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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J.C. Staff Produces Edens Zero TV Anime for April 2021 Debut

Sep 27, 20:29

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Fairy Tail director Shinji Ishihara returns as chief director for new anime ― A TGS 2020 livestream for Hiro Mashima's Edens Zero manga franchise revealed the main staff and April 2021 premiere on Saturday for the television anime adaptation of the manga. The anime will air on NTV and its affiliates. Shinji Ishihara (Fairy Tail, Log Horizon) will be the chief director of the anime at JC Staff. Yūshi ...

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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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My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Game Confirmed

Sep 26, 12:52

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2021 Otomate game centers on Catarina's encounter with pirate ― The "TV Anime My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Afternoon Party" event confirmed on Saturday that the anime is inspiring a game from Idea Factory's Otomate brand next year. The game's title is Otome Game no Hametsu Flag Shika Nai Akuyaku Reijō ni Tensei Shiteshimatta... ~Haran o Yobu Kaizoku~ (My Next Life as a Villa...

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The Ones Within Blu-Ray

Sep 25, 15:00

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The greatest and most overarching issue is the wildly shifting tone that precludes any of the overarching sense of tension or creeping dread that a story about kidnapped young adults playing fundamentally dangerous games should have. ― Have you ever watched the adaptation of a video game you love and been disappointed by how poorly it translated to anime? That without a controller in your hand or int...

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Retro Crush Schedule Session Change

Sep 25, 14:18

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The Retro Crush ANN: Connect session has been moved from Tuesday, September 29 to Wednesday, September 30 at 9PM ET / 6PM PT. ― 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 fall, ANN Connect will pres...

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Light VS. Lelouch: The Worst "Heroes" of Anime

Sep 25, 13:56

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Countless shonen anime have had a profound impact on many of us...but these two are the absolute WORST. Leo Rydel breaks down their horrible deeds and whether Light or Lelouch is the worst “hero” in his new video. ― Countless shonen anime have had a profound impact on many of us...but these two are the absolute WORST. Leo Rydel breaks down their horrible deeds and whether Light or Lelouch is the wor...

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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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