We don't know precisely what happened or what will happen, but watching Lu's world unfold on the page is immersive in a way that the best fantasy should be. ― With most manga, whether you read them digitally or in print, it comes down to personal preference, or maybe budget and space concerns. But every so often one comes along that simply begs to be read in print. Luciole has a Dream is absolutely o...

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The Spring 2025 Manga Guide

Apr 21, 11:04

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With over 100 manga, K-comics, light novels, and adult titles, you'll want to check back every day to find your next page-turner! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2025 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs at the beginning of a season. Now, doing something like that for manga is...

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The Hundred Line - Last Defense Academy - Game Review

Apr 21, 09:00

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Neither Uchikoshi nor Kodaka are strangers to being experimental and telling rich stories with twists and turns aplenty. But even by their standards, this game is exceptionally ambitious. ― ~This reviewer's headcanon of how this game was conceived~ Japan, late at night. Kotaro Uchikoshi and Kazutaka Kodaka—the creative masterminds behind the Zero Escape series and Danganronpa respectively, among plen...

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CoMix Wave Films President and CEO Tomohiro Tokunaga Shares His Vision

Apr 21, 09:00 industry

Tokunaga talks about the studio's decades-long history with director Makoto Shinkai, navigating the pandemic, and a brand-new project with a 'rookie director.' ― CoMix Wave Films entered a new era on May 28, 2024 with the appointment of Tomohiro Tokunaga as President and CEO of the company. A former producer at Telecom Animation Film, Tokunaga has been involved in projects such as Lupin III and sever...

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Be Forever Yamato: Star Blazers: REBEL 3199 Episodes 7-10 Anime Review

Apr 20, 12:00

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I love this kind of dramatic storytelling, no matter how ridiculous it gets, with massive planet-destroying neon space lasers and missiles firing in all directions. ― Sometimes being a fan of the Space Battleship Yamato/Star Blazers remake series is suffering. On the one hand, it's a stunningly successful update of the 1970s/80s original, one of the most glossy modern sci-fi anime in existence; on th...

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Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord Novels Get TV Anime

Apr 20, 07:39

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Sou Akaike's story of salaryman reincarnated as banished child prodigy in magic world ― The livestreamed "Great Overlap Bunko All-Star Gathering Special 2025" announced on Sunday that Sou Akaike's Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village into the Strongest Fortified City (Okiraku Ryōshu no Tanoshii Ryōchi Bōei) light novel series is inspiring a tel...

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Star Wars: Visions Episode 'The Ninth Jedi' Gets Limited Series in 2026

Apr 19, 22:35

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Visions Volume 3 anthology to separately continue stories of "The Duel," "Village Bride," "The Ninth Jedi" on October 29 ― The Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 event announced on Sunday that the Star Wars: Visions anthology is expanding with Star Wars: Visions Presents, an opportunity to tell its animated stories in a longer narrative. In particular, Kenji Kamiyama will be telling the story from "The...

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Battlefield Waltz Visual Novel Review

Apr 19, 12:00

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I've been playing otome games for quite some time, and I feel confident in saying that Battlefield Waltz is the most difficult I've encountered. ― I've been playing otome games for quite some time, and I feel confident in saying Battlefield Waltz is the most difficult I've encountered. Before picking it up, I had (foolishly) thought that otome games like the ones that form the basis of the manhwa se...

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Event Report: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Overtakes Shibuya!

Apr 19, 09:00 anime events

From Giant Iggy to Steel Ball Run, we have a full report of JOJODAY in Shibuya! ― Just over a decade ago, the anime world was graced with an adaptation of one of the most artistically beautiful shonen manga series: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Following the Joestar family through six, depending on how you view the family tree, an array of stories across multiple locales. So, what better way to celebrate...

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The Anime Backlog - Mobile Suit Gundam - The Movie Trilogy

Apr 18, 15:30

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Lynzee suits up for her maiden voyage aboard White Base and now she never wants to leave. ― Happy Friday, 'Loggers! I'm back after a brief hiatus that involved a two-week stint in Japan to cover the AnimeJapan event, attend no less than 20 meetings, and venture out to an animation studio to film and interview some pretty prominent veterans (keep an eye out for that). In the midst of my journey, I th...

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Even Given the Worthless "Appraiser" Class, I'm Actually the Strongest Anime Series Review

Apr 18, 12:00

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With yet another RPG power fantasy at the helm, what you see is what you get, but what you’re getting ain’t half-bad either. ― Sometimes I feel like fantasy RPG anime was on the tape in Infinite Jest. With so many of these shows pumped out per year, it feels like an onslaught we're forced to watch until the point of collapse. It's so easy to become cynical and jaded by it all. So when the first bit o...

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This Week in Games - Prices and Princesses

Apr 18, 11:00

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Tariffs continue to destabilize the gaming market as Nintendo and Sony annouce price adjustments. Plus, a new daughter-raising game in Magical Princess and the Chainsaw Man director's latest is a...Roblox game? ― —I have to do. ... Ah, it worked! Welcome back, folks! I pulled double-duty on both This Week in... columns, not unlike that time an ongoing story in Kamen Rider Gaim was interrupted for a K...

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Inside CoMix Wave Films: The Studio That Made Your Name.

Apr 18, 09:00

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We took a look inside the acclaimed anime studio to talk with its staff about how they made Makoto Shinkai's hit films. ― On the Eastern fringes of Suginami Ward of Tokyo rests Ogikubo. A well-known hub for the development of Tokyo ramen, the town is home to one of the most creative modern anime studios. That studio is none other than CoMix Wave Films. Known for producing all of Makoto Shinkai's film...

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