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The Summer 2024 Anime Trailer Watch Party Starts Soon!
by Lynzee Loveridge,
The Trailer Watch Party is back so beat the summer heat with Anime News Network executive editor Lynzee Loveridge, ANN video producer Jacki Jing, ANN reviewer James Beckett, and Mother's Basement's Geoff Thew as they watch nearly fifty trailers from the Summer 2024 anime season!
Get yourself some snacks and a cold drink, but make sure you're back in time for too many anime trailers. The stream will be live on Friday, June 28 at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern.
If you prefer to watch on Facebook, you can find the event link here: Facebook link to stream.
We'll also be live on X (Twitter), so if you'd like to watch and comment, keep an eye out closer to the live stream!
The Summer 2024 trailer watch party is sponsored by Apari. Image via www.apari-shop.com
Final episode of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation II aired on Sunday― The final episode of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation II, the second Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation anime season, aired on Sunday and announced that the anime is getting a third season. The season aired for two cours (two quarters of a year). The first half premiered on Tokyo MX on July 2, 2023 before airing on ot...
I love the concept of The New Gate. I also quite enjoy the characters and the story. What I don't enjoy, however, is this particular adaptation—especially when it comes to the animation.― In concept, The New Gate is just this side of fan fiction. It takes the first arc of Sword Art Online and uses it as a launching pad to tell its own story. Basically, its central question is, "What if Kirito was tr...
I can't blame anyone who saw "omegaverse" and decided that the show was not for them, but part of the joy of reviewing media is the discovery of a series that defies your expectations.― There's a good chance that the particular subgenre that Tadaima, Okaeri belongs to has scared a lot of viewers away. The series, based on the manga of the same name by Ichi Ichikawa, is what's known as "omegaverse," ...
1st season ended in 12th episode on Saturday― The 12th and final episode of the television anime of Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 manga revealed on Saturday that the anime will continue in a sequel. Koki Uchiyama will also join the cast as Gen Harumi. Uchiyama voices the announcement. Update: Crunchyroll confirmed it will stream the sequel. The first season premiered on TV Tokyo on April 13. Crunchy...
Check out some of the special merchandise that Kadokawa is Bringing to Anime Expo. From popular titles like Re:ZERO −Starting Life in Another World-,【OSHI NO KO】, OVERLORD and Delicious in Dungeon― Anime Expo 2024 is here and the KADOKAWA Corporation will once again be present to sell high quality products based off of popular titles like Re:ZERO −Starting Life in Another World-,【OSHI NO KO】, OVERLO...
Anime announced on 40th anniversary of broadcast of final episode of Magical Angel Creamy Mami― Bandai Namco Filmworks and anime studio Pierrot revealed on Saturday that Pierrot is producing a new as-yet untitled magical girl television anime series. The below announcement video previews the previous five magical girl television anime from the studio. The below illustration for the new anime reads, ...
Get yourself some snacks and a cold drink, but make sure you're back in time for too many anime trailers. The stream will be live on Friday, June 28 at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern.― The Trailer Watch Party is back so beat the summer heat with Anime News Network executive editor Lynzee Loveridge, ANN video producer Jacki Jing, ANN reviewer James Beckett, and Mother's Basement's Geoff Thew as they watch n...
Jean-Karlo weighs the pros and cons of masking the creative team behind Nintendo titles, plus a long-shelved console is making waves in Brazil!― Welcome back, folks! As it turns out, that bit of sickness I felt last week was COVID. Thankfully, I've kept up to date on all my vaccinations; this wasn't anywhere near as bad as it could have been, and none of the people around me (that I know of) have go...
This series is conceptually very unique, and some might find it worth watching just for that. But its execution still leaves plenty of room for improvement.― Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again, henceforth referred to as Young Again, has come out at a weird time. On the one hand, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Delicious in Dungeon both feature older protagonists and are both very recent and high...
The beloved anime is coming to the stage in London, so we sat down with the cast to discuss the getting into these musically-gifted characters.― At the beginning of June, I sat down with the four central cast members of the upcoming London production of Your Lie in April: The Musical, which starts a 12-week West End run from June 28 at the Harold Pinter Theatre. This is the English-language version ...
From Takarazuka to Death Note, Frank Wildhorn is carving a name for himself in manga-based theater productions.― Frank Wildhorn's musical career spans nearly half a century. It ranges from Takarazuka all-female musicals in Japan to Broadway versions of Jekyll and Hyde and Bonnie and Clyde, and a symphony inspired by the River Danube. Then there's the small matter of a chart-topping Whitney Houston s...
Lunar Legend Tsukihime is widely considered to be among the worst visual novel adaptation anime of all time. What made it such a disaster?― Ask a Tsukihime fan what they think of the hit visual novel's 2003 anime adaptation, and they'll probably say something to the effect of, “What anime? There is no Tsukihime anime!” Indeed, in a series that's spawned countless memes, the joke that there's no Tsuk...
Mister J, I'm an anime now! Read our reviews of the Suicide Squad ISEKAI anime right here, plus My Wife Has No Emotion, Rising Impact, and The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army was a Human.― Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2024 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 cov...
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These are exciting times of growth for anime. With the market increasing in size by 6.8% in 2022, I'm both professionally and personally looking forward to seeing just how big anime will become globally over the next ten years. Concurrent with this growth are massive societal evolutions in how media is consumed, distributed, and monetized, powered by new technologies big and small (and sometimes ...
Yu and Daisuke are facing what may be the end of their art. This film is about their pain and suffering and the looming decision they face: is it time to finally give up on their art?― When it comes down to it, A Few Moments of Cheers is a film about the artist's struggle. The film is focused on three artists: Kanata (a 3DCG artist), Yu (a singer), and Daisuke (a painter). Kanata is at the beginning...
Nick and Steve dive into the political intrigue of supernatural crow people and discover one of the best anime airing right now.― Nick and Steve dive into the political intrigue of supernatural crow people and discover one of the best anime airing right now. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for d...
