Dancer/actor Min Tanaka, playwright/actor Hideki Noda also honored ― The Japanese government has selected 21 honorees for this year's roster of Persons of Cultural Merit. The roster includes Masako Nozawa (Dragon Ball's Son Goku, Gegege no Kitarō's Kitarō) as the first voice actor to be so honored, as well as manga creator Keiko Takemiya (Toward the Terra, The Door into Summer, Andromeda Stories), da...

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Shindou-kun's Tight Squeeze Volume 1 Manga Review

Oct 17, 12:00

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Shindou-kun's Tight Squeeze may not be the most creative romance manga out there, explicit or otherwise, but if you're looking for a spicy good time, it more than fits the bill. ― I've read most of Seven Seas' releases under its Steamship imprint, in no small part because I've crusaded for years on the concept that those of us who were little girls reading Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura are now ad...

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TWIG Goes On Vacation, But The Gaming Industry Doesn't

Oct 17, 10:00

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games

Jean-Karlo takes next week off, but not before he imparts some Digimon deep cuts from the "Prelude" anime short. ― Welcome back, folks! So, I know what this looks like, and by the time you read this, I will be in San Diego on vacation. But this past Sunday rolled around, and I was preparing myself to write this week's column, only to remember I was supposed to be on vacation. But then I realized, my ...

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Your Halloween 2025 Anime Watchlist

Oct 17, 10:00

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anime

This Halloween season marks the perfect occasion to sit down and watch some of the best horror anime out there—and the ANN staff is here with their recommendations! ― Horror is a broad genre with many facets. For some, it's simply ghosts and monsters—the eldritch and the unknowable. For others, it's more psychological—the twisted aspects of the human soul and the terror born therein. And for still o...

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Voice Actor Interview: Kengo Kawanishi/Muichiro Tokito × Kana Hanazawa/Mitsuri Kanroji

Oct 17, 09:00

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anime

Nikkei Entertainment! shares a behind-the-scenes interview with the cast of the summer's hottest film, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle! ― English translation of articles from the Japanese entertainment magazine Nikkei Entertainment! Read Nikkei Entertainment! on the web! Find Nikkei Entertainment! on Instagram and X On July 11, a Pre-release Blessing Event was held at Zojoji Temple in ...

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Isshiki-san wa Koi o Shiritai Romantic Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime

Oct 17, 06:47

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anime

Ayune Araragi's story of police officer, detective's journey to discovering love ― Kadokawa announced on Friday that a television anime of Ayune Araragi's Isshiki-san wa Koi o Shiritai (Isshiki-san Wants to Know Romance) manga has been green-lit. Araragi drew an illustration to celebrate the news: The romantic comedy follows Rinna Isshiki, an elite, straight-laced officer who joined the police at age...

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High School! Kimengumi Comedy Manga Gets New TV Anime in January

Oct 16, 18:55

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Tomokazu Seki, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Chiaki Kobayashi, Kikunosuke Toya star in modern remake ― A new television anime of Motoei Shinzawa's High School! Kimengumi (High School! Funny-Face Club) manga will premiere next January. It will run in Fuji TV network's Noitamina programming block on Fridays at 11:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. EST). A website opened on Friday with an image music video an...

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Trigun Stargaze Aims for the Stars: Episode 1-2 Review

Oct 16, 16:30 anime

The first episode's premiere ends up being a set-up appetizer for the rib-eye steak of its second episode, which knocks it out of the park. ― “Love and Peace,” hollered scores of Vash cosplayers at the Trigun Stargaze panel at New York Comic Con, hosted by Crunchyroll. That's a lofty dream for the much-beloved pacifist gunslinger, Vash the Stampede, in the desert Noman's Land. At the panel, the Trig...

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Let's Go Karaoke! Anime Series Review

Oct 16, 12:00

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anime

I’m just amazed by how much you could squeeze out of this bizarre premise. ― Let's Go Karaoke! is a series that succeeds in making the unbelievable believable. It's a comedy at heart, yet the bond between its two unlikely leads makes for melodrama that's both kitschy and effective. Who'd'a thunk that the best way to overcome your musical failures and teen angst was by teaching a yakuza member how to ...

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Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden Creator Tomonobu Itagaki Dies

Oct 16, 05:40

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"Final message" posted on Itagaki's Facebook account ― The official Facebook account of game designer Tomonobu Itagaki announced on Thursday that he has died. A "final message" from Itagaki stated on the account that if the message has been posted, it means that he has died. Itagaki was 58. The message translates:My final words:The light of my life is finally fading.If this message has been posted, i...

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Drops of God: Mariage Volume 2-3 Manga Review

Oct 15, 12:00 manga

Who will find the blue-eyed white sauvignon blanc? ― We last left Shizuku and Issei facing a challenge from a secret cabal of wine experts whose self-appointed role is to preserve Yutaka Kanzaki's true goal – the perfection of the “mariage” of wine and food. In Volume two, to be seen as worthy of the challenge of finding “The Drops of God,” Issei and Shizuku must first pass a preliminary test, consis...

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Preparing for Anime's Greatest Race: The Steel Ball Run Cast Take the Stage

Oct 15, 11:00

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The voices of Johnny Joestar, Gyro Zeppeli, Diego Brando, Lucy Steel, and Steven Steel shared their excitement for the next installment of JoJo's! ― April 12, 2025, fans of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure waited with bated breath during the final JOJODAY 2025 announcement, “Total Distance: Roughly 6,000 km. Prize money: 50 million dollars. Humanity's first horse race across America. Steel Ball Run Jojo's Bi...

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100 Meters Anime Film Director Kenji Iwaisawa's Attention to Detail Puts Artistic Originality First

Oct 15, 09:00

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anime

Iwaisawa's attention to natural movement and his team's stylistic take on the camera angles help to visually elevate the movie's message about chasing one's passion. ― Six years ago, Kenji Iwaisawa took the world by surprise with his hilariously charming adaptation of Hiroyuki Ohashi's ON-GAKU. Now, with a larger budget and a team of industry professionals, Iwaisawa has taken on the challenge of adap...

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This Week in Anime - The Crunchyroll Sub Flub

Oct 14, 13:30

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anime

Coop and Lucas look into the Crunchyroll subtitle situation that set social media ablaze and culminated in a scathing YouTube video by Mother's Basement. Are the technical issues fixed now? ― Coop and Lucas look into the Crunchyroll subtitle situation that set social media ablaze and culminated in a scathing YouTube video by Mother's Basement. Are the technical issues fixed now? Disclaimer: The view...

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Assassination Classroom Manga Removed From U.S. School Libraries at Least 54 Times in 2024-2025 Year

Oct 14, 13:30

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manga

School districts in Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, South Carolina have banned Yusei Matsui's series ― Non-profit organization Pen America revealed in a report documenting public school bans earlier this month that Yusei Matsui's Assassination Classroom manga has been removed at least 54 times from school libraries in the United States throughout the 2024-2025 year. Each individual volume ba...

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Silent Hill f Game Review

Oct 14, 12:00

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games

This game will cling to the darkest corners of my nightmares for a very long time to come. ― I have been a Silent Hill fan all of my life, and I have just recently completed my project of replaying and recording every single game in the franchise (well, except for Silent Hill: Book of Memories, since my PlayStation Vita broke years ago). That said, for as much as I absolutely adore Bloober Team's re...

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