Yuhki Kamatani introduces readers to better future for LGBTQ folks, the unique kind of community where exploration of self is possible and Someone is there to listen. ― The most beautiful part of this four volume series, aside from the impressive artwork when depicting emotional states, is it doesn't give you terms set in stone for categories. It recognizes and understands the fluidity and avoids rig...

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Choose Your Daily Streaming Reviews: Summer 2020

Jul 11, 09:00 anime

It's time to vote! Which summer 2020 series do you want to see reviewed week to week?

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Announcing Anime News Network Connect

Jul 10, 21:14

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On July 14th we will present the first of many Anime News Network Connect sessions, the online premiere of the new anime Gibiate, followed by a Q&A with production staff. ― Anime News Network is super proud to announce that we've teamed up with Anime NYC to create an ongoing series of online events that will showcase anime premieres, in-depth interviews, and interactions with anime creators and publ...

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BNA: Brand New Animal

Jul 10, 13:35

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James Beckett visits Anima City to see if Studio Trigger has another surefire hit. ― When BEASTARS got its exceptional anime adaptation last year, there were plenty of jokes going around about it being anime's very own Zootopia, but people ought to have saved their jabs for TRIGGER's latest Netflix Original, BNA: Brand New Animal. Not only does this series share a surprising number of similar plot po...

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The Summer 2020 Preview Guide

Jul 10, 13:01

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We're in the final stretch of new anime shows! NOW: Rent-A-Girlfriend • My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax • Peter Grill & The Philosopher's Time • Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! • Gibiate • No Guns Life 2 • Re:Zero 2 • DECA-DENCE • Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation 2 • The God of High School • The Misfit of Demon King Academy • Fire Force • AND MORE ― Welcome to Anime News Networ...

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How Cardcaptor Sakura Was Cancelled in the Philippines

Jul 9, 17:45

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Stories of battles between governments and media have become common across the world. However, one such recent fight in the Philippines has been the backdrop to a poignant story of heartbroken anime fans, looking forward to the return of a favorite anime heroine. That heroine is a character most ANN readers will know – Sakura Kinomoto of the CLAMP-created Cardcaptor Sakura. The story has been trac...

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This Week in Anime - The Castle of Ghibliostro

Jul 9, 15:00

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Micchy and Steve look back on Hayao Miyazaki's feature film debut, starring a reimagined Lupin. How did the Ghibli master interpret Monkey Punch's famous thief? ― In the lull of summer season premieres, Micchy and Steve look back on Hayao Miyazaki's feature film debut Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro. The classic 70s film features a different Lupin and an interesting connection to Disney's The Gr...

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This Week in Games - Look, We NEED to Talk

Jul 9, 13:12

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EVO's cancelled this year and it's not the pandemic's fault. It's time to talk about the gaming community's systemic failings. ― Hey. So… things got very serious over the past week across several gaming communities. A lot of really ugly stuff came out, and the effects have been very far-reaching. So, we really, really need to address this, because I'm pissed. Be warned: we're going to talk about some...

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Crunchyroll to Also Stream My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax! Anime

Jul 8, 21:08

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anime

English-subtitled trailer posted for My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU season 3 ― Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it will also stream My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Kan), the third anime season of the anime of Wataru Watari's My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.) light novel ser...

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This Week in Anime - BNA Pulls the Trigger

Jul 7, 16:11

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Underneath the furry folks that inhabit Anima City is the all too familiar darkness of discrimination, social disparity, and a character Nick calls "the most despicable villain Trigger's ever delivered." ― Hot off their hit film Promare, studio Trigger is back with BNA: Brand New Animal, now streaming on Netflix. The anime is easily one of the studio's most thematically ambitious. Underneath the fur...

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List of Shows, Films, Manga, Games Affected by COVID-19 (Updated July 11)

May 14, 08:00

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All of ANN's coverage of works hit by new coronavirus disease ― Here is all of ANN's coverage of the series, films, manga, and games that the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected. Note: Asteroid in Love, Bungo & Alchemist, Darwin's Game, Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, Hatena Illusion, Jewelpet: Attack Travel, Kukuriraige -Sanxingdui Denki-, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Rein...

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