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A-Channel Original Video Anime Titled, Slated for March
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The December issue of Aniplex's free Ani-Com magazine announced that A-Channel + smile, the original video anime inspired by bb Kuroda's A-Channel manga, will ship on March 21. The video will bundle a CD with the new opening theme song by Marina Kawano. It will also bundle a second CD with the new ending theme song by the main cast, as well as two more songs (also sung by the main cast) that are heard in the anime.
This manga knows how to use its tried-and-true premise about redoing the past to its advantage, giving us a start of a story that makes for a leisurely read even if it comes off as cliche at times.― There's no going through life without regret. And there's certainly no avoiding those moments where every mistake, error, goof, and flub comes rushing back through your cerebral cortex like a never-endin...
Mallow voiced Digimon's Angemon, Power Rangers' Baboo/intro announcer― Voice actress Dorothy Fahn posted on X/Twitter on Tuesday that her fellow voice actor Dave Mallow has died. TMZ reported that Mallow died on Tuesday after being in hospice care at the MonteCedro Senior Living Community in Altadena, California. He was 76. Mallow has played numerous characters in the Digimon series, including Angem...
Ahead of the Sailor Moon: The Super Live North American tour, we sat down with the London company to discover what it's like to bring Naoko Takeuchi's beloved magical girl series to the stage.― Ahead of the Sailor Moon: The Super Live North American tour, we sat down with the London company to discover what it's like to bring Naoko Takeuchi's beloved magical girl series to the stage. Could you intr...
Soigne animates Hey's story of life in college when drunk― A website opened on Wednesday to announce the television anime adaptation of Hey's Kamiina Botan, Yoheru Sugata wa Yuri no Hana (Botan Kamiina, Her Drunken Appearance Is Like a Lily Flower) manga. The website revealed the anime's teaser visual, main staff, and "concept movie." Hey drew an illustration to celebrate the anime announcement: Tak...
Toshiyuki Morikawa reprises role in October anime― TV Asahi announced on Wednesday that it is producing a television anime adaptation of Yōichi Tsukahara's Nohara Hiroshi Hirumeshi no Ryūgi (The Style of Hiroshi Nohara's Lunch) spinoff manga of Crayon Shin-chan. The anime will premiere on BS Asahi in October. Toshiyuki Morikawa reprises his role from the Crayon Shin-chan anime as Hiroshi Nohara. Tsu...
Lucas and Steve discuss the new and old trends of anime in movie theaters.― Lucas and Steve discuss the new and old trends of anime in movie theaters. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. Fire Punch and Chainsaw Man are available on the Shonen Jump App. DAN DA DAN ...
This story is hard to recommend based on the first volume, but it really gets better after this point.― I Want to Love You Till You're Dying Day feels like a small story with grand ambitions. It's very humble and almost quiet in its approach to storytelling. Not a lot happens throughout this first volume, but every few pages you'll see an image or a character make a comment alluding to something muc...
Newly available to Western gamers, Uchikoshi talked to us about the evolution of his themes, his popularity overseas, and how COVID changed his thoughts on sci-fi themes.―
Kotaro Uchikoshi has garnered something of an international cult fandom. He's known for science fiction-themed adventure games such as Zero Escape and AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES and his collaboration with Danganronpa creator Kazutaka ...
If there’s a theme to be traced in this volume, it’s the idea of when it’s okay to be two-faced.― When is it safe to be yourself? That's maybe a more intense question than you'd expect from Fall in Love, You False Angels, which is unquestionably a romantic comedy. But that doesn't mean that it lacks any heavier subtext, and the story of Otogi and Toki can be read in such a way to facilitate discussi...
Duel Masters LOST ~Bōkyaku no Taiyō~ manga launches this spring― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the anime of Shigenobu Matsumoto and Yō Kanebayashi's manga Duel Masters LOST ~Gekka no Shinigami~ (Duel Masters LOST: Reaper of the Moon) announced the end of the series with its fourth and final episode's premiere on February 28, and also revealed a new manga and anime series titled Duel ...
After several weeks coming close, Zenshu grabs the top spot this week! And in the cumulative, Orb narrowly reclaims #1 from Apothecary Diaries. Discover what else is moving in the rankings.― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season,
based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews
and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts. Keep in m...
Yoshinori Odaka directs series at Tatsunoko Production × SynergySP― Masuo Kinoko's A Gatherer's Adventure in Isekai (Sozai Saishuka no Isekai Ryokouki) light novel series is receiving a television anime adaptation. Yoshinori Odaka (40-Shūnen da yo! Coro Coro All-Star Shōgakkō is directing the anime at the studios Tatsunoko Production and SynergySP. Gigaemon Ichikawa (Chikasugi Idol Akae-chan, Black ...
With a very readable translation and art that’s pretty enough, this is an easy read.― Light novels certainly don't lack for terrible families. Beleaguered protagonists often suffer at the hands of callous stepmothers, dreadful siblings, and neglectful fathers, no matter what the genre. The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom is no exception. Although it plays wit...
Kei Umabiki directs anime at 100studio― Viz Media announced during its panel at Emerald City Comic Con on Saturday that Tsuyoshi Takaki's Black Torch manga is receiving an anime adaptation "soon." Kei Umabiki (ClassicaLoid, Quality Assurance in Another World) is directing the anime at 100studio. Gō Suzuki (Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale, Minami-ke Tadaima) is designing the characters, Gig...