Gang warfare between delinquents in Japan can be a dog-eat-dog world, but what if all the street toughs are actually adorable stray cats? Rebecca Silverman checks out this feline twist on classic gangster manga. ― If the cult '80s song “Stray Cat Strut” had a manga adaptation, it would look an awful lot like this. Nyankees is a gag manga about street toughs who are actually stray cats living in urban...

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The Best and Worst of Winter 2019, Feb 5-11

Feb 15, 19:30

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Mob Psycho 100 stumbles a little and leaves the way open for a strong contender! Did your favorites sink or soar? Find out in our weekly user rankings. ― Our team of reviewers are following 27 anime series of the Winter 2019 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in mind that these ra...

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Revisiting The Big O - 20 Years Later

Feb 15, 13:01

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Sunrise's mecha-stuffed take on Batman: The Animated Series is 20 years old this year. Does it still hold up? Matthew Roe takes a deeper look. ― Studio Sunrise is a name that even the most casual anime fans should be able to easily recognize. Founded by former members of Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production in 1972, they took the medium in a different direction - stories by committee. With productions fir...

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Manga Answerman - Which forgotten or underappreciated manga do you think deserve a big splashy omnibus rerelease?

Feb 15, 12:02

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Which manga do you think deserve a lavish rerelease? Deb weighs in. ― Which forgotten or underappreciated manga do you think deserve a big splashy omnibus rerelease? Hm. This is a tough one, since a lot of terrific manga that would have otherwise not have had a chance to get an official release five or ten years ago are now getting picked up for publication. As a result, my “impossible dream” or “re...

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Dragon Ball Super Blu-Ray Parts 5 & 6

Feb 15, 12:00

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The Future Trunks arc brings a whole new dimension (or two) to the world of Dragon Ball, as Goku Black's threat rises. Sam Leach weighs the strengths and weaknesses of this storyline on blu-ray. ― One of Dragon Ball's more distinctive quirks is how stakes routinely escalate so high that our heroes end up standing toe-to-toe with gods and even befriending them like it's no big deal. Our understanding ...

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This Week in Anime - Love is a Garbage Fire in Kaguya-sama

Feb 14, 16:54

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Kaguya-sama: Love is War takes a blowtorch to the bittersweetness of adolescent romance, with two paramours who're determined to defeat the objects of their affection in a battle of banter. Nick and Micchy engage in their own war of words about the highs and lows of this quirky comedy. ― Kaguya-sama: Love is War takes a blowtorch to the bittersweetness of adolescent romance, with two paramours who'r...

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Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.2 First Guardian

Feb 14, 12:01

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The second film in this trilogy of side stories takes us back in time, with a prequel that explores a military conspiracy outside the MWPSB. Richard Eisenbeis has our review straight from the film's debut in Japan. ― Case.2 First Guardian is the second film in the Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System trilogy of films. Like Case.1 Crime and Punishment, it's a standalone cyberpunk mystery that features t...

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This Week in Games - Direct Impact

Feb 14, 12:00

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Heidi breaks down the latest from Nintendo, including Super Mario Maker 2, Bloodstained, the return of Link's Awakening and much more! ― ME: Phew, I have to travel to Europe this week to give a presentation at the 1UP Conference in Belgium! That's going to keep me busy. Good thing it seems like a fairly slow news week – ACTIVISION: *taps shoulder* Sorry to interrupt, but did you hear that we're terri...

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Woof Woof Story: I Told You to Turn Me Into a Pampered Pooch, Not Fenrir! Novel 1

Feb 13, 16:11

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This reincarnation isekai takes a turn for the canine when an exhausted office worker becomes a not-so-cute playful puppy in another world. Rebecca Silverman has the details. ― Why yes, this is another light novel about someone who dies in our world and is given the chance to be reincarnated, memories intact, in another. But unless you're unilaterally opposed to the genre, don't write this one off ju...

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Answerman - Will There Ever Be A "Next Cowboy Bebop"?

Feb 13, 12:00

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It's a pretty common question among anime fans - will there ever be another series quite like 1998's Cowboy Bebop? Justin gets into it. ― Jake asked: Every now and then I will here somebody talk about “the next Cowboy Bebop” is coming down the pipe and how it's going to completely ripple through the anime community now and for years to come. In the last few I have heard this when Space Dandy, Devilm...