Despite refocusing away from overt fantasy trimmings, A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics remains persistently and delightfully bonkers. ― Reverse isekai as a genre hasn't been done to death as definitively as its unreversed sibling. In A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics, the parallel world conceit is primarily employed to provide us with two very different fish-out-of-water characters and mine their odd situations f...

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This Week in Games - Diving Into The Crunchyroll Vault

Jul 5, 10:00

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This week, we take a look at the Crunchyroll Games Vault, the implications of Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi working with Square Enix again, and sad demise of Mega Man X DiVE. ― Welcome back, folks! I've reached a rather embarrassing situation with my Nintendo Switch: I'm running out of space on the console. I've installed so many games over the years that my 256-gig SD card only has about ...

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Shoji Kawamori Directs New Animated Film for 2025

Jul 5, 01:07

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Macross 'vision creator' also collaborates with AVIOT electronics maker, teases World Expo attraction ― Self-described "vision creator" Shoji Kawamori confirmed at his Q&A panel at Anime Expo on Thursday that he is directing a new animation film that is slated for a 2025 opening. He added that this film has not yet been announced in Japan. The planned 2025 opening is for Japan, but he hopes that peo...

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The Idol@ster's Atsushi Nishogori Helms 'Grotesque' Film at CloverWorks for 2025

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DARLING in the FRANXX director's film comes from JOEN company jointly established by Aniplex, CloverWorks, Wit Studio, Shueisha ― The CloverWorks Industry Panel at Anime Expo teased Grotesque, a new animation film from director Atsushi Nishigori (The IDOLM@STER, DARLING in the FRANXX) and the anime studio CloverWorks, on Thursday. The panel premiered a short teaser video and promised that more video...

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Witch Hat Atelier Anime Reveals Trailer, Main Staff, 2025 Premiere (Updated)

Jul 4, 21:27

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Ayumu Watanabe to direct, Hiroaki Kojima to produce anime at Bug Films ― The staff for the anime of Kamome Shirahama's Witch Hat Atelier manga showed a promotional video during its panel at Anime Expo on Thursday, and it reveals the main staff and 2025 premiere. The staff also unveiled a visual. Ayumu Watanabe (Ace Attorney, Doraemon films) is directing the anime at Bug Films. Hiroaki Kojima (animat...

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Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League Film Sequel Reveals Trailer, Visuals

Jul 4, 21:00

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Character visuals unveiled ― Warner Bros. Japan unveiled during its panel at Anime Expo on Thursday the first teaser trailer, main visual, and character visuals for Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, its new Batman Ninja CG anime film. IMG batman-ninja-yakuza-1.jpg Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Japan IMG batman-ninja-yakuza-2.jpg Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Japan IMG batman-ninja-yakuza-3.jpg Image...

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YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master Episodes 1-13 Anime Review

Jul 4, 12:00

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YATAGARASU is a work of art. That's not just a statement on the careful details of the images and animation; it's an overall assessment of how the entire series is put together. ― Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master is a work of art. That's not just a statement on the careful details of the images and animation, although those are beautiful; it's an overall assessment of how the entire s...

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New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Anime Project Unveils Visual, Main Staff

Jul 4, 11:50

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Hiroyuki Imaishi returns to direct new anime at Trigger ― Kadokawa confirmed on Friday that the new Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt project is an anime, and it unveiled the teaser visual and logo. The company revealed main staff members. Hiroyuki Imaishi is returning to direct the anime at Trigger. Hiromi Wakabayashi is returning to write the script along with Imaishi. Wakabayashi is also serving a...

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This Week in Anime - Is Suicide Squad ISEKAI DC's Best Anime Adaptation to Date?

Jul 4, 10:00

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Suicide Squad ISEKAI is DC Comic's latest journey into the world of anime and manga but it's far from the first. So how does it stack up to previous attempts? And what about the anime-inspired critical darling My Adventures with Superman? ― Suicide Squad ISEKAI is DC Comic's latest journey into the world of anime and manga but it's far from the first. So how does it stack up to previous attempts? An...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Spring 2024

Jul 3, 16:40

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Sound! Euphonium remain uncontested, but we see Delicious in Dungeon grab the #3 spotlight from Kaiju No. 8 and a number of other last-minute upsets! Check out the turbulent final week of the Spring 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...

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As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill Season 1 Anime Series Review

Jul 3, 12:00

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This is a tale full of comedy and heartwarming moments—scenes of triumph and scenes of despair. However, throughout it all is a sense of hope that one good man can bring peace and prosperity to a failing empire. ― The first few episodes of this series follow a simple, predictable pattern. Through chance, Ars discovers a promising talent and tries to recruit them. However, each person has problems or ...

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The Summer 2024 Anime Preview Guide

Jul 3, 11:32

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Who run the dungeon? Girls! Check out Dungeon People and find out how! Plus, NieR:Automata Ver1.1a, 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, Senpai is an Otokonoko, Failure Frame, Pseudo Harem, and more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2024 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 as many...

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DEMON SLAYER -KIMETSU NO YAIBA- The Stage Part 1 Review

Jul 2, 12:00

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I was originally skeptical at first but it didn’t take long for this production to win me over with its talent, production values and overwhelming charm. ― The more popular something is, the more mediums it is adapted into. Demon Slayer has taken the world by storm and is hands-down one of the most popular shonen series airing right now. Its original manga has sold tremendously well, merchandise is f...

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CLAMP's Magic Knight Rayearth Manga Gets New Anime Project

Jul 1, 23:12

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Teaser video, visual unveiled ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for CLAMP's Magic Knight Rayearth franchise announced on Tuesday that the franchise will have a new anime adaptation project. The post unveiled a new visual and announcement promotional video (featuring footage from the 1994-1995 television anime), but did not reveal the format of the anime. Magic Knight Rayearth centers on thr...

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