Whoever Steals This Book is, unfortunately, one of those films that is 100% style over substance. ― Whoever Steals This Book is a film filled to the brim with imagination. Mifuyu's adventure takes her into wonderfully realized storybook worlds. There's a Japanese fairy tale filled with surreal visuals, a noir detective story portrayed with a black and white color palette and film grain over the top, ...

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This Week in Games - Ike's Back, Bricks Need a Budget, and Marissa Stole the Precious Nuggets

Jan 16, 11:00

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LEGO's Pokémon sets are super-effective against your wallet! Jean-Karlo discusses the bank-breaking sets and one of the most complex video game deep cuts to sell McNuggets. ― Welcome back, folks! Nintendo offered a "Year in Review" feature this week that covered my entire history with the Switch family of consoles. With all the games I've bought, there were surprisingly few games on that list—mostly ...

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Baki The Grappler Volumes 5-6 Manga Review

Jan 15, 12:00 manga

This is a manga in which a thirteen-year-old bulks up by eating and training so effing hard he hits galaxy brain mode and bulks up in ways that are impossible. ― Having defeated Kureha Shinogi, despite the man's intimate knowledge of the human body gained at the cost of dozens of other's lives, Baki almost immediately seeks his next fight. He's spotted fighting 100 delinquents at once, knocking out o...

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This Week in Anime - Samurai Slashes, Ronin Dashes

Jan 15, 10:00

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With the return of the Ronin Warriors, Coop and Chris cook up a new Toonami block. ― With the return of the Ronin Warriors, Coop and Chris cook up a new Toonami block. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network. Crunchyroll streams Samurai Troopers, Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers, Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, The Prince of...

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Mamoru Oshii Directs New Armored Trooper Votoms Anime

Jan 14, 22:35

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Sunrise, Production I.G's Sōkō Kihei Votoms Haiiro no Hexe marks Sunrise's 50th anniversary ― Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on Thursday that Sunrise and Production I.G are collaborating to produce a new anime in the Armored Trooper Votoms franchise titled Sōkō Kihei Votoms Haiiro no Hexe (Armored Trooper Votoms: Die Garue Hexe or literally, Armored Trooper Votoms: The Grey Witch), with Mamoru Oshi...

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The Winter 2026 Anime Preview Guide

Jan 14, 12:52

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Your favorite elf is back for Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Winter 2026 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they go along. Each critic will cover as many shows as they can handle, giving you alternate takes on almost every show. The guide is ongoing, organized by series, a...

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My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending Volumes 1-2 Manga Review

Jan 14, 12:00 manga

Kazuki is a very boring, nothing character that is strictly driven by his survival and he needs to spend most of the story riding a very thin line. ― On the one end, I do appreciate a series that really likes to just cut out all the fat. When Death Flags starts, we don't get any set-up or preamble about our protagonist's past life or how he found himself in the circumstances that he does. He just wak...

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A Tour of World Masterpiece Theater's Historic Nippon Animation Studio

Jan 14, 09:00

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The studio that fostered talents like Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and brought to life Anne of Green Gables, Future Boy Conan, and more opened its doors to offer ANN a tour through where the magic is made. ― About an hour's train ride outside of Tokyo, nestled in a quiet neighborhood in Tama City lays one of the anime industry's most storied studios: Nippon Animation. This studio has brought joy...

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The Greatest Wolf of My Life Volume 1 K-Comic Review

Jan 13, 12:00 korean

The Greatest Wolf of My Life is an immensely entertaining story in its first volume. ― In any other manhwa, or manga or light novel, a pop star moving into the apartment next door would be the first sign of a budding romance for an ordinary young woman. Not in Ran's The Greatest Wolf of My Life - for Eunbyul, having Kang Bin show up in the shabby rooftop studio next door to hers, it's the beginning o...

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This Week in Anime - Drama Over Anime

Jan 13, 10:00

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Sylvia and Lucas seek to remedy a shared blindspot with an exploration of shoujo anime and live action series. ― Sylvia and Lucas seek to remedy a shared blindspot with an exploration of shoujo anime and live action series. 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. Crunc...

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KonoSuba – God's blessing on this wonderful world! Anime Confirms Season 4

Jan 13, 09:00

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2026 mobile/PC game, 10th anniversary event, exhibit, audio drama, song box also announced ― The "KonoSuba – God's blessing on this wonderful world! Anime 10th Anniversary Livestream" confirmed on Tuesday that the franchise's previously announced sequel anime is a fourth television anime season. The staff also commemorated the anime's 10th anniversary with a new visual and announced a new mobile/PC g...

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