Like its heroine, Kageki Shojo!! is just getting started but shows enormous promise. ― The manga of Kageki Shojo! has a bit of an odd publication history; the first two volumes ran in Jump X, a seinen magazine, which was canceled before the story had a chance to conclude. Luckily, it was picked up by the shojo/josei magazine Melody, and continued its run as Kageki Shojo!! (Note the extra exclamation ...

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How Much Does It Cost to License Anime Series?

Aug 2, 12:00

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industry

ANN CEO Chris Macdonald spoke with multiple industry experts to get you the figures on how much it really costs to bring anime stateside. ― Hint: it's not cheap Recently there's been some discussion about how much it costs to license an anime series, especially in the wake of the recent AnimeTube Kickstarter campaign. There are many factors that impact the cost of the license, including, but not limi...

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Anime & The Apocalypse: Finding Catharsis in the End of Everything

Aug 2, 09:00

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anime

This essay is for all of us who look to retreat into the end of everything. Get in the car, loser, we're escaping into the apocalypse. ― What do you do to escape? Escapism is an interesting word when you consider it. We all use it so casually to refer to our chosen media but at its roots it identifies activities, media consumption included, as an alternative. Anime can be an escape from something; ou...

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Tite Kubo Pens New Bleach 1-Shot Manga

Aug 1, 19:23

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manga

73-page manga about "certain ceremony" releases on August 10 ― This year's 35th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that the magazine will publish a new 73-page chapter of Tite Kubo's Bleach manga in the magazine's combined 36th and 37th issue on August 10. The "new episode" for the manga will have a color page, and will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the manga's l...

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Asadora! GN 3

Aug 1, 12:00

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manga

The plot may be thickening in this volume, but it's in the same way that instant pudding thickens in the fridge: in other words, it's just sitting there. ― The plot may be thickening in this volume, but it's in the same way that instant pudding thickens in the fridge: in other words, it's just sitting there. That's not to say that there aren't important pieces of the story; the reveal that Japan does...

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The Summer 2021 Preview Guide

Jul 31, 20:12

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anime

This is the face of a girl ready for more anime! July closes out with THE GREAT JAHY WILL NOT BE DEFEATED! ― Adblock+ breaks this page, consider whitelisting ANN Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2021 Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics write up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they go along. Each critic will cover as many shows as they can handle, giving you ...

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The Detective Is Already Dead Novel 1

Jul 31, 12:00

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novels

The book does suffer from its tenuous use of actual mysteries, a couple of which rear their heads and are almost painfully obvious in their solutions. ― If you go into nigozyu's light novel The Detective is Already Dead looking for a mystery, you may find yourself disappointed. Although the book deals with some of the tropes and elements of the genre, it's much less a mystery novel and more a mildly ...

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Ergo Proxy: Purpose in the Apocalypse

Jul 30, 14:00

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anime

Humanity perpetually exists within an existential crisis, which exhibits no signs of ever reaching a legitimate conclusion.

Matthew Roe tackles life's biggest question through the lens of Manglobe's original series, Ergo Proxy. ― Human beings have been plagued with one particular question for the entirety of our written history: Why am I here? Whether we seek it out in religion, philosophy, friend...

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This Week in Games - Cotton Candy

Jul 30, 13:00

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Heidi tries out the classic 90s arcade series Cotton, a witch-led game where fairies' lives (and exotic candy) are on the line! ― Howdy again, folks. Kind of a slow news week… kind of. It's more a case of “everything else in gaming news seems rather insignificant compared to the ongoing shitshow that is the Activision/Blizzard lawsuit and its fallout. When mainstream press outlets like The New York T...

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Anti-Gravity Boy GN 1-3

Jul 30, 12:00

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manga

The story may be full of basic shoujo plot events (A trip to Okinawa! Romantic rivals!), but it lets its characters come to their own emotional conclusions. ― If you've ever wondered what a stereotypical Ribon manga circa 2002 would look like, here's your answer. Ryo Azuki's Anti-Gravity Boy is probably the most typical manga of that period of the anthology's publication, with its wide-eyed, energeti...

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