Anime Central 2003

Vinland Saga Season 2 Blu-ray Anime Series Review

Dec 22, 12:00

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While this Blu-ray release is incredibly lacking, Vinland Saga season 2 is as good as it gets. ― I haven't seen a lot of anime/read a lot of manga that hit me even half as hard as Makoto Yukimura's Vinland Saga. And season 2—often called the farm arc, slave arc, and/or Ketil's Farm arc—is arguably the strongest part of that punch. Or—actually, it doesn't feel thematically right to call it a “punch” i...

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My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Spinoff Manga Gets TV Anime in April 2025

Dec 21, 21:27

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Kenichi Suzuki directs series at BONES FILM ― The Jump Festa '25 event on Sunday announced that Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court's My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals) manga is getting a television anime series that will debut in April 2025. Kenichi Suzuki (Cells at Work!, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) is directing the anime. BONES' newly ...

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New Ranma 1/2 Anime Gets 2nd Season

Dec 21, 12:18

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1st season premiered on October 5 ― Mappa confirmed in a new promotional video on Sunday that the new anime of Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga will get a second season. Character designer Hiromi Taniguchi drew an illustration to celebrate the announcement. The anime premiered nationwide in Japan on October 5 on the NTC channel at 24:55 JST (effectively, October 6 at 12:55 a.m. JST). The anime excl...

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Re:Anima Volume 1 Manga Review

Dec 21, 12:00 manga

Re:Anima tamps down any hope that it'll do much that's new with its familiar-feeling ideas. So far, it seems happy to be one more genre potboiler, to take or to leave. ― The kindest way to describe this science-fiction action manga is as competently average. It's a likable, lightweight read, with lively action scenes, but the first book is also laughably tropey and flimsy. The book has a note from cr...

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Gets Promotional Net Anime Shorts Next April

Dec 20, 23:05

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New episode to debut on YouTube each month ― Konami Digital Entertainment revealed on Saturday that the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game is getting a series of promotional net anime shorts that will debut in April 2025 titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game The Chronicles. The series will stream on the "Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Channel" on YouTube, with a new episode debuting every month. Konami Animation is animating the short...

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Red Cat Ramen Anime Gets 2nd Season

Dec 20, 22:09

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1st season starring Kenjiro Tsuda debuted on July 4 ― The Jump Festa '25 event on Saturday revealed that the anime adaptation of ANGYAMAN's Red Cat Ramen (Ramen Akaneko) manga is getting a second season. ANGYAMAN drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement. The first season premiered on July 4 on TBS and 28 other channels and had 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired. The ...

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The ANN Aftershow - What's Your Anime Character Arc?

Dec 20, 20:00 anime

Lynzee and James share their Crunchyroll Anime Arcs from the app's end-of-the-year feature! Plus, we're discussing the SECRET LEVEL show on Amazon Prime and the latest episode of DAN DA DAN. ― What's Your Anime Character Arc? Lynzee and James share their Crunchyroll Anime Arcs from the app's end-of-the-year feature! Plus, we're discussing the SECRET LEVEL show on Amazon Prime and the latest episode ...

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Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan: The Ultimate Battles Franchise Gets 2nd TV Anime in April

Dec 20, 19:27

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Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan: The Ultimate Tournament adds marine creatures, dragons to island setting ― Gakken's children's book series Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan is inspiring a second television anime, Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan: The Ultimate Tournament, which will premiere next April on the TV Tokyo channel and its affiliates. The setting of the new anime is "Sai-Kyō-Jima" (The Ultimate Island), a mysterious isolated island w...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2024, Dec 10-16

Dec 20, 12:40 anime

Natsume takes the top spot this week, bringing it neck-to-neck with Orb for second place in the cumulative. Negative Positive Angler is also doing well, displacing Ranma½ in the previously entrenched cumulative top 8. ― 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 ...

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This Week in Games - Santa Kamiya Got Us That Dog We Wanted For Christmas

Dec 20, 11:00

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The Okami sequel is finally happening! Jean-Karlo looks at some exciting announcements out of the Game Awards this week! ― Welcome back, folks! In between wrapping up some of the quests in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, I've actually given Path to Nowhere a look—and not a moment too soon, because Eleven (that character I was obsessed with) has her event rerun active through the 24th. Also, Aisno (the compan...

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Hyakushō Kizoku Anime Gets 3rd Season

Dec 20, 10:27

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Anime of Hiromu Arakawa's autobiographical manga ended 2nd season on Friday ― The official website for the television anime of Hiromu Arakawa's autobiographical manga Hyakushō Kizoku (The Peasant Noble) announced on Friday that the show is getting a third season. The final episode of the second season aired on Friday. The first season of the anime premiered on the Tokyo MX channel in July 2023. Each ...

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Magilumiere Co. Ltd. Anime Gets 2nd Season

Dec 20, 10:05

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12th, final episode aired on Friday ― The official website for the anime of Sekka Iwata and Yū Aoki's Magilumiere Co. Ltd. manga announced on Friday that the series is getting a second season. Aoki drew a visual to commemorate the announcement: The 12th and final episode aired on Friday. The anime premiered in Japan on October 4 at 11:00 p.m. JST on NTV's "Friday Anime Night" block. Amazon Prime Vide...

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Exploring How a Manga is Printed at the One Piece Only Exhibition

Dec 20, 10:00

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Rather than just a collection of art, this exhibit uses One Piece to both explore the history and art of printing and give an in-depth look at the process of creating modern manga. ― Recently, I was able to check out the "One Piece Only" art exhibition currently running in Tokyo. Rather than just a collection of art, the exhibit uses One Piece as a vehicle to both explore the history and art of prin...

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Best New K-Comics to Read: December 2024

Dec 20, 09:00

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Winter is the perfect time to snuggle in and do some reading. So, let's take a look at what Webtoon, Manta, Tapas, and Lezhin have to offer. ― It's the holiday season, that inescapable time of year when you can't avoid their mention even if you don't participate in the major festivals! For some of us, that means it's the perfect time to snuggle in and do some reading. Luckily for everyone, the major ...

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Kotobukiya's Arcanadea Figure Series Gets TV Anime

Dec 20, 07:39 merch anime

Franchise takes place in near future where new energy is discovered, leading to rapid technological development ― The official X/Twitter account for Kotobukiya's Arcanadea bishōjo plastic model series revealed on Friday that the series is inspiring a television anime adaptation that will air on TV Asahi and its affiliates. The announcement did not reveal any other information. The plastic model serie...

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Kodansha Confirms 2nd Season for Skip & Loafer Anime, With Crunchyroll to Stream (Updated)

Dec 19, 22:20

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The official website for the television anime of Misaki Takamatsu's Skip and Loafer (Skip to Loafer) manga officially announced the second season of the anime on Friday. Takamatsu also drew the below illustration to celebrate the second season's announcement. In addition, Crunchyroll announced on the same day that it will stream the second season. Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing the manga di...

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The ANN Aftershow - DAN DA DAN's Secret Best Boy Finally Arrives!

Dec 19, 20:00 anime

This is a Jiji appreciation podcast, even if he only appears for five minutes in this week's episode of DAN DA DAN. Plus the ANN Reader's Choice Award Nominations are open, one of the saddest manga is getting an anime, and a new teaser for the Demon Slayer movie. ― DAN DA DAN's Secret Best Boy Finally Arrives! This is a Jiji appreciation podcast, even if he only appears for five minutes in this week...

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Übel Blatt – Episodes 1-2 Review (Premiere Screening)

Dec 19, 12:00

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Übel Blatt feels like an anime from a different era, like a throwback to turn-of-the-millennium dark fantasy stories like Claymore and Berserk. ― These first two episodes of Übel Blatt do very little regarding hand-holding. We're given some brief on-screen text about the mission of the 14 warriors and are shown the brutal murder of Ascheriit—the last of the four who actually completed their mission—a...

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DAN DA DAN Anime Gets 2nd Season in July 2025

Dec 19, 11:08