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Aikatsu! Planet (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Lab.; 21 episodes

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Blade of the Immortal (TV 2019) : Video Editing (IMAGICA Lab.; eps 17, 21, 24)
BLUELOCK (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; ep 11)
Call of the Night (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 1-5, 8)
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious (TV) : Online Editor
Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army (TV) : Video Editing (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; ep 6)
Conception (TV) : Editing Assistant
Demon Lord, Retry! (TV) : Video Editing (IMAGICA Lab.)
Domestic Girlfriend (TV) : Video Editing (IMAGICA Lab.)
Endro~! (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Lab.)
Extreme Hearts (TV) : Video Editing (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; ep 4)
From North Field (ONA) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Lab.; ep 2)
(The) Fruit of Evolution 2: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made (TV) : Video Editing (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; ep 1)
Fuyu no Okurimono (ONA) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services)
Goblin Slayer (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Lab.)
Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown (movie) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Lab.)
Hanabichan The Girl Who Popped Out of the Game World (TV) : Format Editing (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 1-12)
(The) Heike Story (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; ep 10)
Holmes of Kyoto (TV) : Video Editing (IMAGICA; eps 2-12)
Hortensia Saga (TV) : Video Editing (IMAGICA Lab.; ep 10)
ID: INVADED (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Lab.; eps 1-12)
Isekai Cheat Magician (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Lab.; eps 5-6)
Kan Colle Season 2: Let's Meet at Sea (TV 2) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 3-4)
Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan (TV) : Video Editing (IMAGICA EMS; eps 8-10)
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer (TV) : Video Editing (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 3, 10)
Magical Destroyers (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 1-12)
Magical Girl Site (TV) : Format Editing Assistant (IMAGICA; ep 9)
Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 1-7, 9-12)
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (TV 2) : Video Editing Assistant (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 12-17, 19-22)
My Life as Inukai-san's Dog (OAV) : Online Editing Manager (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; ep 1)
My Life as Inukai-san's Dog (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 9-10)
Protocol: Rain (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 4, 8)
Remake Our Life! (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA)
Rurouni Kenshin (TV 2023) : Video Editing (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 11-12)
Rusted Armors (TV) : Video Editing (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 5-11)
Sabikui Bisco (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services)
Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle! (TV) : Video Editing (IMAGICA Lab.; eps 1-12)
She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man (TV) : Online Editing Assistant (eps 5, 8, 11)
Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation (TV) : Online Editing Assistant (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 10-11)
Sonny Boy (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services)
Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina (TV) : Video Editing (IMAGICA Lab.)
World’s End Harem (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; ep 8)
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Lab.; eps 1-24)
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon - The Second Act (TV 2) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 25-48)
Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki 3 Satsume (TV) : Online Editor (IMAGICA Lab.; eps 3-4)
YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world. (TV) : Video Editing (IMAGICA Lab.; eps 1-26)

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Voice Actor Takaaki Seki Dies at 54

Apr 25, 09:18

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people

Seki voiced Shutaro Kiba in Mōryō no Hako, Zhang Fei in Sōten Kōro ― Talent agency En-kikaku announced on Tuesday that voice actor Takaaki Seki died on April 15 due to esophageal cancer. He had been undergoing medical treatment. He was 54. There was a funeral held for close relatives. Seki was born in Osaka, Japan on November 5, 1969. He entered the En Theater Institute in 1995 and joined Engeki Shūd...

column

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The ANN Aftershow - Will You Watch Solo Leveling Season 2?

Apr 24, 18:00

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anime

James and Lynzee reflect on the end of Solo Leveling and whether its worldbuilding is worth its edgy turn. PLUS: The big monsters of Kaiju No. 8, & court intrigue in Yatagarasu! ― Will You Watch Solo Leveling Season 2? James and Lynzee reflect on the end of Solo Leveling and whether its worldbuilding is worth its edgy turn. PLUS: The big monsters of Kaiju No 8, court intrigue in Yatagarasu, and a li...

review

Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Volumes 1-2 Manhwa Review

Apr 24, 12:00 manga

Some books are good. Some books read like self-insert fanfiction from the early days of AO3, but you can't stop reading and enjoying them. Dark Moon: The Blood Altar is one of those. ― Some books are good. Some books are not and read sort of like self-insert fanfiction from the early days of AO3, but even though you recognize that they aren't objectively filled with literary merit, you can't stop rea...

interview

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Interview: Voice Actors Rika Hayashi and Hiroki Tōchi Talk About Their New Golf Anime, Tonbo!

Apr 24, 09:00

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anime

Hayashi and Tōchi play mentee/mentor in heart-warming golf anime series. ― Golf anime Tonbo! is one of the new anime premiering in the Spring 2024 season. At Anime Japan 2024, we sat down with lead voice actors Rika Hayashi and Hiroki Tōchi to talk about their characters, their experiences with golf, and the positives of country life in Japan. In her first voice acting role as a main character, Hayas...

interest

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Japanese TV Special Ranks Top Anime Songs, as Chosen by Foreign Fans

Apr 23, 19:16

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music

What are non-Japanese anime fans' top choices? ― Fans have been debating the greatest anime songs as long as anime has been around. Japanese TV regularly raises the topic for domestic fans, but every so often, Japan also presents the international perspective. On April 21, TV Asahi hosted a nearly three-hour special ranking favorite anime songs by non-Japanese and non-domestic anime fans. In a March ...

column

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This Week in Anime - So, Is Sound Euphonium Queerbaiting or Not?

Apr 23, 13:30

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anime

The third season of Sound Euphonium reignites the fandom controversy over Reina and Kumiko's relationship. Chris and Steve delve into it and why 'queerbaiting' is such a loaded term. ― The third season of Sound Euphonium reignites the fandom controversy over Reina and Kumiko's relationship. Chris and Steve delve into it and why 'queerbaiting' is such a loaded term. Disclaimer: The views and opinions...

review

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Wonderful Precure! Episodes 1-12 Anime Review

Apr 23, 12:00

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anime

You can't accuse the Pretty Cure franchise of resting on its laurels. Wonderful Precure! could move too slowly for some viewers. But these episodes are full of unmitigated joy. ― You can't accuse the Pretty Cure franchise of resting on its laurels. While there are distinct similarities between all iterations of the long-running Magical Girl franchise, recent years have done their best to maintain the...

review

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Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Part 1 Anime Film Review

Apr 22, 12:00

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anime

Part District 9 meets O Maidens in Your Savage Season, part grimdark deconstruction of Doraemon. ― Many anime films are adapted from manga and Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction is no exception. Usually, a film will cover a single arc of the greater plot—giving the story on screen a solid beginning, middle, and end. However, this is not the case with the first Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destructi...

game review

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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Game Review

Apr 22, 00:30

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games

People might think of this game as a celebration of the energy and experimentation of RPGs past, a tribute to a time when archetypes and genre conventions hadn't yet calcified and anything was fair game. And for once, they'd be right. ― There's a point that Lady Perielle returns to often when people ask her why Nowa, a young warrior from a small village, is the leader of the resistance front against ...

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