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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto Comic Review
Color me pleasantly surprised then that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto is actually an earnest and enjoyable attempt at a crossover story.
― Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto is a mashup that has plenty of energy and fun for the time you'll spend with it. I was very skeptical of this book going in, I have to admit. Sure, sure, it had a lot going for it on the front-end. I know that I'm theo...
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity ‒ Episode 6
In Subaru’s mind, she may be ripping off the band-aid of losing her best friend, something she believes will happen no matter what, somewhere deep inside of her.
Answerman - Defamation Versus Free Speech
The Ranking of Kings manga creator is suing a woman for defamation based on social media posts she made. Doesn't that violate free speech?
― Lawfully curious asks: A manga artist is suing a woman for defamation based on social media posts she made. Doesn't that violate free speech? Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences, especially when it comes to defamation and hate speech. In c...
Witch Watch ‒ SEASON FINALE
While this was a less dramatic season finale than I was hoping for, it does at least provide a few good jokes in the meantime.
Secrets of the Silent Witch ‒ SEASON FINALE
Despite the festival being saved, her night out with Felix, and her finding a copy of her father’s research, this season of Secrets of the Silent Witch ends on a bittersweet note.
Reincarnated in a Mafia Dating Sim Volumes 1-2 Manga Review
While I wouldn't call this a villainess story, Francesca does seem to view it as such by the end of the second volume.
― Touko Amekawa is no stranger to writing strong heroines who set out to get what they want. You may recognize her as the author of 7th Time Loop, a story about a young woman named Rishe determined to use her memories of her previous six lives to make her seventh one end the cycle of...
The Fall Anime 2025 Preview Guide summoned by Crunchyroll
The fall anime season is cooking up something delicious with Campfire Cooking in Another World Season 2. Read all the reviews for in the Preview Guide, now with two episode reviews!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2025 Anime Preview Guide summoned by Crunchyroll! 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...
Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant! Anime Series Review
For a series that’s supposed to be about cooking, almost everything here feels half-baked.
― On paper, Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant has everything I should like: a cozy restaurant, a fantasy environment, some cute character designs, and a few dashes of slice of life. It's a recipe that could have worked, had someone in the kitchen not made the grave error of adding a spoonful of “banished from...
Interview: My Hero Academia: All's Justice Producer Aoba Miyazaki on Creating More than a Sequel
"We're not just making [One's Justice 3]; as a team we said, 'We're going to make a new, even more fun game,' so we've drastically redesigned the inside of the game."
― With My Hero Academia heading into its final season and the battle between series protagonist Izuku “Deku” Midoriya and villain Tomura Shigaraki heating up, it's only natural for fans of the series to want to do more than just watch t...
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra ‒ Episode 13
Mynoghra is a cool, original spin on a familiar concept, but bogged down by lackluster visuals, poor writing, and an unwillingness or inability to push itself further.
The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter Volumes 1-3 Novel Review
Otherworlds, beware. Not only might you lose your most eligible bachelor to a stressed-out Japanese salaryman, but your entire foundation might be called into question.
― I have, in the past, referred to this series as being “isekai for grownups.” It's not a power fantasy. The protagonist isn't down on his luck, bullied, or otherwise deeply unhappy. He's a working adult, and not one particularly enra...
This Week in Games - EA Games Gets Played
This week, Jean-Karlo examines the EA Games purchase, the latest Silent Hill news, and what consumers and companies can do to ensure the games we play are developed fairly.
― Welcome back, folks! I finally got to share my Digimon Story: Time Stranger review this week. It was definitely one of the most fun things I've worked on all year. I hope people enjoy the game for what it is. I sadly missed the ...
Pass The Monster Meat Milady is Cooking Up a Delicious Anime Confection
A manga about food is a surefire way to leave one hungry enough for the juicy details regarding its creation. To satiate our appetite, ANN sat down with manga creator Chika Mizube and Melphiera voice actor Kanna Nakamura to get the inside scoop.
― A manga about food is a surefire way to leave one hungry enough for the juicy details regarding its creation. Surely, the first ten minutes of Pass the Mon...
Your Anime Rankings - Best of Summer 2025
To Be Hero X zigged-zagged all season but finishes with the best episode, while in the cumulative My Dress-Up Darling lost to some stiff competition. Find out how your favorite shows fared in the final rankings of the Summer!
― 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 w...
This Week in Anime - My Love is a Monster
Christopher Farris and Steve Jones discuss the appeal of anime romance starring not-so-human guys, gals, and tentacle pals.
― Christopher Farris and Steve Jones discuss the appeal of anime romance starring not-so-human guys, gals, and tentacle pals. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion ...
Thunderbolt Fantasy: Tōriken Yūki 4 Series Review
There’s an ever-present campiness to Thunderbolt Fantasy that really brings it over the top and keeps it super fun to watch.
― It's taken four seasons and a handful of movies, but Thunderbolt Fantasy finally approaches its conclusion in its fourth and final season. Our main players of the season are divided into three main groups: Shāng Bù Huàn, Juǎn Cán Yún, and Dān Fěi, who are exploring the Wastel...
Realities Merge at the 'Art of Manga' Exhibit in San Francisco
Some of manga's most iconic images are currently on display at the de Young Museum—from Tetsuya Chiba to Eiichiro Oda.
― On its opening day, San Francisco's de Young Museum welcomed patrons to the first large-scale manga exhibit in North America. “Art of Manga” is a visual buffet for experts and newcomers alike, immersing visitors into the same plane as the very panels they see before their eyes. Fan...
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Anime Film Review
Emotionally resonant and visually stunning, this is simply one of the must-watch anime films of the year.
― A large part of this story is made to highlight just how inhuman Denji is. He grew up socially isolated and lacking the vast majority of creature comforts that even the most meager of us tend to have. He sold an eye and a kidney to survive--and three meals a day of tasty food is all it takes fo...
Digimon Story: Time Stranger Game Review
What even is a Digimon, anyway? You're sure to learn as you play Time Stranger - and you'll have fun doing it!
― Digimon fans have waited a long time for a video game adaptation that truly succeeds at doing justice to Digimon's expansive world. The Digimon games have always struggled on that front, with even games within the same sub-series having wildly different mechanics and settings. The good new...
Live-Action Film Director Yoshiyuki Okuyama on Adapting Makoto Shinkai's Classic 5 Centimeters Per Second Anime
One of Shinkai's beloved works is now a live-action film. We spoke with young director Yoshiyuki Okuyama about what probing the past can do for the audience and the filmmaker.
― Makoto Shinkai's anime classic 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007) received a live-action adaptation this year, which premiered this week at the Busan International Film Festival. Directed by photographer and filmmaker Yoshiyuki ...
The Fall Anime 2025 Preview Guide summoned by Crunchyroll
It's a five-star knockout for May I Ask One Final Thing? Read all our reviews, including: The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest, Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota, My Hero Academia Final Season, Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!, A Star Brighter Than the Sun, This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Dusk Beyond the End of the World, A Wild Last Boss Appeared!, Who Made Me a Princess, and more!
This Week in Anime - Anime Across Generations
Coop and Lucas look at the ways different generations got into anime and remind us that we're all fans in the same fandom.
― Coop and Lucas look at the ways different generations got into anime and remind us that we're all fans in the same fandom. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network. Executive editor Lynzee Loveridg...
Sword of the Demon Hunter ‒ SEASON FINALE
Taken as an "ordinary" episode, this is passable, albeit thin and unconvincing. Taken as a season finale, it's next to nothing.
Baki The Grappler Volume 1 Manga Review
The fighting is utterly ridiculous, but so much fun, it is hard not to be entertained by this modern-day Lancelot whose strength is as ten because his heart is pure.
― This year at the American Manga Awards, Ashita no Joe: Fighting For Tomorrow won a very well-deserved Classic Manga Award. This post-war bildungsroman of a young man discovering himself through boxing is a moving tale. Now, we also hav...
One Piece ‒ Episode 1145
The monstrous haki that the elders are giving off creates a dazzling light display that the Toei team has rendered in all its ominous, resplendent glory.
The Summer Hikaru Died ‒ SEASON FINALE
The bulk of this finale feels like a cathartic splash in the ocean that nevertheless leaves you shivering—a bittersweet respite from oppressive summer heat.
Gachiakuta ‒ Episode 12
This stinky little toon about a gang of literal Garbage Pail Kids has utterly blown me away.
Ruri Rocks ‒ SEASON FINALE
It's the finer details of that dirt and the process of discovering them that is the important part. And in that respect, this ending for the anime does feel special in its own way.
Thunderbolt Fantasy: Tōriken Yūki 3 Series Review
If you’ve enjoyed what you’ve seen so far of Urobuchi’s puppet perfection, I have no doubt you’ll enjoy the third season as well.
― There's nothing out there doing it quite like Thunderbolt Fantasy, full stop. Gorgeous, ambitious, and oozing with theater kid energy, it's by far one of the more creative shows out there. Less self-contained than previous seasons, this particular season of Gen Urobuchi'...
Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus ‒ SEASON FINALE
Sometimes, you just need someone—anyone—to tell you it's going to be okay.
CITY The Animation ‒ SEASON FINALE
CITY the Animation is nothing short of an achievement in the medium of animation and is packed with the exact kind of informed optimism that I think the world needs more of right now.
Secrets of the Silent Witch ‒ Episode 12
Monica is a bundle of tightly wound social anxiety. Meanwhile, Felix is a fount of superficiality.
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 ‒ Episode 23
Mina popping giant monsters with a mega-sniper emplacement is legitimately very cool, there’s no two ways about it.
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity ‒ Episode 5
With all of the heaviness in the main plot, Usami is something of a godsend.
Grave of the Fireflies Novel Review
Reading the book through the film, there are many startling “omissions."
― For decades, literature lovers have fretted that some classics have been obscured by their animated film adaptations, which youngsters might see as definitive. How many people, for instance, now think of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Bambi and The Jungle Book as being films by Disney, rather than books by Lewis Carroll, Fe...
Yokai Cats and Time Travel: Twenty-One Volumes of Rumiko Takahashi's Mao
Taking a more aggressive horror angle, Mao bridges time from the Heian Era to the Taishō Era to today, telling a story about insatiable greed for power and those who try to stop it.
― I always try to admit when I'm wrong. Mao, Rumiko Takahashi's current long-running manga series, didn't wow me with its first volume. I uncharitably compared it to earlier Takahashi works in both look and plot, and I ad...
An Ode to Kikyo: In Defense of one of Takahashi's Most Hated Characters
Kikyo is the best character in InuYasha, and I will die on this hill (and be brought back to life 50 years later).
― If “Density of Fan Hate Per Onscreen Minute” were a quantifiable metric, FullMetal Alchemist's Shou Tucker would undoubtedly be the record-holder. But Kikyo, from when the InuYasha fandom was at its most active, would still easily crack the top 10, if not the top 5. To phrase that a bi...
Anne Shirley ‒ SEASON FINALE
It’s Anne’s world summed up: the fantasy of romance with the romance of real life, wound together like ribbons on a bouquet.
My First Rumiko Takahashi Series
Soon approaching her 50th anniversary as a manga artist, Rumiko Takahashi has introduced generations to manga and anime through her stories.
― Soon approaching her 50th anniversary as a manga artist, Rumiko Takahashi has introduced generations to manga and anime through her stories. Her work spans the breadth of genres, from the hilarious mishaps in Urusei Yatsura and Ranma ½ to the horrific folktal...
Eiga Odekake Kozame Tokai no Otomodachi Anime Film Review
Eiga Odekake Kozame Tokai no Otomodachi a wonderful watch on a lazy afternoon or a film to watch with children.
― There is no better way to say it, I love Eiga Odekake Kozame Tokai no Otomodachi. It shares the same charm of the manga and ONA series, with a series of delightful short stories following the titular character Kozame-chan on a big adventure in a city (presumably Tokyo). Layered on top of ...
Why Maison Ikkoku is the Greatest Love Story of All Time
Pride and Prejudice. Romeo and Juliet. The Notebook. These are some of the stories considered the greatest romances of all time, but to me, none of them compares to Maison Ikkoku.
― Pride and Prejudice. Romeo and Juliet. The Notebook. These are some of the stories considered the greatest romances of all time, but to me, none of them compares to Maison Ikkoku, Rumiko Takahashi's seminal love story. I...
Interview: The First Descendant Director on the Issues with the Game And How They're Fixing Them
We sat down with Director Min Seok Joo at Tokyo Game Show 2025 to talk frankly about the issues currently facing the game and their plans to overcome them.
― The First Descendant is a free-to-play, sci-fi looter shooter filled with fast-paced action, attractive characters, and tons of explosions. Now, more than a year since the game's release, I had a chance to sit down with Director Min Seok Joo, ac...
The Fall 2025 Anime Trailer Watch Party is Tonight!
Come find your new must-watch anime with us on Friday at 5pm PT/8pm ET!
― The leaves are changing, and the anime season is, too. Anime News Network's Lynzee Loveridge, James Beckett, and Jacki Jing are happy to announce that YouTube personality Geoff Thew (Mother's Basement) is joining us to watch over 50 trailers from the upcoming anime season. Find your next must-watch anime, from the biggest hits ...
May I Ask for One Final Thing? Volume 1 Manga Review
Sometimes you just want to see a perfectly prim Victorian-style lady haul back and beat someone's face in, all safely within the realm of fiction.
― By this point in pop culture history, we've probably all sat through as many villainess denunciation scenes as we can stomach. The story beats are as familiar as the back of your hand – the prim and proper, highly-ranked fiancée of a prince or similarly ...
Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE ‒ SEASON FINALE
Not bad for a squeaky little melon-headed moe-blob.
This Week in Games - Sony State of Play 2025
Kojima cannot be stopped! Jean-Karlo looks at the big news out of Tokyo Game Show and Sony's State of Play!
― Welcome back, folks! Man, they certainly kept us busy this week with the Tokyo Game Show. However, I am happy that I didn't have to sit through another two-stream day, where, I dunno, someone had a presentation right after Sony's State of Play. It's been a long week and there's a lot of news,...
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 ‒ SEASON FINALE
I desperately tried to find something to emotionally grasp and get me invested, but every time, it's like the show slapped me in the face for giving it that chance.
One Piece ‒ Episode 1144
Luffy’s Gear 5 form needs serious opposition to be under any real threat - and this episode makes it clear that the five elders are up to the challenge.
Your Anime Rankings - Best of Summer 2025, Sep 16-22
The Rising of the Shield Hero is dropping like a rock each week while Dr. Stone is rising like a hero. See you next week for the final results!
― 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 mind that these rankings are based on how peopl...
Yakuza Kiwami 3 is More Than Just a Remake, And Dark Ties Proves it
One of the common criticisms of the original Yakuza 3 is that Mine didn't get enough screen time. Well, Dark Ties certainly remedies that.
― Sega and Ryu ga Gotoku have made sure that older games in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series are accessible to newer audiences. By remaking the first two games as Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2, as well as remastering the older PS3 titles, almost all of the game...
Turkey!-Time to Strike- ‒ SEASON FINALE
If you have a taste for the equally-absurd-and-heartfelt, or if you just want to watch something that’s truly unlike anything else you’ve ever seen, Turkey should be considered a must-watch.
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT ‒ SEASON FINALE
While I expected a certain level of edging trolling in the finish for New Panty & Stocking, I also knew that they wouldn't let things wrap without spectacularly blowing their load at least once.
This Week in Anime - The Name of the Game is Death
Steve and Lucas look at the death game genre and hope to emerge victorious.
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Steve and Lucas look at the death game genre and hope to emerge victorious. 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. Crunchyroll streams Necronomico, Future Diary, Danganronpa anime, Big Order...
Mansect Manga Review
Mansect is way too gross out for me to feel comfortable freely recommending it to any horror-lovers out there.
― Have you ever read a manga and thought, “Oh, this one's for the sickos (complimentary)”? Because those were exactly the words that immediately appeared in my head upon finishing Mansect. Originally published in 1975, this classic horror manga isn't for the faint of heart when it comes to i...
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube ‒ SEASON FINALE
Turns out that setting two scary yokai against one another works wonders.
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra ‒ Episode 12
This anime wants to be Berserk so, so badly.
Sword of the Demon Hunter ‒ Episode 23
So much for any hope of closure this season, as the series decides to go for some slack timeslip whimsy.
There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless... ‒ SEASON FINALE
Is this going to be the first-ever yuri-only poly anime I think I've ever seen?
Mother's Basement Joins The Fall 2025 Anime Trailer Watch Party!
Come find your new must-watch anime with us on Friday at 5pm PT/8pm ET!
― The leaves are changing, and the anime season is, too. Anime News Network's Lynzee Loveridge, James Beckett, and Jacki Jing are happy to announce that YouTube personality Geoff Thew (Mother's Basement) is joining us to watch over 50 trailers from the upcoming anime season. Find your next must-watch anime, from the biggest hits ...
Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods Volume 1 Novel Review
I certainly didn’t dislike the story, but it left me wishing there was something more substantive within its passages.
― The Tiny Witch from the Woods whizzes its way through its narrative in a manner that leaves no real impact on the reader. All of its attempts at establishing settings and characters are told so matter-of-factly that the story is robbed of any major intrigue or drama. I certainly di...
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Game Review
This game is a true labor of love from Final Fantasy Tactics' original creators, and it delivers a superlative refinement of one of the franchise's best entries.
― Final Fantasy Tactics holds that rare honor of being a relatively niche spinoff to a blockbuster gaming franchise that many fans would argue outdoes some of the series' most beloved main entries. Even 30 years ago, RPG fans knew that there...
The Most Anticipated Anime of Fall 2025
Fan-favorites like Spy×Family and Ranma ½ are set to return, but it was those little digital pals and a monstrous new series that really grabbed our critics' attention.
― As some of the biggest anime of the year wind to a close, our team looked to October and beyond for their next must-watch anime series. Fan-favorites like Spy×Family and Ranma ½ are set to return, but it was those little digital pa...
Will Nintendo's Holiday Showcase Sell Me on a Switch 2?
Is Kirby Air Riders, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Pokémon Legends: Z-A the push console fence-sitters need to upgrade?
― This is the third year in a row I've been invited to Nintendo's Holiday Showcase event for Anime News Network — but my first year where the games on display are for the Nintendo Switch 2. I have yet to upgrade to Nintendo's latest console, and with the majority of games showcased h...
Sakamoto Days ‒ SEASON FINALE
This episode comes off less like a season finale and more like the show simply hitting pause for the foreseeable future.
CITY The Animation ‒ Episode 12
While episode twelve of CITY the Animation does look great, anyone who reduces this episode or the broader show down to its visuals is doing the work and themselves a massive disservice.
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity ‒ Episode 4
This episode once again combines sheer adorability with a grounded exploration of prejudice and how it affects people’s day-to-day lives, all with Kaoruko’s absolutely perfect hairstyle.
The Summer Hikaru Died ‒ Episode 11
No matter what kind of eldritch monstrosity he may metamorphose into, Hikaru will always remain a blorbo.
COMPASS2.0 ANIMATION PROJECT Anime Series Review
#COMPASS2.0 is a plate of saltines and unseasoned chicken that's cosplaying as an anime.
― If you're trying to review an anime, saying, "This just sucks," is the quick quip you might casually tell your friends if they ask your opinion, but that's probably the limit of its potential use. It gets your point across on a basic level, sure, but it's reductive, vague, and in the absence of further explanat...
This Week in Anime - The Panty & Stocking Phenomenon
The New Panty & Stocking went harder than we ever expected after so many years in limbo. Chris and Coop rehash some of the new season's best moments and its unabashedly not-safe-for-work moments.
― The New Panty & Stocking went harder than we ever expected after so many years in limbo. Chris and Coop rehash some of the new season's best moments and its unabashedly not-safe-for-work moments. Disclaim...
The Worst Anime of Summer 2025
In a season full of great anime, we had to dig a bit deeper to find the clunkers; most of the series on this list are competent but otherwise dragged down by unlikable characters and tired, one-note jokes.
― In a season full of great anime, we had to dig a bit deeper to find the clunkers; most of the series on this list are competent but otherwise dragged down by unlikable characters and tired, one-...
Gachiakuta ‒ Episode 11
On paper, “Amo's Hospitality” just shouldn't work. In practice, though? It's easily my favorite episode of Gachiakuta yet.
Call of the Night Season 2 ‒ SEASON FINALE
With Anko's arc wrapped up, the adaptation elongates its denouement with a mostly anime-original episode that allows its various creatures of the night a chance to reflect and party.
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Season 2 ‒ SEASON FINALE
This show can be spooky horror and goofy comedy, but the third part of its secret sauce is its tender portrayal of young love—and this finale hammers that home.
Witch Watch ‒ Episode 24
Morihito has always been more neurotic than his stoic attitude would suggest, and this is basically just 20 straight minutes of demonstrating how much of a dork he truly is.
Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus ‒ Episode 12
Up until now, we’ve been buying into an assumption—that our Santa-clad beauty was the one-and-only Touko Kirishima. But you know what they say about assumptions.
Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster Game Review
The greatest JRPG ever made, now in HD.
― I first realized that Bravely Default was a game that would forever change the JRPG genre during a battle with the Jabberwock, which is a dragon whose name is a direct reference to Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky poem. Though this boss fight was optional, it was part of a side quest to gain entry into the foreboding Vampire Castle, and getting into a place called...
Ruri Rocks ‒ Episode 12
As appreciable in its ideas as this week's episode is, it arguably works better unburdened from thinking it's the final say on the whole arc of the season.
With You and the Rain ‒ SEASON FINALE
Anyone can be outside when water is falling from the sky, but not everyone can appreciate it as something more than mere weather.
Answerman - What's Up with the Trash Monsters in Gachiakuta?
Jerome explains the importance of compositing artists, the unsung heroes of anime production.
― Shonen Action Fan asks: "I was really hyped to watch Gachiakuta this season, the latest splashy shonen manga adaptation from Studio Bones. I haven't read the manga, so I went into the anime cold. The trailers had me hyped, and the pilot episode didn't disappoint. I noticed online that some fans have been ...
Secrets of the Silent Witch ‒ Episode 11
All in all, this is an episode where you can see the puppets' strings clearly—taking you right out of the story.
MAN WITH A MISSION's Jean-Ken Johnny Shares Insights on New EP, World Tour
Jean-Ken Johnny discusses what goes into creating an anime intro song, their new tour, movies, and what's new for MAN WITH A MISSION.
― Few musical artists can hold a candle to the impressive list of anime that the wolf-headed Japanese rock band MAN WITH A MISSION has done intros for, which includes iconic titles like Vinland Saga, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Ya...
Anne Shirley ‒ Episode 23
It’s a shame things got so far with Roy, but Anne was doing what she thought she wanted, what she had convinced herself was her romantic dream.
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World Season 2 Anime Series Review
It’s not difficult to literally see why the series was delayed at all, let alone why it was delayed for so long.
― It's not every day that you see an anime experience significant delays between episodes that aren't divided into separate specials, seasons, or series. Sure, it happens sometimes—it happened to One Piece earlier this year, for example—but for the most part, the anime industry has embrace...
Bad Girl ‒ SEASON FINALE
When Bad Girl works it’s a sweet and hilarious exploration of the confusion present in young love; and the season finale was exactly that.
My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 ‒ SEASON FINALE
With the way the world is going right now, I need a show where people from different walks of life enjoy each other's company through a creative hobby. Call me simple-minded, but I REALLY need this right now.
The Best Anime of Summer 2025
Even if you didn't love everything that came out, it's still hard to deny that there was a surfeit of delights for viewers to sample. Our editorial team weighs in with our favorite series from this packed season.
― The summer of 2025 has been one of the strongest anime seasons in recent memory. Perhaps that's hyperbolic, but even if you didn't love everything that came out, it's still hard to deny t...
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 ‒ Episode 22
Classic teamwork struggles abound as the duo is forced into action before all the kinks have been worked out - and before they really know how their cooperation is going to work in the field.
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 ‒ Episode 11
The look on Naofumi's face in the screenshot perfectly summarizes my reaction to this episode.
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun: IruMafia Edition Volume 1 Manga Review
To hear Hiroja and original series creator Osamu Nishi talk about it, it seems that at least half of the entire point was Hiroja’s desire to draw everyone in natty suits.
― Alternate universes aren't just the stuff of fanfiction anymore. Or rather, they never have been; it's just that a lot of early fanfiction is rarely referred to as such. But how else would you describe 19th-century American humori...
DAN DA DAN Season 2 ‒ SEASON FINALE
This week, DAN DA DAN's season finale delivered a showstopping battle between a rubber-suited dinosaur kaiju and a giant Buddha mecha piloted by a gang of ridiculous idiots.
Your Anime Rankings - Best of Summer 2025, Sep 9-15
Turkey! may have thrown off a lot of people at the beginning, but it seems to have found its audience as evidenced by its climb back from the pits of the cumulative. Check out our weekly user rankings!
― 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 simulcast...
The Complete To Be Hero X Timeline
To Be Hero X is a massive superhero chronicle that jumps back and forth over the course of 41 years. If you're chronologically confused, we're here to help.
― The story of To Be Hero X is a massive chronicle taking place over the course of 41 years. However, that is not to say it is told in any semblance of chronological order. Instead, the series hops back and forth across the decades, following ea...
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube ‒ Episode 12
Welp, guess I like fox boys now. How do I tell my wife?
Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE ‒ Episode 23
The great thing about the scientific method is that its results are reliably reproducible by anyone, given the correct procedure.
Clevatess ‒ SEASON FINALE
“Return of the King” concludes this outstanding first season of Clevatess with bombastic spectacle, shocking violence, and enough genuine pathos to ensure that this show will stand tall as one of the year's best anime.
Blade Girl Volumes 1-2 Manga Review
Blade Girl boldly sprints off of e-readers and onto the page, but can this print-on-demand release keep up?
― Back in April, I reviewed the first volume of Moare Ohta's Teppu—one of three initial offerings from the newly established Kodansha Print Club program. While I was thrilled to hold a copy of Ohta's underground classic in my hands, the quality of that print-on-demand release left me wanting. A...
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