With the fall season upon us, it's a reminder of just how much new anime there is every season. Justin considers the angles - and we'd love to hear your secrets for keeping up! ― Nathan asks: I'm an anime fan since the late 90s, returning to regular watching after a hiatus since around 2004. Now, EVERYTHING seems to be coming over, and the front page of Anime News Network seems like a deluge of unfa...

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The Best and Worst Anime of Summer 2016

Sep 28, 11:54

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The Summer 2016 anime season is over - so it's time to pick our favorites! From Mob Psycho 100 to Sweetness & Lightning, find out our critics' picks for the best and worst of the season - and don't forget to share yours! ― Summer is wrapping up, which means it's time to poll our Daily Streaming Reviews team and find out which shows they loved the most, and which shows they'll try the hardest to forge...

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Assassination Classroom Season One Part Two BD+DVD

Sep 28, 10:00

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In the second half of this cult shonen hit's first season, Class E faces some of their greatest challenges yet! Rebecca Silverman breaks down the highs and lows. ― I hope that I can be as effective a teacher as Koro-sensei someday. Despite the fact that he's a giant tentacular octopus who destroyed the moon and threatens to do the same to the Earth, he also truly cares about his students and manages ...

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The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Sep 16-22

Sep 27, 12:35

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Mob Psycho 100 and New Game! race up the charts as we head into the final weeks of Summer 2016! Find out how all your favorite shows fared in our weekly rankings! ― Our team of reviewers are following 30 anime series of the Summer 2016 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in mind th...

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Vice & Luna: Bonus Round!

Sep 27, 10:39

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Luna's got a foolproof plan to watch nearly the entire fall anime season at once! ― Editor's Note: We've had a slight schedule change - due to preview guide and an upcoming personal event, we'll be doing these shorter strips for the next 2 weeks. We'll be back to our usual story pages the week of October 17! Thanks for reading!

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Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!!

Sep 27, 10:00

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Theron Martin takes on the fourth installment of the Fate/kaleid franchise, which returns the series to a greater focus on story and action in a mysterious alternate world. ― At 12 episodes, the fourth installment of the Fate/kaleid liner franchise is its longest to date. It's apparently not the last installment in the franchise either, given the recent advertisement for an upcoming movie. That's goo...

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Answerman - Why Are Anime Series So Short These Days?

Sep 26, 13:00

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It seems like anime series used to run longer - 26 to 52 episodes, rather than the nonstop drip of 12- and 13-episode shows we get now. Why did things change? Justin gets into it. ― Mathias asks: Looking back at the past decades, it seems that less anime shows were made, but that they ran for a longer time, often going over fifty or even a hundred episodes. What made producers switch to the current ...

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Shelf Life - Super Gals!

Sep 26, 11:00

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Gabriella Ekens jumps back in time to the '90s with the trendy Super Gals! to see how this forgotten shojo gem has aged. Plus, all this week's new releases! ― It never fails. Whenever I have all the time in the world to work on the new release section, four or five things come out that week at most. But when I move to a new apartment and spend most of the week away from my work computer? Well, take ...

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Digimon Adventure tri. Episodes 9-13 Streaming

Sep 26, 10:00

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This nostalgic Digimon journey takes a dark turn in its third arc, but what do these melancholy twists mean for Adventure's final chapter? Jacob Chapman dives in. ― Growing up can be wonderful in many ways, but so far, Digimon Tri has just been exploring all the not-so-wonderful things about it. From Tai's realization that the war games he used to play as a child have permanent real-world consequence...

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Doamygar-D Sub.DVD

Sep 25, 10:00

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Doamygar D offers simple but endearing riffs on classic super robot staples, two minutes at a time. Nick Creamer investigates. ― It's a little surprising to me that a show like Doamygar-D would get a western release at all. The show is unabashedly insular - starring a young Kyoto confectioner known as Daijiro Kyougoku, it riffs on super robot cliches from nearly half a century ago, mixing them with s...

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