Peekaboo Diving Club’s definition of “fun” is much less about love of the ocean than it is about drinking, getting naked, and failing classes. ― Grand Blue Dreaming has all the emotional depth and resonance of that friend of a friend who, well into your 30s, always says things like “Dude! Remember that time you got blasted and puked on the shoes of the girl you liked? That was awesome!” Iori, an aver...

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Old-Fashioned Magic: A Brief History of Studio Pierrot's Magical Girls

May 20, 09:00

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From Creamy Mami to Magical Sisters Lulutto Lilly, Studio Pierrot paved the way for magical girls for over 40 years. Rebecca Silverman explores the many magical girls. ― Where do magical girls come from? An academic answer might be the 13th-century emaki (picture scroll) Tales of Gisho and Gangyo, which features a young woman transforming to protect others. An equally valid response is 1962 with the...

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Tomo Nagawa's 'Would you like to be a tanuki?' Manga Gets TV Anime

May 20, 05:01

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Kingdom's Jun Kamiya helms Nippon Animation anime about tanuki creatures inviting people to try tanuki life ― Japanese publisher Ichjinsha announced on Wednesday that Tomo Nagawa's Would you like to be a tanuki? (Omae, Tanuki ni Narane--ka?) manga is inspiring a television anime. The staff unveiled a teaser video and visual for the anime. Nagawa also drew the below illustration to celebrate the anime...

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I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World TV Special Review

May 19, 12:00 anime

As with the series proper, pause at nearly any point, and the resulting screenshot looks great. It's once the show is in motion that things get dire quickly. ― When last we left off in the TV series proper, Yuuya had defeated his first Vile—Yuti, the divine archer's disciple—and we got a few scenes of in the credits showing what happened next. The first part of this special expands on those epilogue ...

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This Week in Anime - Ghosts in the Shell

May 19, 10:00

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From fanservice to philosophy, Ghost in the Shell is the franchise with a version for everyone. ― From fanservice to philosophy, Ghost in the Shell is the franchise with a version for everyone. 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. Crunchyroll streams Ghost in the Shell Arise. T...

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You and I Are Polar Opposites Volume 8 Manga Review

May 18, 12:00 manga

I have a lot of respect for the relationship built between Taira and Azuma throughout the series. On the other hand, there is a part of me that feels just a little unsatisfied. ― If there's one thing I like about this finale of You and I Are Polar Opposites, it's how it managed to bring the series full circle. The entire series was built on the idea of characters being obsessed with appearances and o...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Spring 2026, May 6-11

May 18, 11:15

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Dorohedoro grabs the top spot this week, knocking down Witch Hat Atelier to #2 for the first time this season. Meanwhile An Observation Log of My Fiancée's cute antics is helping it climb the charts. ― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts....

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This Week in Mobile Games - Heaven Burns My Dread

May 18, 11:13

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Unexpected crossovers are the order of the day at This Week in Mobile Games! ― This week's This Week in Mobile Games is being sponsored again by our friends at Grand Summoners! Find out more about their current collaboration with Touhou LostWord further down in this week's column! ---- Hello, and welcome once more to the latest edition of This Week In Mobile Games! It's been a rough couple of weeks,...

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Answerman - $60 Billion Question

May 18, 10:00

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How much is the anime industry currently worth? Jerome finds out. ― Haruki M. in Melbourne asks: Dear Answerman, I keep reading that the anime industry is headed for a global value of $60 billion by 2030, that Crunchyroll just hit 21 million subscribers, and now they're launching some kind of B2B summit at New York Comic Con. As someone who's been watching anime for twenty years, part of me is thril...

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Creating a Fanclub: Director Sou Toyama on Kirio Fan Club

May 18, 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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K2 Pictures Announces Gigant Anime, The Book of Human Insects Musical Film

May 17, 12:47

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Projects funded by "K2P Film Fund I" ― The K2 Pictures movie and video works company announced at the Cannes International Film Festival on Sunday that its "K2P Film Fund I" will finance several projects, including a theatrical anime adaptation of Hiroya Oku's Gigant manga and a musical film adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's experimental The Book of Human Insects manga. The Gigant anime adaptation marks t...

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Love from the Tip of the Tongue Volume 1 Manga Review

May 17, 12:00 manga

Is this the first official license of a cakeverse manga? ― Is this the first official license of a cakeverse manga? I'm not sure, but I can say that it's the first time I've encountered this omegaverse spin-off. For the uninitiated, “cakeverse” is a variant of the increasingly omnipresent omegaverse where, instead of people being classified as alphas, betas, and omegas, they are separated into cakes ...

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Keanu Reeves to Star in Dwarf Studios' Full-Length Stop-Motion Samurai Film Hidari

May 17, 05:30

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Film staff hosted presentation at Annecy Animation Showcase at Cannes on Sunday ― Japanese stop-motion animation studio dwarf studios announced on Sunday at the Annecy Animation Showcase of the 79th Cannes International Film Festival that actor Keanu Reeves will star as Jingoro Hidari in the studio's HIDARI stop-motion samurai film. The Annecy Animation Showcase is featuring five animated works-in-pr...

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