The fighting is utterly ridiculous, but so much fun, it is hard not to be entertained by this modern-day Lancelot whose strength is as ten because his heart is pure. ― This year at the American Manga Awards, Ashita no Joe: Fighting For Tomorrow won a very well-deserved Classic Manga Award. This post-war bildungsroman of a young man discovering himself through boxing is a moving tale. Now, we also hav...

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Thunderbolt Fantasy: Tōriken Yūki 3 Series Review

Sep 29, 12:00 anime

If you’ve enjoyed what you’ve seen so far of Urobuchi’s puppet perfection, I have no doubt you’ll enjoy the third season as well. ― There's nothing out there doing it quite like Thunderbolt Fantasy, full stop. Gorgeous, ambitious, and oozing with theater kid energy, it's by far one of the more creative shows out there. Less self-contained than previous seasons, this particular season of Gen Urobuchi'...

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Hotel Inhumans Anime Gets 2nd Season

Sep 28, 12:40

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Season 1 ends with new season's announcement ― The television anime of Ao Tajima's Hotel Inhumans manga ended its first season on Monday with an announcement that the series will get a second season. Tajima drew an illustration to celebrate the announcement. The anime debuted on TV Tokyo and its affiliates on July 6. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired. The anime stars Yūsuke Kobayashi as Ikur...

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Grave of the Fireflies Novel Review

Sep 28, 12:00

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Reading the book through the film, there are many startling “omissions." ― For decades, literature lovers have fretted that some classics have been obscured by their animated film adaptations, which youngsters might see as definitive. How many people, for instance, now think of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Bambi and The Jungle Book as being films by Disney, rather than books by Lewis Carroll, Fe...

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Yokai Cats and Time Travel: Twenty-One Volumes of Rumiko Takahashi's Mao

Sep 28, 11:00

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Taking a more aggressive horror angle, Mao bridges time from the Heian Era to the Taishō Era to today, telling a story about insatiable greed for power and those who try to stop it. ― I always try to admit when I'm wrong. Mao, Rumiko Takahashi's current long-running manga series, didn't wow me with its first volume. I uncharitably compared it to earlier Takahashi works in both look and plot, and I ad...

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An Ode to Kikyo: In Defense of one of Takahashi's Most Hated Characters

Sep 28, 09:00

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Kikyo is the best character in InuYasha, and I will die on this hill (and be brought back to life 50 years later). ― If “Density of Fan Hate Per Onscreen Minute” were a quantifiable metric, FullMetal Alchemist's Shou Tucker would undoubtedly be the record-holder. But Kikyo, from when the InuYasha fandom was at its most active, would still easily crack the top 10, if not the top 5. To phrase that a bi...

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BLUELOCK Manga Gets 3rd Anime Season, Live-Action Film

Sep 28, 04:55

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Live-action film slated for summer 2026 ― The "Blue Lock Egoist Fest 2025" event on Sunday revealed that the anime based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's BLUELOCK soccer manga will get a third season, adapting the "Shin Eiyū Taisen" (New Hero Wars) story. The event also revealed the manga's live-action film adaptation slated for release in summer 2026. CREDEUS (live-action Golden Kamuy film)...

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The Summer Hikaru Died Anime Gets 2nd Season

Sep 27, 16:27

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First season premiered on July 5 ― The staff for the anime of Mokumokuren's The Summer Hikaru Died (Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu) manga announced on Sunday that the anime will get a second season. Mokumokuren and character designer Yuichi Takahashi drew illustrations to celebrate the announcement. Illustration by Mokumokuren Illustration by Yuichi Takahashi The anime premiered on July 5 on the NTV channel,...

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Eiga Odekake Kozame Tokai no Otomodachi Anime Film Review

Sep 27, 12:00

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Eiga Odekake Kozame Tokai no Otomodachi a wonderful watch on a lazy afternoon or a film to watch with children. ― There is no better way to say it, I love Eiga Odekake Kozame Tokai no Otomodachi. It shares the same charm of the manga and ONA series, with a series of delightful short stories following the titular character Kozame-chan on a big adventure in a city (presumably Tokyo). Layered on top of ...

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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend Film Teased as Taking Story to Its Finale in 2026

Sep 27, 11:20

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Promotional video streamed to announce film ― Kadokawa announced on Sunday that the next anime adapting Hajime Kamoshida's Rascal Does Not Dream (Seishun Buta Yarō or Aobuta) novel series is the Seishun Buta Yarō wa Dear Friend no Yume o Minai (Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend) film opening in 2026. The film is teased as taking the story towards its finale. (The film shares the same name as the...

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Why Maison Ikkoku is the Greatest Love Story of All Time

Sep 27, 11:00

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Pride and Prejudice. Romeo and Juliet. The Notebook. These are some of the stories considered the greatest romances of all time, but to me, none of them compares to Maison Ikkoku. ― Pride and Prejudice. Romeo and Juliet. The Notebook. These are some of the stories considered the greatest romances of all time, but to me, none of them compares to Maison Ikkoku, Rumiko Takahashi's seminal love story. I...

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My First Rumiko Takahashi Series

Sep 27, 09:00

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Soon approaching her 50th anniversary as a manga artist, Rumiko Takahashi has introduced generations to manga and anime through her stories. ― Soon approaching her 50th anniversary as a manga artist, Rumiko Takahashi has introduced generations to manga and anime through her stories. Her work spans the breadth of genres, from the hilarious mishaps in Urusei Yatsura and Ranma ½ to the horrific folktal...

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