Manga surpassed 40 million in circulation last September ― Kodansha's official Twitter account for Ken Wakui's Tokyo Revengers manga announced on Wednesday that the manga has more than 50 million copies in circulation after Tuesday's new print run. The number above is not a sales statistic. The manga has released 40 million more copies in print or digitally since the anime premiered last April, but a...

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Sentai Filmworks Announces Kakegurui×× Anime's English Dub Cast

Jan 22, 18:46

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Company will release 2nd season on BD on January 25 ― Sentai Filmworks announced on Thursday the English dub cast for its planned release of Kakegurui××, the second anime season based on Homura Kawamoto and Tōru Naomura's Kakegurui manga, on Blu-ray Disc on January 25. The English dub cast, which features returning members from the anime's first season, includes: Estelle Link as Yumeko Jabami Adam Gi...

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Funimation, Crunchyroll Stream Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Arc Anime's English Dub

Jan 22, 18:43

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All 7 dubbed episodes stream on Friday ― Funimation announced on Thursday that it will stream all seven English-dubbed episodes of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-Hen) television anime on Friday. Crunchyroll also announced that it will stream the anime's English dub, starting on Friday at 4:00 p.m. EST. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc ...

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Sing a Bit of Harmony

Jan 22, 12:00

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Ahead of its opening in North American theaters, find out why Kim Morrissy calls the new film by Time of Eve director Yasuhiro Yoshiura a "breezy family-friendly film that's easy to recommend to pretty much anyone." ― In a year with both Mamoru Hosoda's BELLE and WIT Studio's Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-, a story about a singing AI robot doesn't seem like much of a novelty. But although Sing a Bit of H...

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Video Interview: Sing a Bit of Harmony's English Dub Cast

Jan 22, 12:00

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anime

Jacki Jing spoke with the English voice cast of Sing a Bit of Harmony about why you must see this emotional anime movie. ― Jacki Jing spoke with the English voice cast of Sing a Bit of Harmony about why you must see this emotional anime movie, including Megan Shipman (Shion), Risa Mei (Satomi), Jordan Dash Cruz (Toma), Ian Sinclair (Gotchan) and Brina Palencia (ADR Song Director).

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End of Fall 2021 Mega Survey

Jan 21, 16:37 anime

Don't forget to vote in the seasonal mega survey. Tell us which anime were the best last season... and which ones were the worst!

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This Week in Games - What A Twist

Jan 21, 14:00

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Good lord. What a week to be into games, am I right? I'm sure everybody has thoughts and hopes and fears about Microsoft's impending Activision-Blizzard assimilation… and I'd like to hear all of them! ― ~~ 𝒯𝓊𝑒𝓈𝒹𝒶𝓎, 𝒥𝒶𝓃 𝟣𝟪𝓉𝒽 ~~ -- 𝒜𝓅𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓍𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝟩:2𝟢 𝒜𝑀 𝒫𝒮𝒯 -- *may be slightly dramatized Ahh, crap. Why the hell did I wake up so early? I stayed up way too late last night tidying up my Windjammers 2 revi...

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I'm Looking for Serious Love! GN

Jan 21, 12:00

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Even if the content isn't an issue for you, the book is firmly mediocre, something you'd pick up if you ran out of other things in the genre to read, because it's better than nothing – more or less. ― While I always glance at the content warnings for a volume of manga, they rarely make much of an impression, unless it's one of Viz's sarcastic ones. But the warning on the back of Tokyopop's release of...

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Belle

Jan 21, 11:21

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Now playing in U.S. theaters, Richard Eisenbeis reviews Mamoru Hosoda's newest film and its meaningful look into the lingering effects of loss and the seemingly hopeless struggle to overcome it. ― It doesn't take a genius to see that acclaimed director Mamoru Hosada's Belle takes a ton of inspiration from Beauty and the Beast, specifically the Disney adaptation. All the trappings are there: We have a...

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BELLE Lead Composer Taisei Iwasaki

Jan 21, 09:00

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ANN's Richard Eisenbeis had the opportunity to talk with Lead Composer Taisei Iwasaki about the process of creating the music that is so central to BELLE's narrative and themes. ― It is perhaps an understatement to say that music is an important component to Mamoru Hosoda's latest film BELLE; after all, BELLE revolves around a grief-stricken girl named Suzu who finds shelter and salvation by creating...

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Dai Dark GN 1

Jan 20, 12:00

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From the creator of Dorohedoro comes a new series about a man, his supposedly magic bones, and the out-of-this-world characters who try to obtain them. ― There's really no one working in manga quite like Q Hayashida. Her first manga released in English, Dorohedoro, gained a cult following for its grimly chaotic, dystopian worlds filled with brutal, thoughtless murder, populated with lovable character...

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This Week in Anime - Horse Girls Are Easy

Jan 20, 10:00

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If you wrote off Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 2 based on its galaxy-brain premise, you may have missed out on one of the most emotionally compelling sports series in years. ― If you wrote off Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 2 based on its galaxy-brain premise, you may have missed out on one of the most emotionally compelling sports series in years. This series is streaming on Crunchyroll Disclaimer...

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Duke of Death and His Maid

Jan 19, 12:00

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anime

The Duke of Death And His Maid had a lot more meat to it than I originally gave it credit for. I was surprised at how much love, wholesomeness, and affection could be squeezed out from such a dreary and at times lewd premise. ― Despite the rather dark implications of the overall premise, I thought it was just another entry in the growing list of anime that are now making up this “teasing genre.” Than...