Your Score: Simulcast Week of 2021-02-24

Takahiro Obata: Creating Musical Tension in The Promised Neverland

Feb 24, 12:00

music

The series composer discusses his use of instrumentation to bring a sense of love and fear to the anime series. ― The children of Grace Field House find their world shattered when it's revealed the world they know is merely a lie. Emma, Ray, and Norman hatch a plan to escape with the entire orphanage in tow in hopes of evading demons that plan to devour them. The anime's second season is currently ai...

contest

Shonen Jump's Naruto: Ninja Arena Art Contest

Feb 23, 15:17

Draw the Naruto gang playing games and you could win a huge Japanime Games game package. ― Japanime Games is bringing Shonen Jump's Naruto: Ninja Arena, complete set to North America. To celebrate this awesome game coming to our shores, we're running an art contest! Create your interpretation of the Naruto gang playing a board game. Any game you want, it could be Naruto Ninja: Arena, it could be Go,...

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Ragna Crimson GN 1

Feb 23, 15:00

manga

The visual excitement and artistic fidelity are both beyond excellent. Every frame a painting, to borrow a well-known phrase. Daiki Kobayashi's line work is so crisp, everything has a level of precision and edge that perfectly fit. ― Ragna Crimson is a strange mixed bag of expected and unexpected in the realm of gritty/dark fantasy tales. In many respects its premise and execution are very familiar. ...

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This Week in Anime - Crackin' the Shell of Wonder Egg Priority

Feb 23, 13:00

anime

Easily one of the most dense anime series airing this season, Wonder Egg Priority examines the thorny world inhabited by teen girls, their insecurities and traumas, and the desperate bid to save them all. ― Easily one of the most dense anime series airing this season, Wonder Egg Priority examines the thorny world inhabited by teen girls, their insecurities and traumas, and the desperate bid to save ...

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The ANN Aftershow - Attack on Titan Episode 70 - Gabi Doesn't Deserve the Hate

Feb 23, 12:42

anime

Gabi and Falco make their escape from the Paradis Island Eldians and encounter Kaya who brings them to a familiar farm. The people on the farm will test Gabi's idealism of who truly is "good" and "evil." ― The ANN Aftershow - Attack on Titan Episode 70 - Gabi Doesn't Deserve the Hate Attack on Titan Episode 70 "Deceiver" catches back up with Gabi and Falco as they make their escape from the Paradis ...

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The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent Novel 2

Feb 22, 15:00

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novels

The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent is still not quite at the level it needs to be truly good, but it's still improving and is a fun read. ― Among the most interesting parts of the second novel in The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent are the changes that author Yuka Tachibana discusses making in her afterword. Like many, if not most, light novels being translated these days, this series began as a...

interview

Interview: How Studio No Border Brought SK8 the Infinity Skateboard Designs to Life

Feb 22, 12:00

anime

In 2018, acclaimed French artist Thomas Romain founded Studio No Border, a multimedia creative studio based in Japan. We spoke to Camille Le Guilloux, project manager at Studio No Border, about the studio's role on SK8, as well as its own projects. ― In 2018, acclaimed French artist Thomas Romain founded Studio No Border, a multimedia creative studio based in Japan. The studio assisted with the world...

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Hatsu*Haru GN 13

Feb 21, 15:00