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This Week in Anime - Basketball Anime is a Slam Dunk

Jun 18, 14:00

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Lucas and Coop honor the Knicks' historic win by looking at some of the best basketball that anime has to offer. ― Lucas and Coop honor the Knicks' historic win by looking at some of the best basketball that anime and manga has to offer. Crunchyroll streams Slam Dunk, Kuroko's Basketball, and Left-Hand Layup. Netflix streams Slam Dunk, The First Slam Dunk, and Kuroko's Basketball. Deep 3 manga Avail...

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Devil May Cry Season 2 Anime Review

Jun 18, 12:00

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This season is far more concerned with exploring its trio of main characters than it is political commentary. ― Beyond the action and adventure of the first season, Devil May Cry was largely an allegory for the war on terror. Refugees were persecuted for no other reason than their place of birth, and in the end, terrorist attacks were used as justification for a foreign invasion. While this aspect of...

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Animation Studios Sunrise, Shaft Tease 1st Anime Collaboration

Jun 18, 06:02

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Countdown launched for anime's reveal on June 23 ― Animation studios Sunrise and SHAFT launched an official X (formerly Twitter) account titled "Sunrise x Shaft New Anime" on Thursday, kicking off a countdown until the anime's official reveal on June 23 at 24:30 JST (effectively June 24 at 12:30 a.m.). The X account will post countdown updates over the next days leading up to the reveal, beginning wi...

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Actress Daveigh Chase Dies at 35

Jun 17, 14:30

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Chase played Chihiro in Spirited Away, Lilo in Lilo and Stitch, Samara in The Ring ― TMZ reported on Wednesday that actress Daveigh Chase died on Tuesday, according to her boyfriend Roy Hernandez. The website stated that Chase had died due to meningitis and a blood infection, which caused septic issues. She was 35. Chase voiced Chihiro in Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away anime film in 2001 and Lilo in D...

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Uncanny Counter Season 1 Live-Action Series Review

Jun 17, 12:00 korean live-action

For evil spirits and the fighters who counter them, death isn’t the end of the story; it’s just the start of a new chapter. ― As a child, So Mun (Jo Byeong-kyu) lost his parents in a horrible car accident. With a disabled left leg as a reminder, So is now living with his grandparents and is a target of bullying and abuse at school. With his friends, Woong-min (Kim Eun-soo) and Ju-yeon (Lee Ji-won), S...

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Silent Hill: Townfall Returns to Frightening First-Person Horror

Jun 17, 10:00

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Silent Hill: Townfall left me with more questions than answers, but in a good way. I'm really intrigued by the game's Scottish setting and cultural background. ― The Silent Hill franchise is going through something of a renaissance right now. With Bloober Team knocking it out of the park with an excellent remake of Silent Hill 2 and NeoBards taking the series back to its Japanese roots with Silent Hi...

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Read It First: Manga, Light Novel Sources for Summer 2026 Anime

Jun 17, 09:00 manga novels

From A Witch in Mongolia to a kaiju-sized girl, read Anime News Network's reviews of the original manga and light novels behind the upcoming summer anime season. Sponsored by BookWalker! ― It's hardly a rule that you have to read the source material before you watch the adaptation, but what if you want to? A decade ago, anime fans who wanted to read the manga or light novel before the show debuted w...

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My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked Volumes 1-7 Manga Review

Jun 16, 12:00 manga

My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked is a frothy confection of a series, and consuming it a little at a time will help to allow its sweetness to come through. ― It's a story that's been around for millennia: a girl is thrust into a terrible situation after her mother's death, when her father remarries and her new stepmother and stepsisters resent her for the crime of merely existing. Sometimes...

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Kiki's Delivery Service Novels Get Live-Action TV Series from BBC Studios, Wheel in Motion, Kadokawa

Jun 16, 11:00

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Irena Brignull to write series of 10 1/2-hour episodes ― BBC Studios Kids & Family annonunced on Monday that it is partnering with U.K. production company Wheel in Motion and Kadokawa to develop a live-action television series based on Eiko Kadono's Kiki's Delivery Service (Majo no Takkyūbin) 6-volume novels. The companies are planning to create 10 half-hour episodes based on the first novel volume. ...

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This Week in Anime - Touhou Fever Forever

Jun 16, 10:00

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This week in anime, Chris and Sylvia discuss the long lasting impact of Touhou on the gaming world, manga world, and beyond. ― This week in anime, Chris and Sylvia discuss the long lasting impact of Touhou on the gaming world, manga world, and beyond. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussio...

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Fox Corporation to Acquire Roku

Jun 15, 15:01

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Transaction to close in 1st half of 2027 ― Fox Corporation and Roku, Inc. announced on Monday that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Fox to acquire Roku for US$160.00 per share, in a combination of cash (US$96.00 per share) and FOX Class A common stock (0.9693 shares), for about US$22 billion in enterprise value. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2027. Through ...

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Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope Anime Review

Jun 15, 12:00

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It’d take a heart of stone to come out of this not feeling sad, but at times it felt scientifically engineered to do so. ― There are two tropes in anime that never get old: humanoid robots and dying girls. Whether it's Astro Boy or Apocalypse Hotel, there's something innocent about seeing metallic dolls learning what it means to be human. Not even the AI apocalypse could ruin this concept, though som...

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Mastering Accents in Witch Hat Atelier with the English Dub Cast

Jun 15, 11:54

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How does the English dub use accents to reflect the story's wide world? The English voices of Qifrey and Agott share their thoughts. ― Kamome Shirahama's Witch Hat Atelier manga is a global story - not just in terms of how popular it is, but also in the universality of its themes and characters. To reflect that, the English dub for the anime gives characters different world accents, using them to emp...

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Answerman - What's Actually Happening at Kadokawa?

Jun 15, 10:00

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With everything from an oversaturation of isekai stories in the market to activist investors trying to decide the future of FromSoftware, a lot is happening over at one of Japan's biggest multimedia companies. ― DeliciousDungeonMaster25 asks: Dear Answerman, I keep seeing headlines saying Kadokawa is in trouble because of isekai. Now I am reading that an activist shareholder is getting involved and ...

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This Week in Mobile Games - Seeking Summer Smartphone Succor

Jun 15, 09:00