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This Week in Anime - Anime News Network's Summer Manga Reading List
Chris and Coop searched their shelves for your next manga beach read!
― Chris and Coop searched their shelves for your next manga beach read! 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. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyter @vestenet Coop School's out for summer, Chris! Wit...
All You Need Is Kill Anime Film Review
It’s a shame that a film making such idiosyncratic choices in its merging of 3D and 2D visual languages in animation keeps falling into rather predictable patterns
― It's appropriate that Hiroshi Sakurazaka's light novel All You Need is Kill, a story about trying something again and changing just a little bit each time, is getting a repeat adaptation. But it would be a disservice to the new film by K...
Outsiders Volume 1 Manga Review
Outsiders is a book that should have been better.
― Does this sound familiar? A teenage girl with a sense of being disaffected and socially dislocated, one day discovers that there's a whole supernatural world right under her nose, and becomes involved with a hot werewolf and a handsome vampire. It's not just Twilight that uses that setup, although it probably remains the most famous example of the p...
Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Game Review
Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army is the gold standard that all PS2 remasters need to adhere to.
― Originally a spin-off of the Shin Megami Tensei series, Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army separates itself from Atlus's other games. One aspect is that the story's tone sits between Shin Megami Tensei and Persona's. It's not as apocalyptic as Shin Megami Tensei, but y...
This Week in Anime - Manga to Show Your Pride
Happy Pride! Steve and Lucas browse through some queer manga in celebration.
― Happy Pride! Steve and Lucas browse through some queer manga in celebration. 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. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyter @vestenet Lucas Steve, I know you an...
ChaO Anime Film Review
This Little Mermaid-inspired film just won at Annecy - come discover the charms that helped it to do so.
― There have been many stories – even just told with animation – about love going beyond cultural lines, appearance, even specifically love between man and mermaid. As the film settles in to its premise, ChaO has a lot of work to set itself apart from these other films. Director Yasuhiro Aoki buil...
Bye Bye, Earth Episode 11-20 Anime Series Review
Nonsensical as this twenty-episode fever-dream of a show is, I can’t deny the potency of its mad imagery.
― After finishing the second half of LIDEN FILMS utterly inscrutable anime adaptation of Tow Ubukata's Bye Bye, Earth novel series, I had to lie down for an hour so that my poor, confused brain could attempt to parse all that it had experienced. I don't know whether that helped, but the color-dre...
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The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! Manga Gets TV Anime in 2026
Misaki Kuno, Ayaka Ōhashi, Akio Ōtsuka star in anime from Yuruyuri/Nokotan team
― Hakusensha announced on Friday that Yūya Sakamoto's The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! (Maō no Musume wa Yasashi Sugiru!!) manga is inspiring a television anime that will premiere in 2026. The anime's website is streaming a teaser promotional video for the anime, which also reveals its main cast and staff. The cast...
Dan Da Dan 2nd Season Anime's Theatrical Screening Earns US$5 Million in U.S.
Screening ranks #13 in U.S. in its 2nd week
― Box Office Mojo reported on Monday that the theatrical screening of the second season of the DAN DA DAN television anime ranked at #13 at the United States box office in its second week. The film screened in 830 theaters and has earned an estimated US$5,065,415. The screening earned US$192,294 of Friday, US$265,880 on Saturday, and US$215,000 on Sunday. G...
My Hero Academia Anime's Final Season Streams Teaser Trailer
Anime gets panel at Anime Expo on July 5
― TOHO Animation began streaming a teaser trailer for the eighth and final season of the My Hero Academia anime on Monday: TOHO animation will host a “My Hero Academia Special Event” panel at Anime Expo on July 5 from 10:00-11:20 a.m. PDT at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Daiki Yamashita and Justin Briner, the Japanese and English voice actors for Deku, w...
The Irregular at Magic High School: Isolation Arc Manga to End in July
Tsuna Kitaumi launched manga adaptation of 23rd novel volume in February 2023
― The July issue of Square Enix's Monthly G Fantasy magazine confirmed on Wednesday that Tsuna Kitaumi's Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Koritsu-hen, the manga adaptation of the 23rd novel volume of Tsutomu Satou's The Irregular at Magic High School light novel series, will end in the magazine's next issue on July 18. The manga la...
Gundam's Yoshiyuki Tomino Wants Next Work to Reflect Current Wars Such as Ukraine, Israel
Tomino: “My younger colleagues are making Gundam series today, & I don't feel a sense of experience with war”
― NHK's June 17 edition of News Watch 9, a weeknight news broadcast, featured an interview with Mobile Suit Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The “Yoshiyuki Tomino Speaks on the Reality of War” segment focuses on Tomino's experienc...
Kiwoom Heroes Baseball Team Launches Merchandise Collaboration with Chunbae and Friends Webtoon Characters
The collaborative products will be unveiled on June 28 during the "Hero Chunbae Day" pop-up store event
― Korean baseball team Kiwoom Heroes has announced a merchandise collaboration with Chunbae and Friends, the character group from the Naver Webtoon series Meow Man, created by Olso and serialized between 2019 and 2021. Chunbae and Friends features cats that transform into humans. The collaboration...
The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! Manga Gets TV Anime in 2026
Misaki Kuno, Ayaka Ōhashi, Akio Ōtsuka star in anime from Yuruyuri/Nokotan team
― Hakusensha announced on Friday that Yūya Sakamoto's The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! (Maō no Musume wa Yasashi Sugiru!!) manga is inspiring a television anime that will premiere in 2026. The anime's website is streaming a teaser promotional video for the anime, which also reveals its main cast and staff. The cast...
I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Manga's Rin Ono Launches New Manga
The Truth Is, I Want to Enjoy My Youth Too debuts in Comic Yuri Hime on July 17
― The August issue of Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime magazine announced on Wednesday that Rin Ono will launch a new manga titled The Truth Is, I Want to Enjoy My Youth Too (Watashi Datte Seishun Shitai yo, Hontō wa) manga in the magazine's next issue on July 17. The manga will have a color opening page. Ono's first series i...
The Villainess Stans the Heroes Manga Ends in 6th Volume
Volume 6 ships on August 8
― Retailers are listing the sixth compiled book volume of Tsubasa Takamatsu's The Villainess Stans the Heroes, the manga adaptation of Yamori Mitikusa and Kaoru Harugano's Akuyaku Reijō wa Kyō mo Kirei ni Anyaku suru light novel series, as the final volume. The volume will ship on August 8. Yen Press is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story: What's a gi...
Gou Tanabe's Manga Adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu Story Wins Bram Stoker Award
Manga wins Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel award
― Zack Davisson, the translator for Gou Tanabe's manga adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu story, announced on Thursday that the manga has won the Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel award in this year's Bram Stoker Awards. The winners were announced on June 14 at the StokerCon in Connecticut. Dark Horse Comics licensed the m...
Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits- Season 2 Unveils Updated Staff, Title
Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows' Joe Yoshizaki helms season at Gonzo with Makaria joining production
― The official website for Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-, the television anime of writer Midori Yūma and illustrator Laruha's Kakuriyo Yadomeshi (Afterlife Inn Cooking) light novel series, unveiled an updated visual, the staff, and the official Kakuriyo Yadomeshi Ni (Kakuriyo -Bed ...
OceanVeil Debuts English Dub of Isekai Onsen Paradise Short Anime on Saturday
Service to stream Adam's Sweet Agony, 'The Perfect Prince Loves Me, the Side Character?!' English dubs this summer
― WWWave Corporation's new anime streaming platform OceanVeil announced on Thursday that it will start streaming the English dub for the Isekai Onsen Paradise anime shorts starting on Saturday. OceanVeil also announced that it will release the English dub of the anime Adam's Sweet Agony ...
This Week in Anime - Anime News Network's Summer Manga Reading List
Chris and Coop searched their shelves for your next manga beach read!
― Chris and Coop searched their shelves for your next manga beach read! 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. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyter @vestenet Coop School's out for summer, Chris! Wit...
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Wind Breaker #25 [rate]
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Wind Breaker Manga Gets Live-Action Film This December
Blue Period's Kentarō Hagiwara helms film off script by Anime Supremacy's Yōsuke Masaike
― The second television anime season of Satoru Nii's Wind Breaker manga on Thursday.ended on Friday with an early teaser video that announces a live-action film adaptation. The film will open this December. The staff shot the film on location from this past February to April in Okinawa. The production rented a lo...
Slushii Launches Original Sci-Fi Webtoon Sapient Dream on WEBTOON in July
DJ/producer Slushii works with producer Rob Pereyda, production company Merrywheather Media on project
― WEBTOON Entertainment and SONICdream, the creative label founded by DJ and producer Slushii, have announced Sapient Dream, an original shonen action webtoon set to debut exclusively on WEBTOON's English-language platform on July 6. The series marks the first collaboration between Slushii (Julian ...
All You Need Is Kill Anime Film Review
It’s a shame that a film making such idiosyncratic choices in its merging of 3D and 2D visual languages in animation keeps falling into rather predictable patterns
― It's appropriate that Hiroshi Sakurazaka's light novel All You Need is Kill, a story about trying something again and changing just a little bit each time, is getting a repeat adaptation. But it would be a disservice to the new film by K...
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Rock is a Lady's Modesty #12 [rate]
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The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows #12 [rate]
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Your Forma ‒ Episode 12
The only decent episode of Your Forma so far featured graphic dismemberment, so I’ve been thinking a bit more that that could be just what the show needs to pep things up a bit.
Masaaki Nakayama Launches New Action Horror Manga on August 12
Also: Kōko Shirakawa's Hanabishi Fusai no Taimajō novel gets manga
― The July issue of Asahi Shimbun's Nemuki+ magazine (issue cover pictured at right) revealed on June 13 that Masaaki Nakayama and Ai Saotome will launch a new manga titled Matsudai no Honoka (The Eternal Honoka) in the magazine's next issue on August 12. The action horror manga centers on a girl named Honoka, who protects the weak, b...
Apocalypse Hotel ‒ Episode 11
The staff crafts an animated tone poem that eschews words and minimizes the plot to touch a more primordial means of communication. It is an appeal to living.
Kōtarō Yamada Launches Manga of SHIMONETA Author's Fantasy Comedy Novels
[Hihō] Ojōsamakei Teihen Dungeon Haishinsha, Haishin Kiriwasure ni Kizukazu Dōgyōsha o Bokotteshimau novels get manga
― Kōtarō Yamada launched a manga adaptation of Hirotaka Akagi and Kitsune Fuku's [Hihō] Ojōsama-kei Teihen Dungeon Haishinsha, Haishin Kiriwasure ni Kizukazu Dōgyōsha o Bokotteshimau ([RIP] A D-Tier Pampered Lady-Type Dungeon Streamer Forgets to End Her Stream and Beats Up a Colleague...
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A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof #11 [rate]
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The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold To Another Kingdom ‒ SERIES FINALE
Philia was never “too perfect.” She was a person who was made to believe she was nothing more than a title and magic power.
Hideaki Yoshikawa's Kokuen no Ō Zelk Manga Ends With 2nd Volume
Manga launched on February 26
― Retailers are listing the second compiled book volume of Hideaki Yoshikawa's Kokuen no Ō Zelk (Zelk the Lord of Dark Flame) manga as the final volume. The manga centers on a cute boy named Natsuki, who goes to a technology park with his older neighbor Nanaka. However, their trip is interrupted when the sky splits open and a black ball of flame descends on him, making h...
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Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World #11 [rate]
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MBC Invests in Webtoon Studio Jaedam Media
Companies plan to jointly develop, commercialize IP across various formats with new partnership
― South Korean broadcaster MBC has made a strategic equity investment in webtoon and web novel production company Jaedam Media to strengthen its content competitiveness and expand its intellectual property (IP) business. Announced earlier this month, the partnership enables both companies to jointly devel...
Netflix to Stream 2nd Mononoke Film on August 14
Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II – The Ashes of Rage film premiered in Japan on March 14
― Netflix revealed on Thursday that it will stream Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II – The Ashes of Rage, the second film in the Mononoke franchise, on August 14. The film premiered in Japan on March 14, and earned 98,093,680 yen (about US$675,360) in its first three days. Hiroshi Kamiya reprises his role as the Medic...
Manga Planet Licenses Thanat's Here and There and Us, More Manga for Print Release in English
Company also licenses Mitsuaki Asou's The Farthest Love in the World, Sonoo Michiru's KOH-BOKU
― Manga Planet announced on Saturday that has licensed four manga volumes for print releases in English: Title: Here and There and Us volumes 1 and 2
Creator: Thanat
Description: One day, Majima, one of everyone's favorite person in class, gets to see a surprising side to Sonoki, the class introvert. Since ...
2025 Detective Conan Film Drops to #6, New Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE Rises to #7
JUJUTSU KAISEN Hidden Inventory / Premature Death drops to #8, live-action Mieruko-chan to #10
― Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (Meitantei Conan: Sekigan no Flashback), the 28th film in the Detective Conan (Case Closed) franchise, fell from #4 to #6 in its ninth weekend. The film earned 173,639,500 yen (about US$1.19 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 9.65 million ticke...
Teenage Mercenary Webtoon Gets Animated Adaptation
Series about teenage mercenary returning to high school distributed in 10 languages, has over 1.86 billion views worldwide
― LINE Manga announced on Thursday that YC and rak hyun's (also romanized as rakhyun and Rakyeon) original webtoon Teenage Mercenary (Nyūgaku Yōhei in Japanese) will get an animated adaptation (it is not yet confirmed if the adaptation is Japanese animated or not). WEBTOON starte...
Crunchyroll Adds English Classroom of the Elite Puzzle Game to Vault
Game launched for iOS, Android in Japan in February 2024
― Crunchyroll announced in a new video on Wednesday that it will add an English version of the Classroom of the Elite ~Merge puzzle special exam~ mobile game to its Game Vault. The company describes the game:
Step into the elite halls of the Advanced Nurturing High School and experience the world of Classroom of the Elite like never before. In ...
Patapon 1+2 Replay Game Collection Streams Overview Trailer
Game launches for Switch, PS5, PC via Steam on July 11
― Bandai Namco streamed a new overview trailer on Wednesday for Patapon 1+2 Replay, a collection of the first two Patapon PlayStation Portable rhythm action games, to go over the game's new features. The game will launch for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam on July 11. Bandai Namco Entertainment is publishing Patapon 1+2 Replay, a...
MAPPA Animates New Citizen Watch Commercial With New B'z Song
Japanese rock duo B'z contributes to Citizen's "Unite with Blue" campaign
― Japanese animation studio Mappa announced on June 6 that it animated a new Citizen Watch commercial. The ad is for Citizen's new "Unite with Blue" collection and is now viewable on YouTube: Yasumoto Okamoto directed the commercial with Yoshiko Matsumura as the main animator. Other staff members includes art director Yuji Kan...
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2's 2nd Trailer Unveils More Cast, Opening Song
Hiroki Yasumoto, Kana Hanazawa join cast with opening by Norwegian singer Aurora
― The official website for the television anime of Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 manga began streaming the main promotional video or second trailer for the second season on Thursday. The trailer reveals more cast members, and also reveals and previews the second season's opening theme song "You Can't Run From Yourself" b...
Japan's Media Watchdog Fields Complaint About Teen Gambling in Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Complaints follows episode 4 of latest Gundam series
― In early June, the Japanese non-profit organization Broadcasting Ethics & Programming Improvement Organization (BPO) released its May 2025 Voice from the Audience summary newsletter. Near the bottom of the letter, the organization fielded a comment regarding the latest Gundam series, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux. The comment's summary states, “In...
Live-Action Cinderella Closet Series Unveils Theme Song by Rock Band Frederic
Band specifically wrote "Akuma" theme song for series
― The official website for the live-action series of Wakana Yanai's Cinderella Closet manga revealed on Tuesday the series' main visual and the theme song "Akuma" (Devil) by rock band Frederic. The band specifically wrote the song for the series. The official X (formerly Twitter) account of TBS' Drama Stream programming block posted on Wednesday t...
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube PLUS Short Manga Series Ends on June 25
Manga about untold stories in Domori Town launched on May 14
― Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website revealed on Wednesday that Takeshi Okano and Shō Makura's Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube PLUS short manga series will end in its next chapter on June 25. Shueisha's MANGA Plus service publishes the manga and describes the story:
The legendary horror manga returns with treasured stories to add to the colle...
Yellow Tanabe's Kai-hen Wizards Manga Goes on Hiatus Until Fall
Manga recently returned on April 9 from previous January hiatus
― This year's 29th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine announced on Wednesday that Yellow Tanabe's Kai-hen Wizards (Kaihen no Mahōtsukai) manga will go on hiatus starting in the magazine's next issue on June 25, and is scheduled to return this fall. The manga recently returned on April 9 from its January 15 hiatus. Tanabe...
Shin Kibayashi, Gohoubi's Blue Fight Manga Ends
Manga adaptation of live-action film also written by Kibayashi launched in October 2024
― Kodansha's YanMaga Web website published the final chapter of Shin Kibayashi and Gohoubi's Blue Fight: Aoki Wakamono-tachi no Breaking Down (Blue Fight: The Breaking Down of Youths) manga, the adaptation of the live-action film of the same title, on June 14. The youth martial arts drama centers on two young men ...
Gundam GQuuuuuuX Anime Unveils New Version of TM Network's Insert Song
"BEYOND THE TIME" originally performed in 1988 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack film
― The Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (pronounced as “g-kwux”) television anime revealed in episode 11 on Wednesday a new version of Japanese band TM Network's "BEYOND THE TIME" as an insert song. The 1988 film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack used the song previously in a climactic scene between Amuro R...
GKIDS Unveils Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Compilation Film English Dub Trailer
Film screens in US theaters on July 16, 17
― GKIDS revealed a new trailer on Wednesday for JUJUTSU KAISEN Hidden Inventory / Premature Death, the compilation film of the "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" ("Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu") arc from the second season of the Jujutsu Kaisen television anime, previewing the English dub. GKIDS has acquired the anime and will open the film in theaters in the United...
Neko Konogoro Character Gets New Anime on July 3
"Neko Konogoro ~Tenka Tōitsu Hen" debuts on July 3
― STUDY's Neko Konogoro character is inspiring a new anime titled "Neko Konogoro ~Tenka Tōitsu Hen" (Neko Konogoro: Country Unification Arc) on Kansai TV Broadcasting, starting on July 3 from 3:15-3:16 a.m. JST (effectively, July 4). The anime stars: Riko Kohara as Nekotarō Rin Aira as Gorosuke Shugo Nakamura as Nekomatabei Masumi Asano providing sou...
The Great Dr. STONE Battle Craft X Giveaway Week 3
The Third round of The Great Dr. STONE Battle Craft X Giveaway has launched. Enter now for your chance to win some of the $2000 of prizes we're giving away!
― Dr. STONE Needs you! We are calling on all Dr. STONE fans to mobilize and support the official Dr. STONE Battlecraft X account (@dsbc_staff_en). 18 people who heed this call to arms will be rewarded with their choice of one US$100 prize package...
I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? Anime Reveals English Dub Cast
Dub debuts on June 25
― HIDIVE revealed the English dub cast for the television anime of Yakitomato and Kotatsu's I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? (NEET Kunoichi to Nazeka Dōsei Hajimemashita) manga: Adam Gibbs as Tsukasa Alyssa Marek as Shizuri Karlii Hoch as Ayame Natalie Rial as Hina Katelyn Barr as Kanna Brittney Karbowski as Clena Cat Thomas as Himari Olivia Swasey as Killa Daniel Regojo...
Crunchyroll Announces Release Schedule for Summer 2025 Season
Gachiakuta, Secrets of the Silent Witch, Kaiju No. 8, DAN DA DAN, more
― Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it is streaming the following anime (dub languages streaming at later date in parentheses) for the summer 2025 season: June 28 Takopi's Original Sin July 1 Detectives These Days Are Crazy! Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 4 (English, Latin American Spanish, B...
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The Beginning After The End #12 [rate]
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Return to Silent Hill Live-Action Film Opens on January 23, 2026
Christophe Gans directs film starring Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson
― Deadline reported on Wednesday that the new Return to Silent Hill live-action film will open in the U.S. on January 23, 2026. The film will star Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Hannah Emily Anderson (Dark Phoenix, Jigsaw). Filming began in April 2023. The film follows Irvine as James, a man broken after being separated from hi...
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2 ‒ Episode 11
I love Aharen and Raido as individual characters, but I super love them as a couple. Protect AhaRaido at all costs.
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun 2 Anime's 2nd Part Reveals Theme Song Artists, New Cast, Visual
Masayoshi Ōishi performs opening, Akari Kitō sings ending
― The official website for the anime adaptation of Iro Aida's Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun) manga revealed on Wednesday the theme song artists, visual, and new cast member for the second part of the second season. Jun Fukuyama plays Shinigami-sama: Masayoshi Ōishi performs the opening theme song "Kagome Kagome," and Akari ...
Outsiders Volume 1 Manga Review
Outsiders is a book that should have been better.
― Does this sound familiar? A teenage girl with a sense of being disaffected and socially dislocated, one day discovers that there's a whole supernatural world right under her nose, and becomes involved with a hot werewolf and a handsome vampire. It's not just Twilight that uses that setup, although it probably remains the most famous example of the p...
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The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold To Another Kingdom #12 [rate]
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Your Forma #12 [rate]
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Donkey Kong Bananza Game's Video Reveals Story, Gameplay, Transformations, Modes
3D platformer launches for Switch 2 on July 17
― Nintendo revealed a Direct livestream for Donkey Kong Banaza, a new 3D platformer game for Nintendo Switch 2, on Wednesday. The 15-minunte video unveils the story, gameplay, transformations, and modes: In the game, Donkey Kong (DK) teams up with a younger Pauline (from the original Donkey Kong arcade game and Super Mario Odyssey), who emerges from an O...
Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Game Review
Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army is the gold standard that all PS2 remasters need to adhere to.
― Originally a spin-off of the Shin Megami Tensei series, Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army separates itself from Atlus's other games. One aspect is that the story's tone sits between Shin Megami Tensei and Persona's. It's not as apocalyptic as Shin Megami Tensei, but y...
Doronko Wanko Game Heads to Switch with New Playable Dogs on July 24
Original game launched for PC via Steam in March 2024
― Bandai Namco Studio and Phoenixx Games will launch the dog action game Doronko Wanko on the Nintendo Switch with five additional playable dog characters on July 24. The new dogs available are a Shiba Inu, corgi, Jack Russell Terrier, toy poodle, and bulldog. The companies describe the game: 『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game.
In this game,...
Live-Action Chihayafuru Sequel Series Reveals More Cast
Yasuko Tomita, Tsutomu Takahashi, Kazuki Namioka, Masahiro Takashima play story's grown-ups
― The official X/Twitter account for Chihayafuru -Meguri-, the new live-action television series inspired by Yuki Suetsugu's Chihayafuru manga, revealed more cast members for the series' growm-up characters on Wednesday. The newly announced cast members are: Yasuko Tomita as Izumi Nakanishi,a classics research...
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX ‒ Episode 11
Isn’t this Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX in a nutshell? Established characters attempt elaborate schemes, only to be foiled again and again by Kazuya Tsurumaki’s OCs.
Voice Actress Marika Kōno Returns After Canceling Appearances Due to Email Threat
Kōno's event appearances delayed or canceled after April email threatening to harm her
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of the Aoni Production agency announced on Wednesday that voice actress Marika Kōno has decided to resume her public work activities, after receiving an email threatening to harm her in April. The decision to resume her activities is based on the status of the investigati...
Crunchyroll to Stream Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl Anime Film
Film offered with English dub on Thursday
― Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will stream Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (Seishun Buta Yarō wa Yume-Miru Shōjo no Yume wo Minai), the anime film that adapts the sixth and seventh light novel volumes of Hajime Kamoshida's Rascal Does Not Dream (Seishun Buta Yarō or Aobuta) novel series. The film will be available on Crunchyroll on beginn...
Voice Actor Mamoru Miyano Sells MSG in Online Commercial
Miyano: “I was particularly surprised by the combination of Aji-No-Moto & whiskey”
― Japanese food and biotechnology corporation Ajinomoto released a new online commercial starring voice actor Mamoru Miyano for its popular monosodium glutamate (MSG) brand Aji-No-Moto on Tuesday: The 15-second video features Miyano, with highly exaggerated expressions, trying Aji-No-Moto MSG on several dishes and dri...
Sanrio Becomes 4th Biggest Shareholder of Production I.G, Wit Studio's Parent
IG Port raises 1.6 billion yen (US$11 million) in sale of shares
― IG Port — the parent company of animation studios Production I.G and Wit Studio, and publisher Mag Garden — announced on Tuesday that it has entered into a capital and business alliance with character and merchandise company Sanrio. IG Port issued 929,100 shares valued at 1,750 yen (about US$12) per share via third-party allotment, an...
Gakuen Idolm@ster Game's Main Producer Hidefumi Komino Steps Down
Game's assistant producers Daichi Satō, Ryō Yamamoto to now jointly serve as main producers
― In a livestream event for Bandai Namco Entertainment's Gakuen Idolm@ster (Academy Idolm@ster) game app on Tuesday, Hidefumi Komino announced that he has stepped down as the main producer for the game as of that day. He noted that while he will still be involved with the game, he no longer has a say in the ga...
ufotable Animates New Demon Slayer Video to Remind Us of Cinema Etiquette
Don't cause a ruckus in movie theaters like Tengen Uzui, Hinatsuru, Suma, & Makio!
― The staff for the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba franchise announced on Tuesday that ufotable and Toho Cinemas have partnered for an upcoming movie theater etiquette short starring Demon Slayer characters. The short will run in Toho Cinemas theaters from this Friday until July 17. (The short may not play during scree...
Pokémon Franchise Launches Internet Game Show
The Gotta Catch 'Em All! Game Show premieres on Twitch on June 27
― The official Pokémon YouTube channel announced a new Pokémon-themed internet game show titled The Gotta Catch 'Em All! Game Show on Tuesday. Internet personality Brian David Gilbert is hosting the show, which will launch on June 27 at 2:00 p.m. EDT on the Pokémon Twitch channel. The company describes the three-player game: "Answering...
The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon Game Gets Switch 2 Release, English Release Delay
Game originally slated for fall release
― NIS America's European X (formerly Twitter) account announced on Tuesday that the The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon (The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria-) game will get a release for the Nintendo Switch 2, and has been delayed to January 2026. The game was originally scheduled for a fall release. The Switch 2 version will ha...
Death Stranding Game Inspires Animated Film With Screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski
Adult animated film will tell original story
― Kojima Productions and Line Mileage announced on Tuesday that Aaron Guzikowski (Raised by Wolves) is writing a new adult animated feature film set in the universe of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding game. The animated film will tell an original story. Kojima reported in an interview with Vogue Japan in May that a Death Stranding animation was now in the wo...
No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: The Somnium Files Game Launches Mini Animation Series
5-episode series introduces game's features
― Spike Chunsoft released the first episode on Tuesday of a short animation series for its No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: The Somnium Files game, a new entry in the Kōtarō Uchikoshi's AI: The Somnium Files series. The "Kaname Date's Dreamy Drama Theater" series will have five episodes introducing the game's features with chibi super deformed characters...
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Apocalypse Hotel #11 [rate]
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Crunchyroll Acquires Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Film for Theatrical Release
Film to screen subbed in N. America
― Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it has acquired the theatrical rights worldwide (excluding Asia) for Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to be Loved (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: Samishigariya no Ryū) anime film. The film will screen in North America in Japanese with English subtitles. Crunchyroll describes the story:
Miss Kobayashi, To...
This Week in Anime - Manga to Show Your Pride
Happy Pride! Steve and Lucas browse through some queer manga in celebration.
― Happy Pride! Steve and Lucas browse through some queer manga in celebration. 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. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyter @vestenet Lucas Steve, I know you an...
Akinari Asakura's Ore de wa Nai Enjō Novel Gets Manga Adaptation on July 15
Novel also inspires live-action film adaptation premiering on September 26
― This year's 13th issue of Futabasha's Manga Action magazine announced on Tuesday that Akinari Asakura's Ore de wa Nai Enjō (It's Not Me in Flames) novel will get a manga adaptation by manga artist Ōtori556 (read as Kokoro) in the magazine's 15th issue on July 15. The original novel is about a sales manager named Taisuke Yama...
My Twisted Eating Disorder's Kabi Nagata Launches New Manga on June 20
Ganbarisugi Jigoku kara Dasshutsu Shimashita Repo follows Nagata's recovery from mental, emotional breakdown
― This year's 13th issue of Futabasha's Manga Action magazine revealed on Tuesday that Kabi Nagata will launch a new manga titled Ganbarisugi Jigoku kara Dasshutsu Shimashita Repo (A Report on Escaping From the Hell of Trying Too Hard) on Futabasha's Web Action manga website on June 20. The ne...
Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive? ‒ Episode 11
Sentiment has come full circle to bite Yu in the butt and there's nothing he can say or do about it.
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Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX #11 [rate]
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Catch Me at the Ballpark! #12 [rate]
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Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Game's Trailer Reveals Shallot as DLC Character
Dragon Ball Legends character joins roster on June 26 with early access on June 23
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming on Tuesday a trailer for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, the new game in the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi arena fighter franchise, and it reveals that the game will add Shallot - an original character that was designed by Akira Toriyama for the 2018 Dragon Ball Legends smar...
ChaO Anime Film Review
This Little Mermaid-inspired film just won at Annecy - come discover the charms that helped it to do so.
― There have been many stories – even just told with animation – about love going beyond cultural lines, appearance, even specifically love between man and mermaid. As the film settles in to its premise, ChaO has a lot of work to set itself apart from these other films. Director Yasuhiro Aoki buil...
One Piece ‒ Episode 1133
We can’t help but wish things could be different and long for the world that might have been.
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth Games Launch on PS4 in West in Fall
Idea Factory International (IFI) announced on Thursday that it will release the Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2 Sisters Generation, and Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Generation games physically and digitally in North America and Europe for PlayStation 4 in fall. Compile Heart released the PS4 version in Japan for Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1+ in M...
Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Manga Goes on Hiatus to Prepare for Final Arc
Manga returns with final arc on July 17
― This year's 27th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine revealed on June 5 that Taiyo Kuzumi's Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray manga based on Cygames' Uma Musume Pretty Derby franchise will go on hiatus and will return with its final arc on July 17. The manga will also publish all-new side stories on June 19 and July 3. The manga also ended its fourth arc...
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Once Upon a Witch's Death #12 [rate]
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My Hero Academia: Vigilantes ‒ Episode 11
I genuinely don't know where this is going to go and that's a good thing.
Anime Expo Hosts BAND-MAID Guitarist Miku Kobato, Comedian Yuriyan Retriever
Anime Expo runs from July 3-6
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The official X/Twitter account for Anime Expo announced over the last few days that this year's event will host BAND-MAID guitarist Miku Kobato and comedian Yuriyan Retriever. BAND-MAID is a five-piece, all-female, Japanese rock band with members' costumes modeled after maids. Kobato plays the guitar and provides vocals in the band's music. The group has performed the...
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Please Put Them On, Takamine-san! #11 [rate]
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The Shiunji Family Children #11 [rate]
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This past weekend, ANN experienced some issues with invasive redirects from the ad networks. We thought now would be a good time to remind readers of the best way to report these to us.
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From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman ‒ Episode 11
This is a lot of screen time dedicated to what you already know about Rose from the second she walked into frame: she loves Beryl because all his former pupils do.
Gorilla God's Go-To Girl ‒ Episode 11
At least Leohart has a good reason for what he's doing.
Live-Action Stay By My Side After the Rain Series Unveils Trailer, Ending Song Info
Singer-songwriter SG performs "Petrichor" ending song for boys-love story
― The staff for the live-action series of Shoko Rakuta's Stay By My Side After the Rain (Ameagari no Bokura ni Tsuite) boys-love manga revealed on Tuesday the series' 60-second trailer video, main visual, and information on its ending theme song. ☂️予告映像解禁☂️｡.｡・.｡.｡・.｡.｡・.｡.｡・.｡.｡｡･..｡ ･｡.｡.｡7月2日(水)深夜24時30分〜start▶︎▶︎ドラマ『 #雨上がりの僕...
My Brother's Husband's Gengoroh Tagame Launches Web Manga on July 18
Yuki wa Tomoe ni manga centers on 2 men in early 20th century
― This year's 13th issue of Futabasha's Manga Action magazine announced on Tuesday that Gengoroh Tagame will launch a new manga titled Yuki wa Tomoe ni on Futabasha's Web Action website on July 18. The manga centers around two men who lived in the beginning of the 20th century, a time of upheaval. Tagame launched the manga My Brother's Hus...
Teogonia Anime Casts Yūko Kaida as Zeiena
Kaida plays youngest offspring of Macaques' royal family
― The staff for the television anime of Tsukasa Tanimai's Teogonia light novel series revealed on Tuesday that Yuko Kaida will join the anime's cast as Zeiena (seen below), the youngest offspring of the Macaques' royal family: The announcement also showed a visual for the evil god Diabo (seen below). The series debuted on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and ...
Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister Manga to End in Volume 22
Series launched in April 2021
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The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Marcey Naito's Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister (Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi) manga confirmed on Monday that the series will end with 22 volumes. The announcement is part of a giveaway of three QUO prepaid cards to promote the June 17 release of the manga's 20th volume. The staff plan to extend the campaign with more ...