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The ANN Aftershow - DAN DA DAN's Race to the Finish!

It's one of the most impressive chase scenes to put to animation this week in DAN DA DAN! Plus, the Catholic Church adopts a new mascot and one voice actor is going rogue after alleging Crunchyroll gave away his fan mail and gifts.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake Video Game Review

You can always find a new avenue to explore, new storyline to uncover, or new battle to be waged across the campaigns included, and the breadth of options makes summarizing the game somewhat challenging.

Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2024, Oct 22-28

It looks like the Ranma ½ remake is living up to the legacy of its predecessor. Find out how your favorite shows performed in our weekly user rankings.

Making The Colors Within: An Interview With Director Naoko Yamada and Composer Kensuke Ushio

Yamada and Ushio discuss their latest film, that Trainspotting music reference, and designing different character body types.

This Week in Anime - A Magical Season

Chris and Steve explore this season's magical girl offerings while threatening to recategorize the whole genre. It's a magical free-for-all, from Minky Momo to Acro Trip!

One Piece Fan Letter Anime Special Review

We see major battles through their eyes – distant laser beams visible only from the sparks of light and titanic punches that can be felt miles away as they shake the earth – and realize what it means to be an average person in these times.

New Director Kazuaki Kuribayashi is Risking it Big on KILLTUBE Anime Film

The team raised US$6.68 million for the first-ever film, described as an "experiment" that will blend 2D and 3D elements and audience participation.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Game Review

Like any great game with immersive sim elements, Echoes of Wisdom feels like you're getting away with something anytime you solve a problem with anything other than the most obvious solution.

This Week in Anime - Uzumaki Spiraled Out of Control

Lucas and Coop discuss the recent Junji Ito anime catastrophe: Adult Swim's Uzumaki adaptation.

Newtype exclusive interview:Suicide Squad ISEKAI Director Eri Osada × Producer Sho Ohtani

Director Eri Osada and Producer Sho Ohtani discuss Harley Quinn's turn as an independent woman and the DC character that almost made it into the anime.
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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V ‒ Episode 5

Freya's tried playing nice. It didn't work.
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Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms ‒ Episode 5

By all rights, this should have been Aki's episode, but it's becoming clear Mecha-Ude can't seem to focus on a single plot-line for longer than a few choppily-edited scenes.
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I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History ‒ Episode 5

At the center of this episode is the tea party—the titular “vilainess test.” It is a rather excellent scene because it does so many things at once.
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Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 ‒ Episode 55

This week's Re:Zero is our big introduction to the Archbishop of Lust, Capella Emerada Lugunica.
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DAN DA DAN ‒ Episode 5

We've got another five-star banger of an episode on our hands. Go figure that Science SARU would be able to take an already excellent manga and make everything great about it even better.
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This Week in Games - Stuck On A Whole Different Planet

Game preservation takes a hit while several old games get a new lease on life, offline and with a new port! ― Welcome back, folks! I have a bit of a "behind the scenes" bit for you guys from last week's column; while writing about Poncle (the creator of Vampire Survivors), I had apparently flubbed up the spelling at one point. So until my editor caught it, I had written: "Poncleoncle doing what Konam...
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SINce Memories: Off the Starry Sky Game Review

If you enjoy a slow-burn visual novel, this is going to be right up your alley. ― The Memories Off series of visual novels first debuted in 1999, and it's only now in 2024 that we're finally getting one of them in English. In fact, SINce Memories: Off the Starry Sky is the first new entry in the franchise since 2015, and while one or two characters from the earlier games pop in as bit players, this i...
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Acro Trip ‒ Episode 6

We may not have gotten the full evolution of General Dante's power that we so richly deserve, but we got some neat little worldbuilding nuggets to chew on, and we got to laugh at all of the deranged noises that Chrome's voice actor got to make in the recording booth.
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Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii ‒ Episode 4

The eroticism of Yakuza Fiancé lies in the constant jockeying for power between Yoshino and Kirishima as the two fight to gain an upper hand over the other.
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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict ‒ Episode 30

Is this one of the top 10 anime betrayals?
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You are Ms. Servant ‒ Episode 4

Of all the anime Ms. Servant could’ve reminded me of, I don’t know if I would’ve readily guessed Ben-To. But that’s what happened this week, and I’m here for it.
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Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 ‒ Episode 4

This week, Natsume's Book of Friends gives us an episode as self-contained as a snow globe, complete with a confetti of white flakes.
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Orb: On the Movements of the Earth ‒ Episode 5

In Rafal's notes, Gras finds what he couldn't find in either religion or the heavens: something on this world that's worth living for.
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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2024, Oct 1-21

We all knew Dan Da Dan was going to be a hit this season, but did you expect Orb: On the Movements of the Earth to start so strong? Discover the first user rankings of the Fall 2024 season! ― 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 the latest simulcasts. Keep in m...
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Answerman - The Return of Answerman (And Why Companies Bother to Take Down Piracy Websites)

Anime industry veteran Jerome Mazandarani takes up the Answerman mantle to answer your burning questions! ― Hello! I'm Jerome, and I'm honored to be your new Answerman correspondent. I started my anime career 20 years ago with Manga Entertainment, one of the OG anime labels operating in the West. I've distributed thousands of hours of anime and even had a hand in making a couple, too. I know the bus...
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Uzumaki ‒ SERIES FINALE

Uzumaki, unfortunately, continues the trend of embarrassing attempts to bring Junji Ito's work to the screen.
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Nina the Starry Bride ‒ Episode 4

Nina's just learning to play this game, and that means she's at risk of making some miscalculations.
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Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 ‒ Episode 28

I should have hated this episode, but...
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BLUE LOCK 2nd Season ‒ Episode 28

The episode is the strongest when it highlights Reo's evolution as a means of proving himself to Nagi.
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The Fall 2024 Manga Guide

Come get your fill of October releases, featuring fan-favorite yuri, horror for Halloween, and plenty of [pumpkin] spice! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2024 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs at the beginning of a season. Now, doing something like that for manga is tricky ...
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Ranma ½ ‒ Episode 4

Notice how he uses his umbrella to block the spray of water? Hmmm…
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My Sister Took My Fiance and Now I'm Being Courted by a Beastly Prince Volumes 1 & 2 Manga Review

My Sister Took My Fiancé and Now I'm Being Courted by a Beastly Prince is off to a solid start. It may not be wholly innovative, but Cordelia is a good heroine and nobody's fool, except when it comes to herself, and she's wholly cognizant of that. ― Life is not easy for Cordelia. The daughter of a noble in the kingdom of Liobern, Cordelia isn't so much unremarkable as she is less outwardly beautiful ...
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Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II ‒ Episode 4

I can't help but feel that the twist of this episode undercuts the entire season so far and makes it a much less impactful retread of what came before.
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Voice Actors Masakazu Morita and Noriaki Sugiyama Celebrate 20 Years of BLEACH

The voices of Ichigo and Uryu reminisce about their decades of memories among a cast that "improves together while supporting one another." ― JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles with VIZ Media hosted a panel with Masakazu Morita (Ichigo Kurosaki) and Noriaki Sugiyama (Uryu Ishida) of BLEACH. In promoting the third season of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict, the two were invited for a Q&A and...
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Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest ‒ Episode 16

And so, the day is saved, thanks to…the D-listers.
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Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town Game Review

More anime should have cozy tie-in games. We need more un-serious, Animal Crossing-esque fun. And that’s where Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town comes into the picture. ― More anime should have cozy tie-in games. If we could convert gachas and musou games into an energy source, they could single-handedly take care of the energy needs of the entire globe for years to come. What we need is more un-ser...
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Negative Positive Angler ‒ Episode 4

I've never seen an anime character bluescreen so powerfully and poetically.
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365 Days to the Wedding ‒ Episode 4

It's almost time to meet the parents!
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Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. ‒ Episode 4

This episode is a great-looking, heartening time that embodies the themes of the series and the aesthetic of Magilumiere the in-universe company.
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The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians ‒ Episode 4

Kurumi's goal looks like much more than just her dream…or at least like a dream that someone else hopes to hijack for their own reasons.
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Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms ‒ Episode 4

An overstuffed episode crammed full of action, unhinged humor, lore dumps, and tragic death, somehow Mecha-Ude remains a ridiculously fun time.
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My Journey to Her Manga Review

Unlike a lot of similar narratives, this isn't about the anguish, coming out, or transphobia. That's not to say those things aren't present, but they aren't the point. ― There are so many falsehoods perpetrated about what it means to be transgender, so many scare tactics employed by people who fear those who are different, that it's important to highlight any authentic own-voices narratives that are ...
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Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii ‒ Episode 3

What matters is that the muff Kirishima is so happily diving into is not Yoshino's, but a random girl's.
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Dragon Ball Daima ‒ Episode 3

Somewhere during the middle of this episode, I came upon a harrowing realization: Dragon Ball Daima is an isekai.
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Blue Box ‒ Episode 4

To be honest, I'm still trying to figure out whatever kind of spooky alchemy this show has going on behind the scenes to end up so compelling because this is normally the kind of vibe that I would struggle to stay invested with.
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The ANN Aftershow - MILFs are OUT, GILFs are IN!

DAN DA DAN introduces anime's hottest grandma! ― MILFs are OUT, GILFs are IN! Dan Da Dan introduces anime's hottest grandma! The ANN After Show streams live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Spaces on Tuesdays at 6pm PT/9pm ET. You can listen to the podcast version on Wednesdays on Spotify, Apple Music, and wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. The ANN After Show is part of the BLEAV Networ...
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DAN DA DAN ‒ Episode 4

This is just one of those infuriatingly perfect episodes of television that is just going to sit there, cruelly mocking my inability to find anything about it to criticize, for the rest of my miserable life.
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The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Volumes 1-3 Manga Review

Author Saka Mikami 's main theme is the exploration of how uninformed judgments of others, especially when fuelled by humanity's innate tribalism, lead to unfair treatment and social ostracization. The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignityis one of those heart-warming romance manga where if you're not grinning with delight by the end of the first volume, there's probably something broken in your soul...
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This Week in Games - What A Horrible Halloween To Have A Column

AI translation rears its head again, Masahiro Sakurai stunts on everyone, Castlevania comes to Vampire Survivors, and Jean-Karlo has five games to bring in the spooky season. ― Welcome back, folks! The Fall Manga Guide is finally up, and with it a lot of behind-the-scenes work I was doing. Does that mean I finally have time to play Xenoblade Chronicles 3? Nope! Not only do I have to prepare my panels...
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The Anime Backlog - Symphogear

After over 10 years, Lynzee tries out Symphogear but like a song played off-key, she can't quite connect with its incongruent elements. ― Hi everyone, how are you enjoying the new anime season? While it's not doing any favors for my ever-growing backlog, I've rounded out my must-watch to about four shows: Dan Da Dan, Orb, Blue Box, and Ranma 1/2. Coincidentally, they're all airing on Netflix this ti...
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Which Summer 2024 Anime are Popular in the U.S. Compared to Japan?

We have a new deep-dive from Miles Atherton to find out which anime captured the most fans last season! ― Anime has never been bigger in the United States of America. It's a big statement to make but relatively easy to qualify. According to research from Polygon from 2023, “56% of Gen Z respondents and 41% of Millennial respondents say they watch anime at least once a month” with the supermajority o...
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance ‒ Episodes 1-6

The only real novelty here is seeing these mobile suits brought to life in a realistic video game engine. Other than that, you've probably seen a war story—likely even a Gundam story—that explores a lot of the same themes and does it better.
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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V ‒ Episode 4

Who is more worthy, the goddess or the girl? It's a question that DanMachi has asked off and on throughout its run.
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Gridman Universe Anime Film Review

Widely available in North America for the first time, Gridman Universe successfully ties up the loose ends of SSSS.Gridman and SSSS.Dynazenon, while fan-favorite character Akane looms heavy over the film. Gridman Universe is a direct sequel to both SSSS.Gridman. and SSSS.Dynazenon. It continues the plotlines and character arcs of both series, tying up loose ends for some and giving epilogues to oth...
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Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 ‒ Episode 54

All in all, this is a solid episode that provides a lot of tension with its twists and turns—and ends making us wonder just how long Subaru has before his next gruesome death.
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This Week in Anime - Merging Lanes: TOHO's Acquisition of GKIDS

With the recent announcement of TOHO's acquisition of GKIDS, Lucas and Steve discuss the rise corporate influence in the anime space. ― With the recent announcement of TOHO's acquisition of GKIDS, Lucas and Steve discuss the rise corporate influence in the anime space. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler War...
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Acro Trip ‒ Episode 5

I am sorry to report that this fifth episode of Acro Trip was the first of the series not to make me laugh out loud.
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The Fall 2024 Manga Guide

The manga guide continues with a fan-favorite yuri series, a recent anime adaptation, and plenty of horror! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2024 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs at the beginning of a season. Now, doing something like that for manga is tricky - there's no e...
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Fist of the North Star Volume 14 Manga Review

Can you recreate the magic of the relationship between Kenshiro, Raoh, Toki, and Jagi? Fist of the North Star Volume 14 provides Kenshiro with the most interesting set of villains of the post-Raoh era by digging into a familiar bag of tricks. This volume, almost more than any other, has me split on how to feel about the events. It is equal parts novel ideas and the same old, familiar, and unique. T...
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Ranma ½ ‒ Episode 3

Rumiko Takahashi stated in an interview long ago that she didn't intend Ranma ½ as a commentary on gender roles, and I believe her.
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I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History ‒ Episode 4

High School is the The Dunning–Kruger effect on steroids. Kids who have never had to deal with the struggles of living day-to-day making sweeping judgments about the state of society, secure within their own happy veil of ignorance.
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Nina the Starry Bride ‒ Episode 3

Azure is realizing that Nina's not a pawn, she's a person.
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Interview: Danganronpa Creator Kazutaka Kodaka is Gambling His Studio's Future on His New Game

Previously stuck in development hell, Kodaka and Uchikoshi are betting the very existence of their studio, Too Kyo Games, on the success of The Hundred Line. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is an upcoming visual novel/TRPG from the creative minds of Danganronpa's Kazutaka Kodaka and Zero Escape's Kotaro Uchikoshi. At Tokyo Game Show 2024, Anime News Network was able to see a bit of the new ...
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Korea's WEBTOON Entertainment In Midst of Labor Dispute

WEBTOON Entertainment's labor union is requesting fair compensation after its CEO was awarded an eye-popping $30 million in cash and stock options. ― Since going public on the U.S. stock market, WEBTOON Entertainment, the world's leading platform for Korean webcomics, has been battling a series of escalating crises. The company's stock price has plummeted by 50%, and disgruntled stockholders have fil...
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Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 ‒ Episode 3

This episode may have been a one shot, but it set the stage for future episodes in the subtle style that has become synonymous to me with Natsume's Book of Friends as a whole.
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Macross Delta Anime Streaming Review

While the central couple of Hayate and Freyja are easy to root for, Macross Delta's muddled, unfocused story hampers the overall viewing experience. ― At last, the frayed, exhausted patience of (non-US) English-speaking Macross franchise fans has been rewarded. Apart from the 1982 original Super Dimension Fortress Macross and 1984 movie Do You Remember Love (both still held to ransom by Harmony Gold ...
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Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 ‒ SEASON PREMIERE

The anime that celebrates both the best and worst parts about watching somebody play a video game is finally back!
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This Week in Anime - DAN DA DAN's Tokusatsu Connection

Coop joins the TWIA team just in time to discuss how DAN DA DAN is a love letter to Ultraman with Chris. Tokusatsu love is the purest love of all. ― Coop joins the TWIA team just in time to discuss how DAN DA DAN is a love letter to Ultraman with Chris. Tokusatsu love is the purest love of all. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anim...
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MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season ‒ SEASON FINALE

This is a fantastic episode—one that ties together the entire back-half of the season and expands on the ideas first brought up in Kizumonogatari.
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Orb: On the Movements of the Earth ‒ Episode 4

Oczy, a pessimistic commoner with minimal science education, is a more unlikely—and thus more interesting—hero to usher in the next leg of Orb.
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You are Ms. Servant ‒ Episode 3

While there’s still some room for improvement, this was definitely a stronger episode than the previous two, and I really hope that it keeps this up.
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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict ‒ Episode 29

In many ways, this flashback feels like it really came out of nowhere.
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Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II ‒ Episode 3

When you think about it, the whole “kill Pitohui and Llenn” alliance was destined to end in a bloodbath.
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Magical Girl and The Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies Manga Review

The late Cocoa Fujiwara never got to finish this story. Even if you don’t love the series, that’s a tragedy, and for readers, it means knowing that you’re embarking on a journey without a finish. ― The late Cocoa Fujiwara never got to finish this story. Even if you don't love the series, that's a tragedy, and for readers, it means knowing that you're embarking on a journey without a finish – when the...
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The Fall 2024 Manga Guide

Check out the latest additions to the Manga Guide with gyaru, fantasy adventures, and more spicy series! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2024 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs at the beginning of a season. Now, doing something like that for manga is tricky - there's no equi...
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BLUE LOCK 2nd Season ‒ Episode 27

THIS is the kind of chemical reaction I look for in this show!
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From Vertical Scroll to Screen: Anime Adaptations of K-Comics

It's becoming hard to miss: anime is increasingly mining Korean comics for inspiration. Let's take a look at some of the popular adaptations so far. ― It's becoming hard to miss: anime is increasingly mining Korean comics for inspiration. It's hardly a new thing, though – back in 2004, Ragnarok started the ball rolling, followed by Black God in 2009. The former series was based on a game, while the ...
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Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest ‒ Episode 15

While I can’t say this was a satisfying way of resolving it, I’m at least glad we seem to be done with the White Mage stuff for the time being.
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Wonderful Precure! Episodes 25-36 Anime Series Review

The Cures need Niko and their transformations to fight, but their true strength comes from themselves and their relationships. ― While this season of Pretty Cure is unique in several ways, there are two that stand out, at least among legally available series in the west. The first is the overt romantic subplot that truly gets off the ground in episode thirty-six; while Delicious Party Pretty Cure did...
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Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. ‒ Episode 3

I'm sure it'll be fine, nothing's ever gone wrong in stories about filling a containment system up with monsters.
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Negative Positive Angler ‒ SERIES PREMIERE

NegaPosi Angler is charming and it has a good heart. It's also not afraid to yank your chain (or fishing line).
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365 Days to the Wedding ‒ SERIES PREMIERE

While the setup feels forced, I love these two characters and look forward to seeing how we'll reach our logical conclusion.
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The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians ‒ SERIES PREMIERE

There’s more going on here than pastel loveliness, and I’m very interested to see where the story’s heading.
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Fist of the North Star Volume 13 Manga Review

Fist of the North Star Volume 13 is a strong package, but at the same time I wouldn't blame someone for feeling like there are diminishing returns in this latter era of the run. ― Volume 13 is an odd mixture of elements and novel concepts that dazzle visually while being all right otherwise. I hate to sound like a broken record, but many of the same strengths and weaknesses seen here have been with t...
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Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii ‒ SERIES PREMIERE

Here comes Miyama to ruin everyone's day.
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Dragon Ball Daima ‒ SEASON PREMIERE

So far I’m happy to report that Daima totally rules, and is the most genuinely pumped I’ve been about a new Dragonball thing in quite a while.
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Interview: Bridging Dungeon Fighter Online and Dark Souls with The First Berserker: Khazan

We got hands-on with the the big upcoming Souls-like games: The First Berserker: Khazan. ― One of the big upcoming souls-like games is The First Berserker: Khazan. I got some hands-on time with the title at the Tokyo Game Show 2024. I also got to sit down with the game's creative director, Junho Lee, and art director, Kyuchul Lee, to discuss the game's connection to the nearly 20-year-running Dungeon...
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Blue Box ‒ SERIES PREMIERE

If every episode of Blue Box shakes out as good as these first three have, then we're in for one of the best anime of the year.
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Look Back: Director Oshiyama's Inherent Need to Draw

Oshiyama spent the last week of the film's production drawing “1,000 key animations.” ― Studio Durian's movie adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's one-shot, Look Back, has been the talk of the town. Following critical acclaim from some of the most influential Japanese moviegoers, US fans had the chance to see the movie with Director Oshiyama. GKIDS hosted three public screenings, which included a live Q&...
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DAN DA DAN ‒ SERIES PREMIERE

The fine folks at Science SARU are cooking their asses off to deliver the most stylish, cinematic, heartfelt, and showstopping adaptation of Yukinobu Tatsu's manga that a crew of mortal men and women could possibly produce.
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Newtype exclusive interview: Tower of God Season 2 Series Composition/Scriptwriter Erika Yoshida

Scriptwriter Erika Yoshida shares the most important theme of season two and how the series' characters have changed. ― Everyone climbs the tower with something different in their hearts… Tower of God Season 2 is here at last! The view from the top is… Series Composition/Script: Erika Yoshida A depiction of real-life problems in our world today ーSeason 2 is finally here after four years. How do you ...
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The ANN Aftershow - I'm Sorry, They Stole His What?!

DAN DA DAN is wild! We’re also checking in on Orb after that big episode three plot twist. Plus, news on the Pokemon leak and impressions of Silent Hill 2! ― I'm Sorry, They Stole His What?! DAN DA DAN is wild! The animation is top-tier, and the story is truly original. It is living up to the hype! We're also checking in on Orb after that big episode three plot twist. Plus, news on the Pokemon leak ...
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This Week in Games - Game Freak's Teraleak

The huge leak of alleged info is already showing some holes in its authenticity, plus video game legend Nobuo Uematsu isn't retiring YET, and more of the latest gaming news. ― Welcome back, folks! I'm not much of a MiHoYo fan. It's nothing personal; I just don't gel with their games—the gacha rates are too unfair, in my opinion, and the games straddle that uncomfortable zone where they're too sophist...
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See You in My 19th Life Volumes 1-3 K-Comic Review

The K-Comic series See You in My 19th Life is a love story that is as much about the tragic past as the hopeful present. ― Tragedy and romance have been linked almost since the dawn of literature. Why else would stories of doomed lovers like Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet or historical tales of Cleopatra and her lovers be so lionized? For many readers, the fine line between the potential for a happy ...
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The Real Yokai of DAN DA DAN

We asked yokai expert Zack Davisson to give us a lesson in the real origins of Turbo Granny, Serpos aliens, and more from the hit series DAN DA DAN! ― I was just at AnimeNYC, and as usual, after my yokai panel I had people curious about their favorite series, asking “Is this a real yokai?” I get that question all the time and the answer is always “Yes.” Because all yokai are real to the same extent ...
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Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms ‒ SERIES PREMIERE

Fans of Studio Trigger’s (and particularly director Hiroyuki’s Imaishi’s) frenetic work will be right at home with Mecha-Ude’s fast-paced, flashy, exquisitely-animated action scenes.
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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V ‒ SEASON PREMIERE

There's something about Syr that's beyond Bell's ken.
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BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- Anime Film Review

Now streaming on Crunchyroll, the BLUE LOCK movie makes Nagi an even more interesting and nuanced character, but the last 10 minutes almost upends the film's otherwise interesting plot. BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- is a retelling of the early events of BLUE LOCK through the eyes of Nagi and Mikage. However, that's not to say this is a recap or compilation film. Rather, a good 70% of the film ...
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Acro Trip ‒ SERIES PREMIERE

Each episode of Acro Trip is chock full to bursting with the dumbest jokes imaginable, and the entire voice cast commits to every last one of them with what can only be described as deranged sincerity.
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This Week in Anime - Reincarnated in Another Column

Another season, another glut of isekai. Chris and Lucas do their best to tackle the unending pile. ― New season, new glut of isekai! Chris and Lucas hold their noses and jump into this season's pool, looking for new species as the genre evolves. 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 t...
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I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History ‒ SERIES PREMIERE

Alicia is singularly focused on her goal of being the ultimate villainess—or at least her own interpretation of one.
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Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 ‒ SEASON PREMIERE

Subaru doesn't want Beatrice or Emilia in danger, but he has learned well when to ask for help—and take it when offered.
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Orb: On the Movements of the Earth ‒ SERIES PREMIERE

Orb seems destined for those lists of anime you recommend to people who don't normally watch anime. That's by no means a slight against it, either.

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