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Solo Leveling -ReAwakening- Anime Film Review
Solo Leveling: ReAwakening is a film with a very specific shelf life—one measured in weeks.
― As a film, Solo Leveling: ReAwakening is more than a bit of a mess. This is because it's not really built like one. With a runtime of two hours, the first hour and fifteen minutes are a recap of the first season. The remaining 45 minutes? The first two episodes of the upcoming second season. This causes all ...
Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2024, Nov 26-Dec 2
Dragon Ball Daima scores a #2 spot this week, bringing it near the top of the pack currently competing over the middle 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 simulcasts. Keep in mind that these r...
This Week in Games - Fire Breath, Radioactive Breath, and Tales of Breath
Godzilla joins the ever-expanding cast of pop culture characters in Fortnite, plus Jean-Karlo fondly remembers Breath of Fire II for its anniversary.
― Welcome back, folks! Thanksgiving Weekend was a great time; not only was the holiday well-spent among friends and loved ones, but I was able to catch up plenty in Xenoblade Chronicles 3! I was able to do a good chunk of the personal quests for the mai...
Pokémon Horizons Episodes 35-45 Anime Series Review
We have come down to the end of the first major arc of the Pokémon: Horizons anime and it certainly does end on a high note.
― We have reached the end of the first major arc of the Pokémon Horizons anime that ends on a high note. It is impressive how far Liko, Roy, and Dot have come as characters, stepping outside their comfort zones to fully embrace a lifestyle that they never originally thought pos...
This Week in Anime - Going Down Stream
Coop and Steve ponder the streaming landscape and how ridiculously impossible they've made it to get a decent screencap.
― Coop and Steve ponder the streaming landscape and how ridiculously impossible they've made it to get a decent screencap. 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...
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shining Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak Vol. 1 Manga Review
This manga strives to answer the burning question I'm sure some fans were asking: Whatever happened to Hol Horse?
― The shifting, generation-crossing story setup of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure pretty well lends itself to spin-offs and crossovers with itself. Part 4, Diamond is Unbreakable had a better part of its plot driven by characters returning from Stardust Crusaders (and earlier!) to ostensibly co...
Fantasian: Neo Dimension Video Game Review
Fantasian feels like a game from a different timeline where the Final Fantasy games kept their turn-based roots but still innovated within that framework in creative ways.
― Fantasian: Neo Dimension is the newest (and perhaps final) game to spring from the mind of Hironobu Sakaguchi, the father of Final Fantasy. It is a love letter to the classic 8 and 16-bit games in the series, most notably Final F...
The ANN Aftershow - Acro-Silky's Past is HEARTBREAKING
We'll talk briefly about the Sony/Kadokawa situation, get back in the swing of things with DAN DA DAN, and check in our heretics in Orb this week.
― Acro-Silky's Past is HEARTBREAKING We'll talk briefly about the Sony/Kadokawa situation, get back in the swing of things with Dan Da Dan, and check in our heretics in Orb this week. The views and opinions expressed in the After Show belong solely to the...
Hajime No Ippo Episodes 51-76 Anime Series Review
If you have not taken the chance to watch this series, then fix that.
― The final stretch of episodes for the Hajime no Ippo anime truly feels like we are building up to a climactic event. Throughout the series, Ippo fought other rookies or people in a similar age bracket. But now, we are starting strong with him going up against a seasoned veteran of the boxing world. This is a man who everybody els...
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Actress/Singer Miho Nakayama Dies at 54
Be-Bop High School film actress was found dead at her home on Friday
― Actress and singer Miho Nakayama was found dead at her home in Tokyo on Friday. There are investigations on her cause of death. She was 54. Nakayama was scheduled to perform at a Christmas concert on Friday at Billboard Live Osaka, but it was canceled due to health reasons. Nakayama was born in Saku, Japan on March 1, 1970. She is...
Star Wars Japan Premieres Animated Grogu: Cutest In The Galaxy Shorts on Friday
1-2 shorts to debut every month
― The official Instagram account for the Star Wars franchise in Japan posted the first animated Grogu: Cutest In The Galaxy short on Friday. Every month, the account will post one or two new shorts starring the runaway hit character from The Mandalorian series. View this post on Instagram A post shared by スター・ウォーズ公式 (@starwarsjapan) The shorts tie into a merchandise li...
Animator/Director Hiroki Ikeshita Dies
Shangri-La Frontier anime's assistant director died on November 6
― The official website for the Shangri-La Frontier television anime posted on Thursday that the anime's assistant director Hiroki Ikeshita died on November 6. Ikeshita served as assistant director for both seasons of Shangri-La Frontier. Ikeshita directed the Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle! anime. He was also assistant dir...
Anime Industry Veteran Jan Scott-Frazier Dies at 59
Frazier was 1st foreigner to work in production department of Japanese animation studio
― British anime reference book author Helen McCarthy wrote on Bluesky on Wednesday that anime industry veteran Jan Scott Frazier died on Tuesday. She was 59. Frazier has worked in the anime industry in Japan for 13 years in a number of different positions, including as a producer. She joined Artland's production d...
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, November 25-December 1
Blue Miburo earns 3.6% rating, Magilumiere Co. Ltd. earns 3.0% rating
― Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Hōsō 55-shūnen Kinen Special Fuji TV December 1 (Sun) 18:00 60 min. 7.8 Detective Conan NTV November 30 (Sat) 18:00 30 min. 6.2 Blue Miburo NTV November 30 (Sat) 17:30 30 min. 3.6 Doraemon TV Asahi November 30 (Sat) 17:00 30 min. 3.4 Wonderful Precure! TV Asahi De...
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League Anime Film Reveals March 21 Premiere in Japan, New Cast Member
Takaya Kamikawa plays "Hagaane no Kuraaku"
― Warner Bros. Japan announced on Thursday, hours before the opening of Tokyo Comic Con, that Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, Warner Bros. Japan's new Batman Ninja CG anime film, will begin streaming on various platforms in Japan on March 21, 2025. The date is specifically for the anime's release within Japan. The staff and lead voice actor Kōichi Yamadera a...
Blue Box ‒ Episode 10
I would love it if our protagonist's romantic interest actually seemed a little more interested in romance with him?
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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict #36 [rate]
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Orb: On the Movements of the Earth #11 [rate]
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Princess Connect! Re:Dive Game's Event to Stream New Special Animation
New animation to debut on February 9
― Cygames' Princess Connect! Re:Dive smartphone game will hold an online "PriCon Fes 2025" event on its YouTube channel on February 8 and 9. A "brand-new special animaton" produced specifically for the event will stream on February 9 at 7:00 p.m. (5:00 a.m. EST). The cast members plan to appear during the event. Cygames announced the game as a sequel to CyberAgent...
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Demon Lord, Retry! R #11 [rate]
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Witchy Precure!!: MIRAI DAYS Sequel Anime Casts Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Toyonaga plays new character Airu who appears in episode 1
― The "Miracle Screening to Commemorate Witchy Precure!!: MIRAI DAYS' Broadcast" event announced a cast member for Mahō Tsukai Precure!!: MIRAI DAYS, the direct sequel to the Witchy Pretty Cure! anime, on Saturday. Toshiyuki Toyonaga plays Airu, a new character who appears in the first episode as shown in Saturday's screening. Saturday's even...
Dragon Ball Daima ‒ Episode 9
If there’s one moral to this episode, it’s that no one should trust Goku to be responsible.
Japan's Video Game Rankings, November 25-December 1
Super Mario Party Jamboree moves up to #1
― Japan's Game Ranking: November 25-December 1 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1NSwSuper Mario Party Jamboree Nintendo October 17 56,032 532,639 2NSwDragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Square Enix November 14 30,730 742,918 3NSwMario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo April 28, 2017 12,766 6,077,698 4PS5Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Square E...
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Case Closed #1144 [rate]
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Blue Miburo #8 [rate]
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Aquarion: Myth of Emotions Anime Reveals Promo Video, Theme Songs, More Cast, January 9 Premiere
AKINO of bless4, Yoshiki Fukuyama perform remix of 2005 Aquarion opening theme song
― The staff for Aquarion: Myth of Emotions (Sōsei no Aquarion: Myth of Emotions), the upcoming fourth anime in the Aquarion franchise, unveiled on Saturday at an advance screening event at the Tachikawa Cinema City's Cinema Two theater in Tokyo a new promotional video, three more cast members, and January 9 premiere. ...
Genshō Yasuda Directs Moana 2 Anime Shorts
2 short videos released with 2 more planned
― Director Genshō Yasuda and his studio Yasuda Gensho Studio by Xenotoon released two Disney-approved anime shorts on Saturday for the Moana 2 animated film. The shorts feature Japanese-dubbed songs from the film. The first short below features the song "Kaettekita, Honto no Watashi ni" (I've Returned, to the True Me; the "We're Back" song in the English ve...
Orange Inc.'s e-Bookstore Service emaqi Adds Isekai Craftsman Manga in English
Rin Tateyama's manga adaptation of Aroe, Neru Izumo's fantasy novels launched in November 2021
― AI localization company Orange Inc. added Rin Tateyama's manga adaptation of Aroe and Neru Izumo's Isekai Craftsman: A Relaxing Tale of Chilling and Building from scratch (Isekai Craft Gurashi: Jiyū Kimamana Seisan-shoku no Honobono Slow Life) light novel series to its "emaqi" e-bookstore service on durin...
2024 Saturn Awards Nominate Boy and the Heron, Spy×Family Code: White, Kaiju No. 8, More
Transformers One, Godzilla Minus One, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Monarch Legacy of Monsters also receive nominations
― The Saturn Awards — the awards that honor the best science fiction, horror, and fantasy movies and television programs of the year — announced the nominations for the 52nd annual awards on Thursday. The nominees for Best Animated Film include: The Boy and the Heron
Despicable M...
Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen Tops 2024 Da Vinci Manga Ranking
Uoto's Yōkoso! Fact (Tōkyō S-ku Daini Shibu) e, Inuhiko Doronoda's Spacewalking With You round out top 3
― The January 2025 issue of Kadokawa Media Factory's literary news magazine Da Vinci unveiled its 24th annual "Book of the Year" list on Friday. The magazine's top 30 manga titles are: Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen (Volumes 1-28)
Uoto's Yōkoso! Fact (Tōkyō S-ku Daini Shibu) e (all 4 volumes)
Inuhi...
Tomokazu Seki Joins Cast of Dragon Ball Daima Anime as Majin Kuu
Character appeared in final scene of episode 09 on Friday
― The official website for the Dragon Ball Daima anime announced on Saturday that Tomokazu Seki has joined the cast of the anime as Majin Kuu. The character appeared in the last scene of episode 9 of the show on Friday. Seki's comment about the role is as follows: I always aspired to be in "Dragon Ball" since before I even became a voice actor...
Blue Period Creator Tsubasa Yamaguchi Designs Suntory's Gin Commercial
Yorushika vocalist suis provides vocal performance
― The Suntory gin brand Sui released a new commercial in collaboration with Blue Period author Tsubasa Yamaguchi and Yorushika vocalist suis on Suntory's YouTube channel on December 5. Yamaguchi provided the character design while suis provided the vocals for the song “Hareru.” The commercial, titled “Sui to Utaeba,” follows a woman taking a break fr...
Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms ‒ Episode 10
While Alma has mourned the loss of his friend Yakumo for over a century, Fist has ridden his rotting body like a fleshy mech-suit during that entire time.
Acro Trip ‒ Episode 11
It's just nice to see the show step up its game in some way this close to the end of the season.
DAN DA DAN ‒ Episode 10
Sincere, funny, and expertly crafted romance is the lifeblood that fuels my existence. Folks, let me tell you: This one episode of Dan Da Dan is enough to keep me going for the next seven years straight.
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The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians #10 [rate]
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Pokémon TV YouTube Channel Adds Pokémon Anime
1st 6 dubbed episodes of Pokémon: Indigo League stream with more to come
― The Pokémon Company International began streaming the first six English-dubbed episodes of the Pokémon anime (Pokémon: Indigo League) on the new Pokémon TV YouTube channel on Friday. The channel will add more episodes in the coming days and months. The channel, based on the discontinued Pokémon TV app, was created on September...
Actress/Singer Miho Nakayama Dies at 54
Be-Bop High School film actress was found dead at her home on Friday
― Actress and singer Miho Nakayama was found dead at her home in Tokyo on Friday. There are investigations on her cause of death. She was 54. Nakayama was scheduled to perform at a Christmas concert on Friday at Billboard Live Osaka, but it was canceled due to health reasons. Nakayama was born in Saku, Japan on March 1, 1970. She is...
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The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors #10 [rate]
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Headhunted to Another World Anime Premieres on TV on January 6, Streams Early on January 1
The official X/Twitter account for the anime of Benigashira and Muramitsu's Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! (Salaryman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennō ni Natta Hanashi) manga revealed on Friday that the anime will premiere on Tokyo MX on January 6 at 11:30 p.m. JST before airing on BS11 and AT-X. The anime will debut early on the ABEMA and d anime store streaming services, st...
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How I Attended an All-Guy's Mixer #10 [rate]
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Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II #10 [rate]
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OKITSURA Anime's 3rd Promo Video Reveals January 4 Premiere
Video previews opening theme song by HY
― The official website for the television anime of Egumi Sora's OKITSURA: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Know What She's Saying (Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hōgen Sugite Tsurasugiru) manga revealed the third promotional video, visual, and January 4 premiere on Friday. The video previews the anime's opening theme song "Dai Dai Daisuki" ...
Solo Leveling -ReAwakening- Anime Film Review
Solo Leveling: ReAwakening is a film with a very specific shelf life—one measured in weeks.
― As a film, Solo Leveling: ReAwakening is more than a bit of a mess. This is because it's not really built like one. With a runtime of two hours, the first hour and fifteen minutes are a recap of the first season. The remaining 45 minutes? The first two episodes of the upcoming second season. This causes all ...
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Dragon Ball Daima #9 [rate]
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Me & Roboco Anime Film Unveils Trailer, Visual
Film delayed from winter 2024 to April 18, 2025
― The official website for the upcoming Me & Roboco (Boku to Roboko) anime film unveiled a teaser visual and trailer on Friday: The film has been delayed from winter 2024 to April 18, 2025 to improve the film's quality. The television anime of Shūhei Miyazaki's Me & Roboco (Boku to Roboko) manga premiered in December 2022 on TV Tokyo and its affiliated ...
Senpai is an Otokonoko Anime Film Unveils New Trailer, Visual, Cast, Theme Song
Toshiya Miyata of Kis-My-Ft2 joins sequel film on February 14
― The official website for the television anime of Pom's Senpai wa Otokonoko (Senpai is an Otokonoko, This is Him or literally, Senpai is a Boy) web manga unveiled on Friday a new trailer, visual, and cast member for the Senpai wa Otokonoko: Ame Nochi Hare (Clear After the Rain) anime sequel film. The video reveals and previews the theme s...
Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2024, Nov 26-Dec 2
Dragon Ball Daima scores a #2 spot this week, bringing it near the top of the pack currently competing over the middle 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 simulcasts. Keep in mind that these r...
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Magilumiere Co. Ltd. #10 [rate]
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This Week in Games - Fire Breath, Radioactive Breath, and Tales of Breath
Godzilla joins the ever-expanding cast of pop culture characters in Fortnite, plus Jean-Karlo fondly remembers Breath of Fire II for its anniversary.
― Welcome back, folks! Thanksgiving Weekend was a great time; not only was the holiday well-spent among friends and loved ones, but I was able to catch up plenty in Xenoblade Chronicles 3! I was able to do a good chunk of the personal quests for the mai...
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2.5 Dimensional Seduction #23 [rate]
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Star Wars Japan Premieres Animated Grogu: Cutest In The Galaxy Shorts on Friday
1-2 shorts to debut every month
― The official Instagram account for the Star Wars franchise in Japan posted the first animated Grogu: Cutest In The Galaxy short on Friday. Every month, the account will post one or two new shorts starring the runaway hit character from The Mandalorian series. View this post on Instagram A post shared by スター・ウォーズ公式 (@starwarsjapan) The shorts tie into a merchandise li...
'Mikadono San Shimai wa Angai, Choroi' Anime Casts Yurina Amami
Amami plays oldest Mikadono sister Kazuki
― The official website for the television anime of Aya Hirakawa's Mikadono San Shimai wa Angai, Choroi (The Three Mikadono Sisters are Surprisingly Easy) romantic comedy manga announced on Friday, December 6 (Japan's "Ane no Hi" or Sister's Day) that Yurina Amami is voicing Kazuki Mikadono, the oldest of the three Mikadono sisters. The staff will announce the...
Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist? Anime's 2nd Video Reveals More Cast, January 1 Net Debut
Nobuo Tobita, Kikuko Inoue join cast
― The staff for the television anime of Kogitsunemaru's Izure Saikyō no Renkinjutsu-shi? (Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?) light novel series debuted the second full promotional video on Friday. The video announces two more cast members and the anime's January 1 streaming premiere date, and it also previews the theme songs. The newly announced cast membe...
Medalist Anime's New Video Unveils Kenshi Yonezu's Opening Song
Yonezu personally asked if he could make a song for this anime
― The staff for the television anime of Tsurumaikada's Olympic ice-skating manga Medalist unveiled the main promotional video and a key visual for the anime on Friday. The video reveals and previews the anime's opening theme song. Kenshi Yonezu created the "Bow and Arrow" song specifically for the anime. Yonezu was already a fan of the or...
Crunchyroll to Stream Grisaia: Phantom Trigger, Farmagia, Magic Maker, More Anime
Also: Even Given the Worthless "Appraiser" Class, I'm Actually the Strongest, Unnamed Memory Act.2, Teogonia, Nyaight of the Living Cat
― Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it will stream the following anime for the winter 2025 season: Grisaia: Phantom Trigger
Farmagia
Even Given the Worthless "Appraiser" Class, I'm Actually the Strongest
Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another World
Unnamed M...
1st New Zombieland Saga Song in 2 Years Promotes Saga Prefecture's Karatsu City
The music video features Karatsu's famous locale & dishes
― The Zombie Land Saga anime's X (formerly Twitter) account made a surprise announcement: a new song release on December 3. “Suki-chan! Kara-chu-” is the first new Zombie Land Saga song in two years and is already available on YouTube. 最新MVはこちら（YouTube）https://t.co/w4ZrOUQbHe pic.twitter.com/twV7qShtEc— ゾンビランドサガ リベンジ_アニメ公式／映画化決定 (@zombielands...
ZENSHU. Anime's Trailer Reveals Theme Songs, January 5 Premiere
BAND-MAID performs opening song "Zen," Sou performs ending song "Tada, Kimi no Mama de"
― Crunchyroll revealed the main trailer for MAPPA's original television anime ZENSHU. on Thursday. The trailer reveals and previews the anime's opening theme song "Zen" by BAND-MAID, and announces the anime's January 5 premiere date. The trailer also reveals Sou as the artist behind the anime's ending theme song "...
Nyaight of the Living Cat TV Anime's Teaser Reveals Staff, Theme Song
Takashi Miike serves as chief director with song by Kōji Endō, guitarist Marty Friedman, Butcher Babies vocalist Heidi Shepherd
― Crunchyroll began streaming a teaser promotional video for the television anime of Hawkman and Mecha-Roots' Night of the Living Cat (also written as Nyaight of the Living Cat) manga on Thursday. The teaser reveals the anime's staff, and also reveals and previews the anime'...
Live-Action My Tiny Senpai Series Reveals More of Its Cast
Tsubasa Takizawa, Kōsuke Suzuki, Mito Yukimi, Sōta Uemura, more join cast
― The official website for the live-action series of Saisou's My Tiny Senpai (Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Sempai no Hanashi or Story of a Small Senior in My Company) manga announced more cast members for the series on Friday. The new cast members include (clockwise from upper left in image above): Sōta Uemura as Yūsuke Yamagishi
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Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl Anime Reveals Main Cast, Staff, July Debut
Sally Amaki, Shōya Chiba star in Nomad anime
― Kadokawa revealed on Friday the television series format, teaser visual, main cast, staff, and July 2025 premiere for the anime adaptation of Hirokazu Yasuhara's Game Center Shо̄jo to Ibunka Kо̄ryū (Cultural Exchange With Game Center Girl) manga. Kadokawa also revealed the anime's English title Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl. The anime stars: ...
Gundam GQuuuuuux Designer Talks About How Much Evangelion's Hideaki Anno Is Involved
Ikuto Yamashita: Anno is working on GQuuuuuux, but director Kazuya Tsurumaki "decides everything"
― Soon after Sunrise and Khara announced their new Gundam TV series Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux (pronounced “g-kwux”) on Wednesday, fans went online to debate Hideaki Anno's involvement in the project. Known for creating the Evangelion franchise and founding Khara, Anno is credited for co-writing the sc...
Final Fire Force Season Reveals New Promo Video, Updated Staff
Undead Unluck's Sei Tsuguta takes over scripts for part 1 in April 2025, part 2 in January 2026
― The official website for the Fire Force anime unveiled the first full promotional video and key visual for the anime's third and final season on Friday. The video highlights the main characters of Special Fire Force Company 8 and confirms the returning main staff with some new staffers. Sei Tsuguta (Unde...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 1-7
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc, Gushing Over Magical Girls anime; JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shining Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak, April Showers Bring May Flowers manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 December 3 Gushing Over Magical Girls Season 1 BDCite Sentai F...
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V ‒ Episode 9
That's Freya in a nutshell – she's not just one thing, she's many, and all of them together make up a single person.
Cells at Work!'s Akane Shimizu Launches New Short Manga on January 7
New action manga titled Yellow Flame
― The January 2025 issue of Kodansha's Good! Afternoon magazine revealed on Friday that Akane Shimizu (Cells at Work!) will launch a new short manga titled Yellow Flame in the magazine's next issue on January 7. The magazine describes the manga with the themes of "special powers, China, and intense action." Shimizu launched the original Cells at Work! manga in the...
Tetris The Grandmaster 4 - Absolute Eye Game Announced for PC in March
Game originally announced in September 2009
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the The Grand Master game series announced on Tuesday the Tetris The Grandmaster 4 - Absolute Eye game that will launch for PC via Steam by the end of March 2025. The original game was first announced in September 2009 for the Sega RingWide, before development was canceled in 2010. The game later resumed devel...
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Rurouni Kenshin -Kyoto Disturbance- #34 [rate]
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Trillion Game #11 [rate]
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Good Bye, Dragon Life #10 [rate]
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Animator/Director Hiroki Ikeshita Dies
Shangri-La Frontier anime's assistant director died on November 6
― The official website for the Shangri-La Frontier television anime posted on Thursday that the anime's assistant director Hiroki Ikeshita died on November 6. Ikeshita served as assistant director for both seasons of Shangri-La Frontier. Ikeshita directed the Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle! anime. He was also assistant dir...
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Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms #10 [rate]
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Pokémon Horizons Episodes 35-45 Anime Series Review
We have come down to the end of the first major arc of the Pokémon: Horizons anime and it certainly does end on a high note.
― We have reached the end of the first major arc of the Pokémon Horizons anime that ends on a high note. It is impressive how far Liko, Roy, and Dot have come as characters, stepping outside their comfort zones to fully embrace a lifestyle that they never originally thought pos...
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365 Days to the Wedding #10 [rate]
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Live-Action Oshi no Ko Reveals 2 Cast Members, Trailer for Sequel Film
Kazunari Ninomiya plays Hikaru Kamiki, Sōya Kurokawa plays young version
― The official website for the live-action series of Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari's Oshi no Ko manga revealed on Thursday two new cast members and a trailer for the live-action sequel film Oshi no Ko -The Final Act-. Kazunari Ninomiya will play Hikaru Kamiki. Sōya Kurokawa will play the young version. The website posted an upd...
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DAN DA DAN #10 [rate]
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Blue Box #10 [rate]
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Magic Maker ~Isekai Mahō no Tsukurikata~ Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals Ending Theme Song
Humbreaders perform ending theme for January 8 anime
― Kadokawa began streaming on Thursday the second promotional video for the television anime adaptation of Kazuki Kaburagi's Magic Maker ~Isekai Mahō no Tsukurikata~ (How to Perform Alternate World Magic) light novel series, and it reveals and previews the ending theme song "Yoake no Uta" (Song of Dawn) by Humbreaders. The anime will get an advance...
This Week in Anime - Going Down Stream
Coop and Steve ponder the streaming landscape and how ridiculously impossible they've made it to get a decent screencap.
― Coop and Steve ponder the streaming landscape and how ridiculously impossible they've made it to get a decent screencap. 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...
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Loner Life in Another World #11 [rate]
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Negative Positive Angler #10 [rate]
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Kinokoinu - Mushroom Pup #10 [rate]
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Hashigo Sakurabi's DAKAICHI -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year- Manga Gets Live-Action Adaptation in Thailand
Thai series adaptation slated for 2025 debut
― The official X/Twitter account of Hashigo Sakurabi's Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu. (DAKAICHI -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year-) manga announced on Thursday that the series will be getting a live-action adaptation in Thailand, under the title Top Form, and is slated for release in 2025. WeTV and Tailai Entertainment are produci...
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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V #9 [rate]
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, More Games Win 2024 PlayStation Partner Awards
Dragon's Dogma 2, Persona 3 Reload, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth also win awards
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Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) revealed the winners of the PlayStation Partner Awards 2024 on Tuesday. The winners of the PlayStation Partner Awards 2024 are as follows: Excellence Award This title developed in the Japan/Asia region that has had a "consistent and significant impact along with commercial succes...
I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons Anime Reveals 4 More Cast
Shun Horie, Shunichi Toki, Mie Sonozaki, Rie Suegara join cast of January 5 series
― The official website for the television anime of Izumi Sawano's I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons (Kisaki Kyōiku kara Nigetai Watashi) light novel series revealed four more cast members on Thursday: Shun Horie as Louis, the third prince of the Kingdom of Delbaran Shunichi Toki as Lyle, Louis' attendant Mie Sonoz...
Hamuo's Hell Mode Light Novels Get TV Anime
Fantasy series follows man who is reincarnated into another world as serf
― Earth Star Entertainment announced on Thursday that writer Hamuo and illustrator Mo's Hell Mode - The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing (Hell Mode - Yarikomi Suki no Gamer wa Hai Settei no Isekai de Musō Suru) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation. J-Novel Club releases bot...
Beastars Final Season Anime Reveals 7 More Cast, Opening/Ending Sequences
Part 1 of new season available on Netflix now
― Toho Animation began streaming the creditless opening and ending credit sequences on Thursday for the final anime season adapting Paru Itagaki's BEASTARS manga. The staff also revealed more cast members for the series on Thursday. The new cast includes: Houko Kuwashima as Leano
Yūko Minaguchi as Toki
Tomokazu Seki as Deshico
Ryūsei Nakao as Cornu
Genki ...
Princession Orchestra Anime Reveals Lyric Video for Yuri Fujimoto's Character Princess Zeal
Anime to reveal another lyric video next week for Princess Meteor
― The official website for the original anime Princession Orchestra began streaming a lyric video on Thursday featuring Princess Zeal's (voiced by Yuri Fujimoto) song "Over the Blaze." The website released a video last week for Princess Ripple and will release another video next week for Princess Meteor. The project is for both childre...
12 Works Including The Apothecary Diaries, Kagurabachi Nominated for 70th Shogakukan Manga Awards
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, Burning Kabaddi, Red Blue, more nominated
― The judging committee of the 69th Shogakukan Manga Awards revealed the nominees for this year's awards on Thursday. Each winning title will be honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$6,900). The winners will be announced on January 17. Last year, Shogakukan stopped dividing the nominees into categori...
'I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic' Anime Unveils 2nd Key Visual, New Cast, January 6 Premiere
Yume Miyamoto, Miho Okasaki, Kenta Miyake join series' cast
― Happinet revealed the second key visual, three new cast, and January 6 premiere of the television anime of Nazuna Miki's I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic (Botsuraku Yotei no Kizoku dakedo, Hima datta kara Mahō wo Kiwamete Mita) light novel series, on Thursday. The newly announced cast are: Yume Miyam...
New Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime Reveals TV Format, 2026 Debut
New anime to cover light novels' Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke
― TO Books announced on Thursday that the new anime from Wit Studio of Miya Kazuki's Ascendance of a Bookworm (Honzuki no Gekokujō - Shisho ni Naru Tame niwa Shudan o Erandeiramasen) "biblia fantasy" light novel series, adapting Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke, will premiere in 2026. TO Books also revealed the new anime'...
Gorilla no Kami Kara Kago Sareta Reijō wa Ōritsu Kishidan de Kawaiigareru TV Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, April Debut
Kanna Nakamura, Takeo Ōtsuka, Reiji Kawashima, Takuma Nagatsuka star in anime directed by Fumitoshi Oizaki
― Kadokawa revealed the teaser visual, main cast, staff, and April 2025 premiere for the television anime of Mika Kamisu's manga adaptation of Shirohi's Gorilla no Kami Kara Kago Sareta Reijō wa Ōritsu Kishidan de Kawaiigareru (The Lady Blessed by the Gorilla God Is Adored by the Royal Knights) ...
Singer Ado Reveals She Has Been Living in U.S. Since November
Vocalist considers hosting live stream in English
― Japanese singer Ado revealed through her X (formerly Twitter) account on Monday that she has been residing in the United States since November. The singer said she still can't speak English and questioned “What on earth am I doing here?” However, in a followup post, Ado noted that her English listening skills have improved and she can shop alone. Bu...
Hiro Fujiwara to Launch New Manga Series, Publish New Maid-sama! Chapter
New manga Neko ni Wagamama, new Maid-sama! story both debut in February 2025
― The January 2025 issue of Hakusensha's Lala DX magazine announced on Thursday that Hiro Fujiwara is both launching a new manga titled Neko ni Wagamama (As a Cat Wills), and a new special chapter for her Maid-sama! manga. Both will appear in the magazine's next issue on February 5. (The magazine publishes new issues every t...
Secret Level Animated Series' Pac-Man Teaser Previews Reimagining
15-episode anthology series debuts on Amazon Prime Video on December 10
― The Instagram account of the Rotten Tomatoes website unveiled a teaser video for the Pac-Man episode of Secret Level, an adult animated anthology series from the LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS creative team, on Wednesday. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rotten Tomatoes (@rottentomatoes) The cast includes Arnold Schwarzenegge...
The Share House's Secret Rule Anime's Promo Video Reveals Theme Song
Dai Takanashi performs "Session Sadame Night" theme
― The official website for the AnimeFesta anime of OUMA's The Share House's Secret Rule ("1-funkan Dake Iretemo Ii yo…" Share House no Himitsu Rule.) manga began streaming a new promotional video for the anime on Wednesday. The video reveals and previews the anime's theme song "Session Sadame Night" by Dai Takanashi. Suiseisha describes the story: A...
Gakuen Idolm@ster Voice Actress Ayane Matsuda Goes on Hiatus Due to Poor Health
Matsuda voices Ume Hanami in new Idolm@ster game
― Talent management agency Office Osawa announced on Wednesday that voice actress Ayane Matsuda will go on hiatus to focus on recovering her health, on the advice of a doctor. The announcement noted that Matsuda had been feeling ill for some time. Matsuda is perhaps best known for voicing the character Ume Hanami in the recently released Gakuen Idolm@s...
Fist of the North Star's Tetsuo Hara Draws Special Art Rare Pokémon Card
All other Pokémon may already be dead
― Tetsuo Hara's X (formerly Twitter) account announced that the legendary manga artist has drawn card art for the Pokémon Trading Card Game on December 3. Hara illustrated the Palafin EX Special Art Rare card for the forthcoming Terastal Festival ex set launching on December 6. 【WORK】12月6日発売 ポケモンカードゲーム ハイクラスパック「テラスタルフェスex」にて「イルカマンex」(SAR)イラストを描きました☆皆さんに気に入って頂けたら...
Keiichi Arawi's CITY Manga Returns After 3 Years
Manga ended serialization in February 2021
― The first 2025 issue of Kodansha's Morning magazine revealed on Thursday that Keiichi Arawi's CITY manga will return, three years after it ended, in the magazine's next issue on December 12. The magazine teases the excitement and fun is back, but trouble from the night before continues. Arawi launched the original manga in Morning in September 2016, and en...
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii ‒ Episode 9
Kirishima and Yoshino's plot to foil the chinpira out for their blood makes this the most action-driven, gangster movie-esque episode yet, but to mixed results.
The Colors Within Anime Reveals English Dub Cast, Trailer
Film stars Libby Rue, Kylie McNeill, Eddy Lee
― GKIDS revealed on Wednesday the English dub cast and trailer for The Colors Within (Kimi no Iro), the latest anime feature film by Science SARU and director Naoko Yamada: Here's your first look at the English dub for Naoko Yamada's THE COLORS WITHIN, in theatres January 24! 🎸🌈 Sign up for updates: https://brnw.ch/21wPaDH(@GKIDSfilms)December 4 The Engli...
Attack on Titan Finale Compilation Film Drops to #4, Pui Pui Molcar the Movie: MOLMAX Opens at #5
Re-release of Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro anime film at #9
― Attack on Titan The Movie: THE LAST ATTACK, a compilation of Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS, dropped from #2 to #4 in the Japanese box office in its fourth weekend. The film earned 83,101,140 yen (about US$554,100) from Friday through Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 973,002,520 yen (about US$6.48 millio...
Crystar Game Launches for PS5 in North America, Europe
Released includes over 30 DLC costumes
― Spike Chunsoft released Furyu Corporation's Crystar game for PlayStation 5 as a digital download in North America and Europe on Wednesday. The PS5 version includes over 30 DLC costumes. Spike Chunsoft describes the game: For when I weep, then I am strong. Rei, a high school girl, becomes trapped in Purgatory where the souls of the dead are tormented. After awa...
Frontwing's Yoshikazu Kuwashima, Artist Takahiro Seguchi's Last Boss Love Death/Last Boss Love Death Manga Ends
Manga about superheroes turned idols launched in August 2023
― Akita Shoten's Champion Cross website published the final chapter of writer Yoshikazu Kuwashima (Frontwing) and artist Takahiro Seguchi's Last Boss Love Death/Last Boss Love Death manga on Tuesday. The last boss x heroine love comedy manga centers on three high school girls named Fūka Nagisa, Julie Yūki, and Kanon Amamiya, who were sudden...
Aim for the Top! Gunbuster's Kabocha to Launch New Manga on January 4
Kabocha to launch Beast of Man manga about university student joining death metal band
― The January 2025 issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine revealed on Wednesday that manga author Kabocha will launch a new manga titled Beast of Man ~Death Metal Majin Den Jigoku no Live Gōmon Mokushiroku~ (Beast of Man: Death Metal Majin Den Hell's Live Torture Apocalypse), in the magazine's next issue on January...
Moonlight Mile, Gundam Thunderbolt's Yasuo Ohtagaki Launches New 1-Shot Manga Series 'Candy Box Creations'
1st episode "Tree" launches on December 20
― This year's 24th issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Original magazine revealed on Thursday that manga creator Yasuo Ohtagaki will launch a new one-shot manga series titled "Candy Box Creations" in the magazine's first 2025 issue on December 20. The first episode from the series is a sci-fi human drama titled "TREE." The one-shot series will feature Ohtagaki's...
Pokémon TV Returns as YouTube Channel
Original Pokémon TV app ended service on March 28
― The Pokémon Company's discontinued Pokémon TV app service now has an official YouTube channel. The account was created on September 16 and has yet to upload any videos at time of writing. The Pokémon TV app ended service on March 28. Anime from the franchise continued to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, YouTube, and other platforms. Pokémon TV...
Anime Industry Veteran Jan Scott-Frazier Dies at 59
Frazier was 1st foreigner to work in production department of Japanese animation studio
― British anime reference book author Helen McCarthy wrote on Bluesky on Wednesday that anime industry veteran Jan Scott Frazier died on Tuesday. She was 59. Frazier has worked in the anime industry in Japan for 13 years in a number of different positions, including as a producer. She joined Artland's production d...
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KamiErabi GOD.app #22 [rate]
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SD Gundam G Generation Eternal Smartphone Game's Trailer Reveals Network Test, in U.S., Japan, Asia
Test runs from January 23-28
― Gundam.info began streaming a new trailer for SD Gundam G Generation Eternal, a strategy game for iOS and Android devices, and it reveals that the game is getting a network test in the U.S., Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, and the Republic of Korea. Applications for the network test run from December 4-January 7. The network test will take place on January 23 at 10:00 p.m. ES...
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shining Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak Vol. 1 Manga Review
This manga strives to answer the burning question I'm sure some fans were asking: Whatever happened to Hol Horse?
― The shifting, generation-crossing story setup of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure pretty well lends itself to spin-offs and crossovers with itself. Part 4, Diamond is Unbreakable had a better part of its plot driven by characters returning from Stardust Crusaders (and earlier!) to ostensibly co...
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The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal #10 [rate]
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Dungeon People Anime Reveals English Dub Cast, Clip, December 4 Premiere
Donna Bella Litton, Annie Wild star in dub
― HIDIVE revealed on Tuesday that it is streaming the English dub for the television anime of Sui Hutami's Dungeon People (Dungeon no Naka no Hito) manga on Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. EST. Dubbed episodes will debut weekly. The company streamed an English dub clip: The dub cast includes: Donna Bella Litton as Clay Annie Wild as Belle Jack Stansbury as Ante Cyru...
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Sengoku Youko #32 [rate]
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The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- Game's Trailer Reveals April 24 Release for Switch in West
Game also launches for Switch in Japan, PC on April 24
― XSEED Games announced on Wednesday that it will release Aniplex and Too Kyo Games' adventure strategy game The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- in North America for Nintendo Switch on April 24, the same day the game launches for Switch in Japan and PC via Steam. The game is getting a Limited Edition that includes art cards, a 3D acrylic dior...
28th Detective Conan Film Unveils Trailer
Meitantei Conan: Sekigan no Flashback opens in Japan on April 18
― The official website for Meitantei Conan: Sekigan no Flashback (Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback), the 28th film in the Detective Conan (Case Closed) franchise, began streaming a trailer on Thursday: The film will open in Japan on April 18, 2025. The film will take place in the snowy mountains of the Nagano prefecture, and the visu...
Bleach: Rebirth of Souls Game's Trailer Announces March 21 Release
Video previews MIYAVI's theme song, reveals special editions
― Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed on Wednesday a new trailer for Bleach: Rebirth of Souls, a new 3D arena fighting game for the Bleach franchise, and it reveals that the game will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam on March 21.. The video previews the song "Die for Love" by MIYAVI. English Japanes...
I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History ‒ Episode 10
Liz can't really understand that Alicia doesn't want to be friends not because of hate or misunderstanding but because of a difference in core values.
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The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor #9 [rate]
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Dark Gathering Manga Goes on 4-Month Hiatus
Author Kenichi Kondō to research, prepare for new arc
― The January 2025 issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine announced on Wednesday that Kenichi Kondō will put the Dark Gathering manga on a four-month break starting in the magazine's next issue on January 4, to conduct research and prepare for the manga's new arc. The manga will return in the magazine's May 2025 issue on April 4. The manga went on ...
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Acro Trip #11 [rate]
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The Law of Ueki's Tsubasa Fukuchi Launches New Manga Series in January
Fukuchi also published The Law of Ueki's new 1-shot chapter on Wednesday
― The first 2025 issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine announced on Wednesday that Tsubasa Fukuchi will launch a new manga in the magazine in January 2025. The announcement did not reveal the title of the manga. The issue also published "Ueki no Housoku - Exhibition" (The Law of Ueki - Exhibition), the first new ch...
2nd Mononoke Anime Film Unveils New Trailer, 2 New Cast Members
Chō, Kenyuu Horiuchi join cast of Mononoke the Movie Trilogy: Chapter 2
― The official website for the Mononoke film project revealed the first full trailer, visual, and new cast members for the second film Mononoke the Movie Trilogy: Chapter 2 (Gekijōban Mononoke Dai-Ni-Shō: Hinezumi), on Wednesday. The newly announced cast members are: Chō as Yoshimichi Tokita Kenyuu Horiuchi as Rōjū Ōtomo (elderly...
FLOWER AND ASURA Anime's New Video Reveals More Cast, January 7 TV Debut
Kōji Yusa, Yōko Hikasa join cast
― The official website for the television anime of writer Ayano Takeda and artist Musshu's Hana wa Saku, Shura no Gotoku (FLOWER AND ASURA) manga started streaming on Wednesday the anime's main promotional video, which announces two more cast members and its January 7 television premiere. The video also previews the opening theme song "Jibun Kakumei" (My Own Revolutio...
Fantasian: Neo Dimension Video Game Review
Fantasian feels like a game from a different timeline where the Final Fantasy games kept their turn-based roots but still innovated within that framework in creative ways.
― Fantasian: Neo Dimension is the newest (and perhaps final) game to spring from the mind of Hironobu Sakaguchi, the father of Final Fantasy. It is a love letter to the classic 8 and 16-bit games in the series, most notably Final F...
"The Most Notorious 'Talker' Runs the World's Greatest Clan" Anime Casts Hiroki Takahashi
Takahashi voices puppet master Hugo Coppelius in episode 10
― The official X/Twitter account for the television anime of Jaki's The Most Notorious "Talker" Runs the World's Greatest Clan (Saikyō no Shienshoku "Wajutsushi" dearu Ore wa Sekai Saikyō Clan o Shitagaeru) novel series revealed on Wednesday that Hiroki Takahashi is joining the anime's cast as Hugo Coppelius, the puppet master. Takahashi's c...
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Film's 8-Minute Extended Clip Posted
Other clips, featurette showing Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd also posted
― Warner Bros. Pictures began streaming an eight-minute extended clip for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim anime film on Tuesday. Rotten Tomatoes is also streaming two clips for the film. Warner Bros. Philippines is streaming a new featurette video covering some of the voice recording sessinos. The video shows Domi...