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This Week in Games - Quests of Mana

May 29, 10:00

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Mana fans, rejoice! The beloved and beleaguered franchise has some good news for English-language fans! ― Welcome back, folks! I've been keeping up with the first .hack//GU game in my spare time, and it's... disappointing me some. I love the .hack games' conceit of your party members being other players, making some of them unavailable during certain stretches of the game. But in the GU titles, this ...

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Scriptwriter Hiroyuki Kawasaki Dies

May 28, 14:21

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Kawasaki wrote scripts for Blade of the Immortal, Silent Möbius, Sakura Wars, more anime ― Screenwriter Takao Koyama posted on X/Twitter on Thursday that scriptwriter Hiroyuki Kawasaki had died on January 23. He was 60. Kawasaki was born on November 17, 1965. Kawasaki had written scripts for numerous anime, including Blade of the Immortal, Ryoko's Case File, Silent Möbius, After War Gundam X, and Sak...

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NieR: Orchestra Concert Ticket Giveaway!

May 28, 12:30 games

A new concert tour centered around the music of NieR:Automata is coming soon, and ANN has some tickets to give away! ― NieR:Automata was met with near universal praise when it released back in 2017, lauded for its writing, iconic characters, and of course, its exceptional music. With 10 million copies sold, and the game's 10th anniversary on the horizon, creator Yoko Taro and his team have been cele...

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MAO Volume 24 Manga Review

May 28, 12:00

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Stuck in Natsuno's eye, Daigo never really had the same chance to move on from the bad old days like the rest of the Goko Clan remnants. ― As a young man once said, life comes at you fast. Sometimes that means you don't have time to stop and really process what's coming your way. For Nanoka, that means that she has to keep moving forward, Natsuno's death notwithstanding. After all, there's still the ...

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This Week in Anime - Girls in Boyland

May 28, 10:00

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It's becoming more common for girls to be the protagonists of shounen manga. Sylvia and Chris discuss why that's a good thing. ― It's becoming more common for girls to be the protagonists of shounen manga. Sylvia and Chris discuss why that's a good thing. 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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Comic Publisher Dark Horse's Workers Form Union

May 28, 06:00

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Dark Horse Workers United seeks to negotiate pay, workplace democracy, commitment to creator-owned comics ― Employees at Dark Horse Comics and its retail store Things From Another World have formed a union on Wednesday named Dark Horse Workers United, affiliated with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The union is seeking "equitable pay, workplace democracy, and a continued commitment to cr...

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Zatsu Tabi -That's Journey- Anime Series Review

May 27, 12:00

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This is a very useful guide for visiting EVERY prefecture if you’ve got the money, while also emphasizing it's okay to make detours if you miss out on your planned destination. ― If you could go to Japan, where would you want to go? It's a question every anime fan has asked before. Plenty of anime often double as tourism ads for specific prefectures, so it only makes sense that they'd want to visit t...

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Dorohedoro Anime Gets 3rd Season

May 27, 11:32

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Director Yuichiro Hayashi shared commemorative illustration of Haru following 2nd season finale ― The staff for the second anime season based on Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro manga announced on Wednesday that the series is getting a third season. Director Yuichiro Hayashi shared a special commemorative illustration featuring Haru singing for the sequel. TOHO Animation also began streaming a music video fe...

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Show, Don't Tell: Sentenced to Be a Hero Director Hiroyuki Takashima, Screenwriter Kenta Ihara

May 27, 09:00

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In this super-size interview, the anime staff behind the hit series Sentenced to Be Hero reveal one of the production's biggest edicts: no inner monologuing. ― Studio KAI's Sentenced to Be a Hero anime adaptation wrapped up in March, with a promise of a second season in the wings. Over the course of 12 episodes, first-time anime director Hiroyuki Takashima and Saga of Tanya the Evil and Vinland Saga...

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Creamy Mami: Forever Once More Anime Review

May 26, 12:00

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Creamy Mami: Forever Once More gives you enough to understand the new material and is a successful coda. ― If you want to watch Studio Pierrot's original magical girl TV series, you are, as of this writing, largely out of luck. While the series received a crowdfunded DVD release back in the days of Anime Sols and was later streamed on RetroCrush, the DVDs are out of print, and RetroCrush no longer st...

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This Week in Anime - The End of Isekai as We Know It?

May 26, 10:00

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With recent trends suggesting that the isekai anime bubble might soon burst, Coop and Lucas dive into why this may be and what this could mean for the anime industry in general. ― With recent trends suggesting that the isekai anime bubble might soon burst, Coop and Lucas dive into why this may be and what this could mean for the anime industry in general. The views and opinions expressed by the part...

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Celebrate 45th Birthday of Macross With Biggest Transforming SDF-1 Macross Toy

May 26, 00:45

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Deculture. ― Japanese high-end toy manufacturer Bandai Spirits confirmed on Monday that it is releasing a new DX Chogokin toy for the SDF-1 Macross space fortress to mark 45th anniversary of the Macross science-fiction romance franchise. A nearly two-minute-long video showcases the fully transformable toy in both fortress and "storm attacker" modes. The English-subtitled video also highlights severa...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Spring 2026, May 13-19

May 25, 13:00

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Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun rockets into #1 this week, also climbing 6 spots in the cumulative! Find out how your favorite shows performed in our weekly user rankings. ― 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. Keep in mind that these ...

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Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider Episodes 15-24 Anime Review

May 25, 12:00