McCapitalistic Chaos. ― The time was a few weeks ago, and the place was the Naka-kon dealer's room. There I was, minding my own business so cartoonishly that I may as well have been whistling between licks of my oversized lollipop, as the wind blew through my propeller hat. I wasn't prepared, suffice to say, to have my life very suddenly changed—to be psychically assaulted by an aura so strong, power...

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The Spring 2026 Anime Preview Guide

Apr 1, 09:00

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It's that time again: the Spring Anime Preview Guide! We were lucky enough to get advance screeners of a few anticipated shows, so come check out our reviewers' takes on Witch Hat Atelier, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, and the early premieres! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2026 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted ...

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Creating a Fanclub: Director Sou Toyama on Kirio Fan Club

Apr 1, 09:00 people anime

What makes Kirio Fan Club a more realistic look at high school crushes? Director of the upcoming anime, Sou Toyama, gets into it. ― Kirio Fan Club is not your typical tale of high school love. Aimi and Nami eschew many of the romanticized aspects we've come to expect from anime high school girls: they're weird and loud and more than a little goofy while still taking themselves and their crush on clas...

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Love Live! Hasu no Sora Jōgakuin School Idol Club Project Gets TV Anime in 2027

Mar 31, 19:52

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Bloom Garden Party 3D anime film opens in Japan on May 8 ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the Love Live! Hasu no Sora Jogakuin School Idol Club project announced on Tuesday that the project will receive a television anime series that will premiere in January 2027. The staff also teased that the project's second chapter, featuring the 106th class, will also start next January: 🪷蓮ノ空女学院スク...

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Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! Anime Series Review

Mar 31, 12:00

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The Demon King’s Daughter is Too Kind!! is, in a word, harmless. ― Whether you find The Demon King's Daughter is Too Kind adorable or irritating is going to come down to your feelings about artificially cute kids. Doux, who appears to be somewhere between three and five years old, is a squeaky-voiced moppet with a tendency to shriek “waiii” at every opportunity. She lisps, she giggles, and she makes ...

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This Week in Anime - ChainsawED Man

Mar 31, 10:00

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Sylvia and Lucas process their feelings on Chainsaw Man's ending. Was the real Chainsaw Man the friends we made along the way? ― Sylvia and Lucas process their feelings on Chainsaw Man's ending. Was the real Chainsaw Man the friends we made along the way? 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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Be Forever Yamato: Star Blazers: Rebel 3199 Episodes 15-18 Anime Review

Mar 30, 12:00

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Perhaps I’m at my happiest with “spaceship go shooty blam bang oooh pretty colors." ― Forget my concerns about REBEL 3199's relative lack of action in my review of the preceding four episodes. The first three episodes of this next release quartet (also titled The Incandescent Galactic War) comprise essentially wall-to-wall intense space battleship combat from beginning to end, and for those viewers w...

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Golden Kamuy Anime's Final Arc Continues in Winter With 'Runaway Train' Climax

Mar 30, 11:41

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Final arc started on January 5 ― The official website for the anime of Satoru Noda's Golden Kamuy manga revealed on Monday that the television anime's final arc will continue with the climactic "Runaway Train" arc this winter. The staff unveiled a visual: The anime's final season premiered on the Tokyo MX and BS11 channels on January 5, and it began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on the same day. Cr...

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Gizmo Riser Volume 1 Manga Review

Mar 29, 12:00

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When the system is designed to keep you at the bottom, there is no other way to go but up. ― This series checks all the boxes for “shōnen bildungsroman/Hero's Journey tale built on a foundation of social inequity that is actually about the cool gear.” Kuro is a slave among slaves. He's beaten and mocked by a man who claims Kuro as property, with no hope in sight, except for the very brief glimpses he...

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AnimeJapan 2026

Mar 29, 11:41

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― We've made our way back to Tokyo Big Sight for another year of big surprises, huge announcements, and basketball-court-sized booths. Read on for all the news served up hot and fresh from this year's AnimeJapan! Prelude to AnimeJapan AnimeJapan 2026 Announces Emerging Creator Award Finalists I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World Anime Gets 2nd Season From Overshadowed to Overpowered TV Anime Streams...

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Baki-Dou Net Anime Confirms 2nd Cours in Teaser

Mar 29, 00:17 anime

Anime to continue streaming exclusively on Netflix ― The special stage panel for BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai, the anime of Keisuke Itagaki's first Baki-Dou manga, presented a new teaser promotional video and teaser visual at AnimeJapan 2026 on Sunday. The teaser video confirms that the anime will have a second cours (quarter of a year) that will stream exclusively on Netflix. Netflixにて世界独占配信決定ッッ...

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the pillows Drummer Shinichiro Sato Dies Due to Esophageal Cancer

Mar 29, 00:05

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Founding member of band died on March 23 ― The official X/Twitter account for the alternative rock band the pillows announced on Saturday that the band's drummer Shinichiro Sato died on March 23 due to esophageal cancer. His family held a private funeral.いつも応援してくださっている皆様へ pic.twitter.com/7pHihGJfuS— the pillows monument (@thepillowsJPN) March 28, 2026 Sato was a founding member of the band alongside ...

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