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Search and Destroy Volume 1-3 Manga Review
Kaneko’s art is so sharp it looks like it was drawn with a scalpel.
― “Why are you so… angry?!” So every opponent asks of the vengeful Hyaku immediately before their violent dismemberment at her rage-filled hands. Hyaku, it turns out, has a lot to be angry about. Like her namesake Hyakkimaru, protagonist of Osamu Tezuka's classic Dororo, Hyaku's infant body parts were sacrificed and replaced with pro...
Girl Past the Filters Volume 1 Manga Review
When the girl next door turns out to be your sexy selfie idol, and falls butt-first into your face, you know you’re in a manga comedy.
― This manga was the manga-est of all manga volumes I have read in the past year. Not a single thing that happens actually happens, but they all happen here, one after the other, to create a suggestive sit-com of manga situations. Narumi, who was traumatized for tryin...
Plus-sized Misadventures in Love! Volume 1-3 Manga Review
This went from being a story I was cautious about to a story that I think needs to be told more.
― Plus-size representation in media is very rare, and it's even more rare when it is positive representation. Anime doesn't have the best track record with displaying people of more unique body types in flattering ways, so making a plus-size person the literal face of your entire manga is admirable on its...
Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2025, Dec 17-23
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity edges into #1 this week after spending the season just shy of the top. Check out where your favorites stand before the final rankings are revealed next week.
― 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. K...
Drops of God: Mariage Volume 6-7 Manga Review
This manga about the perfect marriage of food and drink finally finds the perfect marriage of character and plot.
― Now that we are in the middle of this sequel to Drops of God, the story is really hitting its stride once again. Shizuku lost the first round (to prove himself worthy of the challenge of identifying the “Drops of God”) to Issei, saved a local western-style izakaya from competitors and j...
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6th Kingdom Anime Series Gets Sequel
Announced after finale on Sunday
― The sixth anime series based on Yasuhisa Hara's Kingdom manga ended on Sunday with an announcement that the series will have a sequel. The sixth anime series premiered on October 4 on NHK General at 24:10 JST (effectively, October 5 at 12:10 a.m. JST). . In the series, the battle between Qin and Zhao begins, and Xin takes up Wang Yi's spear and charge onto the battl...
Rokudo's Bad Girls' Yūji Nakamura Launches New Manga on January 15
Nakamura to launch Hanzō to Jūsan-nin no Kunoichi-tachi manga
― The combined fourth and fifth 2026 issue of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion magazine revealed on December 25 that manga author Yūji Nakamura (Rokudo's Bad Girls) will launch a new manga titled Hanzō to Jūsan-nin no Kunoichi-tachi (Hanzo and 13 Kunoichis, center in below image) that will launch in the magazine's seventh issue on Jan...
Needy Streamer Overload Creators Announce New Visual Novel
Sister, Other, Paranoia in development for PC via Steam
― Nyalra, the scenario writer for WSS (Why So Serious) Playground and Xemono's Needy Streamer Overload game (Needy Girl Overdose in Japanese), announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday the Sister, Other, Paranoia (Imōto, Tasha, Paranoia) visual novel in development for PC via Steam.The Steam page for the game describes the story:Unable to bea...
Japanese Streaming Service ABEMA Launches Project for Indie Animators
Project Prismation's 1st 3 works from various creators begin on January 16
― Japanese streaming service ABEMA announced last Thursday that it has launched a project for independent animators called "Project Prismation." The project is a collaboration with various creators, primarily individuals or small teams who primarily produce web animation, to create original anime pilot films. The project will ...
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Ninja vs. Gokudo #13 [rate]
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Search and Destroy Volume 1-3 Manga Review
Kaneko’s art is so sharp it looks like it was drawn with a scalpel.
― “Why are you so… angry?!” So every opponent asks of the vengeful Hyaku immediately before their violent dismemberment at her rage-filled hands. Hyaku, it turns out, has a lot to be angry about. Like her namesake Hyakkimaru, protagonist of Osamu Tezuka's classic Dororo, Hyaku's infant body parts were sacrificed and replaced with pro...
Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle Anime Airs Episodes 11-13 in Spring Following Delays
Anime's 10th episode aired on Wednesday after delay
― The official website for the television anime of Hiromu and raemz's Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle (Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka) light novel series announced on Wednesday that the anime's 11th-13th episodes will air and stream in spring, following previous episode delays. The staff will reveal more details in the future. The sixth episode h...
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Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle #10 [rate]
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Spy×Family Series Gets Sequel Musical in September 2026
New musical adapts Doggy Bomb, Luxury Cruise Ship arcs
― The staff for the new stage musical based on Tatsuya Endō's SPY×FAMILY manga revealed on Tuesday a sequel stage musical titled SPY×FAMILY 2: Bakudan Inu-hen & Gōka Kyakusen-hen (SPY×FAMILY 2: Doggy Bomb Arc & Luxury Cruise Ship Arc), adapting the respective arcs from the manga. The musical will run from September-December 2026. The new musical ...
Manga UP! Global Adds Supervillain Boy, Code of Misconduct, 2 More Manga
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Spin-off: The Red Dragon Academy for Girls, She's Drop-Dead Drunk also launch in English on website
― Manga Up! Global added the following manga in English over the past week: Koume Fujichika's Supervillain Boy (Daiakutō Shōnen) manga was added to the platform on Wednesday. Manga Up! describes the story:
To him, the world was nothing but d...
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With You, Our Love Will Make it Through #12 [rate]
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Merry Christmas From Around the Anime World, Part XV
Featuring Kaiju No. 8, Samurai Troopers, My Dress-up Darling, Neptunia Mechanical Marie, Kamome Shirahama, & more!
― The final Christmas 2025 greetings are here, which means one thing: the countdown to Christmas 2026 begins! Aki Akimoto (Mechanical Marie) Arc System Works ✨🎄Merry Christmas!🎄✨#デイモン #DAMONandBABY pic.twitter.com/H9BQKseepb— アークシステムワークス公式 (@ARCSY_PR) December 25, 2025 Atlus wishing ...
Merry Christmas From Around the Anime World, Part XIV
Featuring Girls Band Cry, Genshin Impact, Beyblade X, The Dangers in My Heart, Blue Miburo, Ichijinsha, Warner Bros. Japan Anime, Suu Morishita, Tsuyoshi Yasuda, & more!
― The 12 days of Christmas have begun, and the greetings from the anime and manga world keep rolling in like three wise men. Amane Shindō 今年のクリスマスケーキ✨️🎂おいしぃぃぃぃぃぃぃぃぃぃぃぃ(´｡✪ω✪｡｀)✧*。 #アニメ100カノ #100カノ #原賀胡桃 pic.twitter.com/Jy48JdkjHV— 進藤...
Merry Christmas From Around the Anime World, Part XIII
Featuring That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Chiikawa, Sanda, Yui Ogura, Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister, Sakurako Ohara, Sayumi Suzushiro, & more!
― Several voice actors shared their season's greetings! Chiikawa Shinnosuke Fujishima (VRMMO de Summoner Hajimemashita) 再掲ですが「メリークリスマスなのです」 pic.twitter.com/Nx6OToSgew— 藤島真ノ介 (@sinnosukef) December 25, 2025 This is a repost, but “Merry Christ...
Manga Plus Adds Manose, Miharu's Island Rock Manga
Series debuted on Monday
― Shueisha's Manga Plus service announced on Monday that it is publishing Manose and Miharu's Island Rock (Shima Rock) manga in English. The first chapter is available to read now.The company describes the story:Uncomplicated rock 'n' roll for the complicated heart! The curtain rises on this remote island, where a tale of youthful band life begins.Manose and Miharu launched t...
Gate Manga Ends, Author to Draw Gate 2, Gate Gaiden Manga
Sao debuted manga adaptation of Takumi Yanai's novels in 2011
― AlphaPolis published the final chapter of Satoru Sao's manga adaptation of Takumi Yanai's Gate: Jiei-tai Ka no Chi ni te, Kaku Tatakaeri (Gate: The Self-Defense Forces Fight Like This in Another Land) light novel series last September, and it also revealed that Sao is drawing the Gate 2 manga, based on Yanai's GATE SEASON2 Jieitai Kano U...
Netflix to Also Stream SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table Anime Outside Japan
Crunchyroll to also stream anime
― Netflix is listing that it will stream SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table, the television anime of writer Yūshi Ukai and artist Nekometal's Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (Shibō Yūgi de Meshi o Kuu) light novel series, in the West, starting on January 7. Crunchyroll is also streaming the anime as it airs. The anime will debut on To...
Matcha Made in Heaven Manga Goes on Hiatus With Plans to Return in 2026 (Updated)
Umebachi Yamanaka debuted manga in October 2020
― The February 2026 issue of Kodansha's Be Love magazine announced last Friday that Umebachi Yamanaka's Matcha Made in Heaven (Kono Koi, Chaban ni Tsuki!?) manga is going on a hiatus for a while due to the author's maternity leave, with plans to return in 2026. The magazine will reveal details on the manga's return when it is decided. Kodansha USA Publi...
Eri Sakai's Tsubame wa Modotte Konai Manga Ends in January
Manga adaptation of Natsuo Kirino's novel started in February 2024
― The February 2026 issue of Shueisha's Cocohana magazine revealed last Thursday that Eri Sakai's Tsubame wa Modotte Konai (The Swallow Won't Return) manga, based on Natsuo Kirino's novel of the same name, will end in the magazine's next issue in January. Sakai started the manga adaptation in Cocohana in February 2024. Shueisha publis...
New Feature: Season Page
We're happy to share the beta of our new Anime Season's page with you. The Anime Season page can be found here, as well as in the New Anime tab in ANN's menu. Anime Seasons is designed to fill in a small gap in the way we present information about new anime, allowing you to see details for all the anime for the current season (or any season) on a single page. It's currently a first draft / beta, s...
One Punch Man Season 3 ‒ SEASON FINALE
This finale, much like the rest of this season, is completely content with riding the coattails of the phenomenal first season, and I could not be more disappointed.
Girl Past the Filters Volume 1 Manga Review
When the girl next door turns out to be your sexy selfie idol, and falls butt-first into your face, you know you’re in a manga comedy.
― This manga was the manga-est of all manga volumes I have read in the past year. Not a single thing that happens actually happens, but they all happen here, one after the other, to create a suggestive sit-com of manga situations. Narumi, who was traumatized for tryin...
A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow Creator Makoto Hagino Launches New Manga
Nami Yori mo Odayaka de, Hoshi Yori mo Aoku manga debuts on January 27
― The February issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine announced last Friday that Makoto Hagino (A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow, pictured right) will debut a new manga titled Nami Yori mo Odayaka de, Hoshi Yori mo Aoku (Calmer Than the Waves, Bluer Than the Stars) in the magazine's next issue on January 27. The story follows th...
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider ‒ Episode 13
What? You actually thought this was a Kamen Rider show and not the sequel to an often-overlooked 2003 anime?
Katsuwo's Street Children Manga Ends
Katsuwo debuted manga in September 2024
― The February 2026 issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Daioh G magazine published the final chapter of Katsuwo's Street Children (Sutochiru) manga last Friday. Katsuwo debuted the manga in Dengeki Daioh G in September 2024. Kadokawa published the manga's second compiled book volume on September 27. The comedy manga follows three girls, Chamcham, Stella and Ozaki, in O...
Gnosia ‒ Episode 12
It's the inability to provide any sense of emotional or thematic progression that is making Gnosia into a show that feels like less than the sum of its parts.
The Moon on a Rainy Night TV Anime Reveals Visual, Main Staff
Collaboration illustration with A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace franchise also revealed
― REMOW announced on Tuesday the main staff and teaser visual for the television anime of Kuzushiro's The Moon on a Rainy Night (Amayo no Tsuki) manga. Tomoe Makino (Aharen-san wa Hakarenai, A Tale of the Secret Saint, Woodpecker Detective's Office) is directing the anime at CompTown. Shogo Yasukawa (Food ...
One Piece ‒ SEASON FINALE
It has everything a feast needs: smiling Nico Robin, food and songs, smiling Nico Robin, tearful tributes, smiling Nico Robin, and best of all: smiling Nico Robin.
True Beauty Webtoon Creator Yaongyi Wins Tax Appeal
Ruling states NTS must cancel tax charges imposed on Yaongyi
― Korean media outlets reported on November 28 that Yaongyi, the creator of the hit webtoon True Beauty, has won a legal challenge against South Korea's National Tax Service (NTS) over a multimillion-won value-added tax assessment, overturning a decision that had fueled a high-profile tax controversy last year. According to a June ruling b...
This Monster Wants to Eat Me ‒ SEASON FINALE
Lest it leave us on too healthy a note, This Monster Wants to Eat Me wraps up the season with a reminder that love and pain walk hand in hand.
Korean Dictator's Grandson Releases Webtoon Depicting Traumatic Childhood
Webtoon portrays Chun himself as white lamb named “Monggeuli,” while other members of Chun family are depicted as black lambs
― Woo-won Chun, the 29-year-old grandson of former South Korean dictator Doo-hwan Chun, has drawn public attention after releasing a webtoon based on his childhood experiences. Since December 4, Chun has been regularly posting webtoon episodes on his Instagram account (Korean...
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A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace #13 [rate]
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Yuto Yotsuba, Takaaki Satō's Toki no Yūsha Manga Ends on January 8
Manga about hero who travels through time launched in December 2024
― The combined fourth and fifth 2026 issue of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine revealed on December 25 that Yuto Yotsuba and Takaaki Satō's Toki no Yūsha manga will end in the magazine's next issue on January 8. The manga centers on Barto, a boy who bears the crest, and awakens as a hero when he turns 17. Barto travels ...
Hajime no Ippo Boxing Manga Announces Break
Series debuted in 1989
― The combined fourth and fifth issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine for 2026 announced on Wednesday George Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo boxing manga will take a break. The magazine did not mention when the manga is planned to return. K Manga publishes the series in English and describes the story: What does it feel like to be strong? That's the question on the mind of Ippo ...
Tsugaru Toba's Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits Manga Adaptation Ends in January
Series debuted in January 2023
― The February issue of Kodansha's Shonen Sirius magazine revealed on Thursday it will publish the final chapter of Tsugaru Toba's manga adaptation of writer Midori Yūma and illustrator Laruha's Kakuriyo Yadomeshi (Afterlife Inn Cooking) light novel series in the magazine's next issue on January 26. Kodansha will ship the 11th and final volume on February 27.The series ...
Mechanical Marie+ Manga Ends
Sequel series debuted on April 24
― The February issue of Hakusensha's LaLa magazine published the final chapter of Aki Akimoto's Kikaijikake no Marie+ (Mechanical Marie+), the sequel series to Mechanical Marie, on Wednesday. The second and final volume ships on March 5.The series follows the [highlight the white text to read spoilers] maid-and-master couple on their honeymoon.Yen Press licensed the ...
Asobi Asobase's Rin Suzukawa, Writer Jun Esaka Each Launch New Manga in January
Suzukawa to launch Galaxy Pū-chan Uchū no Hajikko de Konnichiwa manga on January 4, Esaka to launch Yametai! ~Anata no Reset, Daikō Shimasu~ manga with artist Kine Usuto on January 11
― Shogakukan's Manga ONE app has announced that manga creator Rin Suzukawa (Asobi Asobase), and writer Jun Esaka (One Piece novel HEROINES, Naruto: Sasuke's Story--The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust, Witch Hat Atelier...
A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof Manga Ends in 7th Volume
Manga launched in 2021; TV anime adaptation debuted on April 10
― The sixth compiled book volume of HundredBurger's A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof (Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi) manga revealed on Saturday that the manga will end in its seventh volume. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga and published the first volume on December 16. The company describes the manga's story:After...
Singer May'n Announces Marriage
Singing voice of Macross F's Sheryl ties knot with guitarist Takashi Nagasawa
― Singer Mei Nakabayashi, best known as the singing voice of Macross Frontier's Sheryl Nome under her stage name May'n, announced on Sunday that she had gotten married. In a statement posted to the singer's various social media accounts, May'n said she has married guitarist Takashi Nagasawa. May'n added, “I hope to continu...
K Manga Adds An Adventurer's Daily Grind at Age 29 in English
TV anime of manga will debut on January 7
― K Manga announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday that it has begun publishing Ippei Nara's The Daily Life of a Single 29-Year-Old Adventurer (29-Sai Dokushin Chūken Bōkensha no Nichijō) manga in English under the title An Adventurer's Daily Grind at Age 29. The manga's story centers on Shinonome Hajime, an adventurer and experienced dungeon delver. Whe...
Granblue Fantasy Game Gets Steam Release Outside Japan on March 10
Original smartphone game launched in 2014
― The "Granblue Fantasy Live Broadcast Year-End Special Edition" stage during the Granblue Fantasy Fes 2025 event on Sunday announced that Cygames will release the Granblue Fantasy game on Steam outside Japan on March 10. Players cannot use their existing Granblue Fantasy accounts to play on the Steam version.【グラブル生放送速報】2026/3/10(火)に、海外の方に向けたSteam版をリリース予定！ #グ...
Samurai Deeper Kyo's Akimine Kamijyō to Launch The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride Novels' Short Manga Spinoff
4-chapter Sumekuni no Sōheki Kizumono no Hanayome Gaiden spinoff manga launches on January 26
― The February 2026 issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine revealed on December 25 that Akimine Kamijyō (Samurai Deeper Kyo, Code:Breaker) will launch a short manga spinoff of Midori Yūma's The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride (Kizumono no Hanayome) novels titled Sumekuni no Sōheki Kizumono no Han...
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One-Punch Man Season 3's Part 2 Airs in 2027
1st part premiered on October 5
― Bandai Namco Filmworks announced in a new video on Monday that the third anime season based on ONE and Yūsuke Murata's One Punch Man manga will air its second cours (quarter of a year) in 2027. The third season premiered with a recap on October 5 at 11:45 p.m. JST (10:45 a.m. EDT) on the TV Tokyo, TV Hokkaido, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi, and TV Kyushu channels....
Plus-sized Misadventures in Love! Volume 1-3 Manga Review
This went from being a story I was cautious about to a story that I think needs to be told more.
― Plus-size representation in media is very rare, and it's even more rare when it is positive representation. Anime doesn't have the best track record with displaying people of more unique body types in flattering ways, so making a plus-size person the literal face of your entire manga is admirable on its...
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The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess #16 [rate]
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One Piece #1155 [rate]
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One Punch Man #12 [rate]
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DIGIMON BEATBREAK #13 [rate]
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The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess ‒ SEASON FINALE
If anything, a subversion would be a betrayal of its exploration of the crappy cliches that teenagers feel drawn to, at least at this point in the story.
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Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right #12 [rate]
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Webtoon Version of Bernard Werber's Empire of the Ants Novel Debuts on Kakao Webtoon
Series will run for 250 episodes, with adaptation handled by webtoon creator Yong-hwe Kim
― The webtoon adaptation of French author Bernard Werber's bestselling novel Empire of the Ants has debuted on Kakao Webtoon, Kakao Entertainment announced on December 23. The webtoon, based on Werber's 1991 science fiction and mystery novel, debuted on December 24 through Kakao Webtoon and KakaoPage. The serie...
Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix- Anime's 2nd Video Unveils Porno Graffitti Opening Song
Rock band performs "Hamidashi Gomen" opening
― The staff for the Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix- television anime based on Hikuidori (Fire Eater), the first volume from Shōgo Imamura's Ushūboro Tobigumi historical novel series, started streaming the anime's second full promotional video on Sunday. The video reveals and previews the opening song "Hamidashi Gomen" by rock band Porno Graffitti....
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar TV Anime's New Video Unveils More Cast, Theme Songs
ENHYPEN performs opening song "One In A Billion (Japanese Ver.)," ending songs "CRIMINAL LOVE" & "Fatal Trouble"
― The official website for the television anime of HYBE and ENHYPEN's Dark Moon: The Blood Altar webtoon unveiled the anime's full promotional video, second key visual, more cast members, and home video information on Sunday. The video announces the opening theme song "One In A Billion (Ja...
Spy×Family Season 3 ‒ SEASON FINALE
When Loid is approaching his apartment, he thinks to himself that it feels like forever since he’s been home. Just “home,” not “Loid’s home” or “Operation Strix’s home,” home.
Masaoki Shindō's RuriDragon Manga Gets TV Anime by Kyoto Animation
Manga about lazy dragon girl launched in 2022
― Kyoto Animation revealed in a "Thank you" video on Sunday that Masaoki Shindō's RuriDragon manga is getting a television anime adaptation. The announcement coincides with the titular character Ruri's birthday on December 28. The video's description caption states: "Sounds like they're making an anime. The broadcast is still a long way off." Shindō also ...
Japan-China Int'l Animation Film Festival to be Held in Japan in May 2026, Will Have AI Animation Category
Festival is accepting entries from February 2 to March 8, held from May 28 to May 31
― The staff of the Japan-China International Animation Film Festival (JCIAFF) announced on Friday that they will host its inaugural festival from May 28 through May 31 at Tokorozawa Sakura Town, Kadokawa Musashino Museum, and T-Joy Emi Terrace Tokorozawa, as well as in other locations in Saitama. The festival will be...
Detective Conan Anime Gets 1st 2-Hour Special in 10 Years, Streams Trailer for 'Episode Zero' Special
Anime gets episode collabs with J-League, Birdman Rally; gets new ending theme on January 10; concert in April-May
― The staff of the Detective Conan anime announced on Saturday several projects to commemorate the anime's 30th anniversary. The anime is getting its first new two-hour special in 10 years, since the Detective Conan - Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small special in 2016. The new...
Merry Christmas From Around the Anime World, Part XII
Featuring SPY×FAMILY, Sound! Euphonium, Witch Hat Atelier, Ado, Toei Animation, Palworld, Blue Box, & more!
― But the angel said to anime and manga fans, “Do not be afraid. I bring you greetings from the anime and manga world”: Ado メリークリスマス pic.twitter.com/lyXX48TYFN— Ado (@ado1024imokenp) December 24, 2025 Merry Christmas Blue Box ◩━━Merry Chinatsumas🦌🎄 ━━◪プレゼントを渡したくてソワソワなちなつせんぱい🎁2026年秋スタートTV...
Oshi no Ko Season 3 Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals Chanmina's Opening Theme
"Mainstay Arc" visual also revealed for new season debuting on January 14 with Crunchyroll streaming
― The staff for the third season of the Oshi no Ko anime revealed a second promotional video on Sunday. The below video reveals and previews Chanmina's opening theme song "Test Me." The staff also revealed a "Mainstay Arc" visual. The new season will debut on January 14 at 11:00 p.m. on Tokyo MX, and ...
Merry Christmas From Around the Anime World, Part XI
Featuring Pokémon, angela, Rascal Does Not Dream, Re:ZERO, Production I.G, I Want to End This Love Game, Champignon Witch, Rascal Does Not Dream, Mitsuru Miura, & more!
― Father Christmas came and went, leaving the anime and manga fans greetings from the anime and manga world. Angela 🧑🎄🎄🎸✨🎁💖🎤🎅#angela_jpn #gelamily pic.twitter.com/w7tOEOVGAF— atsuko (@angela_atsuko) December 24, 2025 Cinnamoroll (S...
Gnosia Anime Previews 2nd Part in Video
2nd part starts on January 10 with "Truth Arc"
― Aniplex began streaming a new video on Sunday that previews the second cours (quarter of a year) for television anime of game developer Petit Depotto's Gnosia sci-fi social deduction RPG. The second cours, the "Truth Arc," starts on January 10. The anime debuted on October 11 on Tokyo MX, BS11, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, TV Aichi, MBS, and AT-X. The anime i...
Merry Christmas From Around the Anime World, Part X
Featuring Precure, Dr. Stone, Yona of the Dawn, TenSura, Splatoon, Devil May Cry, Blue Exorcist, Promised Neverland, Peach-Pit, Skip and Loafer, & more!
― It's time to rock around the Christmas Tree and see all the gifts from the anime and manga world: Posuka Demizu (The Promised Neverland) Devil May Cry Happy Holidays from Dante and Vergil. Devil May Cry Season 2 comes out May 12 only on Netflix.🎨...
Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2025, Dec 17-23
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity edges into #1 this week after spending the season just shy of the top. Check out where your favorites stand before the final rankings are revealed next week.
― 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. K...
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Kingdom #13 [rate]
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Japan's Video Game Rankings, December 15-21
Mario Kart World stays at #1
― Japan's Game Ranking: December 15-21 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1NSw 2Mario Kart World Nintendo June 5 115,729 2,573,736 2NSwPokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16 72,820 1,470,354 3NSw 2Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16 54,096 957,286 4NSw 2Kirby Air Riders Nintendo November 20 49,220 377,044 5NSw 2Momotaro Dentetsu 2: ...
Drops of God: Mariage Volume 6-7 Manga Review
This manga about the perfect marriage of food and drink finally finds the perfect marriage of character and plot.
― Now that we are in the middle of this sequel to Drops of God, the story is really hitting its stride once again. Shizuku lost the first round (to prove himself worthy of the challenge of identifying the “Drops of God”) to Issei, saved a local western-style izakaya from competitors and j...
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Gnosia #12 [rate]
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6th Kingdom Anime Series Gets Sequel
Announced after finale on Sunday
― The sixth anime series based on Yasuhisa Hara's Kingdom manga ended on Sunday with an announcement that the series will have a sequel. The sixth anime series premiered on October 4 on NHK General at 24:10 JST (effectively, October 5 at 12:10 a.m. JST). . In the series, the battle between Qin and Zhao begins, and Xin takes up Wang Yi's spear and charge onto the battl...
Merry Christmas From Around the Anime World, Part IX
Featuring My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, Kirby, Sonic, Sgt. Frog, May I Ask For One Final Thing, & more!
― There is no better way to celebrate the Yuletide than seeing greetings from the anime and manga world: Iro Aida (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun) 🌟#花子くん25巻特装版発売中！ https://t.co/sIceq5bUKo pic.twitter.com/awtjLw5AhZ— あいだいろ@25巻発売中！ (@aidairo2009) December 23, 2025 #Hanako-kunVol25SpecialEditionIsNowOnSale...
Akane-banashi Anime Casts Akihisa Shiono
Shiono plays up-and-coming 19-year-old storytelling pupil Kaisei Arakawa
― The staff for the anime of writer Yūki Suenaga and illustrator Takamasa Moue's Akane-banashi manga announced a new cast member on Saturday. Gekidan Exile actor Akihisa Shiono (Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, Golden Kamuy: Assault on Abashiri Prison) plays Kaisei Arakawa, an up-and-coming 19-year-old pupil of Isshō Arakawa in rakugo, ...
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, December 15-21
Blue Miburo season 2 premiere episode earns 4.1% rating
― The French live-action City Hunter movie, Nicky Larson et le Parfum de Cupidon, aired on TV Tokyo on Saturday, December 20 at 3:05 a.m., and it earned a 0.6% rating. Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV December 21 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 6.4 Detective Conan NTV December 20 (Sat) 18:00 30 min. 6.4 Chibi Maruko...
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Spy×Family #50 [rate]
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Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Anime's Teaser Reveals Staff, July Debut
A Silent Voice's Naoko Yamada, DAN DA DAN season 2's Abel Gongora helm Science SARU anime
― The official website for Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, the television anime of Tomato Soup's A Witch's Life in Mongol (Tenmaku no Jādūgar) manga, posted the anime's teaser promotional video and teaser visual on Saturday. Both announce the anime's main staff and July 2026 premiere. The anime will run in the "I...
Ringing in the Holidays with NePoLaBo Live re:VISION Holoearth Live
Come spend the holidays with NePoLaBo of hololive!
― It really is impressive seeing how Vtuber groups and companies will find new ways to innovate. Live concerts have always felt like impressive major events, and they've been popping up more frequently around the world. However, hololive has created a means for us to experience their concerts firsthand from the comfort of our own homes, no expensive ...
Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!? Anime Premieres in April 2026
― The staff for the TV anime of Norishiro-chan and Sakana Uozumi's Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!? (Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa inai!?) manga announced on Saturday the anime's April 2026 premiere. The anime will run every Wednesday at 11:45 p.m. (10:45 a.m. EDT) in the "IMAnimation W" programming block on TV Asahi and its affiliated channels. Yen Press licensed the manga and released the first volume on ...
The Irregular at Magic High School: Yotsuba Succession Arc Film's 1st Teaser Unveils May 8 Debut
1st key visual also presented
― The staff for the Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Yotsuba Keishō-hen (The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE Yotsuba Succession Arc) anime film presented its first teaser trailer and first key visual on Saturday. Both announce the film's May 8 premiere. Jimmy Stone is directing the anime at 8 bit. Taku Iwasaki is composing the music. Tsutomu Satou is credited for the or...
Japan's Video Game Rankings, December 8-14
Mario Kart World continues its streak at #1
― Japan's Game Ranking: December 8-14 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1NSw 2Mario Kart World Nintendo June 5 103,861 2,458,007 2NSwPokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16 50,292 1,397,534 3NSw 2Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16 40,813 903,190 4NSw 2Kirby Air Riders Nintendo November 20 39,206 327,824 5NSw 2Momotar...
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Tales of Wedding Rings II #13 [rate]
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Case Closed #1186 [rate]
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Japanese Animation TV Ranking, December 8-14
My Hero Academia finale ranks at #4, earning 4.5% rating; The Concierge earns 0.7% rating
― The Concierge, the anime film of Tsuchika Nishimura's The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store (Hokkyoku Hyakkaten no Concierge-san) manga aired on NHK Educational on Saturday, December 13 at 3:30 p.m. and earned a 0.7% rating. Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV Decemb...
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Anime's 2nd Part Reveals Creditless Opening Sequence
THE ORAL CIGARETTES performs opening theme for new part debuting on January 7
― REMOW revealed the creditless opening theme sequence on Saturday for the second cours (quarter of a year) of the television anime adaptation of Takeshi Okano and Shō Makura's Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube (Jigoku Sensei Nube) manga. The Oral Cigarettes perform the opening theme song "ERASE." The new cours will debut in...