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Kowloon Generic Romance Anime Casts Yuriko Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi plays "Kujirai-B"
― The official Instagram account for the television anime of Jun Mayuzuki's Kowloon Generic Romance manga announced on Saturday that the anime has cast Yuriko Yamaguchi as "Kujirai-B," who looks just like Reiko Kujirai. Yen Press is releasing the manga in English and describes the story: Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming wi...
Silent Witch Anime Casts Ryōhei Kimura as Elliott Howard
Anime to reveal new cast member every Saturday
― Aniplex revealed on Saturday that the anime of author Matsuri Isora and artist Nanna Fujimi's Silent Witch (Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Majo no Kakushigoto) light novel series has Ryōhei Kimura as Elliott Howard, the Serendia Academy student council's secretary. The staff are revealing a new cast member for the anime every Saturday. The series will debut...
Lycoris Recoil: Friends are thieves of time. Anime Short Films to Stream on Aniplex USA's YouTube Channel
Series of 6 short films to stream weekly starting on April 16
― Aniplex of America announced on Friday that it will stream Lycoris Recoil: Friends are thieves of time., the upcoming six Lycoris Recoil anime short films, starting on April 16 on the Aniplex of America YouTube channel. New episodes will release every Wednesday. The anime will begin streaming on Aniplex's official YouTube channel and oth...
Tenkaichi: The Greatest Warrior Under the Rising Sun Manga Gets TV Anime
Kyōtarō Azuma, Yōsuke Nakamaru's alternate history of warriors battling to rule Japan
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for artist Kyōtarō Azuma and author Yōsuke Nakamaru's Tenkaichi: The Greatest Warrior Under the Rising Sun (Tenkaichi: Nihon Saikyō Bugeisha Ketteisen) manga announced on Friday that the manga is receiving a television anime. 【祝❗️TVアニメ化‼️】テンカイチがアニメになります！！生き生きと動くキャラクター達と、躍動...
The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 ‒ Episode 38
If anyone needs an intervention from the terror team of Maomao and Jinshi, it's Lishu.
Crunchyroll Streams Polygon Pictures' Original Anime Film Bloody Escape: Bats out of Hell
Film from director Goro Taniguchi debuted in January 2024
― Crunchyroll began streaming the original anime film Bloody Escape -Jigoku no Tōsōgeki- on Friday under the title Bloody Escape: Bats out of Hell. The film debuted in Japan in January 2024. Crunchyroll describes the story: "After being turned into a cyborg, Kisaragi faces pursuit from vampires and vengeful yakuza." The film stars (character n...
Girls Band Cry Cast's Mirei, Natsu Resume Dialogue Recording After Hiatus
Band members went on hiatus last summer due to health reasons
― The official website for Toei Animation's original anime Girls Band Cry announced on Thursday that cast members Mirei and Natsu have returned to doing dialogue recording work. The two had gone on a temporary hiatus due to health reasons last summer. The announcement did not specify if or when the two will also resume performances in conc...
4th Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 Film's Teaser Reveals Title, October 10 Premiere
4th film titled Mizuiro no Sasha; 3rd film Gunjō no Asteroid opens on Friday
― Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed in a special trailer on Friday that the fourth film for Yamato yo Towa ni: Rebel 3199 (Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199), the latest project in the Space Battleship Yamato remakes, is titled Mizuiro no Sasha (The Aqua Sasha) and will open on October 10. Bandai Namco Filmworks also unveiled the ...
Date A Live Gets New Anime Project
Visuals unveiled for 12th anniversary
― Kadokawa announced on Thursday that the Date A Live series is getting a new anime project. The staff shared a visual to tease the project: The company also unveiled a visual for the anime's 12th anniversary, featuring the characters in summer dresses: There is also an event at the sixth floor of Volks Akihabara Hobby Paradise 2 from April 24-May 11 for the anni...
Chuhai Lips: Canned Flavor of Married Women Anime Reveals Main Cast, Staff, July Debut
Takahide Ishii, Shiho Kawaragi star
― WWWave revealed on Thursday the main cast, staff, visual, and July debut for the television anime of writer Chinjao Musume and artist Tama Nogami's Chuhai Lips: Canned Flavor of Married Women (Hitozuma no Kuchibiru wa Kan Chūhai no Aji ga Shite) manga. The anime stars: Takahide Ishii as Tsuyoshi (On Air Version) Shiho Kawaragi as Yui Koriyama (On Air Version) Haj...
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, March 31-April 6
One Piece, Noitamina's new timeslots rank; Yaiba: Samurai Legend earns 3.1%; Anpan debuts
― An episode of Anpan, the newest entry in NHK's six-decade-long Renzoku Terebi Shōsetsu (Serialized TV Novel, also known as "Asadora" or Morning Drama) franchise, aired on Thursday, April 3 at 8:00 a.m., and earned a 15.5% rating. An episode that aired on Tuesday, April 1 at 12:45 p.m. earned a 5.6% rating, an...
To Your Eternity Anime's 3rd Season Premieres in October
New season's teaser visual also revealed
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the television anime of Yoshitoki Ōima's To Your Eternity (Fumetsu no Anata e) manga revealed on Thursday the third season's teaser visual and October premiere on the NHK General channel. Crunchyroll also announced on Thursday that it will stream the anime's new season. The anime's third season was first announce...
Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring Novels Get TV Anime at Wit Studio
Violet Evergarden's Kana Akatsuki pens original novel series
― WIT Studio announced on Thursday that it will produce a television anime adaptation of Kana Akatsuki's Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring novel series. Novel illustrator Suoh drew an illustration to commemorate the news. 🌸アニメ化記念イラスト公開🌸原作イラスト・スオウさんから、アニメ化を記念した雛菊とさくらのイラストが到着！二人が皆さまへお届けする春の物語をぜひお楽しみに。#春夏秋冬代行者 pic.twitter.com/xySjbOe...
2025 Doraemon Film Stays at #1 for 5th Weekend
Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- rises to #6, live-action My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999 drops to #7
― Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Esekai Monogatari (Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales), the 44th film in the Doraemon franchise, stayed at #1 at the Japanese box office in its fifth weekend. The film sold 263,000 tickets for 322,675,900 yen (about US$2.19 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film ...
Train Depot Popularized by Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Film Deals With Rise in Trespassing
Tenryu Hamanako Railroad: There are set hours when you can tour the depot
― Tenryu Hamanako Railroad stated on April 2 that it is having issues with trespassers at the Tenryu Futamata Station Turn Table & Rail Museum. Trespassing has become a daily incident and an issue for the company. The company explained that there are tour hours for the depot and people should refrain from visiting outside of to...
A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation Anime's Teaser Reveals Cast, Staff, January 2026 Debut
Sōma Saitō, Yūichirō Umehara star in isekai fantasy anime from SynergySP
― The official website for the television anime of Misaki's A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation (Odayaka Kizoku no Kyūka no Susume) light novel series unveiled the anime's teaser promotional video and visual on Thursday. The teaser reveals the anime's main cast, staff, and January 2026 premiere. The light novel illustrator ...
My Happy Marriage Manga Gets New Anime After 2nd Season Finale
2nd season ended on Wednesday
― Kadokawa announced on Wednesday that a new anime is in production for Akumi Agitogi and Tsukiho Tsukioka's My Happy Marriage (Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon) light novel series. The announcement follows the broadcast of the 13th and final episode for the second television anime season. The staff shared a promotional video and visual: The 13th episode for the second seas...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 6-12
Chillin' in Another World With Level 2 Super Cheat Powers, Princess Principal: Crown Handler anime; Kaiju No. 8: B-Side, The God-Slaying Demon King manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Boin: Big Boob Lectures 1 & 2 BD (adult)Please Kitty Media US$29.99 April 8 A Certain Scientific Railgun T BDCite Crunchyroll US$49.98 April 8 Chillin' in Another World With Level 2 S...
Bogus Skill <<fruitmaster>> Anime Series Review
There could be an isekai out there where this series is a fantastic over-the-top comedy in the vein of Haven’t You Heard I’m Sakamoto? But instead, we got yet another generic adventure anime.
― There's no way you didn't notice it: even in a world full of anime with long titles that double as a basic plot synopsis, Bogus Skill <<fruitmaster>> ~About that time I became able to eat unlimited numbers of ...
The Spring 2025 Anime Preview Guide
The highly-anticipated Gundam GQuuuuuux smashed onto the small screen this week. Read our reviews of studio khara's entry into the mecha franchise. Plus: Apocalypse Hotel, The Shiunji Family Children, MHA Vigilantes, Lazarus, and more!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2025 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as...
My Happy Marriage Series Reveals New Anime in Production Following 2nd Season Finale
2nd season ended on Wednesday
― Kadokawa announced on Wednesday that a new anime is in production for Akumi Agitogi and Tsukiho Tsukioka's My Happy Marriage (Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon) light novel series. The announcement follows the broadcast of the 13th and final episode for the second television anime season. The staff shared a promotional video and visual: The 13th episode for the second seas...
Days With My Stepsister Author: 2nd Anime Season Has Not Been Green-Lit
Ghost Mikawa: "My company can't make decisions like confirming a second season of the TV anime"
― Days With My Stepsister author Ghost Mikawa clarified on X (formerly Twitter) on April 2 that a second season of the Days With My Stepsister television anime has not been green-lit. The novelist saw other social media posts stating a second season of the anime series has been announced, and noted that th...
Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV Anime Reveals English Cast for Same-Day Dub
Thea Saccoliti, Anairis Quiñones star
― Amazon Prime Video began streaming the same-day English dub for the Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (pronounced as “g-kwux”) television anime on Tuesday, and its credits revealed the English cast. Thea Saccoliti as Amate Yuzuriha Anairis Q (Anairis Quiñones) as Nyaan
Ry McKeand as Xavier Olivette Fajer Kaisi as Challia Bull Cat Protano as Comoli Harcourt Alyson Le...
Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms Anime Series Review
I won't say that I was disappointed watching Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms, but I was expecting a little bit more than what was given.
― We've been spoiled on good slice-of-life and romantic comedy anime haven't we? As one of my favorite anime genres, I sometimes feel torn. I have been more forgiving of the tired and expected genre tropes, but I do genuinely love it when writers can take ...
Ponkotsu Fūkiin to Skirt Take ga Futekisetsu na JK no Hanashi Manga Gets TV Anime
Daiji Iwanaga directs anime of Takuma Yokota's manga at Zero-G
― A new official website opened on Tuesday to announce that Takuma Yokota's Ponkotsu Fūkiin to Skirt Take ga Futekisetsu na JK no Hanashi (Story of the Useless Public Morals Committeeman and the High School Girl With Inappropriate Skirt Length) manga is getting a television anime. Daiji Iwanaga (The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window) is...
This Week in Anime - Anime Date Night
Lucas and Chris give their advice on what anime to watch (and not watch!) with your significant other.
― Lucas and Chris give their advice on what anime to watch with your significant other. 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. RWBY is available on YouTube.
Spy x Fa...
Keigo Higashino's Kusunoki no Bannin Novel Gets Anime Film in 2026
Sword Art Online director Tomohiko Ito helms film at A-1 Pictures
― Flag Pictures announced on Tuesday the anime film adaptation of Keigo Higashino's Kusunoki no Bannin (The Camphorwood Custodian) novel, which will premiere in 2026. Sword Art Online and ERASED director Tomohiko Ito is directing the film at A-1 Pictures. Aniplex will distribute the film. The film's super teaser visual was also reveale...
Summer Pockets Writer, Director On The Hardest Things About Turning a Game into an Anime
“This is kind of bad to say, but there are some works that just can't be adapted [into an anime].”
― During the “'Summer Pockets' Staff Talk Stage by Production Works Gallery”at Anime Japan 2025, game writer Kai and the upcoming anime adaptation director Tomoki Kobayashi spoke a bit about the troubles of turning a game into an anime. The Summer Pockets anime is based on the 2018 Key visual novel of t...
A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School! Anime Series Review
Protagonist Haruaki Abe is the worst thing about this series.
― Sometimes a series' greatest detriment is the very character meant to be our window into its world. That's one hundred percent the case with A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School. Protagonist Haruaki Abe is the worst thing about the twenty-four-episode show. Not only is he screechy and whiny, he's also got a uniform fetish that the plot tr...
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Anime Reveals Same-Day English Dub, Cast
Jack Broadbent, Jason Marnocha, Macy Anne Johnson, Joshua Waters star in dub debuting on Monday
― Crunchyroll announced that it is streaming a same-day English dub on Monday for the television anime of Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court's My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals) manga. Dubbed episodes begin streaming during the 15 minute period following the episodes'...
Princess Mononoke 4K Restoration Screening Crosses US$5.9 Million
Screening earns US$617,342 in 2nd week, crossing cumulative total of US$5,974,607
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The Box Office Mojo website reported that GKIDS' 4K restoration screening of Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke film has earned US$617,342 in its second week at the United States box office crossing a cumulative total of US$5,974,607. The film screened in 630 theaters earning US$175,414 on Friday, US$258,447 on Saturd...
CITY The Animation Reveals 2 New Cast Members
Kazutomi Yamamoto, Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi join cast of July 6 series
― The staff for CITY The Animation, the television anime of Keiichi Arawi's CITY manga, revealed two new cast for its weekly cast announcement every Monday. This week's additional cast are: Kazutomi Yamamoto as Obaba, Mokumesei Manor's landlord Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Ii Hito (the Good Guy) The anime will premiere on July 6 on Tokyo MX at...
Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2's New Video Previews Ending Song
Hip-hop artist Seamo, singer May'n perform ending theme "Hadaka de Dotsukiai"
― The official website for the second television anime season based on Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka's Grand Blue Dreaming manga began streaming a new promotional video for the anime on Monday. The video reveals the anime's ending theme song "Hadaka de Dotsukiai feat. May'n" (Let's Punch Each Other While Naked feat. May...
Aikatsu! Episodes Compiled for Limited Screening Run in Theaters From June 20
3-week Aikatsu! Memorial Stage screenings include never-before-seen bonus clips
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the Aikatsu! franchise announced on April 1 that popular episodes of the Aikatsu! television series are being re-edited into a compilation for a limited three-week screening run in theaters throughout Japan, starting on June 20. The Aikatsu! Memorial Stage screenings will in...
Hajime no Ippo: Rising Anime Series Review
The show may not be perfect and we may not get another Hajime no Ippo anime but this is a great note to end it on.
― I was a little disappointed with the second season of Hajime no Ippo for taking the focus away from our main character and putting it almost exclusively on the messy, drawn-out nature of the larger boxing world. Hajime no Ippo: Rising scales back that scope, which initially sounds like...
Your Anime Rankings - Best of Winter 2025
Ending the season with a strong episode, The Apothecary Diaries turns the tables on Orb at the very last minute. Check out what else moved up or down in the final ranking of the Winter 2024 season!
― 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. K...
The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 ‒ Episode 37
Lishu has become the least visible of the four consorts.
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! Anime Gets 2nd Season
1st season premiered last July
― The "Tsuwabuki High School Literature Club's Extracurricular Activity" event of the Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! anime announced on Sunday that the anime will receive a second season. The first season of the anime adaptation of Takibi Amamori and Imigimuru's Make Heroine ga Ooisugiru! (Too Many Losing Heroines!) light novel series premiered in July 2024. Crunchy...
Me & Roboco Anime Film's 2nd Trailer Previews ano's Theme Song
Film featuring multiverse storyline opens in Japan on April 18
― Rakuten revealed a second trailer on Sunday for the upcoming Me & Roboco anime film. The video previews ano's theme song "Lolilokkyun Robo❤." The first present for theatergoers for the film will be a "volume 0" of the manga, drawn by Miyazaki. 劇場版『#僕とロボコ』入プレ情報解禁〜😎🤞💖第1弾は「僕とロボコ 第零巻」🦵🦵マルチバースロボコたちの前日譚を描いたしゅーへー先生描き下ろし漫画も収録🥳🎉そのほかのラインナップは👇#しゅー...
Reincarnated as a Neglected Noble Anime Reveals Theme Songs in 2nd Promo Video
Wanuka performs "Kuchinaoshi" opening, Ms.Ooja performs "Mada Shiranai Story" ending
― The official website for the television anime of Yashiro's Reincarnated as a Neglected Noble: Raising My Baby Brother With Memories From My Past Life (Shiro Buta Kizoku desu ga Zense no Kioku ga Haeta node Hiyoko na Otōto Sodatemasu) light novel series started streaming the anime's second promotional video on Sunda...
Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter Anime Casts Inori Minase as Stella
Staff to announce 3 more cast members in next 3 weeks
― Gree revealed a new cast member on Sunday for the television anime of Riku Nanano and illustrator cura's Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter (Kōjo Denka no Kateikyōshi) light novel series. The company plans to reveal four new cast members once a week, starting with this announcement. This week's announcement is that Inori Minase will voice Stel...
A Couple of Cuckoos Season 2 Anime Reveals July Debut, New Staff in Video
Masakazu Hishida is new director at studio Okuruto Noboru; Hina Yomiya joins cast
― Kadokawa revealed the cast and staff details, as well as a visual, video, and July premiere on Sunday for the second anime season based on Miki Yoshikawa's A Couple of Cuckoos (Kakkō no Iinazuke) manga. Kadokawa also revealed that 22/7 will perform the new season's ending theme song "Anata de Nakucha" (It Has to be Yo...
Aldnoah.Zero [Re+] Anime Film Review
This film is worth watching for the new episode alone. As for the compilation film attached to it...
― When it comes to many mecha anime, the protagonist is the pilot of some special or powerful mobile suit and uses it to turn the tide in a war (often one between Earth and space). Aldoah.Zero is the reverse of this. Rather than the heroes, it is the villains who have Gundam-like mobile suits powered ...
The Spring 2025 Anime Preview Guide
It's time for another superpowered adventure in My Hero Academia: Vigilantes! Also check out our reviews of Zabi Tabi, Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2, Lazarus, Witch Watch, Kowloon Generic Romance, and more!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2025 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they go along. Each criti...
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, March 24-30
Baban Baban Ban Vampire finale earns 2.8% rating, Blue Miburo finale earns 2.4% rating
― The 2013 live-action film of Tokuya Higashigawa's The Dinner Table Detective (Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de) novel series aired on Fuji TV on Saturday, March 29 at 9:00 p.m. and earned a 4.9% rating. The 1964 Astro Boy: Hero of Space anime film aired on NHK on Sunday, March 30 at 11:00 p.m. and earned a 1.6% rati...
Silent Witch Anime Casts Yoshiki Nakajima as Cyril Ashley
Anime to reveal new cast member every Saturday
― Aniplex revealed on Saturday that the anime of author Matsuri Isora and artist Nanna Fujimi's Silent Witch (Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Majo no Kakushigoto) light novel series has cast Yoshiki Nakajima as Cyril Ashley, the Serendia Academy student council's vice president. The staff are revealing a new cast member for the anime every Saturday. The series...
Hana-Doll*: Reinterpretation of Flowering Anime Streams Main Promo Video
Series debuts on April 9
― The official website for Hana-Doll*: Reinterpretation of Flowering, television anime for MOVIC's Hana Doll* franchise, began streaming the show's main promotional video on Saturday. The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, and TV Aichi on April 9. Masahiro Takata (Libra of Nil Admirari, The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World) is directing the anim...
Seriously, Kaleido Star's Staff & Cast Want a New Anime, Too
They hope the April 1 video is a small step to achieving bigger dreams
― The Kaleido Star anime's production team issued a statement on Wednesday after a massive fan response to a video posted the day before, on April Fool's Day: ◤￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣◥ ファンの皆様へ 大事なお知らせ◣＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿◢ぜひ、ご一読ください。今後も応援頂けますと幸いです。#カレイドスター https://t.co/SB37jnVXkE pic.twitter.com/9J9ynASj8O— 「カレイドスター」アニメ公式アカウント (@Kaleido_ani...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 30-April 5
My Hero Academia: You're Next, Berserk of Gluttony anime; The Dashing Zaddy and His Icy Protégé, Pink Candy Kiss manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Berserk of Gluttony BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 April 1 My Hero Academia: You're Next BDCite Crunchyroll US$34.98 April 1 Summer Wars BDAnimeNewsNetwork GKIDS US$26.98 April 1 Summer Wars Limited Edition Steelbook 4K...
Hulu Streams Synduality: Noir, The Fable Anime's English Dub
Both anime streamed on Hulu in the U.S. as they aired in Japan
― Hulu will begin streaming the English dub for Synduality: Noir, the television anime of Bandai Namco Entertainment, Bandai Namco Filmworks, and Bandai Spirits' Synduality project, on April 16. The streaming service added the English dub for the television anime adaptation of Katsuhisa Minami's The Fable manga on Monday. The Synduality: ...
Macross 7 the Movie: The Galaxy is Calling Me and Macross Dynamite 7 OVAs 1-4 Anime Streaming Review
Macross Dynamite 7’s aesthetic is of its time, and it looks great.
― In terms of sheer volume of content, Macross 7 easily beats any of its franchise stablemates. At 49 TV episodes, the three-part Encore OVAs (bundled with the TV show on Hulu/Disney+), a short 1995 theatrical movie – The Galaxy is Calling Me, and the four-part Dynamite 7 OVA, that's a lot of one particular Macross flavor. If you didn...
Kento Nakajima Performs The Dinner Table Detective Anime's Opening Theme Song
Anime to have 12 episodes
― The official website for the television anime of Tokuya Higashigawa's The Dinner Table Detective (Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de) novel series revealed on Friday that Kento Nakajima performs the opening theme song "MONTAGE." Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan) composed and arranged the song with lyrics by .cAnON. The website also revealed that the series will have four Blu-ray...
Umamusume Cinderella Gray Anime Streams on YouTube, Prime Video in U.S., Canada, U.K.
Series to also stream on Anime Onegai, ADN
― REMOW announced on Saturday the streaming details outside of Asia for the television anime of Taiyo Kuzumi's Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray manga based on Cygames' Uma Musume Pretty Derby franchise. The streaming will begin on April 6 at 5:00 p.m. JST (4:00 a.m. EDT). The anime will stream in "select areas" on Amazon Prime Video and on the It's Anime YouTube ...
Voice Actors Shōgo Sakata and Miharu Hanai Talk About Their Love for The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows
ANN caught up with Shogo Sakata and Miharu Hanai to get their thoughts on playing Zenos and Lily in The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows.
― At the recent world premiere for upcoming spring anime The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows
here in Tokyo, ANN sat down with voice actors Shōgo Sakata and Miharu Hanai. Together, they talked
about their respective characters (Zenos and Lily), ...
CloverWorks Produces Anime Shorts for 7Fates: Chakho, The Star Seekers Webtoons
HYBE's original webtoon series feature members of BTS, TOMORROW X TOGETHER as characters in story
― Anime studio CloverWorks began streaming two anime shorts on Thursday adapting HYBE's The Star Seekers webtoon and HYBE's 7FATES: CHAKHO webtoon. Each short is around 11 minutes long, and features an original story. Both videos feature hard subtitles in Korean. (Note: CloverWorks has disabled embedding...
Your Forma Anime Streams on Samsung TV Plus in U.S., Canada
Streaming platforms for Central & South America, EMEA, Asia also revealed
― Anime distributor REMOW announced on Friday that the television anime of Mareho Kikuishi and Tsubata Nozaki's Your Forma science-fiction crime suspense light novel series will stream on the Samsung TV Plus service in the United States and Canada. The anime will also stream on Bandplay and Anime Onegai in Central and South Ame...
New Lupin III 2D Feature-Length Anime Film Reveals Title, Trailer, Theme Song, June 27 Premiere
B'z perform theme song for Lupin the IIIrd The Movie: Fujimi no Ketsuzoku film
― The official website for the Lupin III franchise announced on Friday that the new feature-length film in the franchise will open in Japan on June 27 with the title Lupin the IIIrd The Movie: Fujimi no Ketsuzoku (Immortal Bloodline). The staff unveiled a visual and trailer. The video reveals and previews the film's theme ...
TMS Entertainment Streams N. American Premiere of Big X Anime's 11th Episode on YouTube
TMS streamed recovered, digitized version of Osamu Tezuka anime's 1st episode last August
― TMS Entertainment announced on Thursday that it will continue to stream various anime on its official YouTube channel to commemorate its 60th anniversary, including the English-subtitled premiere for the 11th episode of the Big X anime of Osamu Tezuka's manga. The recovered and digitized version of the 11th ep...
Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger Anime Series Review
I am so happy that they made a sequel to one of my favorite anime of all time…seven years later.
― I am so happy that they made a sequel to one of my favorite anime of all time…seven years later. OK, that's not technically true, considering that between the airing of the first season of Hajime no Ippo and New Challenger there was a movie, as well as a fairly popular OVA, that was released. While the ...
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective ‒ SEASON FINALE
This anime wants so badly to be House, but fundamentally fails to understand what makes House work so well.
DAN DA DAN 2nd Season Anime Unveils New Cast Member, Visual, July 3 Premiere (Updated)
Mutsumi Tamura to play Evil Eye, theatrical premiere screens on June 6 in N. America
― The official website for the television anime of Yukinobu Tatsu's DAN DA DAN "paranormal mystery battle & romantic comedy" manga unveiled on Friday a new cast member, visual, and July 3 premiere for the second season. Update: GKIDS also announced on Friday that it will screen the theatrical premiere of the season D...
RetroCrush Acquires Streaming Rights for Future Boy Conan Anime
Anime begins streaming weekly on service on April 18
― Cineverse's RetroCrush streaming service announced on Wednesday that it has acquired exclusive streaming rights to Hayao Miyazaki and Nippon Animation's Future Boy Conan anime from GKIDS. The service will begin streaming the anime on April 18, and it will release episodes weekly. The anime will stream in Japanese with English subtitles and with a...
This Week in Anime - Sophomore Slump
Coop and Chris try to answer the eternal question: does it matter if the sequel is as good if it takes too long to show up?
― Coop and Chris try to answer the eternal question: does it matter if the sequel is as good if it takes too long to show up? Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion ...
Strawberry Prince Member Jel's Toi-san Anime Film Unveils Staff, July 18 Debut in Teaser
Pui Pui Molcar film's Mankyū helms film at Seven Arcs
― The official website for the anime film of boy band Strawberry Prince member Jel's Toi-san short video series opened on Thursday with an advance teaser video. The teaser announces the film's Toi-san wa Seishun Shitai! "Baka to SmaPho to Romance to" (Toi-san Wants to Live in Her Youth! "A Fool, a Smartphone, and Romance") title, staff, returning ...
Director Shu Watanabe on The Too-Perfect Saint and Turning it into an Anime
ANN sat down with Shu Watanabe to discuss the anime adaption of The Too-Perfect Saint and what viewers can expect.
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Koki Fuyutsuki's light novel series The Too-Perfect Saint may sound like every other saint-based story out there, but it offers some variations on the theme. More Cinderella than its isekai compatriots, the story follows Philia, a protagonist. She carries out her duties perfectly as t...
Sung Hoo Park's Bullet/Bullet Anime Reveals 8 More Cast
Yoshihisa Kawahara, Ai Kakuma, Nao Tamura, Mayumi Shintani, more join series premiering on July 16
― The staff for Sung Hoo Park's original anime series Bullet/Bullet revealed eight more cast on Thursday. The newly announced cast are (image above from top left to bottom right): Yoshihisa Kawahara as Breakfast, the eldest of the five highly-skilled assassin siblings called Cook Siblings Ai Kakuma as A...
Osananajimi to wa LoveCom ni Naranai Rom-Com Manga Gets TV Anime in 2026
Tezuka Productions animates story of high school boy falling in love with 2 childhood friends
― CyberAgent announced on Thursday that it is producing a television anime adaptation of Shinya Misu's Osananajimi to wa LoveCom ni Naranai (I'll Never Have a Romantic Comedy with My Childhood Friend) manga that will premiere in 2026. Tezuka Productions is animating the project. CyberAgent also unveiled a te...
Medalist ‒ SEASON FINALE
These last two episodes feel like a victory lap more than anything else, and with everything it's done up to now, the show has more than earned a medal.
Crunchyroll to Stream Kowloon Generic Romance, Maebashi Witches, Apocalypse Hotel, More Anime
Also: Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2, SHIROHIYO
― Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it also stream the following anime for the spring 2025 season (dub languages streaming at later date in parentheses): Kowloon Generic Romance (English, pictured right) — April 5 Maebashi Witches — April 6 Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2 (English, Latin American Spanish) — April 7 Apocalypse Hotel — April 8 SH...
Netflix to Stream New The Rose of Versailles Anime Film on April 30
Film streams dubbed/subbed
― Netflix began streaming an English-subtitled trailer for the new anime film of Riyoko Ikeda's The Rose of Versailles manga, and the video reveals that the movie will stream on Netflix on April 30. The anime will also stream with an English dub. The English cast includes Caitlin Glass, Megan Shipman, Karen Strassman, Ryan Colt Levy, Andy Delos Santos, Brandon McInnis, Dama...
I am the only one who is not attacked in the world filled with zombies TV Anime Slated for 2026
Adaptation of Rokuro Uraji's novels to air on AT-X channel
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the franchise of Rokuro Uraji's Zombie no Afureta Sekai de Ore Dake ga Osowarenai (I am the only one who is not attacked in the world filled with zombies.) novel series opened on Wednesday and revealed that its television anime adaptation will premiere in 2026. The anime will run on AT-X. The "z...
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to be Loved Film's Trailer Reveals Ending Song
Sachiko Kobayashi performs "Bokutachi no Hibi" ending for June 27 film
― The official website for the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to be Loved (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: Samishigariya no Ryū) anime film started streaming the film's full trailer on Wednesday. The trailer reveals and previews the ending theme song "Bokutachi no Hibi" (Our Days) by Sachiko Kobayashi. The f...
DAN DA DAN Anime's Blu-ray Disc Ships in West on June 10
1st season gets Collector's Edition set
― GKIDS announced on Tuesday that it and Shout! Studios will release the first season of the television anime of Yukinobu Tatsu's DAN DA DAN "paranormal mystery battle & romantic comedy" manga on Blu-ray Disc on June 10. The Collector's Edition set will include a box, 32-page booklet, art cards, and a die-cut sticker. Bonus features for both the Standard and Co...
The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World ‒ Episodes 11-12
I think the series ends on very solid footing. I have enjoyed the season immensely.
One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga ‒ SEASON FINALE
The Straw Hats do exactly what you would expect – there’s the big feast, comedic quarreling over the spoils, and tearful goodbyes to the new friends on the island
This Week in Anime - That AIn't Ghibli
Lucas and Steve rage at the recent influx of terrible AI "Ghibli" images.
― Lucas and Steve rage at the recent influx of terrible AI "Ghibli" images. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network. All Ghibli shows are available streaming on Max.
The Red Turtle is available on YouTube. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyter @ves...
Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 ‒ SEASON FINALE
What a weird way to end a season.
The Spring 2025 Anime Preview Guide
It's the biggest day yet for our Preview Guide, starting with The Dinner Table Detective! Also check our reviews for Your Forma, Fire Force Season 3, Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?, and more.
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2025 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they go along. Each critic will cover a...
I May Be a Guild Receptionist ‒ SEASON FINALE
And throughout all these comedy beats the cast is delivering their lines with an infectious gusto – makes it easy to enjoy the interactions between these goobers.
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