Columns - 2023
This Week in Games - So Long, Kotick! Thanks for Nothing (Dec 22 ) This Week in Anime - On the Last Day of Anime Christmas... (Dec 21 ) This Week in Anime - On The First Day of Anime Christmas... (Dec 19 ) This Week in Games - The Long Death of E3 (Dec 15 ) The ANN Aftershow - Is The Boy and The Heron Miyazaki's Worst Film? (Dec 14 ) This Week in Anime - Fast Cars, Anime, and Eurobeat (Dec 14 ) This Week in Anime - An Anime Night at the Movies (Dec 12 ) This Week in Games - Give Game Developers Their Flowers (Dec 8 ) The ANN Aftershow - What Is the Real Monster in Godzilla Minus One? (Dec 7 ) This Week in Anime - How Do You Manage Your Anime Backlog? (Dec 7 ) This Week in Anime - Frieren's Demon Problem (Dec 5 ) This Week in Games - That Naruto Sounds Different... (Dec 1 ) The ANN Aftershow - Is Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Falling Apart? (Nov 30 ) This Week in Anime - Made in Abyss Ignites Firestorm in K-Pop Fandom (Nov 30 ) The ANN Aftershow - Is the PLUTO Anime a Masterpiece? (Nov 28 ) This Week in Anime - What the Hell is Going on at MAPPA? (Nov 28 ) This Week in Anime - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off in a New Direction (Nov 21 ) This Week in Games - Sega Wants More Adaptations And Tekken's New Blood (Nov 17 ) This Week in Anime - Shigeru Mizuki (Nov 16 ) This Week in Anime - 100 Girlfriends Is The Endgame Of Harem Anime (Nov 14 ) This Week in Anime - Key, The Landmark Visual Novel Studio (Nov 9 ) The ANN Aftershow - The Attack on Titan Ending Explained (Nov 8 ) This Week in Anime - It's the Anime Rap Battle of the Century!! (Nov 7 ) This Week in Games - Wouldn't That Be Level-5 Five Times Over? (Nov 3 ) This Week in Anime - PLUTO is a Masterclass in Anime Reimaginings (Nov 2 ) This Week in Anime - Halloween Anime Spooktacular (Oct 31 ) This Week in Games - Special Feature: First Look At One Punch Man World Closed Beta (Oct 27 ) This Week in Anime - Director Masaomi Andō, from School-Live! to SHY (Oct 26 ) The ANN Aftershow - Is the Jujutsu Kaisen Shibuya Incident Arc...Good? (Oct 25 ) The ANN Aftershow - The Best Fall Anime Premieres So Far...Part 2 (Oct 25 ) This Week in Anime - Mecha Anime You May Have Missed (Oct 24 ) This Week in Games - Trust The Fungus. Touch The Fungus. (Oct 21 ) This Week in Anime -Narou-ing Down Your Anime Watchlist (Oct 19 ) This Week in Anime - What's the Deal with Extra-Long Anime Premieres? (Oct 17 ) This Week in Games - Slim Pickings (Oct 14 ) This Week in Games - Not So Epic (Oct 6 ) The ANN Aftershow - The Best Fall Anime Premieres So Far... (Oct 4 ) This Week in Anime - We Love Boys' Love (Oct 3 ) This Week in Games - Big Names, Big Departures (Sep 29 ) This Week in Anime - What Crunchyroll Purchasing RightStuf Means To Us (Sep 26 ) This Week in Games - VIDEO GAME DREAMS DO COME TRUE (Sep 22 ) This Week in Anime - Osamu Tezuka Anime Through Time (Sep 21 ) The ANN Aftershow - Jujutsu Kaisen's Shibuya Throwdown! (Sep 20 ) This Week in Anime - The Legacy of Buichi Terasawa (Sep 19 ) This Week in Games - The Game Industry Uniting Against Bad Decisions (Sep 15 ) The ANN Aftershow - Attack on Titan the Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2 is a real anime (Sep 14 ) This Week in Anime - The Dynamic Direction of Mamoru Hatakeyama (Sep 14 ) This Week in Anime - Do You Have Pokémon Nostalgia? (Sep 12 ) The ANN Aftershow - The Jujutsu Kaisen Anime is Finally Back! (Sep 8 ) This Week in Games - There Is No Joke, Just Treat Game Developers Better (Sep 8 ) This Week in Anime - Why Is It So Hard to Make Anime Into Live-Action? (Sep 7 ) This Week in Anime - What is the Future of Anime and AI? (Sep 5 ) This Week in Games - Nintendo Presents: Super Mario Elephants (Sep 3 ) This Week in Anime - Why You Should Just Buy the Anime Blu-rays (Aug 31 ) The ANN Aftershow - Tips for a Happy (Anime) Marriage (Aug 30 ) This Week in Anime - Remember Magic High School Anime? (Aug 29 ) This Week in Games - Thank You, Charles Martinet (Aug 25 ) This Week in Anime - When Your Fav Anime Protagonist is Problematic (Aug 24 ) This Week in Anime - When East Meets West: Can We Call This 'Anime'? (Aug 22 ) The ANN Aftershow - 5 Things to Do Before the Zombie Apocalypse (Aug 21 ) The ANN Aftershow - What Anime to Watch Until Jujutsu Kaisen Comes Back (Aug 18 ) This Week in Games - Cirno Is Stronger Than AI (Aug 18 ) This Week in Anime - Is There a Double-Standard for Same-Sex Relationships in Anime? (Aug 17 ) This Week in Anime - Idol Anime Spin-Offs and Crossovers (Aug 15 ) This Week in Games - Long, Long 'Mon~! (Aug 14 ) This Week in Anime - Are Anime Production Delays the New Normal? (Aug 10 ) This Week in Anime - The Rise and Evolution of Old Classic Dubs (Aug 8 ) This Week in Games - The Scions Discover Margaritaville (Aug 4 ) This Week in Anime - The Head-Spinning Mysteries in Undead Murder Farce (Aug 3 ) The ANN Aftershow - Jujutsu Kaisen's Best Fight Scene So Far (Aug 2 ) This Week in Anime - Hideaki Anno's Reimagined Shin Japan Heroes Universe (Aug 1 ) This Week in Games - Wetsuits Are Hot, Actually (Jul 28 ) This Week in Anime - Slam Dunk: Scoring Big on Basketball and Comedy (Jul 27 ) This Week in Anime - Navigating Anime Conventions (Jul 25 ) The ANN Aftershow - Jujutsu Kaisen's Shocking Cliff-Hanger! (Jul 24 ) This Week in Games - Hack The Past (Jul 21 ) This Week in Anime - Throw Hands with GoHands (Jul 20 ) The ANN Aftershow - Best Anime of Summer 2023 So Far... (Jul 18 ) This Week in Anime - An Alternate History in Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (Jul 18 ) This Week in Games - AI Voice-Scraping Can't End Soon Enough (Jul 14 ) This Week in Anime - What's So Great About Fate/strange Fake? (Jul 13 ) This Week in Anime - What New Isekai Anime Should You Watch? (Jul 11 ) This Week in Games - Back, By Popular Demand... (Jul 7 ) This Week in Games - Saltgirls (Jul 2 ) This Week in Anime - A Trip Down Memory Lane with Dragon Ball Z (Jun 27 ) This Week in Games - Elephantitis, Don't Even Get Me Started (Jun 23 ) This Week in Anime - Unraveling the Eccentric Chaos of Dead Mount Death Play (Jun 22 ) This Week in Anime - Why It's Difficult To Separate Rurouni Kenshin from Nobuhiro Watsuki (Jun 20 ) This Week in Games - From The Materia Of Your Soul (Jun 16 ) This Week in Anime - Why Demon Slayer May Not Have 'Slayed' This Season (Jun 15 ) The ANN Aftershow - Heavenly Delusion Gets Even Weirder (Yes It's Possible) (Jun 14 ) This Week in Games - Pokémon Strike Version and Protest Version (Jun 9 ) This Week in Anime - Yuri Is My Job! Is the Best Gayfabe We Could Ask For (Jun 8 ) This Week in Anime - Top Reasons to Watch Skip and Loafer (Jun 6 ) This Week in Games - A Good Week For Dragons And Novels (Jun 2 ) Answerman - What's With All the Overpowered Characters in Anime? (Jun 2 ) The ANN Aftershow - The Gang Starts a Space War (Jun 1 ) This Week in Anime - Birdie Wing Takes the Swing (Jun 1 ) This Week in Anime - Redefining the Gundam Legacy in The Witch from Mercury (May 30 ) Answerman - Why Is K MANGA Not a Subscription Service? (May 26 ) This Week in Games - A Tale of Two Showcases (May 26 ) This Week in Anime - What Makes Hell's Paradise So Unique? (May 25 ) The ANN Aftershow - We Cracked Heavenly Delusion's Timeline (May 24 ) This Week in Anime - A Digital Safe Haven in My Love Story with Yamada-kun (May 23 ) This Week In Games - Emotions Running High Like The Temperature (May 19 ) This Week in Anime - Does It Pay to Read Manga on Manga Apps? (May 18 ) This Week in Anime - “So Bad it's Good”? Why KamiKatsu Doesn't Cut Close to That (May 16 ) This Week in Games - "Next stop, Hyrule!" (May 12 ) This Week in Anime - Donghua Keeps Getting Better (May 11 ) This Week in Anime - Breaking the Mold with Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure (May 9 ) Answerman - Why is Yuri Anime So Popular Now? (May 5 ) This Week in Games - The True Secret of the Dragon is Guns (May 5 ) This Week in Anime - The YAS-ification of Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island (May 4 ) The ANN Aftershow - Lovable Anime Dirtbags (May 3 ) This Week in Anime - The Corp-orification of Kizuna Ai (May 2 ) This Week in Games - "Hand It Over, That Thing, Your Armored Core" (Apr 28 ) This Week in Anime - Oshi no Ko and the Idol Industry's Dirty Secret (Apr 27 ) The ANN Aftershow - The Tragedy of G-Witch's Guel Jeturk (Apr 26 ) This Week in Anime - What the Hell is Going on in Heavenly Delusion? (Apr 25 ) This Week in Games - The Ten-Million Dollar Bricklayer (Apr 21 ) This Week in Anime - The Best OPs and EDs This Season (Apr 20 ) The ANN Aftershow - Let's Talk Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (Apr 19 ) This Week in Anime - Has the Isekai Genre Given Up? (Apr 18 ) This Week in Games - I Just Miss Julia Voth As Jill, Man (Apr 14 ) This Week in Anime - Why You Should Watch the Kaguya-sama Movie (Apr 13 ) The ANN Aftershow - What Spring Anime Should We Watch? (Apr 12 ) This Week in Games - I Didn't Plan For This Much Capcom, It Just Happened (Apr 7 ) This Week in Anime - Gacha Money Now (Apr 5 ) This Week in Games - Aren't You Tired Of Being The Hero Of The Wilds? Don't You Just Want To Go Ape-Mode? (Mar 31 ) This Week in Anime - Can Makoto Shinkai Only Make One Movie? (Mar 30 ) The ANN Aftershow - Trigun Stampede's Dimension-Shattering Finale! (Mar 29 ) This Week in Anime - How Inu-Oh Perfectly Captures Masaaki Yuasa's Work (Mar 28 ) This Week in Games - A Farewell To Legs (Mar 24 ) This Week in Anime - Is There More to Onimai Than Fanservice? (Mar 23 ) This Week in Anime - Which Recent Anime Announcements Are Most Hype-Worthy? (Mar 21 ) This Week in Games - Pikachu Didn't Like That (Mar 17 ) This Week in Anime - Does Gen Urobuchi's Name Mean Anything Anymore? (Mar 16 ) The ANN Aftershow - What If Knives is Right? (Mar 15 ) This Week in Anime - Hey, Yoko Taro, What's With All the Puppets? (Mar 14 ) This Week in Games - Welcome To The Next Saiyan Level (Mar 10 ) This Week in Anime - And the Award for Best Anime Awards Goes To... (Mar 9 ) This Week in Anime - The Cutthroat World of Shonen Jump Manga (Mar 7 ) This Week in Games - If 'JRPG' is a Dirty Word, It's America's Fault (Mar 3 ) Answerman - What Kind of Content Restrictions Does Shonen Jump Impose? (Mar 3 ) This Week in Anime - What is the Heart of Trigun Stampede? (Mar 2 ) The ANN Aftershow - More Like "Hash the Stampede," Amirite? (Mar 1 ) This Week in Anime - Does Buddy Daddies Live Up To Its Zany Title? (Feb 28 ) This Week in Games - We Finally Arrived At The Sony Factory (Feb 24 ) This Week in Anime - Aggretsuko Goes Full Politics in Its Final Season (Feb 23 ) The ANN Aftershow - Vash's True Origins Are Revealed! (Feb 22 ) This Week in Anime - Does BOFURI Season 2 Keep Up the Charm? (Feb 21 ) This Week in Games - You Go, Big Guy! (Feb 17 ) This Week in Anime - Is Nagatoro's Second Season Actually...Wholesome? (Feb 16 ) The ANN Aftershow - The Best Episode of Trigun Stampede Yet! (Feb 15 ) This Week in Anime - Is Tomo-chan is a Girl! a Perfect Rom-Com? (Feb 14 ) This Week in Games - The First Nintendo Direct of 2023 (Feb 10 ) Answerman - What Happened to the Next Episode Previews? (Feb 10 ) This Week in Anime - Why Vinland Saga's New Season is Even Better (Feb 9 ) The ANN Aftershow - Trigun Stampede Tackles Religion (Feb 8 ) This Week in Anime - A Toast to Bartender (Feb 7 ) This Week in Games - E3, I barely knew ye (Feb 3 ) This Week in Anime - The Deer King's Beating Heart (Feb 2 ) The ANN Aftershow - Wolfwood Joins Trigun Stampede! (Feb 1 ) This Week in Anime - Don't Sleep on The Ancient Magus' Bride OVAs (Jan 31 ) This Week in Games - It Feels Like 2008 All Over Again (Jan 27 ) Answerman - What's With All the Delayed Aniplex Shows? (Jan 27 ) This Week in Anime - Junji Ito's Content Mill of Horrors (Jan 26 ) This Week in Anime - School Jacket Lupin Makes a Daring Escape! (Jan 24 ) This Week in Games - "We Have Odin Sphere and Final Fantasy Tactics At Home" (Jan 20 ) Answerman - Why Do Some Anime Releases Have a "Content Japan" Logo On Them? (Jan 20 ) This Week in Anime - What the Hell is Going On In Summer Time Rendering? (Jan 19 ) The ANN Aftershow - Vash on the Run! (Jan 18 ) This Week in Anime - Are Any of the New Isekai Worth Watching? (Jan 17 ) This Week in Games - Asimov's Laws Didn't Account For Godwin's Law (Jan 13 ) This Week in Anime - Toka Gettan Delivers the Mid-00s Visual Novel Nostalgia (Jan 12 ) The ANN Aftershow - Vash vs Buddy Daddies (Jan 11 ) This Week in Anime - What is Cyber City Oedo 808? (Jan 10 ) This Week in Games - Leonardo Leads, Donatello Does Machines (Jan 6 ) This Week in Anime - Monster Returns to Streaming (Jan 5 ) 2019 [309] 2018 [459] 2017 [450] 2016 [373] 2015 [362] 2014 [356] 2013 [377] 2012 [392] 2011 [648] 2010 [449] 2009 [429] 2008 [379]
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