Future MAPPA titles to stream exclusively, simultaneously on Netflix globally ― Netflix announced on Wednesday that it has formed a new strategic partnership with anime studio MAPPA. The new partnership makes Netflix the exclusive streamer for a number of future original anime titles from MAPPA, and allows the two companies to work together on these new projects in a more comprehensive way "from stor...

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The Winter 2026 Manga Guide

Jan 20, 14:14

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manga

It's ANN's first ever Winter Manga Guide! Come check out our first batch of titles, including Stray, Love Bullet,Kaiju No.8: Relax and more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Winter 2026 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 at the beginning of a season. Now, doing something like that f...

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Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota Anime Series Review

Jan 20, 12:00

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anime

I wanted a spin on the usual “opposites attract” story, and that’s exactly what I got. Perhaps I wanted it a little too much. ― I feel like I was the only person on the face of the Earth who was the least bit excited for Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota. Why not? I enjoyed the first episode enough, with its solid direction and its spin on the archetypal “opposites attract” premise. He's an ...

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This Week in Anime - Maybe It's Isekai (Maybe It's LitRPG)

Jan 20, 10:00

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anime

Is it isekai? Is it LitRPG? If it has a stat screen, does it even matter? Chris and Sylvia discuss. ― Is it isekai? Is it LitRPG? If it has a stat screen, does it even matter? Chris and Sylvia discuss. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. Hell Mode and Reincarnated ...

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Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans – Urðr Hunt Special Edition Anime Film Review

Jan 19, 12:00

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anime

This film is essentially a remastered compilation of several video game cutscenes, and that origin ultimately hampers what could have been an interesting feature film. ― 10 years ago, the director and writer behind anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day took her shot at a Gundam entry with Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. Between Tatsuyuki Nagai's underrated skill as an action director (A Certa...

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Creating Over 1500 Episodes with CHIBI MARUKO-CHAN Director Jun Takagi

Jan 19, 09:00

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anime

We spoke to Director Takagi about keeping the long-running series fresh when it's set decades in the past and the unfortunate passing of long-time voice actor TARAKO. ― More anime are created every year, but few successfully cross from niche to mainstream entertainment in Japan. There are the mainstream action series, like Naruto, One Piece, Demon Slayer, and magical girl juggernauts like Precure, bu...

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FX Fighter Kurumi-chan Manga Gets TV Anime

Jan 19, 04:11

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manga anime

Passione produces anime about college student who enters world of foreign exchange market ― Kadokawa announced on Monday that storywriter Demunyan and artist Daisuki Tansan's FX Fighter Kurumi-chan (FX Senshi Kurumi-chan) manga is getting a television anime adaptation that will debut in 2026. Yuki Ogawa (Ōya-san wa Shishunki!, Mieruko-chan, Miru Tights) is directing the anime at Passione. Kenta Ihara...

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Alice in Wonderland: Dive in Wonderland Film Review

Jan 18, 12:00

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anime

This modernized film of Alice in Wonderland is pleasant in places, but it's too mediocre to justify a cinema release. ― Maybe you've had the experience of waking in the early morning, turning on the TV, hopping channels, and stumbling on a kids' fantasy cartoon that you've not seen before; not a TV episode but a stand-alone cartoon special or film. Honestly, it's not a great cartoon in terms of its s...

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Hell Mode Volumes 2-3 Light Novel Review

Jan 17, 12:00

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novels

In a word, Hell Mode has thus far been tedious. ― I get what Hell Mode is going for by having its protagonist—a 35-year-old gamer named Kenichi, who's renamed Allen upon his waking up in this new world—reincarnated into this generic RPG world as a baby. Born into this new world, our protagonist doesn't have to grapple as hard, if at all, with the logistical difficulties that come with being overnight...

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