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- ANN's Most Read News and Interest Articles of 2021 ()
- Who Would Win? Demon Slayer's Inosuke VS. MHA's Bakugo ()
- The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Dec 17-23 ()
- The Best Anime of 2021 ()
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- Interview: The Staff of The World's Finest Assassin ()
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- The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Dec 10-16 ()
- Interview: The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window Manga Creator Tomoko Yamashita ()
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- The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Dec 3-9 ()
- Interview: Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Author Rifujin na Magonote ()
- Interview: The Faraway Paladin Author Reveals How The Story Was Originally Written as Practice ()
- The Humanist Legacy Of Keiko Nobumoto ()
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- The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Nov 26-Dec 2 ()
- Interview: Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Director Ayumu Watanabe ()
- Banished From The Hero's Party Author and Director ()
- Doomed To Die Fighting: The Seething Angst of Yu Yu Hakusho ()
- The Winter 2021 Manga Guide ()
- Interview: Ranking of Kings Manga Creator Sōsuke Tōka ()
- What Was Cowboy Bebop Really About? ()
- The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Nov 19-25 ()
- Gundam 00 Director Seiji Mizushima Talks About His New Hula Dancing Anime ()
- Does it Hold Up? Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex ()
- Revisiting G no Reconguista, And Looking Back On 'Happy Tomino' ()
- ANN Holiday Gift Guide 2021 ()
- Interview: Naruto Series Composer Yasuharu Takanashi ()
- The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Nov 12-18 ()
- Award-Winning Composer Kevin Penkin On Creating The Soundtrack For Grow:Song of the Evertree ()
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- The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Nov 5-11 ()
- Sword Art Online: A Series of Retcons ()
- Fena: Ending Explained (or How To RUIN an Anime In One Episode) ()
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- The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Oct 29-Nov 4 ()
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- The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Oct 1-28 ()
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- Delving into RPG Maker Horror in Translation with vgperson ()
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- Interview: Bright: Samurai Soul Director Kyohei Ishiguro ()
- Best Anime Dubs You Can Watch RIGHT NOW (Part 4) ()
- Interview: SAKUGAN Creative Staff and Cast ()
- The Best and Worst of Summer 2021 ()
- PREVIEW: Shin Megami Tensei V Is Nocturne Enhanced ()
- Hideaki Anno: A Career Retrospective ()
- The Fall 2021 Preview Guide ()
- Ryukishi07 Explains How Higurashi GOU and SOTSU Reinvent the Franchise ()
- Head in the Clouds: A Look Inside the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' Miyazaki Exhibition ()
- Fall 2021 Anime Trailer Watch Party With SungWon Cho! ()
- Our Most Anticipated Anime Of Fall 2021 ()
- Hana-chan and the Shape of the World Manga Creator Ryotaro Ueda ()
- The Best and Worst Anime of Summer 2021 ()
- The Best and Worst of Summer 2021, Sep 16-22 ()
- Interview: Remake Our Life!'s True-to-Life Depiction of Creative Work With Frontwing Producer Yasuhiro Atobe ()
- Kageki Shojo!! Manga Creator Kumiko Saiki and Anime Director Kazuhiro Yoneda ()
- Who Would Win? Shaman King's Yoh VS. Bleach's Ichigo ()
- Star Wars' Place in Anime and Manga ()
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- The Best and Worst of Summer 2021, Sep 9-15 ()
- From Saint Seiya to CCXP: the Past and Present of Anime Fandom in Brazil ()
- Digimon in the Modern Era ()
- A History of Takarazuka Revue Influences in Anime ()
- Too Many Anime Spoils the Broth ()
- The Best and Worst of Summer 2021, Sep 2-8 ()
- Whisper of the Heart Retrospective: The Real Story Behind the Lo-Fi Hip Hop Study Girl ()
- The Never-Ending Manga: At What Point Should a Series End? ()
- Exploring the "Concept" Novel of Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- ()
- Review: Academy Museum's Hayao Miyazaki Artbook ()
- Gridman, Dynazenon and the Hasegawa Nexus ()
- The Best and Worst of Summer 2021, Aug 26-Sep 1 ()
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- The Best and Worst of Summer 2021, Aug 19-25 ()
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- INTERVIEW: Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train's Natsuki Hanae & Satoshi Hino ()
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- The Best and Worst of Summer 2021, Aug 12-18 ()
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- Growing Up With Evangelion ()
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- Anime & The Apocalypse: Finding Catharsis in the End of Everything ()
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- 'I Have Some Horror Stories': Animator Talks Industry's Problems, Hopes for the Future ()
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- The Summer 2021 Preview Guide ()
- Interview: Fruits Basket the Final Director Yoshihide Ibata ()
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- How Foreign-Born University Students Became Animation Coordinators on Wonder Egg Priority ()
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- The Science of Kaiju with the Director and Writer of Godzilla Singular Point ()
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- Interview: Mars Red Director Kouhei Hatano and Screenwriter Jun'ichi Fujisaku ()
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- Bringing Manila Folk-Horror to Life: TRESE Director Jay Oliva, Creators Kajo Baldisimo and Budjette Tan ()
- Sailor Moon Is Darker Than You Think ()
- The Enemy Within in the War of 86 ()
- The Spring 2021 Manga Guide ()
- Interview: Pompo: The Cinéphile Director Takayuki Hirao ()
- Discussing the Socio-Politics of Megalobox 2: Nomad with Yo Moriyama, Katsuhiko Manabe, and Kensaku Kojima ()
- The Enduring History of Magical Girls ()
- Interview: Mars Red Original Story Creator Bun-O Fujisawa ()
- PREVIEW: Samurai Warriors 5 ()
- Mike Toole Presents: A Crash Course in Godzilla Cartoons ()
- Sailor Moon Got Me Into This Business and I'm Exhausted ()
- Urobuchi, History, and the Wuxia Hero of Thunderbolt Fantasy ()
- PREVIEW: Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis Beta ()
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- Jun Maeda's Debut Novel is a Queer Romance about Depression ()
- PREVIEW: ConnecTank ()
- History is Overshadowed in Netflix's Yasuke ()
- The Power of Family: Mamoru Hosoda's Narrative Driving Force ()
- NFL Nerd Night Out with Cam Jordan, Mike Daniels, Lawrence Guy, and Melvin Gordon ()
- The Creation of Netflix Original Anime Eden w/ Producer Justin Leach ()
- French Artist Jérôme Alquié and Captain Harlock - Memories of the Arcadia ()
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- The Art of Pain: My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness Creator Kabi Nagata ()
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- Imitations, Fakes and Piracy in Manga and Anime ()
- Tohru is Tohru: the Onigiri Who Finds her Place ()
- Best Anime Dubs You Can Watch Right Now (Spring 2021) ()
- Alex Dudok de Wit, Author of BFI Classics: Grave of the Fireflies ()
- Remembering Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks ()
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- Anno, Itano, and the Apocalypse: Intergenerational Struggle in Megazone 23 and Neon Genesis Evangelion ()
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- Interview: Yasuke Director LeSean Thomas ()
- Why Seven Seas Altered Its Light Novels ()
- Eternally 23: Remembering the Creative Works of Osamu Kobayashi ()
- Cracking Your Antisocial Shell with Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki ()
- How BOFURI Defies Gamer Expectations ()
- Interview: Chainsaw Man Creator Tatsuki Fujimoto ()
- PREVIEW: Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster ()
- Log Horizon, Undertale, and the Tales Game Mechanics Can Tell ()
- Zombie Land Saga: Idol Anime For Non-Idol Fans ()
- Interview: Pacific Rim: The Black Showrunner Greg Johnson ()
- Impressions: VARK & Hololive Present Cinderella Switch Vol. 1-4 ()
- What Happened to Log Horizon? ()
- Interview: Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Director and Producer ()
- The Spring 2021 Preview Guide ()
- Our Most Anticipated Anime Of Spring 2021 ()
- Thank You, Black Clover ()
- The Unfulfilled Potential of The Promised Neverland Anime ()
- The Best and Worst Anime of Winter 2021 ()
- Who Would Win? Deku VS Naruto ()
- Everything You Need to Know About My Hero Academia ()
- Why Are the Mages in Fate Such Assholes? ()
- Allyship in Anime: What Chad from Bleach Taught Me ()
- Mushoku Tensei Is Not the Pioneer of Isekai Web Novels, But... ()
- Everything You Need to Know About AnimeJapan 2021 ()
- Interview: Skate-Leading Stars Directors Goro Taniguchi and Riki Fukushima ()
- A Brief Anime History of The Himbo ()
- A Tale of Two Redheads: Yona vs. Shirayuki ()
- Derivative Content and Property Rights: How Does Fanfiction Work in the Anime and Manga Industry? ()
- The 2020s Are About to Explode: What We Can Learn From Akira's Vision of Destruction and Rebirth ()
- Interview: On-Gaku: Our Sound Director Kenji Iwaisawa ()
- The Horror and Romance of Rural Higurashi ()
- PREVIEW: Story Of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town ()
- It's Time to Start Appreciating Ram ()
- Set Sail with One Piece Treasure Cruise Producer Tomoya Yoshizawa ()
- Takahiro Obata: Creating Musical Tension in The Promised Neverland ()
- Interview: Studio No Border on SK8 the Infinity Skateboard Designs, Original Projects, More ()
- Burn the Witch: Fairy Tales and Shōnen Storytelling ()
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- Capturing the Merch: Interview with the Cardcaptor Sakura Memorabilia Guinness Record Holder ()
- Interview: Jujutsu Kaisen Director Sung Hoo Park ()
- You Give Love a Vlad Name – A Preview and Primer for Vladlove ()
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- The Moral Relativism of Black Lagoon ()
- Interview: The Staff of The Promised Neverland ()
- Interview: Gust Brand Manager and Atelier Ryza Producer, Junzo Hosoi ()
- The Heartbreaking Sacrifices Made in The Promised Neverland ()
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- A Blast From the Past: Get Caught Up on Dr. Stone Season 1 ()
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- Once Upon A Slime: Everything You Need to Know Before That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 ()
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- The Winter 2021 Preview Guide ()
- 2020: A Turning Point For Light Novels ()