Your Score: Week #14 of Spring 2024 Simulcasts

Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl Anime Series Review

Nov 13, 12:00

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Very few times have I seen an anime where the cuteness felt this forced and contrived. ― By all means, this should have really been my thing. Cute girls doing arcade things? A chillaxed environment where not a thing goes wrong? A lead whose design has shades of Sakura and Tomoyo from Cardcaptor Sakura, albeit color-swapped? All of these screamed “yes” to me. It took me just several episodes in to rea...

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One Piece, Dragon Ball Super Series Director Tatsuya Nagamine Dies

Nov 13, 07:46

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Nagamine directed One Piece's Wano Kuni, Egghead Island arcs; One Piece Film Z, Dragon Ball Super: Broly movies ― Composer Kōhei Tanaka and screenwriter Osamu Suzuki both reported on X/Twitter on Thursday that anime director Tatsuya Nagamine died this summer. Tanaka stated he had attended a gathering at Toei Animation to remember Nagamine on Thursday. Suzuki stated he could not attend the gathering d...

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Toshiya Miyata's Kyōkai no Melody Novel Gets TV Anime

Nov 13, 02:59

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Drama CD cast reprise roles in anime ― Kadokawa announced on Thursday that boy band Kis-My-Ft2 member and voice actor Toshiya Miyata's Kyōkai no Melody (Melody of the Boundary) novel is inspiring a television anime adaptation. The cast from the novel's drama CD adaptation will reprise their roles in the anime. Kadokawa unveiled the below video on Thursday for the franchise, which also features the dr...

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Death Stranding Franchise Gets Anime Series Also in 2027

Nov 12, 22:26

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Series by Takayuki Sano, E&H production will stream on Disney+, separate from previously announced films ― Kojima Productions unveiled a new anime series based in the universe of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding game titled Death Stranding Isolations on Thursday. Kojima Productions unveiled the visual, staff, and 2027 debut date on Disney+. The anime will have an original story.Takayuki Sano (Attack on...

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Kamitsubaki City Under Construction Anime Series Review

Nov 12, 12:00

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KAMITSUBAKI wears its ambition on its sleeve, and with a clearer vision of what it wanted to accomplish and how it would do that, it could’ve been something really special. ― Kamitsubaki City Under Construction (henceforth Kamitsubaki) is one of the worst types of disappointing anime: the type that gets your hopes up because it actually started out being pretty cool. Kamitsubaki opens up in a city, v...

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How the Staff Tackled Trauma in Takopi's Original Sin Anime

Nov 12, 12:00

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We spoke with director Shinya Iino and producer Kotaro Sudo about the emotionally difficult developments and what they hope audiences take away from the Takopi's Original Sin. ― Taizan 5's Takopi's Original Sin manga is not for the faint of heart. The single-volume manga series depicts the difficult, and often times torturous existence of three different elementary school children. Shizuka is neglect...

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The Unaware Atelier Master Anime Gets 2nd Season

Nov 12, 04:37

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1st season premiered on streaming services on March 30, on Japanese TV on April 6 ― The official website for the television anime of Yōsuke Tokino's The Unaware Atelier Master (Kanchigai no Atelier Meister: Eiyū Party no Moto Zatsuyō-Gakari ga, Jitsu wa Sentō Igai ga SSS Rank Datta to Iu Yoku Aru Hanashi) light novel series announced on Wednesday that the anime will get a second season. The manga ada...

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'Magic Repo Man: Dumped by My Party, I'll Cash In With a Cute Support Fairy to Become the Strongest!' Manga Gets TV Anime in 2026

Nov 12, 00:49

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Baban Baban Ban Vampire assistant director Takahiro Tamano helms anime at SynergySP ― An official X (formerly Twitter) account opened on Tuesday to announce the television anime adaptation of Masakichi and Shingou Iijima's Magic Repo Man: Dumped by My Party, I'll Cash In With a Cute Support Fairy to Become the Strongest! (Kashita Maryoku wa [Ribo Harai] de Kyōsei Chōshū ~Yōzumi to Party Tsuihōsareta ...

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This Week in Anime - Kodansha's Live-Action Anime Adaptation Venture

Nov 11, 13:30

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Lucas and Coop discuss the possibilities of Kodansha's new live-action initiative. ― Lucas and Coop discuss the possibilities of Kodansha's new live-action initiative. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. Netflix streams Hana-Kimi, Cinderella Closet, Death Note (U.S...

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The Moon on a Rainy Night Volume 1-7 Manga Review

Nov 11, 12:00

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This fun slice of life manga offers us a blueprint for a more inclusive world. ― In Volume 1 of The Moon On A Rainy Night, Saki meets Kanon. She's instantly intrigued by this apparently aloof beauty in what appears to be a pretty standard Yuri romance story. Saki is the traditional cheerful girl whose energy will change the intense loneliness of the traditional Japanese beauty, in what is still one o...

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Killed Again, Mr. Detective? Volume 1 Manga Review

Nov 10, 12:00

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Killed Again, Mr. Detective? isn’t quite as good as it ought to be. ― As they say in the musical Gypsy, you've gotta have a gimmick. That feels particularly true for the mystery genre, where authors have been trying to outdo each other with quirky detectives since Hercule Poirot and his magnificent moustaches entered the scene in 1920's The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Over the years, fiction (manga ...

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Teikoku Databank: 8 Anime Production Companies Closed Between January-September This Year

Nov 10, 12:00

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2 companies closed due to bankruptcy, 6 companies either suspended operations, had been dissolved ― The financial research firm Teikoku Databank published a report on November 5 noting that eight anime production companies have exited the market due to either bankruptcy or closure between January and September this year. Two anime production companies had gone bankrupt with debts of over 10 million y...

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Answerman - Conventions and Nostalgia

Nov 10, 10:00

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How much of a role does nostalgia play in conventions? Answerman sorts it out. ― A Reader asks: Q: "I have been a long-time fan of attending anime conventions in the USA and enjoy going to panels, both professional as well as fan-driven. As I have gotten older, I have noticed an unusual trend with fan panels, which make up a good portion of the content, especially at small and mid-sized events. That...

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Needy Streamer Overload Game Gets TV Anime in April 2026

Nov 10, 05:48