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Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc Season 1 Anime Series Review
I think there are a lot of anime fans—a lot of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure fans, in particular—who would love Kinnikuman if they only gave it a try.
― A few months ago, when FLOW was on their world tour, I went to one of the shows. At one point, after having played several familiar hits, the band asked excitedly, “WHO HERE LIKES KINNIKUMAN!!” For the uninitiated, FLOW did the opening song to this first ...
Your Anime Rankings - Best of Winter 2025, Feb 12-18
Thanks to another great episode, Zenshu climbs the cumulative by severals spots. Meanwhile Übel Blatt suffers the opposite situation. See how your favorite shows stack up this week!
― 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 mind that...
BLEACH G.E.M. Series Figurine Giveaway
Follow ANN on BlueSky and you could win this gorgeous 12" tall MegaHouse G.E.M. Series: BLEACH - Gin Ichimaru figure.
― Surprise ANN Community! We have an awesome giveaway figurine for you! Released in 2021 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Bleach, this MegaHouse G.E.M. Series Figure of Gin Ichimaru is 30cm in height (approximately 12-inch). The figure captures a specific moment in a battle scene ...
Sengoku Youko: Thousandfold Chaos Arc Episodes 1-10 Anime Streaming Review
It’s a narratively and thematically rich show that rewards close attention to character development and dialogue in-between moments of larger-than-life characters beating seven kinds of hell out of one another.
― After the bitter disappointment that was The Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer's abysmal anime, Satoshi Mizukami fans were understandably wary about studio White Fox's subsequent adaptation of ...
MACROSS -Shooting Insight- Digital Key Giveaway
Together with Red Art Games, we are giving away four Digital giveaway keys of MACROSS -Shooting Insight-! Two keys for Switch, and two keys for PS5.
― MACROSS -Shooting Insight- is an all-new MACROSS game, the latest entry in the landmark science fiction franchise! When multiple dimensional folds suddenly occur across space-time, pilots and songstresses alike find themselves inexplicably transported...
The Cat and the Dragon Novels/Manga Get TV Anime
Announcement trailer teases voice of Nekoryū
― A new official website opened on "Neko no Hi" (Cat Day) on Saturday to announce that Amara's Neko to Ryū (The Cat and the Dragon) novels are getting a television anime. The website streamed an announcement trailer featuring the as of yet unannounced voice of Nekoryū speaking in cat language. The website posted a visual from character designer Mai Ōkuma. ...
This Week in Games - Isekai Gaming
What happens when your game takes you to a whole other world? Jean-Karlo looks at isekai-flavored gaming adventures plus impressions of Elden Ring: Nightreign, Shūhei Yoshida's recent interview, and more.
― Welcome back, folks! My long President's Day weekend turned out to be a bit longer than normal: we got snowed in from a freak winter storm (we sometimes get those in February up here). I was able ...
Best New K-Comics to Read: February 2025
For the romance-focused month, we've got sweet BL, a writer in a wardrobe, daring love affairs, and just enough to spice to keep it interesting.
― Ah, February, the shortest month with those two most venerable holidays, Valentine's Day and the even more beloved (and fake) Cheap Chocolate Day. It's no surprise that a lot of the K-Comics coming out across reading platforms are so romance-heavy this mon...
My Dress-Up Darling Manga Ends in Next Chapter on March 21
Manga launched in January 2018, inspired TV anime in 2022, with upcoming sequel anime this year
― This year's fifth issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine announced on Friday that Shinichi Fukuda's My Dress-Up Darling (Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru) manga will end with its next chapter, which will appear in the magazine's seventh issue on March 21. Square Enix Manga & Books publishes the mang...
Vagabond Definitive Edition Volume 1 Manga Review
Inoue’s art is startlingly good. His keen eye for composition and posing, already put to amazing use in Slam Dunk, almost makes the characters leap from the pages.
― At its core, this initial three-volume collection of Takehiko Inoue's (Slam Dunk) adaptation of Eiji Yoshikawa's fictionalized biographical novel Musashi is about the terrible life decisions made by two seventeen-year-old boys. Full of h...
This Week in Anime - The Boys in Toyland
Coop and Chris explore the world of marketable plastic goodies and how anime can turn out to be a half-hour toy commercial.
― Coop and Chris explore the world of marketable plastic goodies and how anime can turn out to be a half-hour toy commercial. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion ...
The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All Anime Confirmed
Kadokawa confirmed the anime adaptation of Sumiko Arai's The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All (Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta) manga on Thursday. Kadokawa is streaming an announcement video for the manga. Yen Press licensed the manga and released the second volume on Tuesday. Yen Press describes the manga's story:
Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels f...
The ANN Aftershow - The Anime Gang's All Here!
Jacki joins the ANN After Show to discuss Orb, ZENSHU., and surprise hit Sakamoto Days!
― The Anime Gang's All Here! Jacki joins the ANN After Show to discuss Orb, Zenshu, and surprise hit Sakamoto Days! The views and opinions expressed in the After Show belong solely to the show's participants. The ANN After Show streams live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Spaces on Tuesdays at 6pm PT/9pm ET. Yo...
Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions Season 2 Anime Series Review
This anime doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but what it does, it does well.
― By now, Sherlock Holmes has been reimagined through the anime filter more times than I can count and to mixed levels of success. Usually, it's done more through the lens of inspiration—which is to say, having a character who's Sherlock Holmes-inspired but isn't supposed to be Sherlock Holmes. As I sit here typing this, we have t...
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