This series combines the flowers and frills of mahou shojo with Jack Bauer-esque tactical intensity, but is it a harmonious combination or a vomit-inducing mess? Nick and Steve weigh the pros and cons of this edge-tastic anime. ― Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka combines the flowers and frills of mahou shojo with Jack Bauer-esque tactical intensity, but is this a harmonious combination or a vomit-inducin...

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The Girl in Twilight

Mar 26, 12:24

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anime

This extra-dimensional sci fi caper from last year largely flew under the radar, but is Kotaro Uchikoshi's latest effort worth watching? Theron Martin has the answers. ― This anime-original series from Fall 2018 was part of a mixed media project celebrating Animax's 20th anniversary, but it wasn't popular enough to merit weekly streaming reviews when it debuted. That's disappointing, as the way this ...

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Fate/Grand Order THE STAGE Babylonia: The Absolute Frontline in the War Against the Demonic Beasts

Mar 25, 14:00

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Our inside look at this Gilgamesh-centered musical extravaganza gives you the best and worst of what this elaborate stage production has to offer for Fate/GO fans! ― In their ongoing time-traveling adventures to prevent the extinction of mankind, the shield-wielding Mash Kyrielight and her partner mage Ritsuka Fujimaru are transported to Mesopotamia at the dawn of human civilization. But this time, i...

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Shelf Life - Mitsuboshi Colors

Mar 25, 12:00

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anime

Paul snuggles up with an adorable slice-of-life series about mischievous ragamuffins and breaks down this week's huge slate of new blu-ray releases! ― The good news: Cells at Work is getting a second season! The bad news: the opening theme from the first season has been stuck in my head since I heard the news, and as much as I enjoyed my brain's broken rendition of the lyrics the first three dozen t...

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Plunderer Omnibus 1

Mar 25, 11:50

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manga

This fantasy/sci fi series has some intriguing ideas if you can get past the distracting levels of fanservice. Rebecca Silverman digs into the details of this swashbuckling manga. ― Suu Minazuki's work is perhaps better known for fanservice than anything else, although it wouldn't be fair to label them as nothing but that. Plunderer, although not light on the scantily clad ladies, is much more of a s...

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Bungo Stray Dogs GN 10

Mar 24, 11:00

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manga

As its third season approaches, this volume of the original manga primes fans for the anime's return this spring. Rebecca Silverman has the details. ― Volume ten of Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa's Bungo Stray Dogs picks up right where season two of the anime left off, with the aftermath of the battle against the Guild. The Port Mafia is still out and about doing their thing, but the much smaller A...

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The Best and Worst of Winter 2019, Mar 12-18

Mar 24, 10:00

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anime

The top 5 runners are firmly entrenched as we enter the final weeks of the season, but Boogiepop and The Quintessential Quintuplets are not giving up the fight! ― 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...

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Fate/Extella Link (Switch)

Mar 23, 14:00

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games

The sequel to the Dynasty Warriors-style Fate game Fate/Extella is here, loaded with new characters and costumes - but is it a step up from the last one, or just more of the same? ― Fate/Extella Link is set in the same general continuity as the past games in the Fate/Extra series--Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC, and Fate Extella. However, despite this, it is not a direct sequel to the previous game, Fate...

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The List - 7 Times Anime Doubled (or tripled) the Romance

Mar 23, 13:00

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anime

A surprising number of romance and romantic comedy anime have leaned on twins (or triplets, or quadruplets!) as the chief love interest for the hero - here are seven of 'em! ― If you want to experience a distinct type of terror, become an expecting parent in a family where multiples are the norm. I am personally only the mother of singletons but going into the whole motherhood thing with twins on bo...

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Live Photos from AnimeJapan 2019

Mar 22, 22:42

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We've got live photos from the show floor at AnimeJapan 2019, happening now at Tokyo Big Sight. ―