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Things are starting to get SPOOKY with Migi & Dali! Today also includes reviews of I'm in Love with the Villainess, SHY, Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions, KamiErabi GOD.app, Berserk of Gluttony, FLCL: Shoegaze, and more!― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2023 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they go al...
Robot suit to be unveiled to public next summer― Robotics company MOVeLOT announced a new project on Saturday, where it will bring to life a pilotable Ingram labor robot mecha from Mobile Police Patlabor. The project celebrates the new Patlabor EZY anime, and will reveal the robot to the public in the summer of 2024. The company will share updates on Twitter and Instagram with photo and videos high...
Junji Ito Collection, Mieruko-chan, Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, more added― Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it will add 20 anime titles to its ad-supported catalog from October 1 through October 31 in celebration of Halloween: Blood Blockade Battlefront
Blue Exorcist
Corpse Princess: Shikabane Hime
Deadman Wonderland
Ghost Hunt
Hell's Paradise
Hellsing
Hellsing Ultimate
Higurashi: When They Cry...
Spinoff manga launched in 2022― The November issue of Kadokawa's Comp Ace magazine published the final chapter of the Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Shadow Gaiden (The Eminence in Shadow - Shadow Side Story) manga by Seta U on Tuesday. The sixth volume will ship on October 26. The spinoff manga is based on Daisuke Aizawa's The Eminence in Shadow (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!) light no...
Kengo Kawanishi, Nobuhiko Okamoto, rock band Official HiGE DANDISM join fall anime― The staff for the television anime of Ken Wakui's Tokyo Revengers manga announced more cast members and the opening theme song information for Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc (Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku-hen), the latest arc in the anime adaptation, on Saturday. The newly announced cast members are: Kengo Kawanishi as Sōya...
Part 2 of anime aired in July― Viz Media unveiled a promotional video, a new key visual, and the 2024 release date for Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict on Saturday. The key visual features Ishida in his Quincy outfit. The anime's second cours (quarter of the year) premiered in the United States on Hulu, Latin America on Star+, and in select other countries internationally on Dis...
Mysterious entity Bell has black wings, strange aura― The official website for the Kibō no Chikara ~Otona Precure 23~ (Power of Hope ~Grown-Up Precure 23~) anime announced on Sunday that Yōko Hikasa will play the anime original character Bell. The character of Bell is a mysterious entity who has black wings and a strange aura. The anime will premiere on NHK Educational on October 7 at 6:25 p.m. JST ...
Katsuyuki Konishi, Yui Ishikawa, more join cast for series premiering on October 21― The official website for the anime adaptation of Natsu Hyūga and Touko Shino's The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) light novel series revealed 13 more cast members, the opening and ending theme songs, and the show's main promotional video on Sunday. The video reveals and previews Ryokuōshoku Shakai's ope...
Castlevania: Nocturne knows that it must succeed as good television above all else and that changes to the source material can be good when done properly. In that respect, this new generation of Castlevania is an astounding success.― I had my problems with Netflix's first attempt at bringing the Castlevania franchise to life on the small screen, but regardless of how much I chafed at some of its awk...
Whether its isekai or a villainess redemption story, Rebecca Silverman will help you choose your next light novel!
The Fall 2023 Light Novel Guide is sponsored by Yen Press!― By this point in light novel history, a few genres are entrenched. Chief among them? Isekai and villainess
stories, and both of those are represented here. But far more interesting is the fact that this span of
months has mor...
The games have been played, the news has been announced, and the cosplayers enjoyed one more day of cosplaying at the Tokyo Game Show 2023― The games have been played, the news has been announced, and the cosplayers enjoyed one more day of cosplaying at the Tokyo Game Show 2023. Are there some familiar faces? Sure. But why settle for dressing up as one character for two days? Or hanging with the sam...
The hot and humid Japanese summer gave way to a cool but still humid autumn on the Autumnal Equinox. To celebrate the Japanese national holiday, cosplayers from around Japan gathered at Makuhari Messe for Tokyo Game Show 2023.― Just like clockwork, the hot and humid Japanese summer gave way to a cool but still humid autumn on the Autumnal Equinox. To celebrate the Japanese national holiday, cosplaye...
It's a week of shake-ups in the gaming industry as Platinum Games and Sony see off Hideki Kamiya and Jim Ryan. Plus: CAPCOM president Haruhiro Tsujimoto thinks games are due for another price hike.― Once again, I'd like to thank my readers who thought of me amidst the Izuna news last week. I appreciate being thought of like that. I like it when friends think of me when they see stuff they know I lik...
What should be a raucous action-comedy can quickly become an obnoxious headache that constantly smirks at its reliance on stock tropes― Classroom for Heroes has two primary ways of operating: fast and loud, often concurrently. Whether introducing new characters, throwing jokes at the wall, or even transitioning between scenes, the show is always trying to grab your attention. On the one hand, that's...
Kobayashi discussed the evolution of Ragna and the vocal challenges of bringing those subtle shifts to life.― At Anime Expo 2023, Anime News Network was able to sit down and talk with voice actor Chiaki Kobayashi about his role as the titular Ragna in upcoming anime Ragna Crimson. They're keeping you busy at Anime Expo this year! Have you been able to have fun in Los Angeles in your
spare time? Chi...
While the manga is ongoing, Graduation feels like a farewell, using its final moments to reminisce about our main couple's romantic journey as they walk the halls of their school one last time.― To call Graduation a movie is a bit generous. Even with the inclusion of the Hirano and Kagiura short, this thing just barely reaches an hour with credits. Since it also inherits the slow, vignette-based pac...