Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest (manga)

Kei Sazane's God's Game We Play Light Novels Have Anime in the Works

Jan 21, 18:06

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Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World author's new series launched in January 2021 ― Kadokawa began streaming a new promotional video for Kei Sazane's Kami wa Game ni Ueteiru (God's Game We Play or literally, God is Hungry for Games) light novel series on Friday. The video reveals that the novels have an anime adaptation in the works. The announcement does not specify the anime's format. The no...

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Alice Gear Aegis Game Gets TV Anime

Jan 21, 18:05

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Most of OVA's staff returns with new head writer Kenji Sugihara ― The live-streamed fourth anniversary program for COLOPL's Alice Gear Aegis smartphone game announced on Friday that a television anime adaptation has been green-lit. The program also announced that the original game will be available on an unspecified console or portable game system this year. Hirokazu Hanai (Dances with the Dragons) i...

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End of Fall 2021 Mega Survey

Jan 21, 16:37 anime

Don't forget to vote in the seasonal mega survey. Tell us which anime were the best last season... and which ones were the worst!

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This Week in Games - What A Twist

Jan 21, 14:00

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Good lord. What a week to be into games, am I right? I'm sure everybody has thoughts and hopes and fears about Microsoft's impending Activision-Blizzard assimilation… and I'd like to hear all of them! ― ~~ 𝒯𝓊𝑒𝓈𝒹𝒶𝓎, 𝒥𝒶𝓃 𝟣𝟪𝓉𝒽 ~~ -- 𝒜𝓅𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓍𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝟩:2𝟢 𝒜𝑀 𝒫𝒮𝒯 -- *may be slightly dramatized Ahh, crap. Why the hell did I wake up so early? I stayed up way too late last night tidying up my Windjammers 2 revi...

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I'm Looking for Serious Love! GN

Jan 21, 12:00

manga

Even if the content isn't an issue for you, the book is firmly mediocre, something you'd pick up if you ran out of other things in the genre to read, because it's better than nothing – more or less. ― While I always glance at the content warnings for a volume of manga, they rarely make much of an impression, unless it's one of Viz's sarcastic ones. But the warning on the back of Tokyopop's release of...

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Belle

Jan 21, 11:21

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Now playing in U.S. theaters, Richard Eisenbeis reviews Mamoru Hosoda's newest film and its meaningful look into the lingering effects of loss and the seemingly hopeless struggle to overcome it. ― It doesn't take a genius to see that acclaimed director Mamoru Hosada's Belle takes a ton of inspiration from Beauty and the Beast, specifically the Disney adaptation. All the trappings are there: We have a...

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BELLE Lead Composer Taisei Iwasaki

Jan 21, 09:00

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anime music

ANN's Richard Eisenbeis had the opportunity to talk with Lead Composer Taisei Iwasaki about the process of creating the music that is so central to BELLE's narrative and themes. ― It is perhaps an understatement to say that music is an important component to Mamoru Hosoda's latest film BELLE; after all, BELLE revolves around a grief-stricken girl named Suzu who finds shelter and salvation by creating...

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Dai Dark GN 1

Jan 20, 12:00

manga

From the creator of Dorohedoro comes a new series about a man, his supposedly magic bones, and the out-of-this-world characters who try to obtain them. ― There's really no one working in manga quite like Q Hayashida. Her first manga released in English, Dorohedoro, gained a cult following for its grimly chaotic, dystopian worlds filled with brutal, thoughtless murder, populated with lovable character...

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This Week in Anime - Horse Girls Are Easy

Jan 20, 10:00

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If you wrote off Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 2 based on its galaxy-brain premise, you may have missed out on one of the most emotionally compelling sports series in years. ― If you wrote off Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 2 based on its galaxy-brain premise, you may have missed out on one of the most emotionally compelling sports series in years. This series is streaming on Crunchyroll Disclaimer...

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Duke of Death and His Maid

Jan 19, 12:00

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The Duke of Death And His Maid had a lot more meat to it than I originally gave it credit for. I was surprised at how much love, wholesomeness, and affection could be squeezed out from such a dreary and at times lewd premise. ― Despite the rather dark implications of the overall premise, I thought it was just another entry in the growing list of anime that are now making up this “teasing genre.” Than...

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What's the Deal With Disney Twisted-Wonderland?

Jan 19, 09:00

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Disney Twisted-Wonderland stands out among the other Japanese-developed collaborations because of how unabashedly otaku it is. ― Disney Twisted-Wonderland isn't the first time Disney has collaborated with prominent Japanese game creators on bold new interpretations of classic Disney properties. The most obvious example is, of course, Kingdom Hearts, but there have been other examples over the years: ...

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This Week in Anime - Gnarly Ninja Robots

Jan 18, 15:11

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Discotek's long journey to restore this ridiculously entertaining dub is finally complete and is now available for streaming. Is Joe a slick enough dude to save an alien princess, find all the ninja robots and restore peace to outer space? ― Discotek's long journey to restore this ridiculously entertaining dub is finally complete and is now available for streaming. Is Joe a slick enough dude to save...

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The ANN Aftershow - Return of the Titans

Jan 18, 14:40

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Lynzee, Jacki, and James dive into the newest season of Attack on Titan! What is Eren's end game? Is he lying to everyone about sterilizing the Eldians? Is Levi still alive? Also, the biological processes of Titans are confusing! ― The ANN Aftershow - Return of the Titans Lynzee, Jacki, and James dive into the newest season of Attack on Titan! What is Eren's end game? Is he lying to everyone about s...

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Came the Mirror & Other Tales GN

Jan 18, 12:00