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The Spring 2026 Anime Preview Guide
Things are winding down for the Spring Preview Guide, so be sure to check out our review team's thoughts on the new anime airing this season!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2026 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they go along. Each critic will cover as many shows as they can handle, giving you alternate ...
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How Ace Combat Inspired the Sentenced to Be a Hero Author
After six years, Sentenced to Be a Hero has achieved an impressive amount of success: eight published volumes, a manga adaptation, and an anime adaptation by Studio Kai. With the first season wrapped, we reached out to creators Rocket Shokai and Mephisto to get more insights into their views on its success.
― Sentenced to Be a Hero is a light novel series that has been in publication since 2020. Afte...
Japan Aims to Increase Anime's Overseas Market to 6 Trillion Yen by 2033
Government aims to triple overseas market for anime, games, manga in less than 10 years
― The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) held its 18th Entertainment and Creative Industrial Policy Seminar on March 27, where it announced how specifically to meet the Japanese government's goal to expand the overseas market for its domestic creative industries to 20 trillion yen (about US$12...
Wandance Volumes 11-13 Manga Review
Dancing like no one is watching you is freeing, but it won’t win competitions.
― We all know that dance is a form of communication, and we know that dance is a form of storytelling. In Wandance Volumes 11-13, the club members at Ichirin learn an important lesson about telling the right story to the right people at the right time. Kabo is struggling more and more with trying to decide who he is, what ...
Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Season 1 Anime Series Review
The color beige has more flavor and personality than this anime.
― While it's generally a good rule of thumb that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten is the kind of anime where the title pretty much tells you exactly what you're in for: An “I want a maid that works for free, but also, she lets me squish her cheeks, and rest my head on her lap, even though I h...
Cardfight!! Vanguard Announces New TV Anime for 2027, New Theatrical Anime to End Divinez Saga
Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ Unmei Seisen-hen anime to open in theaters on October 2
― The official X/Twitter account for the Cardfight!! Vanguard franchise revealed on Saturday that a completely new television anime in the franchise will air in 2027, and will celebrate the franchise's 15th anniversary. ◤￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣◥ カードファイト!! ヴァンガード TVアニメ完全新作 始動◣＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿◢ 2027年の放送をお楽しみに！#ヴァンガード pi...
Pokémon FireRed Game Review
This port of Pokémon FireRed made me realize why I was destined to become a Pokémon kid, and why I’m going to be a Pokémon adult for the rest of my life.
― Do not spend twenty dollars to play 2004's Pokémon FireRed on the Nintendo Switch family of systems. I really hate having to bring up whether a piece of media is “worth the price” in a review, as this is one of the lowest forms of criticism imagin...
This Week in Games - Where Did Zelda Come From, Anyway?
The Zelda games didn't just happen - Jean-Karlo gets into the franchise's antecedents. Plus some disappointing Persona merch!
― Welcome back, folks! Project Hail Mary got me into a mood, so I went back and watched Explorers over the weekend for the first time in about 20 years. It (sadly) falls apart in the last third, but it's a fun flick... though I curse my memories for tricking me into thinking t...
Mulasaki Ima Takes a “New Walk” for Eren the Southpaw Anime
The viral hit-maker behind "Femme Fatale A" and "That Classmate" traveled to NYC for her latest track, the ending song for Eren the Southpaw.
― The title character of Eren the Southpaw, a new anime streaming on Crunchyroll and based on the manga by Kappi and Nifuni, is an artist working in New York City. Inspired by this, up-and-coming J-pop artist Mulasaki Ima decided to travel to NYC to film the mu...
WIT Studio Apologizes for Generative AI in Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3's Opening Sequence
Studio will redraw cuts, replace opening sequence with "completed version" starting with 2nd episode
― Wit Studio revealed on Friday that it investigated its production process after the first episode of its Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke anime aired on April 4 and the studio received feedback on the episode, and found that in part of the opening sequence, the studio...
Tower Dungeon Volumes 2-4 Manga Review
What really sets Tower Dungeon apart is the ever-present sense of progression, of uncovering the unknown, of overcoming trials to progress further.
― Although manga creator Tsutomu Nihei is well-renowned for his sprawling sci-fi epics Blame! and Knights of Sidonia, with these further volumes of Tower Dungeon, he proves he's equally adept at creating fascinating, mysterious fantasy worlds. In place of...
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