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HIDIVE to End Streaming Service, Move to Facebook
To the surprise of its subscribers, HIDIVE has announced that it plans to completely shut down its anime streaming service within a month. HIDIVE’s current catalog of shows and its userbase will be...
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New Anime Season to Feature ‘Zoom Academia’
Studio Trigger has announced the series Zoom Academia for the summer anime season according to a press release. The series will focus on the wacky hijinks and romance in a high school that has moved...
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Anime Expo Lite Tests New Body Odor Livestreaming Technology
Fans participating in Anime Expo Lite, a virtual livestream event that has replaced Anime Expo this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be treated to a new immersive streaming experience, with...
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Anime Expo VR Chat Meetup Has Attendees Waiting for Hours in Virtual Lines
A virtual meetup for online Anime Expo attendees encountered difficulties earlier today when large numbers of users overloaded the convention’s capacity. Prospective attendees found themselves queuing...
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First Volume of ‘Powell and Printer’ Released From Author of ‘Spice and Wolf’
Isuna Hasekura, author of the popular Spice and Wolf series, recently revealed the first volume in the beginning of a new economics-based light novel series under the title Powell and Printer. While...
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Man Wishes Anime Had Accompanying Gacha Game
POST FALLS, ID — Anime fan Liam Lance reportedly has been disappointed that his favorite new anime Lapis Re:LiGHTs doesn’t have its own gacha game, according to a recent TikTok video. “This new Lapis...
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Local Yandere Concerned Japanese Work Culture Will Kill Love Interest Before...
Today’s guest post is brought to you by B. Johnson TOKYO, Japan — A new interview with local stalker Akiko Mine revealed that she has been growing increasingly worried that Japan’s grueling work-life...
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All Netflix Original Programming Now Labeled as Anime
Fans awoke to great confusion Sunday morning as every program original to the Netflix streaming service had been labeled as anime, with everything from western cartoons to gripping legal dramas now...
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What is Your Favorite Real Japanese Anime?
We here at Anime Maru know lots about anime, which is why we’ve carefully curated a survey to ask about what your favorite anime are, and we’ll add another survey shortly with manga. Time limit: 0...
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That One Guy From Anime Conventions Unable to Deliver All Their Free Hugs
While media has already been packed with stories about people being inconvenienced by COVID-19, a new sad story has emerged alongside all the tragedies. Jonathan Reed, 26, an enthusiastic hug giver...
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Virtual YouTuber Akai Haato Burns Down House While Filming Cooking Video
BRISBANE, Australia – Firefighters responded to an apartment fire in the Brisbane area last Sunday afternoon. Luckily, no one was seriously injured and the fire was contained before it spread...
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Boy Aims For Koshien, Grandparents Not Dying of COVID-19
TOKYO, Japan — Local student Kisaragi Koh, 16, expressed that he is aiming to reach the High School Baseball Championships at Koshien this year, while having his grandparents not contract and die from...
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Man Spends Entire Quarantine Bingeing VTuber Streams
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Chris Markel, 25, has been spending an excessive number of hours watching online VTuber streams during lockdown, according Markel’s roommate. While many have taken their time isolated...
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Square Enix Commemorates 25 Years of Not Giving a Fuck About ‘Chrono Trigger’
With the 25th anniversary of the North American release of the legendary SNES RPG Chono Trigger fast approaching, many fans have been left wondering how series developer Square Enix will celebrate the...
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In Memoriam: KissAnime – Thank You for All the Memories & Malware
KissAnime and KissManga, popular anime and manga hosting sites, have sadly passed away of lethal dose of copyright strikes on August 15th, 2020. The sites bravely fought against takedown charges for...
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White House Orders CDC to Banish all COVID-19 Data to the Shadow Realm
Washington, DC – The Trump administration on Friday ordered all COVID-19 testing data to be diverted away from the CDC. Instead all COVID-19 patient information and related medical data will be sent...
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Virtual Keemstar Makes YouTube Debut
Controversial YouTube personality Daniel “Keemstar” Keem made his virtual YouTuber debut this week, christening his new channel with a livestream of himself talking about various happenings in the...
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Retires, Takes Unstoppable Army of Mechs With Him
TOKYO, Japan — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that he is retiring due to health issues in a press conference held Friday. He also said he would be taking his army of almost...
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US Looks to Ban ‘Azur Lane’ and ‘Arknights’ Apps
The Trump administration has begun to look into barring additional mobile apps from operating within the United States, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The move follows the decision last...
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Funimation Says it Will Fix Issues with ‘Uzaki-chan’ Character
Anime streaming service Funimation has stated through a post via Twitter that it would be working to fix issues that online users have taken with one of the main characters of the currently airing...
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