After fairly good rankings hovering between #12 and #5, Hell's Paradise grabs #2 this week! See how all your favorites fared in our weekly user rankings. ― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts. Keep in mind that these rankings are based on...

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This Week in Anime - That New Eva Project

Mar 3, 13:00

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Last week's announcement that Evangelion is coming back with a fresh coat of paint got Lucas and Sylvia digging deep into their own SEELE files. ― Last week's announcement that Evangelion is coming back with a fresh coat of paint got Lucas and Sylvia digging deep into their own SEELE files. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime Ne...

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Dynasty Warriors Origins: Visions of Four Heroes Game DLC Review

Mar 3, 12:00 games

Visions of Four Heroes is really good in unexpected ways, but fails to deliver what I really wanted. ― Dynasty Warriors Origins: Visions of Four Heroes is a conflicted DLC that somehow manages to overdeliver and miss the mark all at once. I'm going to be blunt: this DLC was not at all what I expected. I very much enjoyed the base game of Origins, which was a robust and modern take on a franchise that...

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Cat's Eye Episode 7-12 Anime Series Review

Mar 2, 12:00

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What we got certainly wasn't bad, but it was also fairly forgettable, and for a new interpretation of an old classic, it's hard to think of a more disappointing outcome than that. ― I walked away from the first half of the Cat's Eye remake feeling mostly unimpressed, as the combination of its bland capers and even blander central romance didn't leave a whole lot to latch onto. To its credit, the seco...

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Shogakukan Discloses It Hired act-age Writer Tatsuya Matsuki to Pen New Manga on Manga One

Mar 2, 10:54

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Shogakukan details how it came to hire writer convicted of sex crime against minor in 2020 ― Shogakukan released a new statement on Monday related to the issue of its Manga ONE editorial department allowing manga creator Shōichi Yamamoto to publish a new manga on the service under a pen name, after he had been arrested and convicted of a sex crime. In the new statement, Shogakukan stated that in resp...

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Mushrooms and Fairy Tales: An Interview with the Director and Producer of Champignon Witch

Mar 2, 09:00

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"Luna is a rare kind of shojo heroine—someone who struggles both to love and to be loved." ― Deep in the black forest lives an unusual witch—Luna the Champignon Witch. Luna is a black witch, and her body emits poison, which means that everyone in town fears her. But Luna is a kind, gentle soul trying to survive in a dark world that distrusts black witches despite the very necessary function they fulf...

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Kyoto Animation President, Co-Founder Hideaki Hatta Dies at 76

Mar 2, 01:53

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Hideaki Hatta co-founded studio with wife Yōko Hatta in 1981 ― Kyoto Animation announced on Monday that its president and co-founder Hideaki Hatta died on February 16. He was 76. His family held a private funeral.京アニ社長・八田英明さん死去 76歳「『よってたかって作る』を合言葉に」https://t.co/CmCR4ehSwJ⠀京都アニメーションのサイトで発表。1985年の設立から四十余年にわたり「よってたかって作る」を合言葉にしてきたと紹介。「これからも世界中の皆さまに楽しんでいただける作品をよってたかって… pic.twitter.com/5X5h4v044C— オリコンニュース...

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Media Do International Acquires Seven Seas Entertainment

Mar 1, 20:44

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Media Do highlights its LLM AI-based translation system in announcing US$80 million acquisition ― Media Do International, the California-based subsidiary of e-book distributor Media Do Holdings, announced on Sunday that it has acquired manga and light novel publisher Seven Seas Entertainment. Nikkei reports that Media Do International acquired Seven Seas for US$80 million. The announcement reported...

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Always a Catch! Volumes 2-5 Manga Review

Mar 1, 12:00

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At its heart, this is a romp of a story about an atypical young lady bulldozing her way through the world. ― If I had to sum Always a Catch up in the easiest way possible, I would say that it's May I Ask for One Final Thing? but with a heroine who is as goofy as possible. Like Scarlet, Maria “Mimi” Annovazzi is as strong as she can be and has an incredible skill for punching people, but she lacks Sca...

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Mario Tennis Fever Game Review

Feb 28, 12:00

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Mario Tennis Fever won’t turn up the heat for everybody, but it could be sick as hell for the folks who play the game competitively. ― First and foremost, I should note that Nintendo and Camelot Software's Mario Tennis Fever is, for all intents and purposes, a fighting game. There's a story mode and various trial modes to help new players learn the controls. The many characters that make up this game...

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The New Prince of Tennis Manga to End in 6 More Chapters

Feb 28, 11:40

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Takeshi Konomi launched sequel in 2009, one decade after original manga's debut ― Manga creator Takeshi Konomi confirmed on Sunday that The New Prince of Tennis (Shin Tennis no Ōji-sama) manga will end in six more chapters. Konomi launched The New Prince of Tennis sequel manga in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine in 2009. Shueisha published the manga's 46th compiled book volume on January 5. Konomi ann...

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Shogakukan Apologizes for Releasing New Manga by Creator Convicted of Sex Crime Against Minor

Feb 28, 05:30

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Other creators react when civil suit reveals crime's details, Manga ONE editor's role in settlement talks ― Content warning: this article contains graphic descriptions of rape and sexual abuse. Shogakukan's Manga One editorial department issued a statement and an apology on Friday regarding manga creator Shōichi Yamamoto, after the editorial department had allowed Yamamoto to publish a new manga on t...

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Who's Your Favorite Kanto Pokémon?

Feb 27, 12:00 games

In celebration of Pokémon Day, we’d love to hear about your Pokémon journey!

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