The production team for the animated Halo Legends anthology has clarified with ANN that Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell) is the creative director of Production I.G's two episodes in the project, but he will not personally direct either short. Production I.G is one of five Japanese studios that is animating the seven shorts in the project, which is inspired by Microsoft's Halo game franchise. Appleseed movie director Shinji Aramaki is directing an installment.
The mobile- original event "Blue and Hundred Oddities" from the “Hidden Inventory/Premature Death” arc is now live! On July 25, 2025, BILIBILI HK LIMITED announced a major new update for the first officially licensed mobile game of the popular anime series Jujutsu Kaisen, “Jujutsu Kaisen Phantom Parade” Global Edition. The brand-new SSR "Awakened" Satoru Gojo and Jujutsu High-era Shoko Ieiri make their official debut!
7th Prince has some cool ideas that I desperately wish it pursued to any meaningful extent. But instead, we got a royal snooze fest.― I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability (henceforth 7th Prince) is an anime that, on paper, sounds cool and, dare I say, relatable enough. I mean, if we were all fortunate enough to be reincarnated into wealth and power...
It's a nearly-all Pokemon edition of This Week in Games, bursting with announcements. But don't worry - there's some news for Atelier fans, too!― Welcome back, folks! I was feeling punchy last week, and I noticed I had omitted my closer after last week's column was published. Imagine I spent all weekend in a corner of your room, occasionally repeating vocal stims under my breath. Being a vtuber fan:...
The lead voice actors for Marin Kitamura and Wakana Gojo share their favorite costumes, their favorite moments from the series, and more.― My Dress-Up Darling is an anime that holds a special place in the hearts of many, including the actors who portray two of the main leads. Shoya Ishige and Hina Suguta, who played Wakana Gojo and Marin Kitagawa, respectively, attended Anime Expo 2025 to share with...
We've all got shows that we've outgrown. Coop and Lucas discuss some of theirs.― We've all got shows that we've outgrown. Coop and Lucas discuss some of theirs. 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. Full Disclosure: Coop Bicknell regularly works on titles produced b...
The first season of the story of Oguri Cap stands apart from its previous Uma Musume brethren—and arguably stands above many of them.― Every great hero deserves an origin story, and that even—especially!—includes the funny big-eating horse girl Oguri Cap from Uma Musume. This obviously isn't the only franchise where a comic-relief background character can undergo this kind of drastic promotion to pr...
Hanakage Alt’s Senpai no Kohai is, in its slender volume, a beautifully sweet love story.― Sayuri knows that it's hopeless to fall in love with a straight woman. That's an academic consideration, of course, when in her final year of college, she fell head over heels for Risa. The adorable first year consumed all of Sayuri's thoughts, no matter how hard she tried to avoid them, and when she graduated...
BAND-MAID is hot off a successful tour and following the recent release of their latest song "What is justice?," we spoke to MIKU about what's next.― With BAND-MAID taking a break from the middle of a nearly sold-out tour in Japan, Anime News Network had the opportunity to speak with its frontwoman, MIKU Kobato, at Anime Expo 2025. Formed in 2013, BAND-MAID recently celebrated its 10th anniversary a...
The problem with this film is not the story being told but rather how that story is being told― Akaza Returns is not a film without high points—especially to fans invested in every aspect of the story and world. Zenitsu and Shinobu both reach the climax of their arcs, and we finally learn the complete backstories of what drives them. We also get a rematch between Tanjiro and Akaza—now with Giyu work...
Chris and Steve wander through the summer season's tales of love looking for romantic treasures and finding...stuff.― Chris and Steve wander through the summer season's tales of love looking for romantic treasures and finding...stuff. 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 ...
Surely, there are better dungeons to delve somewhere out there.― Did you know that those cute little slime-things from the Puyo Puyo puzzle games originate from a series of dungeon crawlers from the early 90s? If you didn't, I don't think anyone could blame you, since the franchise has only ever had a single western release in its decades-long history. It was called Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great ...
Teaser trailer streamed for 2027 series― The Pokémon Presents stream on Tuesday announced Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd and Pichu, a stop-motion animated series collaboration with independent studio Aardman (Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep). The stream unveiled a teaser trailer: Peter Lord, Cofounder and Creative Director at Aardman, stated that the animated series will take place...
Kujira stars as stepmother Teru Kōnokura in anime by NEWON― A website opened on Tuesday to announce the television anime adaptation of Otsuji's My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked (Ibitte Konai Gibo to Gishi) manga (the Japanese manga and anime write the English title as: My mother-in-law and sister-in-law who don't bully me.), which will premiere in 2026. The website revealed the anime's te...
Production +h. animates Keigo Shinzō's story with live-action series also coming― Viz Media announced on Monday that it is co-producing an anime adaptation of Keigo Shinzō's Hirayasumi manga with Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. Production +h. (The Orbital Children, Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction) is animating the project. Viz describes the story: At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ik...