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Be Forever Yamato: Star Blazers: REBEL 3199 Episodes 1-6 Anime Review

Jan 10, 12:00

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I'm happy to report that Star Blazers REBEL 3199 blasts out of spacedock, immediately firing on all cylinders. ― Space Battleship Yamato is back with a bang in this latest continuation of the remake series that began in 2012 with Yamato 2199, and continued with Yamato 2202 and Yamato 2205 over the subsequent decade. While 2199 was top-tier space opera, 2202 wasn't as universally loved, with a muddled...

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Choose Your Daily Streaming Anime Reviews: Winter 2025

Jan 10, 09:00 anime

You've read the Preview Guide, you've watched the shows, now it's time to choose which anime series you want reviewed every week.

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A Tokyo Exhibition Celebrates Giant Anime Robots Through The Decades

Jan 10, 09:00

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The “Giant Robots: The Core of Japanese Mecha Anime” exhibition in Ikebukuro chronicles the genre from Gigantor to The Big O! ― The history of anime giant robots is, well, giant. It's pretty much inevitable that the current Tokyo exhibition, “Giant Robots: The Core of Japanese Mecha Anime,” which runs at the Sunshine City complex in Ikebukuro until January 13, offers only a select guide to the genre....

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The Water Magician Isekai Novels Get TV Anime in July

Jan 9, 22:42

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Ayumu Murase, Kazuki Ura, Kaede Hondo star in anime ― TO Books revealed on Friday that Tadashi Kubō and Nokito's The Water Magician (Mizuzokusei no Mahōtsukai) light novel series is inspiring a television anime that will premiere on TBS and other channels in July. The cast includes: Ayumu Murase as protagonist Ryō Kazuki Ura as the adventuring swordsman Abel Kaede Hondo as the elf adventurer Sera Hid...

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This Week in Anime - (Shonen) Jump Right In

Jan 9, 15:00

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Coop and Lucas browse the Shonen Jump app to sort out the good, the bad, and the Fujimoto-flavored. ― Coop and Lucas browse the Shonen Jump app to sort out the good, the bad, and the Fujimoto-flavored. 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. Chainsaw Man, Fire Punch, D...

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The Winter 2025 Anime Preview Guide

Jan 9, 13:49

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Can Übel Blatt fill the Berserk-shaped hole in our hearts? Also check out the latest reviews for Apothecary Diaries, Dr. Stone, Farmagia, I May Be a Guild Receptionist, Aquarion: Myth of Emotions, Solo Leveling Season 2, and more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Winter 2025 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they...

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Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Anime Series Review

Jan 9, 12:00

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There are no deeper themes to be explored or musings of human nature break down. However, there is a cast of silly characters and fun fantasy mysteries. ― Let This Grieving Soul Retire! is far from the first anime about a dummy of a protagonist who lucks their way into victory while still managing to lose on a personal level time and again. The issue with stories like this is that all too often, the ...

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AJA: Anime Industry Grew by 14.3% to New Record High in 2023

Jan 9, 09:00

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Foreign anime market overtakes Japanese market for 2nd time since 2002 ― The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) released its Anime Industry Report 2024 findings (for the year 2023) on December 22. The report found that the wider anime industry (including merchandise, music, and other areas) grew by 14.3% in 2023 compared to 2022, for a total market value of 3.3465 trillion yen (about US$21.27 b...

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Sanrio's My Melody, Kuromi Characters Get Netflix Stop-Motion Anime in July

Jan 9, 03:54

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Pui Pui Molcar series director Tomoki Misato helms My Melody & Kuromi anime ― Netflix Japan announced on Thursday that it will produce the stop-motion animation series My Melody & Kuromi, based on the titular Sanrio characters, which will premiere in July. This year marks the 50th anniversary of My Melody, and the 20th anniversary of Kuromi. The story is set in Maryland where My Melody and Kuromi liv...

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KamiErabi GOD.app Season 2 Anime Series Review

Jan 8, 12:00

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This feels like a show that wants so badly to be deep. ― Let me be up front about something: I didn't enjoy the first season of KamiErabi. Its three cardinal sins were poor writing, characters who made no sense, and rigid CGI. So the prospect of a second season—which was confirmed pretty early on into the first season's airing—wasn't exactly something I was thrilled about. A sentiment among viewers w...

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ANN's Most-Read News and Interest Articles of 2024

Jan 8, 10:00

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These were the stories and events that shaped the anime community in 2024. ― 2024 was a year for monsters, whether laying waste to the nearest metropolis or becoming a feast for dungeon crawlers. Anime News Network readers were hungry for new information about the King of Monsters; news articles focused on Godzilla ranked high as fans tracked Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and Oscar-winner Godzilla...

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Creating Realism in a Sports-Romance Anime: An Interview with Blue Box Director Yuichiro Yano and Series Composition Writer Yuko Kakihara

Jan 8, 09:00