Solo Leveling: ReAwakening is a film with a very specific shelf life—one measured in weeks. ― As a film, Solo Leveling: ReAwakening is more than a bit of a mess. This is because it's not really built like one. With a runtime of two hours, the first hour and fifteen minutes are a recap of the first season. The remaining 45 minutes? The first two episodes of the upcoming second season. This causes all ...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2024, Nov 26-Dec 2

Dec 6, 10:45 anime

Dragon Ball Daima scores a #2 spot this week, bringing it near the top of the pack currently competing over the middle of the cumulative. Check out our weekly user rankings! ― 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 r...

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This Week in Games - Fire Breath, Radioactive Breath, and Tales of Breath

Dec 6, 10:00

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Godzilla joins the ever-expanding cast of pop culture characters in Fortnite, plus Jean-Karlo fondly remembers Breath of Fire II for its anniversary. ― Welcome back, folks! Thanksgiving Weekend was a great time; not only was the holiday well-spent among friends and loved ones, but I was able to catch up plenty in Xenoblade Chronicles 3! I was able to do a good chunk of the personal quests for the mai...

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Interview: BE:FIRST Vocal Group Returns to the High Seas of One Piece

Dec 6, 09:00 anime music

We spoke with the seven-member dance and vocal group recently to learn more about the project, their creative process, their experience with One Piece, and more. ― The band BE:FIRST is collaborating with Toei Studios to perform the new ending song for the new version of the One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga anime arc. First formed via the reality program The First, Sota, Shunto, Manato, Ryuhei, Ju...

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Pokémon Horizons Episodes 35-45 Anime Series Review

Dec 5, 12:00 anime

We have come down to the end of the first major arc of the Pokémon: Horizons anime and it certainly does end on a high note. ― We have reached the end of the first major arc of the Pokémon Horizons anime that ends on a high note. It is impressive how far Liko, Roy, and Dot have come as characters, stepping outside their comfort zones to fully embrace a lifestyle that they never originally thought pos...

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This Week in Anime - Going Down Stream

Dec 5, 10:00

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Coop and Steve ponder the streaming landscape and how ridiculously impossible they've made it to get a decent screencap. ― Coop and Steve ponder the streaming landscape and how ridiculously impossible they've made it to get a decent screencap. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the...

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Hamuo's Hell Mode Light Novels Get TV Anime

Dec 5, 06:27

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Fantasy series follows man who is reincarnated into another world as serf ― Earth Star Entertainment announced on Thursday that writer Hamuo and illustrator Mo's Hell Mode - The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing (Hell Mode - Yarikomi Suki no Gamer wa Hai Settei no Isekai de Musō Suru) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation. J-Novel Club releases bot...

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Anime Industry Veteran Jan Scott-Frazier Dies at 59

Dec 4, 13:40

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Frazier was 1st foreigner to work in production department of Japanese animation studio ― British anime reference book author Helen McCarthy wrote on Bluesky on Wednesday that anime industry veteran Jan Scott Frazier died on Tuesday. She was 59. Frazier has worked in the anime industry in Japan for 13 years in a number of different positions, including as a producer. She joined Artland's production d...

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shining Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak Vol. 1 Manga Review

Dec 4, 12:00

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This manga strives to answer the burning question I'm sure some fans were asking: Whatever happened to Hol Horse? ― The shifting, generation-crossing story setup of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure pretty well lends itself to spin-offs and crossovers with itself. Part 4, Diamond is Unbreakable had a better part of its plot driven by characters returning from Stardust Crusaders (and earlier!) to ostensibly co...

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Creators Discuss Reinventing the Dark Knight for Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League and Aztec Batman

Dec 4, 09:00

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We spoke with Batman Ninja's Jumpei Mizusaki and Kazuki Nakashima and Aztec Batman's José C. García de Letona and Juan Meza-León about adapting the iconic superhero for their unique projects. ― Batman is one of the most influential superheroes of all time. He's a malleable character, capable of fitting into different stories, and he has been adapted into many different mediums, from cartoons, comics...

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Fantasian: Neo Dimension Video Game Review

Dec 4, 06:00

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Fantasian feels like a game from a different timeline where the Final Fantasy games kept their turn-based roots but still innovated within that framework in creative ways. ― Fantasian: Neo Dimension is the newest (and perhaps final) game to spring from the mind of Hironobu Sakaguchi, the father of Final Fantasy. It is a love letter to the classic 8 and 16-bit games in the series, most notably Final F...

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Khara, Sunrise Animate Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV Series

Dec 3, 19:00

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FLCL's Kazuya Tsurumaki helms off scripts overseen by Bungo Stray Dogs' Yoji Enokido ― The live-streamed "Gundam Conference Winter 2024" event announced on Wednesday that the studios Khara and Sunrise are producing the Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (pronounced as "g-quax") TV series. A reedited version of some episodes will play first in theaters on January 17 as Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginnin...

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The ANN Aftershow - Acro-Silky's Past is HEARTBREAKING

Dec 3, 19:00 anime

We'll talk briefly about the Sony/Kadokawa situation, get back in the swing of things with DAN DA DAN, and check in our heretics in Orb this week. ― Acro-Silky's Past is HEARTBREAKING We'll talk briefly about the Sony/Kadokawa situation, get back in the swing of things with Dan Da Dan, and check in our heretics in Orb this week. The views and opinions expressed in the After Show belong solely to the...

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Hajime No Ippo Episodes 51-76 Anime Series Review

Dec 3, 12:00

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If you have not taken the chance to watch this series, then fix that. ― The final stretch of episodes for the Hajime no Ippo anime truly feels like we are building up to a climactic event. Throughout the series, Ippo fought other rookies or people in a similar age bracket. But now, we are starting strong with him going up against a seasoned veteran of the boxing world. This is a man who everybody els...

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This Week in Anime - The Wheel of Anime Adaptations

Dec 3, 10:00

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Chris and Lucas look at where anime series come from when you get down to the nitty-gritty of adaptation from other mediums. ― Chris and Lucas look at where anime series come from when you get down to the nitty-gritty of adaptation from other mediums. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussio...