USA &
Canada
  • World
  • USA & Canada
  • Australia & New-Zealand
  • India
  • Southeast Asia
  • Français
Login
forgot it?
or
Login with Facebook
Login with Twitter
Register
No account yet? Registering is free, easy, and private. Discuss in the forum, contribute to the Encyclopedia, build your own MyAnime lists, and more.
×
  • anywhere on the site
  • in the encyclopedia
  • in the forums
News

  • News chronological archives

  • 18:00 The Maid I Admire Looks Good with a Cigarette Manga Ends
  • 17:30 Doro no Kuni Manga Ends in Next Chapter on May 19
  • 17:00 Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway Anime Film Stays at #1, 2026 Doraemon Film Drops to #4
  • 16:30 Live-Action Blue Lock Film Unveils More Cast, New Trailer
  • 16:00 Tomohiro Yagi Launches New Hitoner Manga
  • 15:30 My Wife Has No Emotion Author Jirō Sugiura Launches New Kamibiki no Monarch Manga
  • 15:00 AnimEigo Reveals Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope Anime's English Dub Trailer, June 9 BD Release
  • 14:31 Anime Central Hosts Music Producers/Performers Taku Takahashi, Hidefumi Kenmochi, kors K, BANVOX, Souichi Terada
  • 13:00 Cupid Parasite Game Gets PC Release
  • 12:00 Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc Stage Play Reveals Cast, Trailer, Dates

  • Convention reports chronological archives

  • Mar 29 AnimeJapan 2026
  • Oct 16 Ronin and Sith Reunite in Star Wars Visions The Duel: Payback
  • Oct 16 Trigun Stargaze Aims for the Stars: Episode 1-2 Review

  • Newsfeed

  • Interest chronological archives

  • Apr 21 Kadokawa's Game Magazine Subsidiary Partly Pays for Employees' Games
  • Apr 20 My Dress-Up Darling's Marin Kitagawa Is Now a Racing Queen
  • Apr 19 Wit Studio Animates 2nd Orangestar Song for Music Video
  • Apr 18 Make Your Own Apothecary Diaries Dishes With New Cookbook
  • Apr 18 Dragon Ball's Lead Voice Masako Nozawa Finds Love in McDonald's Baki Dating Sim Spoof
  • Apr 16 Gintama & Pui Pui Molcar Open a Pop-Up Store Together
  • Apr 16 VANDY THE PINK, Complex Shop Offer KPop Demon Hunters x McDonald's Apparel

  • Press Releases chronological archives

  • 13:53 It's Anime FAST Channel Highlights New Bite-Sized Simulcast Fantasy Series This April
  • 13:44 Creepy Nuts Complete First North American Tour, Share New Single "Fright"
  • 13:34 Niuhi Indie Manga Contest Now Open
  • 13:11 Scandal to Release International Edition of ‘ECHO’ Ahead of 20th Anniversary
  • 13:06 Welcome Sakura Miku - New DLC Out Now for Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S+
  • 13:02 Anime Manga Explosion That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime (TenSura) Special
Views

  • Features chronological archives

  • 09:00 Manga Author Keiko Takemiya Talks Toward the Terra and Its Deeper Meanings
  • Apr 20 Spring 2026 Manga Guide
  • Apr 20 Gundam Character Designer Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Talks Venus Wars, New Projects, and AI Art
  • Apr 19 'The One Piece is Real,' An Interview with Reese Alexiades from The Savannah Bananas
  • Apr 18 Aspiring Animators Honored at AnimeJapan's Emerging Creator Awards Ceremony
  • Apr 17 Exploring Lupin III Kabuki: Classical Japanese Theater Meets a Modern Classic
  • Apr 13 How Ace Combat Inspired the Sentenced to Be a Hero Author
  • Apr 10 Mulasaki Ima Takes a “New Walk” for Eren the Southpaw Anime
  • Apr  8 Your Anime Rankings - Best of Winter 2026

  • Reviews alphabetical archives

  • 12:00 Tune In to the Midnight Heart Anime Series Review
  • Apr 21 How to Hold Someone in Your Heart Novel Review
  • Apr 20 You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! Anime Series Review
  • Apr 19 Ariana and the Elder Codex Game Review
  • Apr 18 Dagger of Kamui Anime Movie Review
  • Apr 17 Gunsmith Cats Omnibus Volume 3 Manga Review
  • Apr 16 DIGIMON BEATBREAK Episode 13-24 Anime Series Review
  • Apr 15 Versus Volumes 2-4 Manga Review
  • Apr 15 OPUS: Prism Peak Video Game Review

  • Columns chronological archives

  • Apr 21 This Week in Anime - Does Social Media Ruin Everything?
  • Apr 21 This Week in Mobile Games - Anni(versary), Are You OK?
  • Apr 20 Answerman - Is Donghua Becoming Popular in the West?
  • Apr 17 This Week in Games - Heads Butting over NieR, Level-5's Games A-far, and Bloodborne Goes to Hollywood

  • Newtype... chronological archives

  • Apr 29 Newtype Exclusive Interview with SAKAMOTO DAYS Cast, Tomokazu Sugita as Taro Sakamoto and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shin Asakura!
  • Mar 13 Newtype Exclusive Interview with Composer Kaoru Wada: Crafting the Soundscape of Ranma ½
  • Feb 11 Newtype Exclusive Interview with Creators Behind ONE PIECE FAN LETTER - Part 2

  • Everything chronological archives

  • Features (incl. Interviews and Newtype, and also as Seasonal features like Anime Spotlight, Preview Guide, Weekly Rankings)
  • Reviews (incl. Game Reviews)
  • Current Columns (incl. Answerman, Intern Annika, The ANN Aftershow, The Anime Backlog, This Week in Anime, This Week in Games, This Week in Mobile Games)
  • Archived Columns (incl. ANNCast, ANNtv, Anime News Nina!, Astro Toy, Brain Diving, Buried Treasure, Chicks On Anime, Crashing Japan, Epic Threads, From The Gallery, Hai Fidelity, House of 1000 Manga, Ima Kore Ga Hoshiin Da, Old School, Pile of Shame, RIGHT TURN ONLY!!, Shelf Life, Sound Decision, Sub Culture, Super Plastic, Tales Of The Industry, Tankobon Tower, The Click, The Dub Track, The Edit List, The Gallery, The List, The Mike Toole Show, The Set List, The Stream, The X Button, Vice & Luna)
  • Editorials (incl. Industry Comments)
  • Advertorials
New Anime

  • Spring 2026 current season

  • Your Score: Rate the Latest Simulcasts
  • Upcoming Anime List
  • Upcoming DVD & Blu-ray
  • Your Anime Rankings: The Best of the Season So Far According to Readers

  • Anime Spotlight

  • » previous seasons

  • Spring 2026 Preview Guide

  • Dandelion
  • I Want to End This Love Game
  • Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi!
  • ONE PIECE Elbaph Arc
  • Mission: Yozakura Family Season 2
  • Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2
  • The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch
  • Kill Blue
  • Yowayowa Sensei
  • Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk
  • Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star-
  • A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA
  • Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble?
  • The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King
  • Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 5
  • Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?
  • Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4
  • My Ribdiculous Reincarnation
  • Pardon the Intrusion, I'm Home!
  • Eren the Southpaw
  • I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class
  • Even a Replica Can Fall in Love
  • MARRIAGETOXIN
  • The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Season 2
  • Farming Life in Another World 2
  • Liar Game
  • The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt
  • Ghost Concert: missing Songs
  • The Spring 2026 Anime Preview Guide: Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun
  • MAO
  • Needy Girl Overdose
  • Kusunoki's Garden of Gods
  • Akane-banashi
  • Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke
  • Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 4
  • The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Season 2
  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4
  • Snowball Earth
  • An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess
  • Haibara's Teenage New Game+
  • Killed Again, Mr. Detective?
  • Petals of Reincarnation
  • Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE Season 4
  • Kirio Fan Club
  • The Ramparts of Ice
  • Classroom of the Elite 4th Season: Second Year, First Semester
  • Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 3
  • The Beginning After The End Season 2
  • Always a Catch!
  • Dorohedoro Season 2
  • BEASTARS Final Season Part 2
  • Witch Hat Atelier
  • The Strongest Job is Apparently Not a Hero or a Sage, But an Appraiser (Provisional)
  • The Drops of God
  • Daemons of the Shadow Realm
  • The Food Diary of Miss Maid
  • Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
  • Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring
  • Rooster Fighter
  • » previous seasons

  • Daily Streaming Reviews

  • Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring #1-4
  • Akane-banashi #3
  • Always a Catch! #1-3
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke #1-3
  • Daemons of the Shadow Realm #1-3
  • Dorohedoro Season 2 #1-5
  • Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE #25-27
  • Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! #1-4
  • Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA #1-2
  • MAO #1-3
  • MARRIAGETOXIN #3
  • Medalist Season 2 #9
  • Needy Girl Overdose #1-3
  • Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun #1-3
  • One Piece (2026-) #1156-1157
  • Ramparts of Ice #1-3
  • Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 #1-2
  • Rooster Fighter #6
  • Snowball Earth #1-3
  • The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King #1-2
  • Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun Season 4 #1-3
  • Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2 #1-2
  • Witch Hat Atelier #4
Encyclopedia

  • Anime

  • Top 10
  • Latest Simulcasts
  • Licensed
  • Latest in Japan
  • Upcoming TV series, movies, OAVs

  • Manga

  • Top 10
  • Licensed
  • Latest in Japan

  • People

  • Most prolific cast
  • Most prolific staff

  • Releases

  • This month

  • Companies

  • Licensors

  • Lexicon

  • Tools

  • Search by genre, theme, year
  • Comparison tool
  • Personal settings
  • more »
Forum

  • Forum Categories

  • Site-Related
  • General
  • Industry
  • For Subscribers

  • Forums

  • Talkback
  • Anime > Series Discussion
  • Manga
  • Encyclopedia
  • Feedback
  • Retail
  • Community

  • Forum Information

  • Search
  • FAQ
  • Usergroups
My ANN

  • Public

  • Public Anime Lists
  • Surveys
  • Contests & Giveaways
  • Newsletter
  • ANN:Connect

  • Subscribers

  • Subscriber Forum
  • Subscribe »

  • Personal

  • My Anime
  • My Manga
  • Change skin
  • My Anime 2 (beta)
About
  • Our Team
  • Contact us
  • Site news
  • Staff openings
  • Privacy policy
  • Copyright policy
  • Other policies
  • Advertise with ANN

  • Help

  • FAQ
  • Report a Problem
  • Bugs & Technical Questions Forum
Login or Register
  • forgot it?
  • Login with Facebook
    Login with Twitter
  • No account yet? Registering is free, easy, and private. Discuss in the forum, contribute to the Encyclopedia, build your own MyAnime lists, and more.
  • You must be at least 13 years old.

The Edit List - November 2001

    2005 [17]

    November 2005 [2]

    October 2005 [1]

    September 2005 [1]

    August 2005 [2]

    June 2005 [6]

    May 2005 [4]

    January 2005 [1]

    2004 [28]

    December 2004 [1]

    November 2004 [1]

    October 2004 [1]

    September 2004 [6]

    August 2004 [2]

    June 2004 [3]

    May 2004 [6]

    April 2004 [2]

    February 2004 [4]

    January 2004 [2]

    2003 [133]

    December 2003 [1]

    November 2003 [1]

    October 2003 [3]

    September 2003 [19]

    August 2003 [35]

    July 2003 [11]

    June 2003 [12]

    May 2003 [8]

    April 2003 [23]

    March 2003 [11]

    February 2003 [8]

    January 2003 [1]

    2002 [70]

    December 2002 [1]

    November 2002 [2]

    September 2002 [2]

    August 2002 [3]

    June 2002 [2]

    May 2002 [3]

    April 2002 [9]

    March 2002 [15]

    February 2002 [22]

    January 2002 [11]

    2001 [47]

    December 2001 [10]

    November 2001 [11]

  • Big O - ep. 11-13 (Nov 30)
  • Cowboy Bebop Second Run - ep. 6 (Nov 28)
  • Cowboy Bebop - ep. 26 (Nov 25)
  • Gundam 08th MS Team - ep. 7, 8 & 9 (Nov 22)
  • Cowboy Bebop - ep. 24 and 25 (Nov 19)
  • Sailor Moon Super S Movie (Nov 16)
  • Cowboy Bebop - unaired ep. 22 (Nov 13)
  • Cowboy Bebop - unaired ep. 8 (Nov 10)
  • Cowboy Bebop - unaired ep. 6 (Nov 8)
  • Cowboy Bebop - ep. 21, 22 & 23 (Nov 5)
  • Sailor Moon S Movie (Nov 2)

    • October 2001 [9]

    September 2001 [4]

    August 2001 [5]

    July 2001 [6]

    June 2001 [2]

⬈
⬋
-
+
review
1 comment

Tune In to the Midnight Heart Anime Series Review

Apr 22, 12:00
1 comment
anime
For something with “heart” in the title, this anime doesn’t express a whole lot of it. ― Tune in to the Midnight Heart is such a visual disasterpiece that I'm amazed my eyes could get through it all. And I knew what I was in for by the time the second episode rolled through. As if not being cursed with PowerPoint Presentation-styled animation wasn't bad enough, the anime pours more salt in the wound ...
feature
1 comment

Manga Author Keiko Takemiya Talks Toward the Terra and Its Deeper Meanings

Apr 22, 09:00
1 comment
anime manga
"I grew up reading shōnen manga and didn't read much shōjo manga, so I felt there was potential in being able to draw for a shōnen magazine. I didn't want to miss my chance." ― To celebrate Toward the Terra's manga author, Keiko Takemiya, winning the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award, three episodes of the 2007 anime were screened at the festival. Afterward, the now 76-year-o...
news
3 comments

Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia Mystery Novels Get TV Anime in 2027

Apr 21, 23:14
3 comments
anime
Riko Akechi, Shunsuke Takeuchi star in anime by Mamoru Kanbe, Cloverworks ― Kadokawa announced on Wednesday that En Mikami's Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia's Case Files (Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō) novel series is inspiring a television anime by Cloverworks that will premiere in 2027. The cast for the television anime includes:Riko Akechi as Shioriko ShinokawaShunsuke Takeuchi as Daisuke GōraMamoru K...
news
1 comment

The Diary of a Middle-Aged Sage's Carefree Life in Another World Novels Get Anime

Apr 21, 21:00
1 comment
anime
Takayuki Inagaki directs anime of Yasukiyo Kotobuki, Johndee's novels at YANCHESTER ― Kadokawa announced on Wednesday that Yasukiyo Kotobuki's The Diary of a Middle-Aged Sage's Carefree Life in Another World (Arafō Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki) light novels are getting a television anime. The company revealed a visual and the staff: Takayuki Inagaki (Rosario + Vampire) is directing the anime at YAN...
review

How to Hold Someone in Your Heart Novel Review

Apr 21, 12:00 novels
Mizuki Tsujimura writes without turning emotions into gooey sentimentality, capturing humans’ inner lives in all of their bruised beauty. ― “It is a gift,” the last person Ayumi helps in this sequel to Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon tells him, “to live in the world at the same time as the person you have in your heart.” These words are a distillation of Mizuki Tsujimura's duology. Although everyon...
column
25 comments

This Week in Anime - Does Social Media Ruin Everything?

Apr 21, 10:00
25 comments
people
With access to creators only an @ away, does social media do more harm than good? ― With access to creators only an @ away, does social media do more harm than good? 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. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyter @vestenet Sylvia Coop, it brings me no...
column
4 comments

This Week in Mobile Games - Anni(versary), Are You OK?

Apr 21, 09:00
4 comments
games
A major anniversary event for Honkai Star Rail, some weird crossovers, and bad news for members of Doki Doki Literature Club's Google Play members are just a few of the things Josh has to talk about in a packed TWIMG. ― This week's This Week in Mobile Gaming has a sponsor! It's pixel art anime RPG Grand Summoners! Learn more about Grand Summoners and its latest crossover event with That Time I Got Re...
news

Toei Entertainment Studio Launches Game Brand

Apr 21, 05:55 games
Toei Games' initial lineup to be announced on Friday ― Toei announced on Tuesday that it has established its own game brand Toei Games. Toei revealed the new brand's logo along with a pixel animation of Toei's trademark "Wild Waves and Rocks" opening sequence, as created by game developer Kairosoft.˗ˏˋ 🌟東映ゲームズ はじまる🌟 ˊˎ˗本日より、東映株式会社が展開するゲーム事業「東映ゲームズ」が始動いたします🌱この公式Xでは、東映ゲームズに関する色々な情報をいち早く、時にはゆるりとお届けしていきた...
news
3 comments

Visual Arts Company Unveils New Visual Novel Brand With 3 Games

Apr 21, 05:32
3 comments
games
VISUAL ARTS Scripts brand to launch Sayagatari -Promise of the Cursed Blade- this year ― The company Visual Arts announced on Tuesday its new visual novel brand VISUAL ARTS Scripts, and also announced the new brand's first game titled Sayagatari -Promise of the Cursed Blade- (Sayagatari -Yōtō no Yakusoku-), slated for release this year. The game will first get a physical release, followed by a Steam ...
news

Studio Ghibli Animates 'Majo no Tani no Yoru' Short for Ghibli Park

Apr 20, 21:14 anime
Goro Miyazaki, Akihiko Yamashita direct short debuting in Ghibli Park on July 8 ― Studio Ghibli announced on Tuesday that it is producing a new short anime titled "Majo no Tani no Yoru" (A Night in the Valley of Witches) that will debut on July 8 exclusively at the Cinema Orion in the Ghibli's Grand Warehouse, located in Ghibli Park. Goro Miyazaki (Tales from Earthsea, From Up on Poppy Hill, Earwig a...
review
5 comments

You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! Anime Series Review

Apr 20, 12:00
5 comments
anime
I never felt entertained for more than one moment every five episodes, and the gimmick overstays its welcome quickly. ― I love romantic comedies, and I will always jump at the opportunity to watch or review the latest ones each season. Despite that, I was never super fond of the childhood friend trope. While it can sometimes play into speed-running relationship-building between two characters, since ...
column
8 comments

Answerman - Is Donghua Becoming Popular in the West?

Apr 20, 11:44
8 comments
donghua
What is donghua and will it ever take off in the same way anime has? Jerome digs in. ― A Reader asks: Dear Answerman, There seems to be a lot more Chinese animation on streaming platforms these days compared to a few years ago. Crunchyroll has added several titles I'd never have expected to see there, including To Be Hero X, which reached #8 in ANN's 2025 Spring Season rankings. Do you think that Do...
feature
6 comments

Spring 2026 Manga Guide

Apr 20, 09:00
6 comments
manga
Has it really been twenty years since Shugo Chara came out? Come see how it stands the test of time as our Spring Manga Guide continues! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2026 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs at the beginning of a season. Now, doing something like that for m...
feature
4 comments

Gundam Character Designer Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Talks Venus Wars, New Projects, and AI Art

Apr 20, 09:00
4 comments
anime
"Watching [Venus Wars] again after such a long time, I felt it wasn't so bad after all." ― After the recent theatrical screening of the 1989 classic anime Venus Wars at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2026, its writer and director, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, gave a lengthy talk about not only the movie but his work on Gundam and his thoughts on AI art. While Venus Wars has long been available in the West (ev...
game review

Ariana and the Elder Codex Game Review

Apr 19, 12:00 games
Ariana and the Elder Codex is a strong action-adventure platformer that plays great, though its presentation can't quite keep pace with battles. ― Ariana and the Elder Codex is a strong action-adventure platformer that plays great, though its presentation can't quite keep pace with battles. Ariana surprised me with its basic structure. I will admit, from the trailer, I assumed I was getting yet anoth...
interview
2 comments

'The One Piece is Real,' An Interview with Reese Alexiades from The Savannah Bananas

Apr 19, 09:00
2 comments
just for fun
If baseball is the world, then MLB is the World Government, the big organization over all. Who then are the pirates in that world? Well, let me introduce you to the Savannah Bananas. ― Summer is only a few months away in North America, and what says “summer” more than baseball? The sound of the bat hitting a ball, the shouts of the crowd, the opening music of One Piece… While it might seem ridiculous...
All material Copyright © Anime News Network LLC. All rights reserved.
served by ruka-chan
  • News
    • Convention reports
    • Newsfeed
    • Interest
    • Press Releases
  • Views
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Columns
  • New Anime
    • Spring 2026 current season
    • Your Score for Recent Simulcasts
    • Upcoming Anime List
    • Upcoming DVD & Blu-ray
    • Weekly Rankings
    • Spring 2026 Preview Guide
    • Daily Streaming Reviews
  • Encyclopedia
  • Forum
  • My ANN
    • Subscribe »
    • My Anime
    • My Manga
    • Newsletter
    • ANN:Connect
  • About
    • Our Team
    • Contact us
    • Staff openings
    • Privacy policy
    • Copyright policy
    • Advertise with ANN
    • FAQ
    • Report a Problem
    • Bugs & Technical Questions Forum