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Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Series Review

Dec 16, 12:00

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The story becomes impenetrably incoherent to anyone without a PhD in Akutami’s fictional curse mechanics. ― What is it about recent big shonen hits that involve their protagonists engaging in cannibalism? My Hero Academia was bad enough, with Izuku Midoriya inheriting All Might's quirk by ingesting his hair. Then comes Jujutsu Kaisen's Yuji Itadori gobbling down Ryomen Sukuna's mummified finger to ga...

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This Week in Anime - Editors' Choice Part One

Dec 16, 10:00

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Lucas and Steve unwrap their anime gifts from Lynzee and Rebecca and try to decide if this means they've been naughty or nice. ― Lucas and Steve unwrap their anime gifts from Lynzee and Rebecca and try to decide if this means they've been naughty or nice. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network. Spoiler Warning for disc...

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Celebrate 40 Years of Mamoru Oshii and Yoshitaka Amano's Angel's Egg at the Limited Time Exhibition

Dec 16, 09:00

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The Angel's Egg 40th Anniversary Exhibition may be on the smaller side of anime related exhibitions, however, it's rare seeing an original Yoshitaka Amano piece, let alone a recently drawn one. ― 40 years ago, in 1985, two visionary artists in the anime and video game industries, director Mamoru Oshii and artist Yoshitaka Amano, partnered for the experimental post-apocalyptic science-fantasy origina...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2025, Dec 3-9

Dec 15, 18:40

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While My Hero Acamedia is keeping its hold on the cumulative, May I Ask for One Final Thing keeps falling further and further. See how your favorite shows stack up this week! ― 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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A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation Volumes 1-10 Manga Review

Dec 15, 12:00 manga

While I wouldn’t quite classify A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation as iyashikei isekai, there are definitely enough elements of that peaceful genre to make a decent case for it. ― Most isekai fiction in recent years relies upon one of a few set formulas, with nearly all of them taking a person from our world and depositing them in another, typically game-based fantasy realm. (The presence of RP...

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How To Spot An Anime Bootleg

Dec 15, 09:00

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What are the signs that a product is less than legitimate? How can you be sure you're buying official merchandise? Lauren Orsini breaks down how to spot a fake. ― You're wrapping up Fullmetal Alchemist for a holiday gift when you notice something is off. The wording on the back cover states “All Regions,” which seems a little too convenient. There are only two subtitle tracks: English and Chinese. Su...

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Iron Wok Jan! Manga Gets TV Anime by Director Ei Aoki, Troyca in 2026

Dec 15, 04:19

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Shinji Saijyo's manga about young chef challenging status quo in Chinese cuisine ― A website opened on Monday to announce the television anime of Shinji Saijyo's cooking manga Iron Wok Jan! (Tetsunabe no Jan!) has been green-lit for next year. Ei Aoki (Fate/Zero, Aldnoah.Zero, Girls Bravo, Wandering Son) is directing the anime at TROYCA. The original Iron Wok Jan! manga centers on a brilliant young c...

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Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song Remastered International Game Review

Dec 14, 12:00

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If Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song gets its hooks into you, you'll likely find that there are few other titles out there that scratch the RPG itch in quite the same way. ― There are three facts that you probably need to know before reading much further into this review of Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song - Remastered International: 1. Aside from the newly localized scripts, this is the same game that Squa...

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Toshiaki Iwashiro's Psyren Manga Gets TV Anime in 2026

Dec 14, 10:00

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Symphogear AXZ's Katsumi Ono directs anime at Satelight ― The third 2026 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced on Monday that Toshiaki Iwashiro's Psyren manga is getting a television anime adaptation in 2026. Anime distributor REMOW also announced the adaptation and revealed the key visual, the teaser trailer's English version, main cast, and staff. Iwashiro drew an illustration t...

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Male Staffer for HKT48 Idol Group Treated After Being Stabbed

Dec 14, 07:43

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Members at group's office near incident took shelter safely ― The official website for HKT48, a Fukuoka-based idol group tied to the AKB48 group, reported on Sunday that a male staff member for the group is being treated at a hospital for a non-life-threatening injury after being stabbed. The incident occurred earlier in the day at the Boss E•zo Fukuoka complex, which houses the idol group's 17Live H...

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ANN Readers' Choice Awards 2025

Dec 13, 12:00 anime

The nomination period is over, and it's time to cast your vote for this year's Readers' Choice Awards!

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My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Manga Series Review

Dec 13, 12:00

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Vigilantes breaks the spin-off mold by shattering expectations, at times rivaling or even exceeding its progenitor manga. ― Spin-offs often come with the expectation that they're mere money-grabs, cynical exercises in milking popular franchises. Plenty of popular shonen manga receive short-lived spin-offs, most often comedic or episodic in nature, and they're rarely essential reads, even for die-hard...

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Read it First: Manga, Light Novel Sources for Winter 2026 Anime

Dec 13, 09:00