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Boke

: 呆け【ぼけ】

The "stupid" or deliberately ignorant partner in a two-man manzai comedy routine.

See also: manzai, tsukkomi

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Ghost Dating Simulation Season 1 K-Comic Review

May 30, 12:00 korean

Ghost Dating Simulation is, in all fairness, kind of schlocky. But it's also compulsively readable and tries to use its genre to its advantage. ― At first, this sounds like a story we've all seen a thousand times before: a disillusioned young man tries his hand at being a gaming streamer, ends up getting pulled into a game, and is immediately surrounded by a bevy of lovely ladies. I went into Ghost D...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Spring 2026, May 20-26

May 29, 22:25 anime

After Dorohedoro and Iruma-kun, it's One Piece's turn to keep Witch Hat Atelier just shy of first place. Meanwhile in the cumulative, Nippon Sangoku overtakes Akane-banashi by a hair's breadth! ― 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 ...

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Hotel Inhumans Anime Series Review

May 29, 12:00 anime

While I enjoyed my time spent at Hotel Inhumans, it undoubtedly has room for improvement going forward. ― Despite my initial disappointment in discovering that Hotel Inhumans was not, in fact, all about a gang of creepy monster-folks all living together under one roof, I was immediately intrigued with what the show is actually about, which is a series of episodic stories all dealing with various kill...

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This Week in Games - Quests of Mana

May 29, 10:00

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games

Mana fans, rejoice! The beloved and beleaguered franchise has some good news for English-language fans! ― Welcome back, folks! I've been keeping up with the first .hack//GU game in my spare time, and it's... disappointing me some. I love the .hack games' conceit of your party members being other players, making some of them unavailable during certain stretches of the game. But in the GU titles, this ...

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The Shy Snow Woman and the Cursed Ring Adult Dōjin Manga Gets TV Anime

May 29, 03:58

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manga anime

Claimed to be the 1st adult dōjin manga to get TV anime directly without having separate commercial version ― Artist Puuzaki Puuna (also known as Puu no Puupuupuu or Zeroshiki Kōichi) announced on Friday that their adult dōjin manga The Shy Snow Woman and the Cursed Ring (Hitozukiai ga Nigate na Mibōjin no Yuki Onna-san to Noroi no Yubiwa) is inspiring a television anime adaptation. Puuzaki Puuna cla...

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Scriptwriter Hiroyuki Kawasaki Dies

May 28, 14:21

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people

Kawasaki wrote scripts for Blade of the Immortal, Silent Möbius, Sakura Wars, more anime ― Screenwriter Takao Koyama posted on X/Twitter on Thursday that scriptwriter Hiroyuki Kawasaki had died on January 23. He was 60. Kawasaki was born on November 17, 1965. Kawasaki had written scripts for numerous anime, including Blade of the Immortal, Ryoko's Case File, Silent Möbius, After War Gundam X, and Sak...

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NieR: Orchestra Concert Ticket Giveaway!

May 28, 12:30 games

A new concert tour centered around the music of NieR:Automata is coming soon, and ANN has some tickets to give away! ― NieR:Automata was met with near universal praise when it released back in 2017, lauded for its writing, iconic characters, and of course, its exceptional music. With 10 million copies sold, and the game's 10th anniversary on the horizon, creator Yoko Taro and his team have been cele...

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MAO Volume 24 Manga Review

May 28, 12:00

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manga

Stuck in Natsuno's eye, Daigo never really had the same chance to move on from the bad old days like the rest of the Goko Clan remnants. ― As a young man once said, life comes at you fast. Sometimes that means you don't have time to stop and really process what's coming your way. For Nanoka, that means that she has to keep moving forward, Natsuno's death notwithstanding. After all, there's still the ...

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This Week in Anime - Girls in Boyland

May 28, 10:00

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anime manga

It's becoming more common for girls to be the protagonists of shounen manga. Sylvia and Chris discuss why that's a good thing. ― It's becoming more common for girls to be the protagonists of shounen manga. Sylvia and Chris discuss why that's a good thing. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discu...

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Comic Publisher Dark Horse's Workers Form Union

May 28, 06:00

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manga industry

Dark Horse Workers United seeks to negotiate pay, workplace democracy, commitment to creator-owned comics ― Employees at Dark Horse Comics and its retail store Things From Another World have formed a union on Wednesday named Dark Horse Workers United, affiliated with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The union is seeking "equitable pay, workplace democracy, and a continued commitment to cr...

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Zatsu Tabi -That's Journey- Anime Series Review

May 27, 12:00

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anime

This is a very useful guide for visiting EVERY prefecture if you’ve got the money, while also emphasizing it's okay to make detours if you miss out on your planned destination. ― If you could go to Japan, where would you want to go? It's a question every anime fan has asked before. Plenty of anime often double as tourism ads for specific prefectures, so it only makes sense that they'd want to visit t...

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Dorohedoro Anime Gets 3rd Season

May 27, 11:32

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anime

Director Yuichiro Hayashi shared commemorative illustration of Haru following 2nd season finale ― The staff for the second anime season based on Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro manga announced on Wednesday that the series is getting a third season. Director Yuichiro Hayashi shared a special commemorative illustration featuring Haru singing for the sequel. TOHO Animation also began streaming a music video fe...

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Show, Don't Tell: Sentenced to Be a Hero Director Hiroyuki Takashima, Screenwriter Kenta Ihara

May 27, 09:00

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anime

In this super-size interview, the anime staff behind the hit series Sentenced to Be Hero reveal one of the production's biggest edicts: no inner monologuing. ― Studio KAI's Sentenced to Be a Hero anime adaptation wrapped up in March, with a promise of a second season in the wings. Over the course of 12 episodes, first-time anime director Hiroyuki Takashima and Saga of Tanya the Evil and Vinland Saga...