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This Week in Games - Sony State of Play: The War of the Dead Man
Jean-Karlo goes over all the exciting announcements from this week's State of Play as well as updates on Tango Gameworks and Shueisha Games' newest title.
― Welcome back, folks! I had the pleasure of working on a Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma review earlier this week. The Rune Factory games are routinely some of my favorite titles to cover; I am ashamed to admit that I never got around to playing ...
Turning the Justice League into Yakuza: An Interview with Character Designer Takashi Okazaki
The new film Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League reimagines the JLA as yakuza. Character Designer Takashi Okazaki talks about how he did it.
― The sequel to 2018's Batman Ninja, Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League follows Batman and the larger Bat Family as they venture into a strange land where the Justice League of America have all been warped into yakuza versions of themselves. While the film itself is part...
DAN DA DAN Evil Eye Anime Theatrical Cut Review
Fun as it is, Evil Eye isn't really a movie. You will find plenty of exposition, a rising action, and a falling action—but nothing resembling a satisfactory conclusion.
― Fans of DAN DA DAN have nothing to fear but the Evil Eye as we head into the second season of the supernatural action series. Evil Eye is the theatrical cut of the anime's first three episodes, a now tried-and-true promotional avenu...
Kaiju No. 8 Manga Ends in 2 Chapters
Next chapter launches on June 20
― Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website announced on Friday that Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 manga will end in two chapters. The next chapter (128) will launch on June 20, and the 129th chapter will be the final one. Matsumoto launched the manga in July 2020 on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website. Shueisha published the manga's 15th compiled book volume on March 4. Viz Media ...
This Week in Anime - Bite-Size Anime Series
Steve and Chris talk series where the episodes are short and sweet.
― Steve and Chris talk series where the episodes are short and sweet. 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. Crunchyroll streams Lycoris Recoil: Friends are Thieves of Time, Umayon, Yamishibai, Infern...
Stay By My Side After the Rain Volumes 1-3 Manga Review
Stay By My Side After the Rain is a remarkably well put together story. While each volume is more or less self-contained, they all build together to form a picture of two people overcoming their hurdles and finding happiness together.
― If there are two persistent narratives that queer fiction is beholden to, they're coping with homophobia and coming out. Both are real and significant in fiction and ...
Bandai Namco Announces New Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra Game
Game will launch this year for PS4, PS5, Switch, iOS, Android, Steam
― Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed on Thursday the Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra game, a new 4 vs. 4 team battle game, which will launch for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android, and on PC via Steam this year. English dub Announcement Trailer Japanese dub Announcement Trailer The game's website also a...
Toei Animation Reveals Foxing: Kitsuné-tsuki Anime as 1st Work in New 'Eterna Animation' Brand
New brand to focus on original animation works
― Toei Animation revealed on Thursday it is launching a new original animation brand called ETERNA Animation, in celebration of the studio's 70th anniversary in 2026. Toei Animation stated regarding the new company: Through ETERNA Animation, the company will establish a sustainable creative platform dedicated to the ongoing production of original works. ...
Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement Metroidvania Game Announced
Game for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC set before Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
― ArtPlay and 505 Games announced during Sony's State of Play livestream on Wednesday a new game in the Bloodstained franchise titled Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. The companies describe the game: Set in a haunting world years before ...
Arc System Works, Marvel Unveil Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Game
PS5/PC game to feature 4v4 tag team combat in 2026
― During Sony's State of Play livestream on Wednesday, Marvel announced that PlayStation Studios, Arc System Works, and Marvel Games will partner to release the new Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls 4v4 tag team fighter for the PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store in 2026. Marvel's Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics ...
Suda51, Ren Yamazaki Announce Romeo is a Dead Man Game
Grasshopper Manufacture to develop game
― Goichi "Suda51" Suda announced Romeo is a Dead Man, a new PlayStation 5 game from his studio Grasshopper Manufacture and Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes director Ren Yamazaki, during Sony's State of Play livestream on Wednesday . The company describes the game: "Bask in the crimson-red catharsis of ultra-violent "bloody action" and dive into a completely...
Uglymug, Epicfighter Manga Chapters 1-10 Review
OK, what if someone was transported to another world but they were ugly? No seriously, that's it.
― OK, what if someone was transported to another world but they were ugly? No seriously, that's it. Is the story going to be some kind of biting social commentary about how beauty is in the eye of the beholder and how we don't give people a chance due to their physical appearances? Maybe the story is a c...
Interview with Masakatsu Takagi
Celebrating the Release of "Studio Chizu Music Journey Vol. 2" - Discovering a New Side of the Music that Colored Mamoru Hosoda's Films!
― Masakatsu Takagi, the composer behind the vivid soundscapes of Mamoru Hosoda's films "Wolf Children", "The Boy and the Beast" and "Mirai", has crafted music that resonates deeply with the films' audience. Drawing from the melodies that defined those three films, ...
Rockin' Out With Sumiko Arai, The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All Manga Creator
In her first-ever English-language interview, Green Yuri creator Sumiko Arai talks about WLW stories, the inspiration for her characters, and what's on her music playlist.
― When Sumiko Arai launched The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All on her Twitter account in 2021, she couldn't have predicted its meteoric rise in popularity. From social media to Pixiv Comic, the four-page serializatio...
The Remarried Empress Volumes 1-6 K-Comic Review
With a drama adaptation announced, now is the perfect time to see why The Remarried Empress is worth the hype.
― It's good that we know how this story ends because it is one hell of a ride to get there. The Remarried Empress, originally written by Alphatart and adapted to manhwa by writer HereLee and artist SUMPUL, opens with heroine Navier being granted a divorce from her emperor husband and immedia...
This Week in Anime - Manga, Translation, and the Rise of Machines
Lucas and Coop discuss the insidious rise of AI in the translation space.
― Lucas and Coop discuss the insidious rise of AI in the translation space. 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. One Piece and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure are available at Viz/Shonen Jump App.
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Nowaki Fukamidori's Whoever Steals This Book Novel Gets Anime Film in 2026
Radiant's Daisei Fukuoka helms fantasy at Kagokan
― A website opened on Tuesday to reveal the anime film adaptation of Nowaki Fukamidori's Whoever Steals This Book (Kono Hon wo Nusumu Mono wa) fantasy novel, which will premiere in 2026. The website also reveals the main staff, teaser visual, and teaser trailer of the film. Daisei Fukuoka (Radiant series director, Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak...
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