Kaoru Hanabishi's Manga

Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles Season 2 Anime Series Review

Jan 6, 12:00

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With this second season, I am beginning to think that Yuri Kitayama’s original light novel series is simply a poor fit for animated adaptation. ― With this second season, I am beginning to think that Yuri Kitayama's original light novel series is simply a poor fit for an animated adaptation. That's not necessarily because the story is a bit hackneyed; it is, but that's hardly the problem here. The gr...

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Fate/strange Fake – Episode 1 (Special Airing)

Jan 5, 12:00

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This episode serves as an inversion to the start of Fate/stay night with a Saber that shouldn't have been summoned and a protagonist who outright refuses to become one. ― The 2023 special Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- began the story of Fate/strange Fake by introducing us to the various mages and their summoned heroes. It also laid down the ground rules for this story and how it deviated from ...

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The Worst Anime of 2024

Jan 5, 10:00

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It's time to cue the sad trombone. ― There's the worst anime of a respective season and there's "The Worst" of the entire year. Below are series that weren't just disposable and annoying; they failed so spectacularly that we couldn't stop thinking about it. ANN's critic choices are based on loose criteria for "worst;" below are series our writers found wholly disappointing despite initial first impr...

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You and Idol Precure♪ Anime Reveals Story, Cast, Staff, February 2 Debut

Jan 4, 19:43

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Misato Matsuoka, Minami Takahashi, Natsumi Takamori star in idol-themed entry ― TV Asahi and Toei Animation opened the websites for You and Idol Precure♪ (Kimi to Idol Precure♪), the 22nd main anime entry in the Precure franchise, on Sunday. The websites posted the anime's story introduction, cast, staff, and February 2 premiere. The story begins in Hanamichi Town with Uta Sakura, a second-year middl...

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Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister Anime Series Review

Jan 4, 12:00

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There's no pretending this harem anime is particularly good, but it's rewarding to see it recover from a disastrous start and rise up to something decent. ― There are anime that blend heart-warming wholesomeness with something more lewd. One case is Your Name, a chastely yearning love story with jokes about boob-groping, and arguably non-consensual boob-groping at that. Then there are shows like Dan ...

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Noble Reincarnation: Born Blessed, So I'll Obtain Ultimate Power Light Novels Get TV Anime

Jan 4, 07:56

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Nazuna Miki's story of person reincarnated as prince with infinite level cap, cheat skill ― A website opened on Saturday to announce a television anime adaptation of Nazuna Miki's Noble Reincarnation: Born Blessed, So I'll Obtain Ultimate Power (Kizoku Tensei: Megumareta Umare kara Saikyō no Chikara o Eru) light novel series. The artist of the light novel series' illustrations, kyo, drew an art piece...

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Ranking of Kings Manga Returns From 21-Month Hiatus

Jan 3, 20:33

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Chapter 232 is 1st chapter posted since April 2023 ― The Japanese manga service Manga Hack posted the 232nd chapter of Sōsuke Tōka's Ranking of Kings (Ōsama Ranking) manga on Tuesday. It is the manga's first new chapter since it went on hiatus in April 2023. Tōka has since posted a chapter every day, for a total of four new chapters as of Friday. The web manga centers around Bojji, a deaf, powerless ...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2024

Jan 3, 17:00

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What a surprise! After reigning supreme all season, Dan Da Dan loses the top spot at the very last second! Were the fans frustrated by the last episode's cliffhanger? Check out the final ranking according to viewer votes! ― 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 ...

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This Week in Games - Super Fighting Robots

Jan 3, 14:45

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Jean-Karlo looks at the history of the Mega Man U.S. cartoon, the NIKKE mascot that has escaped gacha containment, and a new visual novel from Success! ― Welcome back, everyone! Taking a week off from writing This Week in Game feels weird; I'm almost always working on it, so it's odd to sit back and see something on Bluesky and think, "Oh, I gotta remember to cover that... next week. At any rate, a f...

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Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Anime Review

Jan 3, 12:00

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More kinetic than Legend of the Galactic Heroes (but sharing its naval theme) and less frenetic than Macross, Yamato strikes a good middle ground for exciting animated space warfare. ― Much like that other pillar of classic anime space sci-fi, Macross, the Space Battleship Yamato franchise experienced a frustrating journey to Western TV screens. The original 1974 series came to the US as Star Blazers...

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The Best Video Games of 2024

Jan 3, 10:00