Your Score: Simulcast Week of 2026-04-28

Your Anime Rankings - Best of Spring 2026, Apr 1-21

Apr 29, 19:20

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The Spring season is off to a booming start with anime adaptations of big-name manga such as Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Witch Hat Atelier, and Akane-banashi. ― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts. Keep in mind that these rankings are ba...

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Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Anime Series Review

Apr 29, 12:00

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Dark Moon: the Blood Altar, isn’t necessarily a good show, but it’s definitely a good time. ― It's impressive how much of the Dark Moon franchise has made it into English. Created by HYBE, the Korean boy band ENHYPEN, and the Japanese boy band &Team, the series originated as a Wattpad webnovel and a webtoon simultaneously, and then as an anime – all three of which are available as of this writing. (P...

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Sword Art Online Franchise Gets New Original Film

Apr 29, 04:45

More details to come in July ― The Sword Art Online franchise's "Yuna First Live" concert ended its streaming on Wednesday with a teaser for a "brand-new original film." The teaser promises more information in July. (Wednesday's stream recreated the character Yuna's concert from the 2017 Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale film. Within that film's fictional timeline, the concert also takes plac...

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Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer Anime Series Review

Apr 28, 12:00

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The title does not lie: this really is a torture to watch. Just not in the way you’d think it is. ― The problem with The Daily Life of a Part-Time Torturer is not that it's too dark to be funny. It's just not funny, period. The premise is half-baked, the characters aren't goonish enough, and there's nothing hyperbolic in the situations or the dialogue. The main joke of the show is that it juxtaposes ...

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Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest Manga Gets TV Anime

Apr 28, 11:30

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Original creator Aki Irie shares commemorative illustration for manga set in Iceland ― A new official website opened on Wednesday to announce that Aki Irie's Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest (Hokuhokusei ni Kumo to Yuke) manga is getting a television anime. The website shared a commemorative illustration from Irie: The first compiled book volume of the manga's "second series," a continuation of...

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This Week in Anime - Anime in YouTubeLand

Apr 28, 10:00

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Is it refreshingly new or very retro to stream anime on YouTube ? Whatever side you land on, the fact is that there are legal releases there to explore, as Coop and Lucas discover. ― Is it refreshingly new or very retro to stream anime on YouTube? Whatever side you land on, the fact is that there are legal releases there to explore, as Coop and Lucas discover. Full Disclosure: Coop regularly works w...

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Spring 2026 Manga Guide

Apr 28, 09:42

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Everyone's favorite cat moves to Paris in Chi's Sweet France as we wrap up the month of April! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2026 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs at the beginning of a season. Now, doing something like that for manga is tricky - there's no equivalent "se...

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Final Fantasy XIV Director Naoki Yoshida Discusses the Next Decade

Apr 27, 12:58 games

What's next for FFXIV? Director Naoki Yoshida explains where things are headed and what he plans to avoid. ― During Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2026 in Anaheim, California, director Naoki Yoshida (also known as Yoshi-P) hosted a press-exclusive panel to discuss all of the upcoming changes to the game, including the newly announced expansion, Evercold. He also discussed the Evangelion collaboration...

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Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle Anime Series Review

Apr 27, 12:00

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As an author, it's only worthwhile inverting reader expectations of your protagonist if you intend to do something truly special with them eventually. ― I've been dreading writing about this series. Initially, I was really hyped for this light novel adaptation, which started airing back in Fall 2025. Several English-speaking friends had raved – repeatedly – to me about how great the translated novels...

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MARRIAGETOXIN Voice Actor Haruki Ishiya on Gero's Strengths, Weaknesses, and Appeal

Apr 27, 09:00 anime

"Gero dreams of a normal marriage, probably one of the charm points of the story. And I think all the craziness coming from all sides in episode one perfectly encapsulates MARRIAGETOXIN." ― The romantic comedy MARRIAGETOXIN anime produced by Bones Film is out, and at Sakura-Con, Haruki Ishiya, the Japanese voice actor of protagonist Hikaru Gero, spoke with Anime News Network. The story by Joumyaku a...

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Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi Manga Gets TV Anime in April 2027

Apr 27, 08:26

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Taihi Kimura stars as Chihiro Rokuhira ― Shueisha's "Jump Press" livestream on Monday announced that Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi manga is getting a television anime adaptation that will debut in April 2027. The anime will star Taihi Kimura as Chihiro Rokuhira. The event also revealed a teaser visual, teaser video, and main staff. Tetsuya Takeuchi (From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarna...

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Berserk of Gluttony TV Anime Gets 2nd Season

Apr 27, 05:00

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1st season aired in 2023 ― Point Set announced on Monday that the television anime of Ichika Isshiki and fame's Berserk of Gluttony (Bōshoku no Berserk: Ore Dake Level to Iu Gainen wo Toppa Suru) light novel series is getting a second season. The announcement comes with a visual featuring the characters Fate Graphite and Roxy.The anime's first season debuted in October 2023. Crunchyroll streamed the ...

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Me & Roboco Anime Movie Review

Apr 26, 12:00