Some marked quality-of-life updates take away a portion of the grind. ― At the Tokyo Game Show 2024, I was able to spend some time playing the demo of the upcoming Atlus RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio. This title comes from the minds behind the Persona series, including Katsura Hashino, the director, producer, and occasional writer of various games in the series. As such, the game looks and feels like a f...

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Go! Princess Precure Episodes 1-25 Anime Series Review

Sep 27, 12:00

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anime

From a magical girl genre perspective, Go! Princess Pretty Cure has some fascinating elements. ― While all Pretty Cure series are tailored towards an audience of little girls, Go! Princess Pretty Cure is the one (of those legally available in English) that leans into that the most. With its themes of princesses and dreams and its double-layered transformations, it leans hard into ideas about what lit...

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The Anime Backlog - Macross Plus

Sep 27, 11:00

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anime

With only hazy memories from a satellite TV airing in the '90s, Lynzee takes her first full foray into Macross. ― While in New York last month, I had the opportunity to attend the Macross Plus movie screening with special guest Shōji Kawamori. I had not seen the film in its entirety before, although I'm somewhat sure I'd seen the climax on some satellite channel when I was about 12. I'm fairly confi...

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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Anime Gets 4th Season, 2nd Film

Sep 27, 10:35

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anime

3rd season ended on Friday ― Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on Friday that the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) television anime will get a fourth season and a second anime film. The staff revealed a video and visual to commemorate the announcement. The anime's third season premiered on April 5. The anime's 48.5 episode aired a week earlier than the season's ...

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SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream's 20-Man Co-op Raids are Pure Chaos

Sep 27, 10:30 games

Me and 20-other players were thrown headlong into a boss battle against a giant dragon. It was a chaotic mess… but a fun chaotic mess. ― At Tokyo Game Show 2024, I was able to get some hands-on time with the newest Sword Art Online game SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream. There, I and 20 other players were thrown headlong into a boss battle against a giant dragon. It was a chaotic mess… but a fun ch...

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This Week in Games - Sony's State of Play and Level-5's To The World's Children

Sep 27, 10:00

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games

Jean-Karlo gets in deep in the Pal World lawsuit and gaming's history with patents. ― Welcome back, folks! I was surprised by the reception to last week's column; we had more than a few folks who responded positively to the Freedom Wars news. That makes me happy! I can't cover a lot of these obscure games getting revivals, but I live for seeing folks excited to see their obscure favorites getting bro...

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The Staff of My Deer Friend Nokotan Were Shocked by Its Worldwide Popularity

Sep 27, 09:00

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anime

With its horned protagonist, disturbingly realistic deer, and off-the-wall absurdist humor, My Deer Friend Nokotan has been one of the most popular shows—inside of Japan and out. ― With its horned protagonist, disturbingly realistic deer, and off-the-wall absurdist humor, My Deer Friend Nokotan has been one of the most popular shows of the Summer 2024 anime season—both inside of Japan and out. To fin...

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Singer-Songwriter Sayuri Dies at 28

Sep 27, 00:38

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people

Sayuri sang theme songs for Lycoris Recoil, Scum's Wish, ERASED, My Hero Academia ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of singer Sayuri announced on Friday that Sayuri died on September 20. She was 28. Her relatives and close associates held a private funeral. Sayuri's husband, the musician Amaarashi, said on his X/Twitter account that Sayuri had been fighting a chronic illness. On July 25 ear...

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Senpai is an Otokonoko Anime Gets Film

Sep 26, 13:14

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anime

Senpai wa Otokonoko: Ame Nochi Hare continues after TV series' end ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the television anime of Pom's Senpai wa Otokonoko (Senpai is an Otokonoko, This is Him or literally, Senpai is a Boy) web manga announced on Friday that the series will continue with an anime film titled Senpai wa Otokonoko: Ame Nochi Hare (Clear After the Rain) on February 14, 2025. The...

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Fist of the North Star Volume 11-12 Manga Review

Sep 26, 12:00

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manga

Fist of the North Star volumes 11 and 12 usher in a new era for the series, which is more divisive than previous arcs but still of incredibly high quality. ― Fist of the North Star volumes 11 and 12 usher in a new era for the series which is more divisive than previous arcs but still of incredibly high quality. As I said in the last review, we have been to the mountaintop of the series and are now be...

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I Beat The First Berserker: Khazan Demo and Feel Euphoric

Sep 26, 11:30 games

Like Sekiro? Then you’ll probably enjoy upcoming Soulslike The First Berserker: Khazan—because just like in Sekiro, parrying is the key to victory. ― At Tokyo Game Show 2024, I was able to get 45-minutes with upcoming Soulslike The First Berserker: Khazan. Going in, even as a veteran player—or at least a person who has beaten almost all the core Soulsborne games and more than a few third-party Soulsl...

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Sister and Giant: A Young Lady Is Reborn in Another World Volumes 1-2 Manga Review

Sep 25, 12:00

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manga

Sister and Giant has moments of being better than it ought to be, but on the whole, it is a bit schlocky. ― You all know the story: a Japanese schoolgirl is killed by some form of transportation and ends up getting to live out the rest of her life in a fantasy world, often with magical RPG-inspired power. Along the way, she finds love and friendship, and even though she's dead in one world, it's in t...

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The Most Anticipated Anime of Fall 2024

Sep 25, 10:00

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anime

The fall anime season is upon us! We have new seasons of big names like Re:Zero and DanMachi and new shows like Uzumaki and DAN DA DAN. Which are the ANN editorial team most excited about? Let's find out. ― Fall is upon us! And with the changing of the leaves comes a new season of anime to enjoy. On the one hand, we have new seasons of big names like Re:Zero and Danmachi. On the other, we have new s...

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Director Hiroshi Nagahama, From Wicked City to Uzumaki

Sep 25, 09:00 anime

We sat down with the Uzumaki anime director to see what hints he could give us about the horror series before it premieres this weekend. ― On the screen in front of a crowded Otakon panel room, Director Hiroshi Nagahama shows a slide featuring the cover art for the 1987 film Wicked City, directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri of Studio Madhouse on the screen in front of a crowded Otakon panel room. Several a...

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The Tyrant's Etiquette Tutor Korean Novels 1-3 Review

Sep 24, 12:00

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novels korean

Livia is hypercompetent without feeling overdone, and that's a major strength of this trilogy. ― Unlike its Japanese light novel counterparts, Korean web/light novels tend to favor what they call "transmigration" rather than full-out reincarnation. This does sometimes involve the death of the heroine/villainess (book dependent), but more often, my reading experience has shown that characters aren't a...

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The Worst Anime of Summer 2024

Sep 24, 10:00

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anime

While there were many great anime this season, there were also some... not so great ones. From the boring to the outright painful, here are the editorial team's picks for the worst anime of the summer 2024 season. ― While there were many great anime this season, there were also some... not so great ones. From the boring to the outright painful, here are the editorial team's picks for the worst anime...

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Nicholas Dupree - In Memoriam

Sep 23, 18:30

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people

It's with the heaviest of hearts that I announce the passing of Nicholas Charles Dupree, long-time editorial contributor to ANN, This Week in Anime co-host, and the funniest guy I've ever met. ― It's with the heaviest of hearts that I announce the passing of Nicholas Charles Dupree, long-time editorial contributor to ANN, This Week in Anime co-host, and the funniest guy I've ever met. Nick died sudd...

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