jujutsu Kaisen 0, produced by Japan’s Mappa, which won best film, and Crunchyroll’s Spy X Family with best comedy and best new series. (The full list of winners is below).

Crunchyroll says 18 million votes were cast for this year’s winners by fans from 200 countries, with high levels of participation spanning Asia,...

God bless you Takashi Miike and Kyoko Fukada. This week the young actress known by the popular tag, Fukakyon, showed off her costume for Japanese maverick director Takashi Miike’s upcoming adaptation of the 1970s animation Yatterman.

Fukada, 26, reportedly helped in the design of the bondage-style outfit, and said she loves the result. To that I say, ‘Derrrr!’

Doronjo posed for cameras along with her villain buddies Boyacky, played by Katsuhisa Namase, 48, and Tonzra, played by Kendo Kobayashi, 36. In the upcoming movie, the evil trio attempt to find a mysterious stone which is said to reveal the location of the world’s largest gold deposit.