Shimono plays Taketo Aida starting in episode 5 next week ― The official website for the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S anime announced on Friday that Hiro Shimono is joining the anime's cast as the character Taketo Aida (seen below). The character is the grandson of the owner of a small candy store, and will debut in the anime's fifth episode next week. The anime is the second season based on Coolky...

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Way of the Househusband Anime Gets Live-Action 'Extra' Shorts Starring Kenjiro Tsuda as Himself

Jul 30, 18:45

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Gokufūdō debuts on Netflix globally on August 29 with Tsuda mastering househusband skills ― Netflix announced on Friday that it is producing a live-action short series as an "extra" to the anime series of Kousuke Oono's The Way of the Househusband (Gokushufudō) manga. The Gokufūdō (The Way of the Household Tools) series of five 4-minute episodes will debut worldwide on Netflix on August 29, and it wi...

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Ergo Proxy: Purpose in the Apocalypse

Jul 30, 14:00

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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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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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This Week in Anime - The Isekai Saturation Heightens

Jul 29, 13:00

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Nick and Nicky wade through this season's otherworldly offerings to search for at least one gem in a trove of trash. ― Nick and Nicky wade through this season's otherworldly offerings to search for at least one gem in a trove of trash. These series are streaming on Crunchyroll and Funimation Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime N...

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Stellvia Streaming Episodes 1-26

Jul 29, 12:00

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Stellvia has long been a series that I thought deserved more love than it got. ― Stellvia has long been a series that I thought deserved more love than it got. Tatsuo Sato's (Martian Successor Nadesico, Bodacious Space Pirates) 2003 original anime and science fiction tale of teens in space never really found much of an audience, at least in the English-speaking anime fandom, and it's a shame. With fo...

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Why Could the Meta Liberation Army Be MHA's Best Villains Yet?

Jul 29, 09:00

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Honestly, the scariest thing about The Meta Liberation Army is most likely their secrecy. Any, and I mean any, of the pro heroes could be believers of The Meta Liberation Army's philosophy. ― SPOILERS FOR MHA ANIME AND MANGA AHEAD. YOU WERE WARNED My Hero Academia has shown us that while heroes are the face of all things good about society, there are always villains to counter them. The anime has sh...

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BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II: Song I am.

Jul 28, 12:30

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As glimpsed in the previous movie, this is a franchise where the characters can be shown to grow gradually – and surprisingly realistically – over relatively long periods of time. ― There's naturally some trepidation going into BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II : Song I am. The preceding film was a disjointed collection of stories adapted from the BanG Dream mobile game, loosely connected in their de...

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Looking Back on the Twisting Plot of Pandora Hearts

Jul 28, 09:00

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The series had a way of vacillating between goofy comedy and dark fantasy; it should have been jarring in any other context, but in the case of Pandora Hearts it just somehow worked. ― Watching The Case Study of Vanitas, it's not hard for anyone familiar with Jun Mochizuki's work to be reminded of Pandora Hearts. Both manga series are defined by their Victorian Era aesthetics, their beautiful charact...

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This Week in Anime - The Sugar-Sweet World of Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop

Jul 27, 16:00

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There's still room in the anime scene for poignant teen romances and Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop has that in spades. ― There's still room in the anime scene for poignant teen romances and Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop has that in spades. This movie is streaming on Netflix Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoile...

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The ANN Aftershow - The Todoroki Family Tragedy Hits Home

Jul 27, 14:30

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In possibly the most awkward family dinner ever, Deku and Bakugo head home with Todoroki for a family dinner. Emotions run high as Shoto's brother lays it all out on dear ol' dad and his paternal failures. ― The ANN Aftershow - My Hero Academia Ep 105: The Todoroki Family Tragedy Hits Home In possibly the most awkward family dinner ever, Deku and Bakugo head home with Todoroki for a family dinner. E...

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Belle

Jul 27, 12:00

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Mamoru Hosoda's Belle is a feast for the eyes and ears. At the same time, it is a meaningful look into the lingering effects of loss and the seemingly hopeless struggle to overcome it. ― It doesn't take a genius to see that acclaimed director Mamoru Hosada's Belle takes a ton of inspiration from Beauty and the Beast, specifically the Disney adaptation. All the trappings are there: We have a beauty, a...

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Vivy: a Robot Ode to Life Vividly Lived

Jul 27, 09:00

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Vivy is, through a life and a song, a different tale of a journey of robots becoming more human, and what these journeys of robots communicate about humanity. ― Science fiction boasts a rich history of making audiences ponder how different people's lives would be in a future of new technologies. The more profound sci-fi stories don't only imagine how cool or even convenient it would be if certain tec...

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