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Get 40% Off Your Tickets to Animation is Film Festival!

Oct 15, 14:01

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GKIDS is giving a ticket discount to all ANN readers attending the Animation is Film Festival this weekend! ― Calling All West Coast Anime Fans! The Animation Is Film Festival returns for its second year in Los Angeles, CA with an incredible slate of anime events and premieres. This year's line-up features the premiere of Mirai with director Mamoru Hosoda in person for Q&As as well as a four-film Mam...

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Answerman - What's The Difference Between A License And A Distribution Deal?

Oct 15, 13:00

anime

Funimation "licenses" Attack on Titan but Right Stuf is the "distributor" for Mobile Suit Gundam - what's the difference between these two arrangements? Justin gets into the details. ― John asked: I was wondering what is the difference between a distribution and licensing deals? What entail a distribution deal? And in case of the Sunrise's Gundam deal with Right Stuf could a another company still li...

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Shelf Life - Angel Cop

Oct 15, 11:00

anime

This cyberpunk '80s OVA may be nostalgic for some fans, but it's hardly angelic. Paul finds out if anything about this vintage shlock holds up and breaks down all this week's new anime releases! ― I'll be writing our streaming reviews for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, and I am unreasonably pumped about it. I'm not expecting it to be the best show ever made, but something about the main pr...

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My Hero Academia GN 15

Oct 15, 10:00

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Despite some great moments, this isn't one of MHA's brighter volumes, as complicated exposition drags down the story's pacing. Nick Creamer has the details. ― The simplicity of Midoriya's view of heroism has always been one of those assumed truths that I'd always assumed My Hero Academia was simply holding on the back burner for future conflicts. Contributing to complex, large-scale police operations...

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Ghibli Fest 2018 - Spirited Away Ticket Giveaway!

Oct 15, 00:00

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Magic and fantasy reign once again as Spirited Away returns to theaters. As a special October treat, GKIDS is giving away FREE TICKETS to ANN readers! ― This month, GKIDS is bringing back the Studio Ghibli animated classic Spirited Away to theaters on Oct. 28, 29 & 30. They are giving away two free tickets each to five lucky ANN readers! About the Movie Winner of the Academy Award® for Best Animated...

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The Mike Toole Show - The Shonen Jump Formula

Oct 14, 16:18

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anime

The My Hero Academia movie prompts Mike to consider the deep and fascinating history of the "Shonen Jump Movie", the self-contained side-story theatrical events that've been around for decades. ― A couple of weeks back, I joined approximately half a million other anime dorks across the continent, who dutifully bought tickets and attended screenings of the new My Hero Academia movie. I've said several...

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Garrison Girl: An Attack on Titan Novel

Oct 14, 10:00

novels

This American YA romance take on Attack on Titan is unique in its unusual origins, but does it add much to Isayama's world and characters for prior fans? James Beckett finds out. ― From the opening of its first chapter, Rachel Aaron's Garrison Girl: An Attack on Titan Novel is a profoundly strange reading experience, at least if you're coming to the book as a fan of the original material created by H...

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The List - 6 Spooky New Anime for October 2018

Oct 13, 12:30

anime

Tired of the same ol' horror movie recommendations? If you're looking for something a little different to watch this Halloween, here are six great - and recent - horror (and horroresque) anime to liven up your spooky season. ― The average annual Halloween movie marathon has a tried and true list of the usual suspects. If you're going live-action, there's plenty of entries in the Halloween, Nightmare...

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The Dark Maidens Novel

Oct 13, 10:00

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This is the kind of excellent mystery that's difficult to put down, but you also don't want to read too quickly. Rebecca Silverman has the details. ― There are many ways to tell a mystery. Whether you use the classic four-act format, the basic whodunit, or something completely different, the end goal no matter what is to find out not only who committed the crime, but also why. That's a very twisting ...

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ANNCast - The Fall of Man

Oct 12, 17:40