Shin'ichi Sakamoto gives us a deeper look at his award-winning title's LGBTQ+ themes and how hie draws "with an awareness of beauty." ― Shin'ichi Sakamoto's storied manga has at last begun coming stateside, with English releases of Innocent and #DRCL midnight children now several volumes in, and The Climber announced to be coming soon. #DRCL, a dramatic reimagining of Bram Stoker's Dracula, was nomin...

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The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Manga Gets TV Anime at CloverWorks in 2025

Sep 16, 02:58

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Anime based on Saka Mikami's class gap romance manga ― Aniplex announced during its Aniplex Online Fest stream on Monday that CloverWorks is adapting Saka Mikami's The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity (Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku) manga into a television anime premiering in 2025. Mikami drew the below illustration to celebrate the anime's announcement. Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga ...

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The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3 Anime Series Review

Sep 15, 12:00

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Tatsuya makes a plan to deal with it. The plan works without a hitch, and everything is resolved. This is the pattern for all three arcs of this season. ― This, the third season of The Irregular At Magic High School, faces one major challenge right off the bat: its setting. The high school setting (magical or otherwise) is commonly used in fiction because it is part of the universal modern experience...

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Ponchan Chikyū No Osakana's Kirio Fanclub Manga Has Live-Action Show, Anime in the Works

Sep 15, 10:07

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Romantic comedy about 2 high school girls who share feelings for same classmate ― The manga creator Ponchan Chikyū No Osakana announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday that the Kirio Fanclub manga has both a live-action television adaptation and an anime adaptation in the works. The creator teased that more details are coming soon: 🎉㊗️𝑩𝑰𝑮 𝑵𝑬𝑾𝑺㊗️🎉 pic.twitter.com/Cxi2fT2LAc— 地球のお魚ぽんちゃん@9/19霧尾ファンクラブ最...

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Voice & Stories Project Has Anime, Game in the Works

Sep 15, 09:20

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Story about competitors in stage recitals by Ko Nakamura (BanG Dream!, D4DJ) ― The first anniversary event for the Voice & Stories project revealed on Sunday that the project has anime and game adaptations in the works. Ko Nakamura, the original story creator of the BanG Dream! and D4DJ projects, conceived Voice & Stories as a new multimedia project in which fans can enjoy the themes of "character x ...

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SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary Anime Gets 2nd Season in April

Sep 14, 19:37

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Teppei Uenishi, Yume Miyamoto, Seiichiro Yamashita join cast ― TV Asahi announced on Sunday SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary, the television anime of Honobu Yonezawa's Shōshimin mystery novel series, will get a second season in April. The staff also revealed three new cast members. Teppei Uenishi plays Takahiko Urino Yume Miyamoto plays Tokiko Nakamaru Seiichiro Yamashita plays Yūto Hiya The new sea...

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Fate/Stay Night Remastered Game Review

Sep 14, 12:00

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This is a great way to experience one of the most iconic—and certainly long-awaited, in the case of the English-language market—visual novels of all time. ― It's very interesting that the Fate franchise has been so successful in the English language market without the official release of its source material: the 2004 visual novel by Type-Moon, Fate/stay night (FSN). I get that in this market, visual ...

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'Bye Bye, Earth' Anime Gets 2nd Season in 2025

Sep 13, 18:12

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Announced after season 1's Friday finale ― The television anime of Tow Ubukata's Bye Bye, Earth novel ended its first season on Friday with an announcement of a second season in 2025. Character designer Yūki Hino drew the following illustration to celebrate the news: The anime premiered on BS NTV on July 13. The anime premiered on WOWOW on July 12. Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs. The ...

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The ANN Aftershow - Florida Book Ban Comes for Manga

Sep 13, 16:00

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Lynzee and James look at the latest book ban case to come out of Florida: Sasaki and Miyano volume 1, and share their favorite queer manga. Plus, Yatagarasu and Dead Dead Demon catch-up time! ― Florida Book Ban Comes for Manga Lynzee and James look at the latest book ban case to come out of Florida: Sasaki and Miyano volume 1, and share their favorite queer manga. Plus, Yatagarasu and Dead Dead Demo...

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Terminator Zero Anime Series Streaming Review

Sep 13, 12:00

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Terminator Zero rams a nuclear rocket up Skynet's shiny metal ass, explosively reinvigorating the franchise's flailing, half-dead cybernetic corpse. ― Once upon a time, it was safe to view anime versions of U.S. pop culture franchises as garbage at worst and disposable at best. Apart from the excellent Animatrix and a couple of lesser, clearly derivative anthology films (Batman: Gotham Knight and Hal...

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The Anime Backlog - Gunbuster

Sep 13, 11:00

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We're checking out Gainax's 1988 hit for the very first time! Hideaki Anno made his big directorial debut and with it, history. ― Hi there, loyal readers! Convention season is finally over, so hopefully, I can get the Anime Backlog out a bit more consistently. I already have my next column after this one in the bag, allowing more leeway to dive into some longer series on my 100+ title spreadsheet. W...

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This Week in Games - The Many Mixed Fortunes of Sony

Sep 13, 10:00

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Sony nails it with a sure-fire platformer only to whiff it with the PS5 Pro announcement. Plus, the inspiration for Type-Moon's Arcueid Brunestud is discovered! ― Welcome back, folks! Because I don't keep myself busy enough, I've gotten some Discord buddies together and will be starting a Mage: The Ascension campaign with them soon! I have a lot of love for Mage; it's a messy system, but it was the f...

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Recreating a Video Game Classic with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's Naoki Hamaguchi, Yoshinori Kitase, & Teruki Endo

Sep 13, 09:00

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In ANN's exclusive interview, the team behind Final Fantasy VII Rebirth reveals the wildest fan theories, streamlining its technical aspects, and what they think of the mixed reactions to its conclusion. ― Taking on one of the most beloved entries in the Final Fantasy franchise was never going to be an easy task. Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII was originally released in January 1997 to high demand,...

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Transformers One Animated Film Review

Sep 12, 12:00 anime

Top-notch animation and snappy character rapport almost save Transformers One's fractured narrative. ― Transformers has had a long and illustrious history with various movies and cartoons that have acted as advertisements for one of the most popular toy lines on the planet. I am a casual Transformers fan who grew up with the cartoon series in my kid years, the movies in my teenage years, and the comi...

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