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Hey Ninja fans, you all must be tired and stressed after this hectic routine, quarantine and pandemic. We can understand your desires, that in this chaotic time you need some good anime at your screen. No worries, because there is news (not confirmed yet) that Boruto: Naruto Next Generations new episodes are around the corner. Stay with us in this article and get all information about your favourite anime.

Since COVID-19 pandemic hit this world, it has affected numerous businesses around the globe. The pandemic has also created difficulties for the production houses to continue their work. Concerning the safety issues of their employees and staff members, many companies ceased their work. Several anime were temporarily stopped according to the situation and their creators promised to resume those anime asap. Similarly the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations working was ceased after its 154th episode in April.

Now, after a lot of wait there are some expectations regarding the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations working. Since there is no proper announcement from the creators and production house no one can say about the exact schedule. However, few notifications are there on social media from several fans out there. According to these fans, the anime is about to continue at the start of this July.

The series has marked 154 episodes till date and about to enroll several new ones in the ongoing list. It would be the 155th episode of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations wit h the name Mitsuki’s Rainy Day or Ame no hi no Mitsuki” in Hepburn. According to unofficial sources the anime will continue its journey from July 5, 2020.

As the name reflect Boruto: Naruto Next generations, it is a sequel of famous anime series Naruto. The respective sequel is exactly the continuation of Masashi Kashimoto’s work.

In Boruto: Naruto Next Generations it is shown that a ninja village is now a peaceful place and with the passage of time it has become more develop with new living styles in it and the people are living a civilize life.

Now, come towards the shinobis, Boruko who is the son of Naruko (to whom ninja fans are familiar because of his part in Naruto). He (Boruko) wants to follow his father’s steps and at the same time, he has a desire to defeat his father in terms of becoming a better ninja than Naruto. After enrolling in ninja academy Boruto has to face several issues being a son of seventh Hokage. But, soon after it, he overcomes all those issues just because of his values that he gives to other people.

Like many other annual events of the anime industry, Aniplex anime expo 2020 is also going online this year. The pandemic has created difficulties for the production houses to continue their work. Concerning the safety issues of their employees and staff members, many companies ceased their work. Several anime temporarily stopped serializing, and their creators promised to resume them asap. Similarly, lots of events were in the queue this year but, unfortunately, due to the ongoing crisis, most of them got postponed.

Now, as it seems nearly impossible to have regular events as they held every year, the companies are here with new ideas. Most of them are conducting virtually to ensure the safety of participants, sponsors, workers, audience and all other people who are going to attend the event.

Aniplex Online Fest Date And Schedule

The event from Aniplex is on board with the name Aniplex Online Fest. The name itself is quite interesting and enough to attract anime fans. It will be held from 4th to 6th July of this year, and anime fans can easily watch it on Youtube and bilibili.

Recently the official website for event released the schedule for the two-day virtual event. It has several anime series, shows, programs, your favourite celebrity guests and lot of interesting stuff.

First Day

The first day of Aniplex Online Fest is starting with the virtual reality-based anime Sword Art Online. By 10 am on July 4, Sword Art Online: Alicization War Of Underworld will be there to entertain its followers. Soon after the anime series at 11 am a special program is scheduled to celebrate the 10th anniversary of SAO. Along with the anime and its celebration you can catch your favourite celebrity guests such as Ono Manabu, Ai Kayano and Yuki Kajiura, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka respectively.

SAO through its official twitter account also made an announcement on June 26. In its tweet, the SAO endorse its anime and program to celebrate the 10th anniversary on Aniplex Online Fest.

Other than the anime series, the fest will have shows to make this event on an intellectual level. The show’s lineup for the first day is Songs and Messages from Artists Vol. 1, How To make Figures, ANIPLEXE.EXE presents ATRI and Adabana Odd Tales.

Several other anime may include Super Hxeroes – “H”eroes Save The World, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War?, The Millionaire Detective – Balance: Unmissable. Other than the anime series, the fest will have shows to make this event on an intellectual level.

Second Day

The 2nd day is also full of fun and lot of excitements along with the numerous anime series and fan favourite celebrity guests.

The anime on 2nd day of Anime Online Fest are: The Irregular At Magic High Schol: Visitor Arc The Promised Neverland, Cells at Work!! World Station. Whereas, shows may inlude How to Produce Anime, CloverWorks talking and drawing special panel and many more.

No doubt such kind of events are blessing in disguise in this tough time of pandemic and quarantine.

Nobuhiko Okamoto: one of the most distinct voice artists in the anime industry. He was on hiatus this month after his throat surgery. Okamoto was under his recovery phase through this whole June.

Though Okamoto had throat surgery and he was on rest still he makes sure to stay in touch with his fans. Now after his recovery as per the announcement in his blog, he is going back to work.

Nobuhiko Okamoto’s Throat Surgery

Okamoto was having discomfort in his throat for which he consulted his doctor. At the examination, it was ruled out that he has a scar in his throat. Upon the advice from his doctor, he went for the surgery. Okamoto’s surgery was scheduled in earlier days of June of this year. Now, approx. after a month of recovery, he is back to continue his work.

Currently, he is working on the project Meikoi Radio Roman de Night program along with his fellow artists Kenn and Daisuke Namikawa.

Nobuhiko Okamoto is a well-renowned dub artist. The characters he played have their separate fan base. For instance, you can take Bakugo’s character from My Hero Academia. Bakugo is the main protagonist of this series and his vocal energy is the key point which set him apart in the anime world. 

Upcoming Projects

His upcoming projects may include Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma: The Fifth Plate which was supposed to release in this time period but got postponed till July due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, My Hero Academia and Re: Zero − Starting Life in Another World.

Previous Work

The formal dub artist is famous for his several dubs in numerous top-notch anime. For example in Tower Of God (Khun Aguero Agnes), Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma (Ryou Kurokiba), My Hero Academia (Katsuki Bakugō), Hybrid Child (Izumi Kotarō), Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka (Bete Loga), A Certain Scientific Railgun (Accelerator). He made his debut in 2006 with a TV anime Ghost Hunt in which he played the role of John Brown.

His fans from all over the world were wishing him a speedy recovery, and now when he is in good state of health, they are eager to hear him again as their favorite anime character.

Tower Of God is a famous South Korean Manhwa. Later on, in 2020, that manhwa transformed into an anime series with the same name. The series gave its debut in April of this year on both South Korean and Japanese streaming networks simultaneously. Those streaming sites are Naver Series On and Crunchyroll respectively.

Now on June 24, the Tower Of God marks its last episode on Crunchyroll. The series after creating a huge fan base worldwide has ended now with the finale of its first season.

Soon after the finale, the creator of this astounding series Mr. SUI (writer and illustrator) shared his views through webtoon official twitter account.

Can't get enough of @tog_anime on @Crunchyroll? Here's our special season finale panel from the creator. Read what's next in Bam's journey on #WEBTOON with +400 episodes. https://t.co/W2nh8ktpNF pic.twitter.com/SsoP71xCGt

— WEBTOON (@webtoonofficial) June 24, 2020

The creator thanked his viewers and present a comic from the Tower Of God. He paid his regards in the following words:

Thank you for watching Tower Of God on Crunchyroll.

I hope it was a pleasant journey, you can continue following Bam’s adventure on webtoon right now.

I Hope! That we can meet again someday! Thank you!

Later he expressed his gratitude in these words:

I am forever grateful to everyone who has helped produce this anime and to the many readers who have dreamed of TOG becoming an anime over the past 10 years. I hope it is a dream come true for all of you.

The TOG fans are wishing for another season. However, to date, there is no announcement from the creator’s side.

Tower Of God is a story of two friends, a long hair Bam, and his friend Rachel. Bam lived his life in solitude and does not want to leave his friend Rachel alone in times of hardship. Rachel, being a sad soul now, wants to spend the rest of her life in a mysterious tower. To save Rachel from entering the tower, Bam follows her and both of them ended up in troubles and several tests to climb the tower.

The story portrays their friendship beautifully and the sacrifices they made for each other, especially the tests given by Bam for Rachel.

Twenty-Fifth Bam or in short just Bam is the main protagonist of Tower Of God. The tower is full of surprises, and its top floor has this virtue to fulfill the desires and dreams of a person who climb it. But, to reach that floor of a gigantic tower, the climber must have to pass numerous exams and then he or she would be promoted to another level.

Watching horror is truly a fun and when horror and anime combine the thrill becomes more than double. Finding good horror anime without wasting your time in surfing different platforms is such a big task. No worries, we are enlisting some all-time top-rated and spooky horror anime. Here The Anime Daily is presenting you the best horror anime of all time.

Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories

Yamishibai is a psychology-based horror produced by Naoko Kunisada and Nobuyuki Hosoya under the direction of Tomoya Takashima. The series holds a total of 7 seasons and each episode in every season is of 5 minutes. The writer Hiromu Kumamoto has played his part so well.

The Yamishibai is a story of an old man kamishibaiya who, used to cover his mouth with a yellow mask. On a daily bases, he came to the playground and shows paper drama related to the supernatural events and the truth behind them to the children playing there. Later on in each season, the looks of kamishibaiya keep on changing. For example, in one season he came in his childhood look whereas, in the last season he turned into a black shadow.

Higurashi When They Cry

It is a tale full of mystery, horror and supernatural events. The plot of Higurashi When They Cry based on the adventure of four young girls. The story begins when they pay a visit to a very calm and peaceful Hinamizawa village. But, after some time they found that things are not as good in this village as they have shown.

At the end of a yearly event, death was confirmed with no apparent reason. The local people named those deaths Oyashiro Curse. The story portrays how those young girls begin their search on Oyashiro Curse and struggle to reveal the truth about it.

Hell Girl

Jigoku Shōjo: Girl from Hell or Hell Girl is a series which revolves around a Hell Correspondence website. It was the site through which a person could send any of his rivals in the hell but along with some terms and conditions. One most peculiar was that the person will eventually go into the hell after his or death.

After entering the name of an enemy a girl Ai Enma, Hell girl, would come and ask to pull red string in her neck. The series ran successfully for 13 years by Studio Deen on the various streaming network.

Parasyte: The Maxim

It is the anime TV series based on science fiction and horror. Parasyte is a story of some creepy worms or monsters who came from the space somehow manage to enter the human brain. As a result, they take over the control of human body and harm other humans too through their host.

Shinichi Izumi, a teenager, luckily spared by those creatures, keeps on fighting with them. The story will show how Shinichi will learn to live with the worm residing on his right hand.

Another

Another is the name of a Japanese novel which later converted into an anime TV Series in 2012. It shows a young girl, Misaki. Misaki was young when she died and her death left everyone in the state of grieve.

After her death, strange events came into notice. Students who were in her class faced deaths of her class fellows and their loved ones. Kōichi Sakakibara one of her classmates tried to find out the truth and stop further loss.

Foodies out there, The Anime Daily knows that watching Food Wars always leave you in state of craving for more food. It is the series full of tenderized, delicious recipes and holds a lot of kitchen tricks and secrets.

The series has plenty of cooking tips and great animations to keep its viewers engage. The way it represents its well-cooked food can surely trigger the ventromedial nuclei of the hypothalamus (part of the brain responsible for hunger, thirst).

Food Wars is originally an adaption of the manga. The manga published successfully for good six and half year in Weekly Shonen Magazine till last year’s June.

As people were expecting the 5th season of this well versed animated series, it is no doubt a cause of grieve that it could not be on time due to COVID-19. The last season named food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Fifth Plate is going to continue after 3 good months officially on July 17.

Resuming the fifth season is purely the best thing foodies and anime fans can experience in this pandemic. Now, there is news waiting for food lovers on the other side of the edge. Guess what it is about the most hit season of the series. Yes, the news is related to the 1st and the most-streamed season of Food War. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The first plate is now going to stream on Netflix too. Recently the Netflix has enlisted this masterpiece in its anime library.

Fans are looking forward to other seasons of Food Wars to be there on Netflix and available to watch. Like other anime streaming sites, Netflix is trying to add more valuable stuff with passing time. It is doing its best to attract anime fans with the best anime from all over the world.

Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: First plate, was officially launched in April 2015 and streamed gracefully till Sept. 2015 on TBS. Later on, Crunchyroll gets its broadcasting rights and endorse this genius anime in various parts of the world.

The series shows a young, enthusiastic boy who thrives to learn culinary skills based on his wisdom and intelligence. The efforts he put to become a chef and the competition he gave to his rivals.

People who are familiar with Fullmetal Alchemist must know about its sequel Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The sequel of this series launched in 2009 under the production of none other than the Mob Psycho and My Hero Academia’s bones studio. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood ran successfully from 2009 to 2010, weekly on MBS-TBS.

Emotions And Bonding

The most beautiful thing about this series’ 2nd part is the bond between those two brothers Edwar Elric and Alphonse Elric and their love towards their mother Trisha. The efforts they show to bring their dead mother back are unmatchable and in return the loss, they get in terms of their body parts and soul.

Pace of The Anime

The way the writers of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood tackle this anime is beyond words. In total 64 episodes, the combo of Hiroshi Onogi and Yasuhiro Irie expressed the storyline have left many people out there amazed. The pace of the story was well managed as it was neither too fast nor too slow.

Excellent Storyline

Let’s move towards the storyline of this excellent alchemy anime. While, both the brothers who were trained in alchemy by Izumi Curtis tried to bring their mom back to the life. However, they forgot the Law Of Equivalent Change. As per the rules and regulations, human transmutation cannot be performed by humans solely.

In an order to give Trisha (mother of alchemy brothers) another life they had to follow the Law of Equivalent Change which in the end cost their soul and body parts. Edward loss his leg and an arm whereas, Alphonse his body. Later on, after struggling a lot both of them left in search of Philosopher Stone, to regain their bodies.

Battles

The battles shown in the series are iconic as they are full of excitement, thrill with excellent background and graphics. These battles and fights are as competent as others in top-notched animated series.

Difference Between Both Seasons

It is an adaptation from the manga of the same name which published in Monthly Shonen Gangan from 2001 to 2010. The manga and anime both are based on adventure, dark fantasy, action, thrill and a lot of science fiction.

However, the two parts of the series are quite different from each other. The difference is on the basis of their adaption from the manga. The Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is considered as the most loyal adaptation of the manga.

The whole series including Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is available on top streaming sites. Those sites include Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Hulu.

PlayStation 5 or PS5 is a home video gaming device. PS5 is originally a successor of PlayStation 4. According to the latest announcement, the next-generation console is going to launch in late 2020. The developer of this next-generation home gaming device is Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Recently on 11 June, 2020 Sony has released its design for the new PlayStation 5. The new design of PS5 by Sony has nailed it with its elegant curves, blue highlights and the contrast of black and white. The latest controller of home gaming PS5 is a dual-sensor touchpad type. The PS5 has combination of black and white cover along with blue radiating light.

However, after the release of the PlayStation 5 console, the people are excited to see it in their favourite game’s console. For this purpose, many fans out there are utilizing their quarantine to redesign the PS5.

They are working on the mock designs and showcasing them on social media. In short, there is a new trend among gaming fans. This trend is to give PlayStation 5 a new look of their favourite anime.

Similarly, Dragon Ball fans have also participated in this mock console by designing Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is a part of the Dragon Ball franchise. Like many other games of Dragon Ball Franchise, it is an action role-playing game. CyberConnect is the developer of Kakarot, under the production of Bandai Namco Entertainment.

According to the latest designs presented by the fans, the PlayStation 5 has typical Kakarot’s orange colour. Whereas, Sai Evermore’s mock design has a touch of blue colour also which is contrasting the Goku’s orange blue theme. The orange radiant light has replaced the blue radiant light at the light bars of the dual-sensor controller of PlayStation 5.

Many of the mock consoles have Son Goku’s impression on the PS5. Similarly, Alex Mason’s design shows Goku, riding on his nimbus. The customized design has a combination of Karakot’s Orange and black rather than white and black cover. The dual sensor controller with its touchpad and Dragon Ball: Z’s signature is making its place in the trend.

LOOK AT THIS! A Custom Son Goku PlayStation 5 And PS5 Controller! This is 🔥 !! Would you go out of your way to get this? 👀
C2: Agtdesign pic.twitter.com/986OD6uYGI

— Alex Mason (@UnrealEntGaming) June 14, 2020

The Promised Neverland is one of the famous Manga in history. The series officially started in August 2016, and now after four successful years, it has ended gracefully. Few days before the writer Kaiu Shirai and the illustrator Posuka Demizu announced the ending of The Promised Neverland.

According to their announcement, the series has ended with its final publication in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. On this Monday (15 June 2020), the last episode of The Promised Neverland, published as per the announcement from its creators.

The Promised Neverland’s fans are wishing them luck for their future projects and saying goodbyes to their favourite manga series. Along with the fans, some top-rated artists have also sent their greetings and farewell. 

STATEMENTS FROM TOP MANGA ARTISTS

 Eiichiro Oda, the writer of One Piece congratulate the Shirai and Demizu “Congratulations to you, Shirai and Posuka. I always enjoyed seeing your “true forms” at the New Year’s parties.”

“Kohei Horikoshi from My Hero Academia also wished them: But I told you to never end it!! Congratulations, Demizu Sensei, Shirai Sensei!” 

Haruichi Furudate, the author of  Haikyuu or High Queue, sent his greetings and advised them to eat delicious food:

“Shirai Sensei, Demizu Sensei, congratulations on the conclusion of your series! Eat something delicious!”

Tsunehiro Date the writer of Time Paradox Ghostwriter express his feelings:

“Shirai and Demizu, congratulations on four years of amazing manga! Let’s talk about manga again someday!”

STATEMENT FROM THE CREATORS:

The series which has been publishing for years in Shonen Jump Magazine is finally closed. No doubt the creators Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu have worked hard, and now it’s the time for them to enjoy the success of their masterpiece.

There is a statement from Demizu, thanking everyone in the following words:

“Thank you for an amazing four years! I experienced so many dreams. I’m sleeping all day tomorrow.”

Similarly, Kaiu Shirai, the writer has also paid her regards:

“Thanks so much for these four years! Please look forward to the movie and other projects!”

These comments from all these great personalities are showing their love for The Promised Neverland and its huge success.

1. Doraemon

Doraemon is the fictional character of a Japanese anime and manga series of the same name Doraemon. He is a robotic cat who has been sent from the future to help Nobita. Being a robotic cat he has a lot of tools and gadgets, which he used at the time of need mostly to help Nobita, solve his homework and to clear Nobita’s mess.

Due to his appearance and gadgets, Doraemon is the all-time favourite character of most of the Asian kids. Maybe this is the reason that is why he is known as “Asian Hero”.

2. Pikachu

Pikachu the main characters of the Pokémon franchise. He is one of the most adorable characters in the anime world. His vibrant yellow colour, the electric powers and soft looks along with large stiped ear make him stand in the series.

Among all other Pokémon, he is the most famous one. Since Pikachu has been the part of the Pokémon franchise, he is the topmost favourite character of kids.

3. Anpanman

Anpanman, is also known as, Bean Bun Man because of his head. He was the fantasy of most of the 90’s kids because of his bunhead and its advantages.

This character was created accidentally by uncle jam while making red been stuffed bun, but Anpanman still proves his loyalty, and this is the reason why people still remembers him and his replaceable bunhead. In his series Anpanman, he was on a mission to defeat an evil germ Baikinman.

4. Ash Ketchum

Ash Ketchum a 10 year old boy is the main protagonist in the Pokémon series. His dream to become a Pokémon master one day, and his dedication makes him one of the most pensionable characters in the anime world. Despite the fact, series has been running since 1997, the character of Ash Ketchum still has its charm.

5. Son Goku

Son Goku is the main protagonist of the world-famous Dragon Ball series. Goku’s character is strong enough to attract the attention of many viewers at a time.

Son Goku; apparently a human but in reality, he is a descendant of an alien race, namely Saiyan. No doubt the credit for Dragon Ball’s success, goes to Son Goku’s humble, strong and competitive character.