The Giveaway has ended! Are you one of our lucky winners?― It's time for another giveaway here at Anime News Network, and today we've got something for you from our friends at Nitro Plus and NetEase Games. We've got game codes for their new release, Rusty Rabbit! The side-scrolling action adventure game follows Stamp, a reckless middle-aged rabbit obsessed with collecting junk and tinkering with ma...
Chris and Steve put on their pointy hats and hop on their brooms to magic up some witchy anime.― Chris and Steve put on their pointy hats and hop on their brooms to magic up some witchy anime. 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. Crunchyroll streams Witch Watch, Ma...
Despite a strong start, Aquarion: Myth of Emotions falters early into its run.― Back in early January, a friend and I decided that we'd sit down every Thursday to watch the latest entry in Shoji Kawamori's Aquarion series, Aquarion: Myth of Emotions. After a few weeks, we realized that we didn't know anyone else who was watching it. There wasn't exactly a ton of buzz or enthusiasm around Myth of Emo...
What would happen if Vash from Trigun had a jaded, loudmouth sidekick with a lactation problem?― The AMNERO anthologies are less like serialized web novels and more like collections of individual chapters written by Hyocoro. Therefore, the first volume doesn't necessarily have a strong narrative flow. The first chapter feels like the pilot to the series, building up a sort of rescue mission that get...
The large-scale exhibition chronicled Hirano's work from Hellsing to Drifters, including life-size recreations of props and costumes and some impressive interactive photo areas!― Last year, I finally crossed Hellsing Ultimate off my backlog, but my experience with the manga was close to zero when I made my way to he Kouta Hirano Super Expo inside the Sunshine City shopping center in Ikebukuro. The ...
Film to feature new concert footage in original story― Wright Film announced on Wednesday the 10th anniversary "dream project" collaboration between the Aikatsu! and PriPara idol franchises, with an original animated film Aikatsu! x PriPara THE MOVIE -Deai no Kiseki!- (Aikatsu! x PriPara THE MOVIE -The Miracle of Encounters!-) premiering in Japan this fall. Wright Film also revealed the film's tease...
Even if things get bogged down by some weird logic and a less-than-stellar second half, there’s still a bit of magical fun to be had here.― Magic Maker: How To Make Magic In Another World follows Shion as he is given a chance to relive his adolescence in a fantasy world where he can tap into his passion for learning magic, which is almost non-existent in this world. Or so Shion initially thinks. On ...
Coop and Lucas join JoJo on a bizarre adventure.― Coop and Lucas join JoJo on a bizarre adventure. 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. Crunchyroll streams JoJo's Bizarre Adventure parts 1 - 5, Anne Shirley, and SHIROBAKO.
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We don't know precisely what happened or what will happen, but watching Lu's world unfold on the page is immersive in a way that the best fantasy should be.― With most manga, whether you read them digitally or in print, it comes down to personal preference, or maybe budget and space concerns. But every so often one comes along that simply begs to be read in print. Luciole has a Dream is absolutely o...
With over 100 manga, K-comics, light novels, and adult titles, you'll want to check back every day to find your next page-turner!― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2025 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs at the beginning of a season. Now, doing something like that for manga is...
Neither Uchikoshi nor Kodaka are strangers to being experimental and telling rich stories with twists and turns aplenty. But even by their standards, this game is exceptionally ambitious.― ~This reviewer's headcanon of how this game was conceived~ Japan, late at night. Kotaro Uchikoshi and Kazutaka Kodaka—the creative masterminds behind the Zero Escape series and Danganronpa respectively, among plen...
Tokunaga talks about the studio's decades-long history with director Makoto Shinkai, navigating the pandemic, and a brand-new project with a 'rookie director.'― CoMix Wave Films entered a new era on May 28, 2024 with the appointment of Tomohiro Tokunaga as President and CEO of the company. A former producer at Telecom Animation Film, Tokunaga has been involved in projects such as Lupin III and sever...