Jacki Jing and Lynzee Loveridge watched all the anime so you wouldn't have to! Here are the top five best anime premieres of Winter 2020! ― You're bundled up with a hot cocoa while the snow piles up outside. Icicles hang perilously from your front door frame. It's way too cold out there, so let's get cozy with five of our favorite premieres from the Winter 2020 anime season! We've got mysteries, fan...

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Goblin Slayer Novel 8

Jan 26, 13:00

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"The eighth entry into the light novel series proves that it can hold its own even when the focus isn't solely on killing goblins." ― As the Goblin Slayer light novels have gone on, the characters have grown in a variety of subtle ways. There haven't been any earth-shattering revelations or changes for them, but that actually works in the series' favor, keeping the characters grounded in their fears,...

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The List - The Top 5 Makoto Shinkai Movies

Jan 24, 14:10

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In celebration of the release of Makoto Shinkai's latest film, Weathering With You, we're counting down our favorite works from him - and don't forget to vote in the poll! ― Over the last 20 years, if there's one anime director people have heard of (who isn't named Hayao Miyazaki – it's probably Makoto Shinkai, the director of what is still the highest grossing animated film of all time in Japan, br...

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Carole & Tuesday: A Song of Refugees and Fire

Jan 24, 13:00

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Director Shinichiro Watanabe's passionate musical series shines a spotlight on Earth's real humanitarian crisis and hopes for something better. ― Carole & Tuesday has some good music, but good music isn't made in a vacuum. Music is created by musicians, and whether they're strumming guitar strings, singing mezzo-soprano, or scribbling notes on staves, aspects of musicians' lives end up bleeding into ...

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The Legends of Luke Skywalker: The Manga

Jan 24, 12:00

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Who was Luke Skywalker? This new manga anthology explores the question in great detail, with gorgeous art and storytelling. ― So – listen. My name is Zac Bertschy, and throughout my life there have been three constants: anime, manga and Star Wars. I am an enormous lifelong fan of everyone's favorite completely oversaturated and inescapable sci-fi media franchise, created by George Lucas back in the l...

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This Week in Anime - What is Going on in OBSOLETE?

Jan 23, 14:00

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Steve and Micchy try to make sense of Gen Urobuchi's latest series about the commodification of war. ― The aliens might not be interested in politics but that won't stop Earthlings from finding new uses for their recently obtained technology. The first half of acclaimed writer Gen Urobuchi's 3DCG YouTube series is available on YouTube now and it wouldn't be a Booch affair without death and commisera...

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This Week in Games - The Dregs of Dragon Ball

Jan 23, 13:00

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Heidi plows through this week's Sonic news before delving in to the absolute worst Dragon Ball games of all time! ― Howdy! It's a new week, and we're gonna talk about games, dangit! Well, uh… honestly, there isn't too much news. I mean, yeah, there are a few noteworthy news bits, but I don't have much in the way of commentary to add to them. So, we're going to do a little something fun after the news...

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Which Hana? GN 1

Jan 23, 12:09

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"Which Hana isn't anything particularly special, but it does offer its own distinct twists on the body-swap romance story we've seen before." ― Mizue Odawara is one of a handful of shoujo authors never before published in English who is getting a double digital release. Which Hana and A Devotion that Changes Worlds have both been licensed and translated by Futabasha, much in the same way that Chieko ...

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