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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2025, Nov 19-25

Nov 30, 13:00

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Spy×Family is #1 for a second week, while Uma Musume and The Fragrant Flower keep hitting high spots week after week; all of them nipping at the heels of My Hero Academia in the cumulative. ― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts. Keep in m...

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Fermat no Ryōri Anime Series Review Season 1 Part 2

Nov 30, 12:00

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Not only does this show address my issue with the lack of mathematics, but it even uses that as a plot point, tying into the larger narrative. ― After watching the first five episodes of this season, my biggest complaint was that Fermat set up a very interesting premise that it wasn't fully utilizing. The show sold itself under the idea of a protagonist who utilized mathematics in the world of cookin...

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Legend of the Galactic Heroes Novelist Yoshiki Tanaka Suffered Debilitating Hemorrhage Last Year

Nov 30, 10:26

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Arslan author now recuperating in nursing facility, but still continues to write ― Hiroaki Adachi, the head of the Wright Staff company which manages the business affairs of The Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Heroic Legend of Arslan novelist Yoshiki Tanaka, reported on Sunday that Tanaka had suffered a debilitating cerebral hemorrhage exactly one year ago on November 30, 2024. Tanaka had colla...

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Shinichiro Watanabe Shares His Thoughts on Lazarus and the Anime Industry At The Japan Society

Nov 30, 09:00

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Attendees also got a look at his part of The Edge of Time compellation film, A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot. ― LeSean Thomas put it best at the Japan Society in New York. The place held a few events in November revolving around creators. While the convention scene is important, there is only so much ground that can be covered in a limited conventional panel setting. The Japan Society allowed Thomas ...

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JUNK WORLD Stop-Motion Movie Review

Nov 29, 12:00 anime

Certifiably bonkers stop-motion work of cinematic madness. ― Director Takehide Hori is an auteur in every sense of the word – his singular, obsessive vision saw him single-handedly produce the thirty-minute stop-motion short Junk Head 1 back in 2013. So rapturously received was his debut work that he spent seven years expanding it to feature-length format, with the full Junk Head movie seeing interna...

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Everyday Host Short Anime Gets Sequel

Nov 29, 09:49 anime

Creator Nimo Gotō looks forward to "new Everyday Host series" ― A fan appreciation festival event for the short anime of Nimo Gotō's Everyday Host four-panel manga announced on Saturday that a sequel to the anime has been green-lit. The announcement did not specify the format or medium of the sequel, but Gotō said in comments about the news that he was looking forward to a "new Everyday Host series."...

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Hiroyuki Sawano's Solo Concert Opened to a Full House

Nov 29, 09:00

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With a little help from his popular vocalist partners, the Attack on Titan, Kill la Kill, and Aldnoah.Zero composer's Los Angeles concert was a rocking success. ― Hiroyuki Sawano is a name that needs no introduction. From Attack on Titan to Solo Leveling to most recently To Be Hero X, his sound has become synonymous with making your anime sound epic. So when the Peacock Theater announced they would ...

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Chōjin-teki Share House Story Charisma Characters Get TV Anime

Nov 29, 08:20

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Hypnosis Mic's Evil Line Records, Dazed created housemates who embody elemental traits ― Chōjin-teki Share House Story Charisma (Superhuman Shared Residence Story: Charisma), a project centering around 2D characters from the Evil Line Records label (Hypnosis Mic) and the intellectual property company Dazed, is inspiring a television anime. Evil Line Records and Dazed launched the original project in ...

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Toho Reveals New Godzilla Anime Series

Nov 29, 01:00

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Orange, Igloo Studio to produce series about boy who possesses power of Godzilla ― TOHO Animation revealed on Saturday a new Godzilla anime series is in production. The company also revealed a piece of concept art for the work. TOHO Animation stated the anime will have a unique protagonist compared to all the works in the franchise's 70-year history: the protagonist will be a boy who possesses the po...

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Under the Oak Tree Volume 2 Novel Review

Nov 28, 12:00 korean novels

Under the Oak Tree’s second hardcover release is just as beautiful as the first, and the story makes real progress, both in terms of Maxi’s relationship with her husband and with herself. ― Are you the sort of reader who gets irritated when characters are just one good conversation away from understanding each other? Then Suji Kim's Under the Oak Tree may not be the novel series for you. As anyone wh...

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Finding Relena: Exploring A Gundam Heroine's Legacy With Voice Actor Lisa Ann Beley

Nov 28, 09:00

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What was it like playing Relena, one of Gundam Wing's most controversial characters? ― This year marks the 30th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. But for American fans like me, it's only been 25 years since the giant robot show altered the course of my life. When it aired on Toonami in March of 2000, it sparked my lifelong obsession with Gundam that continues to this day, and I am not kidding w...

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Hinasho's Shion Manga Gets Net Anime

Nov 28, 03:19

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Manga centers on junior high school bodyguard who protects classmate ― Shogakukan announced on Friday that Hinasho's SHION manga will get a net anime that will debut on YouTube. The YouTube channel will fully launch on December 1 with the first anime installment. BitStar Anime, a brand of the Bitstar Inc. influencer marketing platform, is producing and operating the YouTube channel. Hinasho launched ...

A Guide to AnimEigo's Black Friday Sale

Nov 27, 17:58

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Heads up! MediaOCD is having its annual Black Friday sale from Thursday, November 27 through Monday, December 1! All but the most recent of its AnimEigo Blu-ray releases are 50% off for this holiday weekend only, as long as you use the coupon code KUROFRIDAY25. In addition to the titles below, MediaOCD is offering blowout prices on a number of out-of-print Discotek Media releases, and a smattering...

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Drops of God: Mariage Volume 4-5 Manga Review

Nov 27, 12:00 manga

When you’re a baseball player, wine tasting is just like a baseball game ― Let's get the most important thing over with first. After reviewing Volume two and three, I did get my Comté cheese. I paired it with an affordable Côtes du Rhône red wine, fig crackers, and greens. It was delicious. Thank you for asking. Issei would have sneered. Or not. In these volumes, Shizuku enters the Tokyo Food and Win...

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Tōko Amekawa's Reincarnated in a Mafia Dating Sim Novels Get Anime Adaptation

Nov 27, 06:09