Manga launched in 2008, inspired TV anime in 2011 ― The official Twitter account of Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazine announced on Monday that bb Kuroda's A Channel manga will end in three more chapters, including the chapter that appeared in the sister magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat's November issue on Monday. If there are no delays, the manga will end on November 28. The manga revolves aroun...

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Kirakira Precure a la Mode Streaming

Sep 29, 15:00

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It has been a long time coming, but finally English-speaking anime fans are getting the chance to legally watch the unadulterated versions of some of the titles in the sprawling Pretty Cure franchise. ― It has been a long time coming, but finally English-speaking anime fans are getting the chance to legally watch the unadulterated versions of some of the titles in the sprawling Pretty Cure franchise....

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This Week in Anime - The Made in Abyss Movie Will Crush Your Soul

Sep 29, 13:00

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The new film Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul is a whole new level of hell as our spritely spelunkers finally come face to face with Bondrewd and his sinister machinizations. ― The Made in Abyss anime series is hardly known for its sunshine and rainbows but the new film Made In Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul is a whole new level of hell as our spritely spelunkers finally come face to face with Bon...

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Latest NisiOisin Novel is a Battle Royale Between Pregnant Women

Sep 28, 16:45

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Delivery Room novel by Monogatari author ships on September 30 ― Monogatari author NisiOisin's latest novel, titled Delivery Room, has an unusual premise: Five pregnant women are invited to a mysterious battle royale-like situation with the prize of a healthy childbirth on the line. Publisher Kodansha describes the novel as follows: Miyako Mamamiya receives a letter of invitation. In it is written: 5...

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Holmes of Kyoto Novel 1

Sep 28, 15:00

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Mochizuki says in her afterword that her motivating factor in writing the series was to combine her long-held desire to write a “light mystery” with her reactions upon moving to Kyoto, and that's precisely what she's done. ― While an adaptation's quality is not always the best indicator of what the source material is like, such is the case of Mai Mochizuki's light novel series Holmes of Kyoto and its...

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The Best (And Worst) Anime of Summer 2020

Sep 28, 14:00

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Summer has fallen and it's time for autumn to rise! ANN's editorial team looks back at the hottest series of the season and which turned out to be real stinkers. ― The Best (and Worst) of Summer 2020 Caitlin Moore Best: Appare-Ranman This season, Appare-Ranman joined the ranks of brilliantly creative, tragically underwatched original anime along with such fantastic titles as Stars Align, Granbelm, an...

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The Fairy Tale of Inuyasha: 20 Years Later

Sep 28, 13:00

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Ahead of the highly anticipated Yashahime premiere, Christopher Inoa revisits the classic that ushered in a new wave of anime fans. ― When we last left the world of Inuyasha, the series' titular character and Kagome Higurashi, the now high school graduate from another world and reincarnation of his first true love Kikyō, are living happily together in feudal era Japan. Kagome decided to forgo her lif...

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Power Rangers Dino Fury Reveals Cast, Trailer

Sep 27, 20:42

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Russel Curry, Kai Moya, Hunter Deno star in 28th Power Rangers season ― The Hasbro Power Rangers Panel at Hasbro PulseCon 2020 revealed the main cast and a trailer for the Power Rangers franchise's 28th season, titled Power Rangers Dino Fury, on Saturday. The live-action tokusatsu (special effects) show stars: Russel Curry as Red Ranger Kai Moya as Blue Ranger Hunter Deno as Pink Ranger The show will...

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Lapis Re:LiGHTs

Sep 27, 15:00

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The series does have somewhat of a plotline, though it is thin and typically functions to link other components together rather than guide the story. ― This Summer 2020 series is the anime branch of a multimedia project that will eventually include a smartphone game and a manga. Based on the way it ends, and the way it painstakingly introduces about two dozen named girls (even at the expense of stray...

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ANN Connect: Attack on Titan

Sep 27, 11:57

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Excited about that Attack on Titan The Final Season trailer? Join us Thursday when ANN: Connect interviews AoT's Bryce Papenbrook and Mike McFarland. ― Welcome to Anime News Network Connect! A collaboration between ANN and Anime NYC, ANN Connect is a new way to bring anime fans, anime creators, and the anime industry together during a time when we're all physically remote. Across this summer and fal...

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Fiancee of the Wizard GN 1

Sep 26, 15:00

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She had been a twenty-nine-year-old woman walking home when she was hit by a car – that was the last thing she remembered. ― Fiancée of the Wizard is one of those series with a first volume that is largely unremarkable but has the potential to become something more. Primarily this is because so much of the manga's introductory book, which covers presumably half-to-a-third of the original light novel'...

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List of Shows, Films, Manga, Games Affected by COVID-19 (Updated September 24)

Sep 20, 14:30

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All of ANN's coverage of works hit by new coronavirus disease ― Here is all of ANN's coverage of the series, films, manga, and games that the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected. Note: Asteroid in Love, Bungo & Alchemist, Darwin's Game, Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, Hatena Illusion, Jewelpet: Attack Travel, Kukuriraige -Sanxingdui Denki-, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Rein...

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