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Go to Japan with ANN and PacSet Travel!
Anime News Network is going to Japan, and this time we want to bring you with us. Visit Ghibli Park, relax in an onsen and grab some amazing Japanese food with us this October.
― Back in 2020, Anime News Network was planning an amazing trip to Japan for our readers. Unfortunately... things happened... Now that Japan is welcoming visitors again, our plans to go to Japan with a few of our readers are b...
Answerman - Why is Yuri Anime So Popular Now?
With recent hits like Lycoris Recoil and G-Witch, what explains the zeitgeist for yuri anime these days? Answerman delves into it.
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We've got a lot of new Yuri/ Shoujo Ai anime coming out in 2023 and others, like Birdie Wing and G Witch, are getting continuations. I'm wondering why it's happening now. I've read the source novels/manga for about 80% of the new anime, so I know that the ...
Yen Audio to Release Audiobooks of 'The Samurai and the Prisoner', Ishura Novels
Audiobooks debut in September, October
― Yen Audio, Yen Press' imprint for audiobooks, announced on Tuesday that it will release audiobooks for The Samurai and the Prisoner and Ishura novels in September and October, respectively. The company will announce voice actors at a later date. Yen Press will release Honobu Yonezawa's The Samurai and the Prisoner (Kokurōjō) novel in English in June. Yen Press...
Zero Akabane's Magical Girl Incident Manga Enters Climax
Manga about salaryman who transforms into magical girl launched in 2021
― The June issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine announced on Tuesday that Zero Akabane's Magical Girl Incident manga will enter its climax in the magazine's next issue in June. Yen Press licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
As a little boy, Sakura Hiromi once dreamed he could be a hero. Now…he's simply your everyday ...
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Opens at #1 in Japan, Knights of the Zodiac at #8
Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine drops to #2
― The Super Mario Bros. Movie ranked at #1 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. The film sold 1.276 million tickets and earned 1.843 billion yen (about US$13.54 million) in its first three days. The film has earned an estimated US$1,022,446,698 worldwide — the first film this year to top US$1 billion and only the fifth film to reach the...
Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts Anime Reveals English Dub Cast, Premiere
Emi Lo, Ray Hurd star in dub debuting on Wednesday
― Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will begin streaming the television anime of Yu Tomofuji's Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts (Niehime to Kemono no Ō) manga on Wednesday. The English cast includes: Emi Lo as Sariphi Ray Hurd as Leonhart Tom Laflin as Anubis Kristian Eros as Clops Lisette Monique Diaz as Cy Jonathan Rigg is directing...
Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! ‒ Episode 4
Megumin and YunYun are once again in the spotlight, and I don't think that's ever going to be a bad call on the creators' part.
I Cannot Reach You Boys-Love Manga Gets Live-Action Show in September
Kentarō Maeda, Haru Kashiwagi star in series
― TBS announced on Monday that it is producing a live-action series of Mika's I Cannot Reach You (Kimi ni wa Todokanai) boys-love manga that will premiere on TBS' "Drama Stream" programming block and streaming services in September. Kentarō Maeda (left in image below) and Haru Kashiwagi (right) star in the series as Yamato and Kakeru, respectively. Masahid...
Kakegurui Twin Spinoff Manga Ends on May 22
Kei Saiki launched in September 2015; inspired live-action series in 2021, anime series in 2022
― The May issue of Square Enix's Gangan Joker magazine revealed on Friday that Kei Saiki's Kakegurui Twin manga spinoff will end in the magazine's next issue on May 22. Yen Press licensed the spinoff manga. It describes the story: A year before Yumeko Jabami graced the hallowed halls of Hyakkou Private Aca...
The Case Study of Vanitas Manga Resumes on May 22
Manga has been on hiatus for 11 months since June 2022
― The May issue of Square Enix's Gangan Joker magazine revealed on Friday that Jun Mochizuki's The Case Study of Vanitas (Vanitas no Carte) manga will return from hiatus in the magazine's next issue on May 22. The manga went on hiatus in June 2022. Yen Press has been publishing the manga simultaneously in English since its debut, and it describes...
Oshi no Ko ‒ SERIES PREMIERE
Fortunately, Oshi no Ko has made good on the hype promised by its explosive first manga volume, and now we're primed to see how deep and dark this rabbit hole can go.
Crunchyroll Adds That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond, The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie, Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island Anime Films
Also: Free! The Final Stroke anime films
― Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it will stream the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond, The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie, Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island, and Free! The Final Stroke anime films in April. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond will stream alongside the To Every You I've Loved Before, and ...
The Real Wall Maria: Surveying Hajime Isayama's Hometown for the 'Attack on Hita' Tourism Project
We went to Hita City to see how Attack on Titan has revitalized its creator's hometown.
― Years ago, when Attack on Titan manga creator Hajime Isayama was visiting his hometown of Hita City in Japan's Oita prefecture, he noticed many businesses had been shuttered and realized his hometown wasn't doing so well. He decided he "wanted to give something back to this town in which [he] came up with the i...
The Spring 2023 Anime Preview Guide
Megumin's explosive spin-off is here! Does it hold up to the original Konosuba? See our reviews of Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!, KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World, Skip and Loafer, I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World, Tokyo Mew Mew New Season 2, and more!
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Evangelion:3.0 Prologue Short's Still Teases New Girl Character
Promo reel for Evangelion:3.0+1.11 film also streamed
― The official Twitter account for the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise posted stills from "Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)," the bonus video prologue short to Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, the third of four films in the Rebuild of Evangelion series. One picture depicts a mysterious girl, who may be a new character or a younger version of an existin...
The Winter 2023 Anime Preview Guide
A cold breeze blows in a new season of anime! Check back every day as we update with the latest reviews for this season's shows. TODAY: Danmachi IV Part 2, Spy Classroom, Revenger, and OniMai!
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Light Novel Author's Work Canceled Even After Ranking in Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!
Zento Sakurame's Mondaiji no Watashi-tachi wo Kaeta no wa, Onaji Class no Monaka-senpai romantic comedy ranked 20th among new series
― Novelist Zento Sakurame announced on Monday that their Mondaiji no Watashi-tachi wo Kaeta no wa, Onaji Class no Monaka-senpai (The Person Who Changed Us Problem Children Is Our Classmate Monaka-Senpai) romantic comedy light novel was "canceled due to sales." Sakurame ...
NHK Asks Netflix to Remove its Titles Due to Ad-Supported Subscriptions
Netflix removes advertisements for NHK programming, continues to stream titles
― The Japan Times reported on Thursday that NHK has asked Netflix to suspend distribution of all of its 22 titles after Netflix's launch of its new advertisement-supported subscription tier. Netflix removed advertisements for NHK programming on Wednesday and continues to stream the titles. According to The Japan Times, Net...
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Film to be Released Worldwide
The highly celebrated isekai fantasy series That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (aka TenSura) with over 30 million copies in circulation will be getting its first feature film entitled That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond. It will hit Japanese theaters this year on November 25. With the Japanese release around the corner and the expectations of fans mounting, it has ...
Makoto Shinkai's Suzume Anime Film Earns 1.88 Billion Yen in 1st 3 Days
Film sold 1.33 million tickets in 1st 3 days, becomes Shinkai's strongest 3-day opening
― Makoto Shinkai's Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) film sold 1.33 million tickets and earned 1.88 billion yen (about US$13.49 million) in its first three days. The film sold 38.7% more tickets and earned 47.4% more than Shinkai's acclaimed your name. film, which earned 1,277,960,000 yen (about US$12.51 million at the ...
Japanese Art, Content Sites Tighten Policies Around AI-Generated Art
Conversations around the ethics of AI art heighten as AI art goes viral online
― Last week, AI-generated drawings of anime characters eating ramen went viral in Japan. The amusing thing about the trend was seeing AI come up with technically impressive art that nevertheless gets strange details wrong, like characters eating ramen with their hands. The meme inspired human artists to draw parodies and c...
The Best and Worst Anime of Summer 2022
Here are the series of the season recommended by our editorial staff (and the ones you should probably avoid).
― The leaves are changing colors and the summer heat is finally subsiding. The summer season felt pretty sparse for a lot of us but it wasn't a told anime desert. Creepy mysteries abounded in the second season of Shadows House and Made in Abyss proved it still has the chops to break our hea...
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World Light Novels Get TV Anime
Fantasy anime centers on bullied boy who goes to other world with cheat skills
― Kadokawa announced on Friday that writer Miku and illustrator Rein Kuwashima's I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World (Isekai de Cheat Skill o Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai o mo Musōsuru) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation. Kadokawa also revealed a teaser visual for the anime and is streaming ...
Anime Expo 2022 - The Irresponsible Management of This Year's Artist Alley
Artists reported lightheadness, nausea, and headaches amid CO2 levels that reached well into unhealthy zones amid poor to non-existent mask enforcement by AX volunteers and staff.
― This year's Anime Expo generated a lot of media buzz with its pre-pandemic crowd sizes, but one thing that's largely been swept under the rug is pervasive reports of unsafe conditions in one of its biggest attendee attrac...
Crunchyroll Unveils Solo Leveling, Tomo-chan Is a Girl! Anime
Streamer confirms Mushoku Tensei season 2, Overlord IV, Saint Seiya- Battle for Sanctuary's dub languages; posts season 2 trailers for To Your Eternity, In/Spectre
― Crunchyroll announced at its Anime Expo industry panel on Sunday that the Solo Leveling manhwa and the Tomo-chan Is a Girl! manga are both getting anime adaptations, which it will stream next year. Crunchyroll describes the story of Solo...
10 Great Non-Studio Ghibli Family-friendly Anime Movies
Compared to when I was a kid, anime is so easily accessible now ; in enormous quantities, through multiple legal avenues. It's hard enough to know where to start watching as an adolescent or an adult, but what about with children?
― Remain an anime fan long enough and it's probable you'll eventually spawn little proto-anime-fans of your own. I'm a father of three, and I've successfully indoctrinate...
J-Novel Club Licenses 5 Manga, 5 Light Novel Series
Tearmoon Empire, Oversummoned, Overpowered, and Over it!, Rebuild World, more
― J-Novel Club announced during its panel at Anime Boston on Saturday that it has licensed the following manga and light novel series. All manga will have their first chapters available on Saturday. The first two parts of the first volume of all light novels will be available as well. Title: Now I'm a Demon Lord! Happily Ev...
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer Light Novels Get TV Anime
Yū Okano's dark fantasy of talentless adventurer reborn as skeleton
― The "Overlap Bunko 9th Anniversary Online Event" announced on Sunday that a television anime adaptation of Yū Okano's The Unwanted Undead Adventurer (Nozomanu Fushi no Bōkensha) light novel series has been green-lit. The novels' illustrator Jaian drew the following illustration to celebrate the news: J-Novel Club is publishing both...
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