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The Best and Worst of Fall 2018, Nov 5-11

Nov 19, 17:07

anime

Thunderbolt Fantasy races to the top spot as we catch up on our weekly user rankings! Find out how your favorite shows performed according to our readers' votes. ― Our team of reviewers are following 27 anime series of the Fall 2018 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in mind that ...

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Shelf Life - Terraformars Revenge

Nov 19, 13:00

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anime

Paul checks out the crude but effective sequel to a troubled anime series about fighting giant bugs on Mars, plus a breakdown of all this week's new anime releases! ― Something about living in the Northeastern US has a tendency to warp one's mind in very particular ways. As I was digging my car out of half a foot of snow last week, I caught myself thinking, "The weather's not too bad today." You kno...

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Answerman - Why Did Crunchyroll and Funimation Divorce?

Nov 19, 12:00

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industry

Crunchyroll and Funimation's short-lived romance is over - but why? Justin has a few angles on what happened, and what might happen next. ― Jonathon asked: Funimation ended the partnership with Crunchyroll recently, and a bunch of their shows are getting pulled off of VRV, which sucks. Why did this happen? What will happen to the two companies? Should I be concerned that one of them is going to go a...

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The Ancient Magus' Bride GN 9

Nov 19, 11:23

manga

This supernatural romance's longest arc yet arrives at its climax in a volume that demonstrates all of this manga’s strengths and weaknesses. Nick Creamer has the details. ― The Ancient Magus' Bride's eighth volume ended with Elias betraying Chise's trust so completely that he drove her into the arms of their mutual foe, the mysterious Cartaphilus. Across this ninth volume, both Cartaphilus' and Chis...

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Anime NYC 2018 News Roundup + Cosplay Galleries

Nov 19, 11:16

events

Miss any of the big headlines from this weekend's Anime NYC? We've got them all in one place, plus a boatload of cosplay photos! ― November 16-18, 2018 New York City Cosplay Galleries Cosplay Gallery I Cosplay Gallery II Day One Headlines Aniplex USA to Release Black Butler Season 1 on Blu-ray in January Aniplex USA Announces Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online English Dub Cast (Update) I ...

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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Novel 12

Nov 17, 11:07

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novels

DanMachi returns to telling smaller self-contained stories as Bell reaches Level 4 in his training. Theron Martin has the details. ― With the three-volume arc involving the Xenos now complete, writer Fujino Omori returns both to carrying out a pure dungeon crawl and to telling an entirely self-contained story. That's not to say at all that this is an isolated story; some elements and consequences of ...

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Manga Answerman - Why Don't More Japanese Manga Artists Come to North American Conventions?

Nov 16, 13:00

manga

While voice actors and anime production staff are common guests for overseas conventions, why is it so much less common for manga artists to make the journey? Deb Aoki has the answers. ― Why don't more Japanese manga artists come to N. American comic / anime conventions? It's largely a matter of time, availability and money. Most manga artists, especially those who have series that are published on ...

interview

Interview: Record of Grancrest War Creator Ryo Mizuno and producer Yurika Tsukita

Nov 16, 12:08

games

Ryo Mizuno, creator of wars both Lodoss and Grancrest, talks up his long and storied career in novels and RPGs alongside the producer of the new Grancrest War mobile game from Bandai Namco. ― Ryo Mizuno's career has been pretty spectacular – both a novelist and a game designer, Mizuno made his mark after creating a legend with the blockbuster fantasy novel series Record of Lodoss War back in 1988 (wh...

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Classroom of the Elite BD/DVD

Nov 16, 10:33

anime

This slice-of-life drama where rich kids must grapple with a meritocratic system has some fascinating ideas, but ultimately can’t come together into a greater whole. Nick Creamer has the details. ― There's a certain subgroup of anime high school dramas that I've come to essentially see as “Catcher in the Rye shows.” Echoing the defiantly cynical yet extremely naive perspective of Catcher's Holden Cau...

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MIRAI Movie Giveaway!

Nov 14, 00:58