I've been working these mean streets of anime distribution long enough to know when something smells fishier than a week-old California roll, and this Tai Chi Chasers business raised more red flags than a military parade on an authoritarian's birthday. ― Dear Reader, The case came to me on a Tuesday, the kind of day when the Los Angeles smog hangs over the anime industry like a cheap suit on a depar...

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Teppeki Honeymoon Volume 1 Manga Review

Aug 11, 12:00 manga

Sakae and Ena's relationship walks a very fine line in this book. ― Meca Tanaka is no stranger to shoujo manga – she debuted in 1998 and has been consistently creating manga ever since. Teppeki Honeymoon is the latest of her works to be translated into English; Viz released both Meteor Prince and The Young Master's Revenge, Tokyopop translated Pearl Pink back during the publisher's first incarnation,...

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How The Summer Hikaru Died Voice Actor Chiaki Kobayashi Learned a Rural Dialect

Aug 11, 09:00

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anime

Kobayashi shared how he became familiar with his character Yoshiki's unique rural dialect used in The Summer Hikaru Died, and his friendship with co-star Shūichirō Umeda. ― The TV anime The Summer Hikaru Died is shaping up to be one of the best anime of the season. The horror series marries small-town life, supernatural occurrences, and the human emotions of grief among the sweltering heat of a Japa...

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Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers Anime Series Review

Aug 10, 12:00

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anime

This anime is a failure on pretty much every conceivable level. ― This is an anime for only the most hardcore of Guilty Gear fans. Even if you've played the latest game in the series, Strive, and loved it, you're going to be lost when viewing this anime unless you're already fully acquainted with every other game in the series. While this anime will occasionally throw you a bone when it comes to some...

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One Piece: Heroines Novels Get Anime

Aug 10, 01:23

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novels anime

Writer Jun Esaka, artist Sayaka Suwa launched novels about One Piece series heroines in 2019 ― The One Piece Day event and livestream on Sunday revealed that writer Jun Esaka and artist Sayaka Suwa's One Piece novel HEROINES light novel will get an anime adaptation, and also revealed a visual. 【#ONEPIECEDAY'25 生配信中】ONE PIECE magazineで連載していた『ONE PIECE novel HEROINES』がアニメ化決定🎬本編では見られないヒロインたちの魅力を描いたエピソード...

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The Shiunji Family Children Anime Series Review

Aug 9, 12:00

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anime

This show left me with a certain type of anger. ― This show left me with a certain type of anger. At first, I thought that I was just having a knee-jerk reaction to the overall premise of the show. Incest is a relatively taboo subject, and anime is no stranger to utilizing it in a variety of different ways. Most of the time, it's generally played up as a type of risque situation to generate drama. So...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Summer 2025, Jul 29-Aug 4

Aug 8, 22:10

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anime

CITY The Animation is rocking this week's charts. Will it bump Anne Shirley out of the top 7 cumulative? Find out how your favorite shows stacked up according to viewer votes. ― 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...

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This Week in Games - Brawling Capes, Big N's Red Tape, and Grown-Ups in Spandex

Aug 8, 12:30

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This week we have all the updates from EVO, what happened to Pekora's Pokémon stream, and an actually good Power Rangers collab! ― Welcome back, folks! It seems my busy schedule got the better of me: earlier this week, I checked to see if I still had time to submit a panel for this year's Kumoricon... and I was but a few days too late. What a shame; I was looking forward to hosting my History of Japa...

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You and Idol Precure♪ Episodes 13 - 24 Anime Series Review

Aug 8, 12:00

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anime

It simply could be that it’s not meshing with me personally as much as nearly every other season of Precure, but something about this simply isn’t working as well as it ought to, and that’s a shame. ― Perhaps this is a “me” problem, but I had hoped for more from You and Idol Precure♪ in its second cour. Even recognizing that this is a lighter, fluffier season than those that preceded it, there's some...

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Iwakura Aria Giveaway

Aug 8, 11:14 games

ANN is partnering with the game's publisher, PQube, to give away a few game codes to lucky ANN readers! ― From MAGES, the developer of the iconic Steins;Gate and the Science Adventure series of games, comes Iwakura Aria a thrilling visual novel with a gorgeous painterly aesthetic by the artist Hyakunen. And ANN is partnering with the game's publisher, PQube, to give away a few game codes for some lu...

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The Next Big Shōnen Anime: Gachiakuta Creator Kei Urana, Graffiti Designer Hideyoshi Andō, Producer Naoki Amano

Aug 8, 09:00 anime

It was no small feat taking Gachiakuta from the pages of the manga to screens in full animated glory, and the results speak for themselves. ― With Gachiakuta, it feels like we're on the precipice of something big. Its distinct style sets it apart from other shonen anime, and the fiery attitude it exudes resonates with audiences right now. The time is ripe for a fresh series that lets us channel our ...

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Code Geass' Goro Taniguchi Helms Paris ni Saku Étoile Film

Aug 7, 19:25

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anime

Violet Evergarden's Reiko Yoshida pens story of 2 girls following art, ballet dreams ― Goro Taniguchi (Code Geass, One Piece Film Red) is directing at Arvo Animation the original anime film Paris ni Saku Étoile (L'étoile de Paris en fleur or Étoile Blossoming in Paris), which will open on March 13, 2026. Katsuya Kondō, a frequent character designer on Ghibli films such as Kiki's Delivery Service and ...