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-de gozaru
4-koma
Ahō
Akanbe
Akiba-kei
Alpha case
AMV
Anamorphic DVD
Animation (ambiguous)
Anime
Automatic Dialog Recording
Baka
Bentō
Bicycled
Bijin
Bishōjo
Bishōnen
Boke
Bootleg
Bukatsu
Cal Animage
Color Warmth
Cosplay
cours
Depth of Field
Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
Dōjinshi
Dub
Dubfectionist
Dubtitling
Ecchi
ED
Fan service
Fanfic
Fansub
Fanzine
Foley
Fujoshi
Fukuoka
Garage Kit
Gokigenyou
Hentai
Honorifics
In-between
J-Pop
Japanimation
Josei
Kansai
Kantō
Kawaii
Kodomo
LaserDisc (LD)
Lazy Animation
Lemon
Licensing
Longform
Looping
Machi Okoshi
Man Hua
Manga
Manga Cow
Manhwa
Manzai
Matte
Mecha
Mechanical Design
Minimum Guarantee
Moe
Niigata
Okama
Omake
Onomatopoeia
OP
Original Animation Video (OAV/OVA)
Original Net Anime (ONA)
Original Soundtrack (OST)
Osananajimi
Otaku
Panning
Pettanko
Pilot episode
Production Committee
Property
Recoupable
Rōnin
Scanlation
Seinen
Seiyū
Self-Defense Forces
Sempai
Sensei
Sequential art
Shitajiki
Shōjo
Shōjo-ai
Shōnen
Shōnen-ai
Shot on threes (ones, twos, etc.)
Simulcast
Strip
Super deformed
Tamaya! Kagiya!
Television Broadcast Technologies
Tsukkomi
VHS
World manga
Yamato Nadeshiko
Yaoi
Yuri
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Drops of God Season 2 Live-Action Series Review

Jan 12, 00:00 live-action
Sometimes the only way to save something you love is to destroy it utterly. Sometimes, destroying what you love doesn't save anything at all. ― Drops of God, Season 2, has some of the absolute finest acting I have ever seen. Which is both wonderful and devastating, as this sequel to the live-action television series on Apple TV is a difficult and very tightly wound sequel to the live-action televisio...
review
3 comments

My Awkward Senpai Chapters 1-104 Manga Review

Jan 11, 12:00
3 comments
manga
What starts as comedic social awkwardness soon becomes an example of someone that is a workaholic and plagued by a deep fear of emotional dependency. ― I always find it at least a little bit funny when a series portrays an incredibly capable person in a field that requires a lot of social interaction only for the twist to be that they actually have no social skills whatsoever. Maybe there are some pe...
news

Firefly Wedding Manga Gets TV Anime by David Production in October

Jan 11, 10:19 anime
Urusei Yatsura's Takahiro Kamei helms anime with designs by Your Lie in April's Yukiko Aikei ― A website opened on Monday to announce that a television anime adaptation of Oreko Tachibana's Firefly Wedding manga will premiere on the Fuji TV network this October. Takahiro Kamei (2022-2024's Urusei Yatsura) is directing the anime at david production, and Yukiko Aikei (Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere, ...
news
3 comments

Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers Novels Get TV Anime

Jan 11, 06:36
3 comments
anime
Isle Osaki's story of minor goddess uniting with RPG player from our world ― The "Overlap Bunko All-Star Gathering Special 2026 Part I" livestream event announced on Sunday that a television anime adaptation of Isle Osaki's Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers (Shinja Zero no Megami-sama to Hajimeru Isekai Kōryaku or Clear the world like a game with the zero believers godde...
review
18 comments

Fire Force Volumes 1-10 Manga Review

Jan 10, 12:00
18 comments
manga
Fire Force has so many other positive aspects that it seems absurd that the author should want to torpedo his chances of a wider audience by so prominently featuring such prurient, out-of-place fan-service. ― Man's fascination with fire dates back to the primeval ages. Fire on demand was one of the very first technologies, and its transformative effects, once harnessed, led directly towards the machi...
news
1 comment

IDOLiSH7 Franchise's Mofmof Mini Characters Get Stop-Motion Anime

Jan 10, 07:39
1 comment
anime
Fluffy alien creatures to also get more merchandise, their own May event ― The "IDOLiSH7 10th Anniversary Event 'A10TiON PLEASE!!!!'" announced on Saturday that the IDOLiSH7 franchise's Mofmof mini characters are launching their own new Mofmof Parade (or MofPara for short) project. The project includes a stop-motion anime titled Koma-Dori Mofmof Parade (Stop-Motion Mofmof Parade or KomaMof for short)...
feature
204 comments

The Winter 2026 Anime Preview Guide

Jan 9, 12:30
204 comments
anime
Vash and the gang are back in Trigun Stargaze! Also Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling, A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demihumans, Scum of the Brave, Fire Force, Dark Moon: the Blood Altar, Jujustu Kaisen, Champignon Witch, and more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Winter 2026 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here a...
review

10Dance Live-Action Movie Review

Jan 9, 12:00 live-action
Worlds collide on the dance floor as two men with the same name learn how each other moves ― The movie begins with Shinya Suzuki. He is a ladies' man, a laid-back yanki of a dancer. Half Cuban, half Japanese, he longs for his island home. He lives in a tropical enclave in Japan, but is outwardly uninterested in dancing on the international stage. For reasons he cannot identify, he finds himself const...
column
12 comments

This Week in Games - Live In Y○ur W×rld, △I Plays □urs

Jan 9, 10:00
12 comments
games
Jean-Karlo remembers David Rosen and looks forward to some new visual novels. ― Welcome back, folks! You'll notice I had a review for The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizons go live yesterday. I've long bemoaned my lack of exposure to Falcom's games, outside of playing a lot of Dragon Slayer on GameBoy in middle school; I've been thoroughly convinced. Just a shame about Falcom's dalliances w...
interview
28 comments

A Fresh Cast Brings the Original Detective Conan Anime to a New Audience

Jan 9, 09:00
28 comments
anime
ADR Director Ayu, Conan voice actor Molly Zhang, and Shinichi Kudo voice actor Mauricio Ortiz-Segura discuss the new dub batch releases to introduce fans to the long-running detective series. ― Detective Conan is one of the most popular franchises in Japan, ready to celebrate it 30th anniversary this year! Despite its popularity in its home country, its impact overseas hasn't been nearly as strong. ...
news
13 comments

Warner Bros. Announces Scooby-Doo! Gokko Shorts

Jan 8, 23:00
13 comments
animation
Shorts to premiere in 2027 ― Warner Bros. announced at an event in Brazil in November 2025 that it is producing Scooby-Doo! Gokko, which it described as a short anime premiering in 2027. The shorts will be based on the Scooby-Doo mystery comedy franchise, and will center on the characters Scooby and Shaggy.Scooby-Doo! Gokko is similar to Warner Bros. Japan's Tom & Jerry Gokko short anime based on the...
game review

Elden Ring Nightreign The Forsaken Hollows Game Review

Jan 8, 12:00 games
Despite its clear ups and downs, Elden Ring Nightreign The Forsaken Hollows is well worth the asking price of $15. ― Since its release, Elden Ring Nightreign has had more than a few major updates. From harder versions of each boss (which basically add an entire new phase to each fight) to a new way of playing that not only increases the difficulty the more you win but also doubles the amount of chara...
column
10 comments

This Week in Anime - Top of the Bookwalker Charts

Jan 8, 10:00
10 comments
manga novels
Lucas and Chris explore BookWalker 's rankings of their top titles and attempt to make it make sense. ― Lucas and Chris explore Bookwalker's rankings of their top titles and attempt to make it make sense. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyter @vestenet Chris Lucas, we must stay re...
game review
19 comments

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon Game Review

Jan 8, 09:00
19 comments
games
The beginning of the end of the Trails saga sets off for the only worthy setting: space! ― Falcom's Trails series represents a truly massive epic in the making: twelve RPGs produced over the course of 20 years that tell the ongoing story of personal, political, and industrial change in a fictional world. After 20 years, the series is making the jump to its final frontier: space. Being a Trails neophy...
news
1 comment

Pui Pui Molcar Director Tomoki Misato, WIT Studio Reveal Candy Caries Original Stop-Motion TV Anime, April Debut

Jan 8, 06:45
1 comment
anime
Candy Caries first revealed as stop-motion promotional video in 2021 ― Pui Pui Molcar stop-motion television series director Tomoki Misato and WIT Studio announced on Thursday the original television anime Candy Caries, which will debut in April, and also revealed a teaser visual and promotional video. Misato and Wit Studio are credited for the original work. Misato is also directing the anime at TOR...
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