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This Week in Mobile Games - CTW CEO Ryuichi Sasaki Talks the Advantages of Browsers in the Anime Game Wars

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How does CTW adapt anime into games? What's the curse that hit the Steam release of Granblue Fantasy? Josh has the answers! ― Hello, and welcome once more to another installment of This Week in Mobile Games, your actually-biweekly look at the latest in gaming on phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. In our first installment, I noted that while the line between mobile games and "regular" games on...

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Hana-Kimi Omnibus Volumes 4-6 Manga Review

Feb 9, 07:00

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It’s got its ups and downs for certain, but this omnibus of the beloved shoujo manga mostly remains a fun read. ― After a slow start, what better way to kick things up than with a school festival? Here we have arrived at one of the more exciting parts of Hana-Kimi's early phases. It approximates itself towards a tournament arc with the way it opens up; what better way to show off than by having the h...

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Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Game Review

Feb 9, 05:00

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games

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties ends up improving on the original experience enough to make it well worth the time of anyone that wants to check out this early chapter of Kazuma Kiryu's sprawling life story. ― Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties presents the Like a Dragon franchise at an interesting crossroads. Now that the series has achieved a degree of mainstream recognition and success that its original fans...

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Answerman - What's Really Happening With The Crunchyroll Store Delistings?

Feb 9, 05:00

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The loss of a true one-stop shop for anime fans hurts the industry as a whole, and a drive to cut inventory costs may be to blame. ― Anime fans ask: I've been following some worrying developments with the Crunchyroll Store lately and wanted to get your take on what's happening. You might have seen the news that the Crunchyroll Store is allegedly pulling low-selling in-stock inventory items. Word has...

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A League of Heels - The Spices Behind Sports' Best Baddies

Feb 9, 04:00 anime

There is no summit without the mountain. Coop Bicknell explains the importance of a good rival in sports anime. ― If you've ever watched sports, an action film, or the occasional episode of anime, I'm fairly sure you've heard the term “heel” thrown around. Instead of describing a part of your foot, this bit of professional wrestling parlance refers directly to the bad guy—those who'll stop at nothin...

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Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 2 Anime Series Review

Feb 8, 07:00

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anime

There is a single joke at the core of this anime: No matter how far the odds are stacked against him, Krai is always going to win—and it's going to be completely by accident. ― There is a single joke at the core of Let This Grieving Soul Retire!: No matter how far the odds are stacked against him, Krai is always going to win—and it's going to be completely by accident. Now, you might think that knowi...

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You and Idol Precure♪ Episodes 37-49 Anime Review

Feb 7, 07:00

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anime

You and Idol Precure♪ has, I have come to realize, one very specific problem: it plants the seeds of meaningful storylines and then doesn’t bother to water them. ― You and Idol Precure♪ has, I have come to realize, one very specific problem: it plants the seeds of meaningful storylines and then doesn't bother to water them. Nowhere is this better seen than in the case of Kaito. Although he's not a ma...

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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Anime Gets 6th Season

Feb 7, 02:55

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Announced at "Aedes Vesta" event on Saturday ― "Aedes Vesta," the 10th anniversary event for the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? franchise, announced on Saturday that the franchise will have a sixth anime season. Fujino Ōmori's original Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka) light novel series currently has 21 volum...

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My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha Anime Series Review

Feb 6, 07:00

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anime

This is an anti-hero story so lacking in proper hamminess that there’s hardly a single bit of pork on the bone here. ― There's a part of me that feels there's a much better comedy buried underneath this tale of fantasy melodrama. We have a klutzy warrior girl who doesn't know her own strength and a weird girl who thinks she's a cat. A leading maid's underlings try to trollishly and absurdly seize pow...

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This Week in Games - Living the Tomodachi Life

Feb 6, 06:00

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Jean-Karlo looks at Tomodachi Life's new lease on...well, life. Plus, those "quality of life" changes to DQVII Reimagined. ― Welcome back, folks! Major news: I finally did it. Seven years. Two consoles. Three games and expansions. Over 443 hours. Four Welsh catgirls. I have finally finished the mainline Xenoblade Chronicles trilogy. Sure, I still have Xenoblade Chronicles X waiting in the wings, but ...

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Going for the Gold! Our Favorite Sports Anime

Feb 6, 04:00

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The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway in beautiful Italy, but it's not just pro athletes racing for the finishing line; anime has its own sports stars, too. ― The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway in beautiful Italy, but it's not just pro athletes racing for the finishing line; anime has its own sports stars, too. We asked Anime News Network's critics to highlight their favorite sports stories: the ...

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The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a New Life Novels Get TV Anime

Feb 5, 17:36

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P.A. Works animates Asa Rokushima's fantasy novels ― Shochiku announced on Friday that Asa Rokushima's Tsuihō Sareta Cheat Fuyo Majutsushi wa Kimamana Second Life o Ōka Suru (The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a New Life or Chi-Fuyo for short) novels are inspiring a television anime from the studio P.A. Works. The anime's website revealed the below visual, but did not reveal any other details ab...

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