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ANN Reader's Choice: The Best Anime of 2024
Welcome to the ANN Reader's Choice poll for The Best Anime of 2024. Below you'll be able to choose your top 10 anime series of the year and your top five anime films of the year. The results will be published as part of the The Best Anime of 2024 editorial feature.
There's no pretending this harem anime is particularly good, but it's rewarding to see it recover from a disastrous start and rise up to something decent.― There are anime that blend heart-warming wholesomeness with something more lewd. One case is Your Name, a chastely yearning love story with jokes about boob-groping, and arguably non-consensual boob-groping at that. Then there are shows like Dan ...
Chapter 232 is 1st chapter posted since April 2023― The Japanese manga service Manga Hack posted the 232nd chapter of Sōsuke Tōka's Ranking of Kings (Ōsama Ranking) manga on Tuesday. It is the manga's first new chapter since it went on hiatus in April 2023. Tōka has since posted a chapter every day, for a total of four new chapters as of Friday. The web manga centers around Bojji, a deaf, powerless ...
What a surprise! After reigning supreme all season, Dan Da Dan loses the top spot at the very last second! Were the fans frustrated by the last episode's cliffhanger? Check out the final ranking according to viewer votes!― 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 ...
Jean-Karlo looks at the history of the Mega Man U.S. cartoon, the NIKKE mascot that has escaped gacha containment, and a new visual novel from Success!― Welcome back, everyone! Taking a week off from writing This Week in Game feels weird; I'm almost always working on it, so it's odd to sit back and see something on Bluesky and think, "Oh, I gotta remember to cover that... next week. At any rate, a f...
More kinetic than Legend of the Galactic Heroes (but sharing its naval theme) and less frenetic than Macross, Yamato strikes a good middle ground for exciting animated space warfare.― Much like that other pillar of classic anime space sci-fi, Macross, the Space Battleship Yamato franchise experienced a frustrating journey to Western TV screens. The original 1974 series came to the US as Star Blazers...
From new, original masterpieces and powerhouse sequels to game-redefining expansions and reimagined classics, gamers feasted this year.― 2024 was a great year for games. From new, original masterpieces and powerhouse sequels to game-redefining expansions and reimagined classics, gamers feasted this year. But which were the best of the best? Let's get into that, shall we? Here, in no particular orde...
Crescent Moon Marching becomes a story of how young Mizuki understands what it means to be passionate about music and how crucial it is to improve yourself while understanding others.― Originality is a tough thing to come by. The great Salvador Dali once said that those who imitate nothing produce nothing. Considering the infinite artists, musicians, writers, and other types of pen-wielders who have...
Which manga and light novels kept you turning pages, chapter after chapter? If you haven't flipped through these titles yet, better late than never.― Which manga and light novels kept you turning pages, chapter after chapter? Anime News Network's critics narrowed down their must-read lists to find the best series, both new and continuing, of the year. If you haven't flipped through these titles yet...
Jinwoo is back! Solo Leveling's second season is underway, and the reviews are in...plus I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!?, Tasokare Hotel, Beheneko, Grisaia, Ave Mujica, 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 go along. Each critic will cover as many s...
Viral Hit is very hard to read because of how relatable it is on two major fronts.― Viral Hit is very hard to read because it is relatable on two major fronts. The first one is its depiction of modern-day bullying and humiliation. The second is that Viral Hit very much leans into seeing life through the perspective of an absolute self-aware loser. Our protagonist, Hobin, is someone who is physically...
Daiki Hamano, Mizuki Niizaki star as "solo campers" who end up camping together― Yūdai Debata's Solo Camping for Two (Futari Solo Camp) manga is inspiring a television anime that will premiere on Tokyo MX and other stations in July. Daiki Hamano and Mizuki Niizaki star as Gen Kinokura and Shizuku Kusano respectively. Jun Hatori (Taisho Otome Fairy Tale, Too Cute Crisis) is directing the anime at Syn...
Here are the shocking, hilarious, and truly touching moments from anime that stayed with our writers all year.― A truly great moment comes in multiple forms. Sometimes, the biggest payoff is the denouement. This is when all the threads come together to reveal the truth of the matter, and it can be shockingly effective in fiction. Anime is no exception, pulling back the curtain to reveal the true in...
Featuring Ghibli, CLAMP, Final Fantasy, JoJo's, Shoko Nakagawa, & more!― The Year of the Dragon has come to a close, and the Year of the Snake has begun. With the new year comes greetings from across the anime and manga world: Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team (mobile game) Please continue enjoying Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team this year, too CLAMP Final Fantasy series Girls' Frontline Jojo's Bizarre Advent...
