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Flutist Cocomi Mentions SPY×FAMILY Anime for 2022 in Now Deleted Comment

Jun 22, 18:50

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In an interview published on the official website of Kodansha's FRaU magazine on June 10, flutist and Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko voice actress Cocomi mentioned that she is looking forward to an anime adaptation of Tatsuya Endō's SPY×FAMILY manga coming next year. The part of the sentence mentioning SPY×FAMILY is now deleted, but may still be viewed using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. GMO...

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The ANN Aftershow - Where the Hell are the Villains?!

Jun 22, 15:00

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After much anticipation for the next arc, My Hero Academia has...rearranged everything? Is the upcoming movie to blame? We were promised villains! ― The ANN Aftershow - My Hero Academia Ep 101: Where the Hell are the Villains?! After much anticipation for the next arc, My Hero Academia has...rearranged everything? Is the upcoming movie to blame? We were promised villains! AJ, Lynzee, and Jacki debat...

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This Week in Anime - Tokyo Gear Rising: Revengereance

Jun 22, 13:30

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When former punk Takemichi gets a do-over, his friends and girlfriend's lives are on the line. It's time travel, now with more delinquents! ― Takemichi discovers his adolescent thug life isn't what it's cracked up to be--if the state of his constantly smashed skull is any indicator. When the former punk gets a do-over, his friends and girlfriend's lives are on the line. It's time travel, now with mo...

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Blue Flag GN 8

Jun 22, 12:00

manga

The adolescent romance series comes to a close in this volume. How did this tearjerker wrap up its relationships? ― This review contains spoilers. In their afterword, Kaito says that they wanted Blue Flag to be three things: about choices, to show the world as the characters see it, and to be a story where characters actually talk to each other, because in their experience as a romance reader, most p...

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PREVIEW: Tales of Arise is a Classic Tale for a New Era

Jun 22, 09:00

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Heidi checked out the latest Tales game and found the makings of a stunning new entry in the beloved franchise. ― Folks, I have good news: Tales of Arise is, in fact, a Tales game. Okay, that might sound like a stupidly obvious statement, but there has been some trepidation from the fanbase that Bandai Namco's Tales Studio might be trying to take the series in a more “Western” direction. It's not ent...

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By the Grace of the Gods Season 1

Jun 21, 12:00

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This plainly isn't going to be a show for everyone. It's slow-moving and doesn't always use its plot points or characters as well as it might, and apart from their work “transferring” humans from earth to Seilfal, the gods are almost non-entities. ― Of all of the various permutations that the isekai genre can go through, the soothing slice-of-life story has perhaps the most hurdles to overcome. In pa...

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Intern Annika - Meet Azure!

Jun 21, 11:33

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Magical Princess what now? ―

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Interview: Mars Red Director Kouhei Hatano and Screenwriter Jun'ichi Fujisaku

Jun 21, 09:00

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MARS RED has been taking anime viewers by surprise with its evocative tale of vampires living in Japan's Taisho era. ANN reached out to director Kouhei Hatano and screenwriter Jun'ichi Fujisaku to learn more about how this unique story was adapted. ― Mars Red has been taking anime viewers by surprise with its evocative tale of vampires living in Japan's Taisho era. The story is based on a stage readi...

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SPY×FAMILY GN 5

Jun 20, 12:00

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manga

Anya may be the heart of both the Forger family and SPY x FAMILY entire, but not every volume can be just about her – it's called Spy x Family, after all. ― Anya may be the heart of both the Forger family and Spy x Family as a whole, but not every volume can be just about her – it's called Spy x Family, after all. That means that, while the book is still replete with great Anya moments, it's also fin...

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WAVE!! Let's Go Surfing

Jun 19, 12:00