2023 season to cover "Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu," "Shibuya Incident" arcs ― The official website for the Jujutsu Kaisen television anime revealed on Sunday that the anime's second season will air for two cours (quarters of a year) for a continuous half-year run.The anime will adapt both the "Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu" arc and the "Shibuya Incident" arc. The site also unveiled a new visual for the second season, ...

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Arifureta Author: Fans Can 'Expect' an Epilogue Story

Sep 26, 19:10

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Light novel series ended with 13th volume on Sunday ― Author Ryo Shirakome stated in the endnote for the 13th and final volume of their Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest (Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō) light novel series on Sunday that readers and fans can "expect" an epilogue story for the franchise. However, he did not provide further specific details. Shirakome noted that he "...

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New Rurouni Kenshin TV Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, 2023 Premiere on Noitamina

Sep 26, 19:09

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Anime to re-adapt main manga series ― The Aniplex Online Fest 2022 event on Saturday revealed a trailer, the main staff, and the main cast for the new television anime project based on Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin manga. The anime will premiere in 2023 on Fuji-TV's Noitamina programming block. The anime will re-adapt the main manga series. Aniplex also revealed character visuals for Kenshin and...

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My Hero Academia Anime's 6th Season to Air for Half a Year

Sep 26, 19:09

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Series premieres on October 1 ― The official website for the My Hero Academia anime revealed on Saturday that the show's sixth season will air for two continuous cours (quarter of a year). The site is also streaming a commercial for the series. The anime will premiere on October 1. SUPER BEAVER will perform the opening theme song "Hitamuki," and Kiro Akiyama will perform the ending theme song "SKETCH...

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Boys Be… Manga Artist Hiroyuki Tamakoshi Reports Cancer Diagnosis

Sep 26, 19:08

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Tamakoshi started 4 months of chemotherapy last week ― Manga creator Hiroyuki Tamakoshi announced on Twitter on September 14 that he has been diagnosed with stage 3 cancer, and would begin four months of chemotherapy the next week. He noted that the serialization of his new manga based on Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket will go on hiatus due to the chemotherapy, but he plans to resume it s...

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The Best and Worst of Summer 2022, Sep 16-22

Sep 26, 15:00 anime

On its way quietly upward, Stepmom's Daughter bumps Devil Part-Timer on its way softly downward. Find out how your favorite shows fared with one week left to the season! ― 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 ranki...

Coolmic Launches PC Website!

Sep 26, 13:40 manga

The best digital source for ecchi manga (and even some not so ecchi titles) is finally available on your PC! ― Coolmic, the official digital comics and anime store from Japan, has expanded its platform and is now available for PC as well! Coolmic is a service that started in 2018, distributing popular manga (Japanese comics) and anime to English and French-speaking audiences. Until now, the service w...

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The Fall 2022 Manga Guide

Sep 26, 12:16

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We dive into upcoming November releases with The Wrong Way To Use Healing Magic, the Sasaki and Miyano spinoff Hirano and Kagiura, Embrace Your Size, and more! Sponsored by Yen Press. ― Banner art by catfish Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2022 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs...

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House of the Lost on the Cape

Sep 26, 12:00

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Out on video tomorrow, Kim checks out David Production's supernatural movie about a runaway and an orphan staying in an old house. ― The House of the Lost on the Cape (or Misaki no Mayoiga in Japanese) shares a similarity in title to The Lost Village (Mayoiga), a somewhat infamous TV anime from 2016 that was distinctive for its hokey portrayal of psychological horror. The House of the Lost on the Cap...

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The Best and Worst Anime of Summer 2022

Sep 26, 09:00

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Here are the series of the season recommended by our editorial staff (and the ones you should probably avoid). ― The leaves are changing colors and the summer heat is finally subsiding. The summer season felt pretty sparse for a lot of us but it wasn't a told anime desert. Creepy mysteries abounded in the second season of Shadows House and Made in Abyss proved it still has the chops to break our hea...

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This Week in Games - We Wanted To Quote Luca Blight And/Or M. Bison, But It All Sounded Too Edgelord-y

Sep 25, 16:23

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Suikoden is coming back with a fresh coat of paint, we get the lowdown on new gameplay in Street Fighter 6, and Tencent (briefly) loses control after laid off Fanbyte employees rebel on social media! ― Hello, everyone! We're in the wake of Tokyo Game Show and the one-two punch of a Nintendo Direct and a Sony State of Play, so it's time to wind down along with summer as we prepare for autumn. I just w...

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Wolf and Red GN

Sep 25, 12:00 manga

It's classic fairytales with a BL twist! ― There seems to be some confusion about the title of this book. My review copy is labeled Wolf and Red, with the English on the cover reading Wolf and Little BL Red Hood. That's a bit odd, but then the copyright page once again relabels the story: The Wolf and Mr. Little Red Riding Hood. All of them work and get the point across that this is a collection of B...

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Interview: Goodbye, Don Glees! Film Director Atsuko Ishizuka

Sep 25, 09:00 anime

We interviewed Ishizuka about the film's unique setting, cultural differences to look out for, and the likelihood of getting attacked by a bear in the Japanese countryside. ― Best known for the touching anime original TV series A Place Further than the Universe, Atsuko Ishizuka's newest film Goodbye, Don Glees! has recently hit U.S. theaters. We interviewed Ishizuka about the film's unique setting, c...

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Aniplex Festival Online 2022 Roundup

Sep 25, 01:07 events

All our Aniplex Festival Online 2022 coverage in one place. ― Aniplex's annual Online Festival, Aniplex Online Fest, was held on September 24 at 12:00 p.m. JST. The event featured information, announcements and trailers from over 20 anime series and featured live music performances. The event was in both English and Japanese, featuring hosts Sally Amaki and Hisanori Yoshida. You can still view the f...

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Visual Prison

Sep 24, 12:00

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How can you not love vampires competing in a visual kei battle of the bands? ― Man, remember visual kei? It was all the rage among anime fans in the late 90's and 00's, back when I first got into the hobby. Fans discussed bands like Malice Mizer and Dir en Grey right alongside their favorite series despite them not having any obvious connection, and the cross-dressing singer Mana, a major influence i...

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Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island

Sep 23, 12:00

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Opening soon in theaters in the U.S., how does this expansion of a classic Gundam episode hold up as a full-length film? ― The existence of this film is an oddity, being a retelling of the 15th episode of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series. Apparently, that episode had some issues on the visual production side, prompting its omission from the English-language releases, so you can interpret this f...

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The Fall 2022 Light Novel Guide

Sep 23, 10:00

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Rebecca Silverman has all the details you need to find your next must-read light novel series right here! ― Another seasonal round up, another batch of isekai! Yes, the subgenre continues to be strong in the slate of translated light novels, with the twin sub-subgenres of “villainess” and “overpowered hero” remaining on top. But we're also seeing a bit more variation within them, as Formerly, the Fal...

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Rocking Out with Japanese Punk Band Wienners

Sep 23, 09:00 music

The Digimon Ghost Game opening band is relatively new to anisong, but Wienners have been delivering their unique brand of punk rock and electronica fusion since 2009. ― If you've watched Digimon Ghost Game, you've heard the high energy, horror-rock opening theme “Faction” by Wienners. But while they're relatively new to anisong, Wienners have been delivering their unique brand of punk rock and electr...

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