The Japanese spring season has seen plenty of fantastic new anime series debut to rave reviews. But My Hero Academia is my favourite right now.

That sandy fella will get to star in his own slice of DLC soon in Naruto Shippuden: Utlimate Ninja Storm 4.

Hideo Kojima has big plans for his next game over at Sony. Plans that involve a new game universe with rich merchandising options.

Maybe you prefer a lead character in an anime who knows what his life-mission is, and intends to accomplish it with a swing of a half-ton of iron that can go through monsters like a hot knife through butter. I am of course, talking about Guts. Or Gutsu, I think. Anime dubs are weird.

When it comes to creating mega-selling film trilogies out of comic book characters whose last great movie adaptation was released about three decades ago, Christopher Nolan has a pretty solid track record. So it should probably come as no surprise that a new rumour has surfaced that Warner Bros has pegged the Dark Knight Trilogy director to develop a trio …

So what’s next for Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto? More ninjas, hidden villages and wars that last years and hundreds of pages? Not quite. Prepare for some sci-fi action next, that won't be reliant on a weekly schedule.

Almost 800 chapters later and backed by a ton of anime and movies, One Piece is still no closer to even being finished.

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