Special guest from The Canpia Effect Callum May drops by the show for a discussion about the anime industry's serious problem with animator overwork - plus the Crunchyroll Awards and more. ― ANNCast 374 - Worked To Death For Art's Sake Special guest from The Canpia Effect Callum May drops by the show for a discussion about the anime industry's serious problem with animator overwork - plus the Crunch...

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Fate/Prototype: What Fate/Stay Night Could Have Been

Feb 21, 14:07

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Kim Morrissy investigates the roots of the massively popular global Fate franchise - from the years before Fate became Fate. ― Now that the Fate series has become a true monster of a franchise, I often find myself thinking about Type-Moon's humble origins as self-published visual novel creators. That in itself is no mean feat, but it gets even wilder when you consider that the story of Fate/Stay Nigh...

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Love Me, Love Me Not GN 1

Feb 21, 12:00

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Yuna first had a crush on the prince from Sleeping Beauty - and still has an idealized view of love. Her friend Akari, however, doesn't get why Yuna could still be dreaming of princes on white horses. ― It is an inescapable truth that Io Sakisaka cannot get through even one volume of her shoujo romances without introducing Major Angst. That's not necessarily a bad thing, of course – she's very, very ...

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This Week in Games - Don't Panic

Feb 20, 17:43

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Animal Crossing gets a low-key Direct, no I haven't seen Sonic yet, and P5 Royal gets tweaked in This Week in Games. ― Heya folks! So, did you go see the Sonic movie this weekend? Because I didn't! I'm not saying that to be a contrarian asshole, I just don't see a need to go out and watch it immediately, especially when a. the trailers didn't sell me on it and b. I'd have to sit in theatres alongside...

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Sword Art Online novel 18

Feb 20, 15:00

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"None of the story beats here feel all that original, and some of the franchise's worst quirks linger nearly to the end." ― In terms of both volume count and total page count, the Alicization arc is longer than all previous SAO core novels combined, so it's only fitting that its final volume, at 281 pages, is both the longest of the arc and the third-longest to date. (Only novels 6 and 8 exceeded it ...

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This Week in Anime - Who Inspects the IN/SPECTRE?

Feb 20, 14:00

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"While on the surface it's ostensibly about yokai, it does so in a way that's very different than what I'd describe as other mythology focused shows." ― In a season full of ghosts and ghouls, In/Spectre sets itself apart by focusing on the power of words. Our tiny Odin protagonist, Kotoko, mediates concerns of the local yokai but when things get serious she might have to alter the rumor that gave bi...