In spite, or perhaps because of how laid-back it is about Ruri’s seemingly bizarre circumstances, RuriDragon really feels like something special. ― Honestly, the fact that I'm even here reviewing RuriDragon at all is something of a minor miracle. While the manga debuted in Shonen Jump to pretty much immediate success, it quickly ran into trouble when its author, Masaoki Shindo, started suffering from...

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Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga Anime Series Review

Jan 18, 12:00

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This season works fine, as long as you're still invested in Blue Exorcist's world and characters enough to follow them through an action-light season with a sprawling plot. ― This review covers the dozen Blue Exorcist episodes streamed from October to December 2024. For anyone new to Blue Exorcist, this is not where you start. This far into the series, the season's a case of what TV Tropes calls Cont...

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Detective Conan Anime Replaces Tōru Furuya With Takeshi Kusao in Tōru Amuro Role

Jan 18, 04:29

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Tōru Furuya stepped down from role last year after acknowledging affair with abuse ― Episode #1,150 of the Detective Conan television anime series aired on Saturday with dialogue by the character Tōru Amuro. The episode's ending credits confirmed that Takeshi Kusao (Dragon Ball franchise's Trunks, Yes! Precure 5's Coco) has replaced Tōru Furuya as the voice actor for Tōru Amuro — a character named af...

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Composer, Arranger Hiroshi Shinkawa Dies

Jan 18, 00:27

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Shinkawa arranged songs for Cat's Eye, Kimagure Orange Road, Ninja Scroll ― The official X/Twitter account for composer and arranger Hiroshi Shinkawa posted a message from his wife on Friday revealing that Shinkawa died on January 8 of ischemic heart failure. He was 69. Shinkawa's funeral was limited to close relatives and was held on Friday. Shinkawa was born on July 26, 1955 in Tokyo. He was the mu...

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Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- Anime Film Review

Jan 17, 12:00

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This film is a fantastic addition to the Gundam franchise—and one you can't even begin to talk about without getting into massive spoilers. ― Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- is a compilation film containing the first four episodes of the upcoming TV anime, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX. The trailers made it look to be something similar to G-Gundam (much like how Gundam 00 shares many elements...

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This Week in Games - Who Owns Sonic's Freedom Fighters?

Jan 17, 10:00

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Hatsune Miku joins Fortnite and we learn who owns Sonic's pals at long last. Plus Nintendo finally reveals their new console! ― Welcome back, folks! I look forward to every column's debut because I look forward to how all of you receive it, especially since more than a few of you have brought some interesting stuff to my attention. Remember that you can hit me up on Bluesky with questions or comments...

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Overtime Is Bringing Sports and Young Anime Fans Together

Jan 17, 09:00

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Founded in 2016, Overtime looks to marry social media, youth sports, and anime fandom. Their latest project? The Overtime Elite webcomic created by Brandon Chen and Inuupen. ― The idea that dorky hobbies and media are niche and ridiculed by more mainstream culture persists in the public consciousness despite there being a growing number of examples to the contrary. Olympic 100-meter dash gold medali...

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Nanateru's Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family! Manga Gets TV Anime

Jan 17, 04:00

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Comedy centers on girl superweapon, scientists who created her ― Kadokawa announced on Friday that Nanateru's Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai (Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family!) manga is getting a television anime adaptation. Nanateru drew an image to celebrate the announcement. Kadokawa also revealed the show's main staff. Yasuhiro Minami (episode director for several Gintama anime, Turn A Gundam) is...

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Alice in Wonderland Novel Gets 1st Anime Film by P.A. Works

Jan 16, 20:49

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Dive in Wonderland offers modern take with Nanoka Hara, Maika Pugh on August 29 ― Anime studio P.A. Works announced on Friday that it is producing Japan's first anime film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic children's novel Alice in Wonderland (also known as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland). Titled Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to -Dive in Wonderland- (With Alice in Wonderland -Dive in Wonderland-), i...

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Galette Manga Magazine Volume 1 Review

Jan 16, 12:00

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This is not a one-for-one version of the original Japanese volume; it is an adapted edition for the English-reading audience. ― In the mid-2010s, the runs of two of the three existing quarterly yuri manga magazines, Pure Yuri Anthology Hirari published by Shinsokan and Tsubomi published by Hobunsha came to an end, leaving some yuri artists with unfinished series and no place to serialize them. Some o...

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This Week in Anime - Girlfriend's Gotta Have a Gimmick

Jan 16, 10:00

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Lucas and Coop take a look at this season's other overwhelmingly popular genre: romcoms! ― Lucas and Coop take a look at this season's other overwhelmingly popular genre: romcoms! 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. I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? is avail...