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Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Anime Gets Sequel, Spinoff Game About Kokorowa, Smartphone Game

Nov 14, 13:46

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anime

English-subbed trailer streamed for Sakuna Chronicles: Kokorowa and the Gears of Creation game ― Developer Edelweiss announced on Thursday a sequel for the television anime adaptation of its side-scrolling action role-playing game Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin (Tensui no Sakuna Hime), a new spinoff game Sakuna Chronicles: Kokorowa and the Gears of Creation (Sakuna Hime Gaiden: Kokorowa to Sо̄sei no Haguru...

review

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Look Back Anime Film Review

Nov 14, 12:00

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anime

The struggle to answer what it means to draw defines Look Back, and despite its short runtime, it manages to encapsulate everything that’s both beautiful and ugly about that struggle. ― “So why is it that you draw?” That's the question that's pondered at the end of the film and ultimately lies at the heart of Tatsuki Fujimoto's original one-shot manga. It's a question that artists across just about a...

news

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The Catcher in the Ballpark! Manga Gets TV Anime

Nov 14, 11:14

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anime

Fairouz Ai, Satoshi Inomata star in 2025 anime based on Tatsurō Suga's manga ― An official website opened on Thursday to announce that Tatsurō Suga's The Catcher in the Ballpark! (Ballpark de Tsukamaete!) manga is getting a television anime adaptation in 2025. The website unveiled a teaser trailer, visual, main staff, and cast: The anime stars: Fairouz Ai as Ruriko Satoshi Inomata as Murata Jun'ichi ...

column

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This Week in Anime - What's Going On With BLUE LOCK'S Animation?

Nov 14, 11:00

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anime

Chris and Coop dig into the awkward animation mess that is Blue Lock's second season and wonder whether or not the industry will manage to change. ― Chris and Coop dig into the awkward animation mess that is Blue Lock's second season and wonder whether or not the industry will manage to change. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anim...

news

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Oshi no Ko Writer Aka Akasaka to Launch New Manga Series Next Spring

Nov 13, 21:55

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manga

Ajichika to illustrate series with composition by Aoi Kujira ― This year's 50th issue of Shueisha's Young Jump magazine announced on Thursday that Oshi no Ko writer Aka Akasaka is conceiving the original story for a new manga series launching in the magazine in Spring 2025. Record of Ragnarok artist Ajichika is drawing the series, and Aoi Kujira (Geek Circle Crisis) is composing the series' story. Th...

feature

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The Fall 2024 K-Comics Guide

Nov 13, 12:49

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korean

The K-Comics Guide's second update features action, amnesia, and the inescapable omegaverse. Check it out! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2024 K-Comics Guide, the companion to our manga guide! Every included manhwa was published in September or October or is an upcoming November release, although some are ongoing titles without a physical release. These have all been put under "November," si...

game review

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Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Video Game Review

Nov 13, 10:00

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games

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake takes an already-seminal title and makes it one of the must-play games of 2024. ― Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation is already a seminal title among Japanese RPGs: a pillar of the genre whose influences run wide and deep across Japanese pop culture. Countless games have come in its wake, all inspired by that original game and its many creative decisions. The decis...

interview

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Onward to the Alvarez Empire: Hiroshi Kataoka Discusses FAIRY TAIL 2

Nov 13, 09:00

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games

The longtime action RPG producer acknowledges the criticism levied against the original FAIRY TAIL game and how this sequel will offer a fundamentally different experience. ― Can you name a popular anime that doesn't have a tie-in video game? Sure, there are some rare exceptions, but just about every anime series that's even moderately popular will get the video game treatment sooner or later. Some ...

column

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This Week in Anime - Looking Back

Nov 12, 12:00

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anime

Steve and Lucas discuss creator Tatsuki Fujimoto and director Kiyotaka Oshiyama's Look Back film in all of its heartbreaking glory. ― Steve and Lucas discuss creator Tatsuki Fujimoto and director Kiyotaka Oshiyama's Look Back film in all of its heartbreaking glory. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning...

review

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Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe Anime Movie Review

Nov 12, 12:00

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anime

While I enjoyed the action aspects of Birth of Kitaro, I can't say it works that well as an entry point for new fans. ― Modern folklore-focused anime and manga owe a huge debt to the work of 1960s manga GeGeGe no Kitaro's artist and writer Shigeru Mizuki. A second world war veteran, the traumatic amputation of his left arm, due to an air raid explosion, never held back his pre-existing artistic ambit...

column

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Answerman - Why is the nudity removed from the Ranma 1/2 remake?

Nov 11, 14:45

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anime

Jerome discusses the recent "kewpie-fication" of Ranma in MAPPA's animated remake of the classic series. ― The internet asks: "Why is the nudity removed from the Ranma 1/2 remake?" [context: it's not censored; the new version doesn't include nipples like the previous version, and Ranma's been kewpie-dolled. Butt cracks were removed in a bath scene, too.”] This wouldn't be an Answerman column if we d...

review

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PreCure Max Heart Episodes 1-25 Anime Series Review

Nov 11, 12:00

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anime

It may be early days for Pretty Cure, but the bones of what has made it such an enduring franchise are there. ― It feels obvious to say this, but Pretty Cure Max Heart, the second series in the franchise and a direct sequel to the first, is still finding its way in the greater scheme of things. While direct sequels aren't unheard of in the franchise (and indeed the fifth season is a direct sequel to ...

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