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Bloom Into You's Nio Nakatani Launches New Manga in October

Sep 27, 19:03

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Kami-sama ga Machigaeru is sci-fi manga about "bug" researchers ― The November issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine revealed on Monday that manga creator Nio Nakatani will launch a new manga titled Kami-sama ga Machigaeru (God Must Have Made a Bug) in the magazine's next issue on October 27. Nakatani posted a photo of the announcement page from the magazine on Monday. 新連載のお知らせです！！...

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Jujutsu Kaisen Manga's Circulation Jumps 650% to 55 Million Copies Since Anime's Debut

Sep 27, 19:03

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Manga's 17th volume ships on October 4 with 2.15 million copy initial print run ― Shueisha reported on Monday that with the 2.15 million copy initial print run of the 17th compiled book volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga, the manga will have 55 million copies in circulation (including print and digital copies, as well as copies not yet sold) when the volume ships on October 4. The manga's ...

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Temple Alley Summer Novel

Sep 27, 12:00

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Temple Alley Summer is absolutely a masterwork of middle-grade fiction, but it's also a good book that anyone can enjoy. ― It's no surprise that Sachiko Kashiwaba is the author behind The Marvelous Village Veiled in Mist, the children's novel that inspired Hayao Miyazaki's film Spirited Away, because Temple Alley Summer touches on a lot of the same themes as the book that won Kashiwaba the 1974 Kodan...

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The Best and Worst Anime of Summer 2021

Sep 27, 10:00

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ANN's editorial team looks over the last three months to find the cream of the crop and the certified stinkers. ― Best: Kageki Shoujo!! Kageki Shoujo!! is an uneven anime overall, which makes sense given that the bulk of its episodes are character vignettes. But its best episodes are wonderful, perfectly balancing humor and drama in their empathetic depictions of teenage girl problems. The cutthroat...

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The Best and Worst of Summer 2021, Sep 16-22

Sep 26, 14:00

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With many series ending this week there are few surprises left... but what's happening to Love Live!? Come and see where your favorites rank this week! ― Our team of reviewers are following 24 anime series of the Summer 2021 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in mind that these ra...

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How to Melt the Ice Queen's Heart Novel 1

Sep 26, 12:00

novels

Nevertheless, for all its structural imperfections, How to Melt the Ice Queen's Heart still has its charms. Asahi and Fuyuka genuinely do feel like they would make a nice couple, and their hesitant courtship is both sweet and true to life. ― How to Melt the Ice Queen's Heart is the very definition of a "slow burn romance." Light novel romcoms tend to be all about gimmicks and outlandish twists on fam...

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Interview: Remake Our Life!'s True-to-Life Depiction of Creative Work With Frontwing Producer Yasuhiro Atobe

Sep 26, 09:00

anime games

ANN spoke to producer Yasuhiro Atobe to learn about Frontwing's connection to the anime, and how its depiction of creative work rings true to life. ― Remake Our Life! tells the story of Kyōya Hashiba, a game industry worker. After encountering a dead end in his adult life, he travels back in time to his university days, where he strives to create things with his newfound friends. The visual novel dev...

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BanG Dream! FILM LIVE 2nd Stage

Sep 25, 12:00

anime

Right from the start 2nd Stage is bigger, louder, and more ambitious than the utter demo tape its predecessor was. ― It's only a little ironic that I compared the first BanG Dream Episode of Roselia movie to a 'Greatest Hits' album of the type these musical money-making franchises are wont to put out, as now we've come to the series' second concert movie. A string of a bunch of popular songs from all...

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Kageki Shojo!! Manga Creator Kumiko Saiki and Anime Director Kazuhiro Yoneda

Sep 25, 11:00

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Manga creator Kumiko Saiki and anime director Kazuhiro Yoneda share the inspirations behind Kageki Shojo!! from the Takarazuka Revue to the classic series The Rose of Versailles. ― The story of Kageki Shojo!! tells the story of aspiring opera actresses attending a school dedicated to refining their talents. It is strongly inspired by the Takarazuka Revue, the famous all-female theater group. ANN spok...

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Who Would Win? Shaman King's Yoh VS. Bleach's Ichigo

Sep 24, 13:00

anime

I'm talking Yoh Asakura and Ichigo Kurosaki in an all out spiritual battle between the two! Who would win? ― Ban… kai! Both Shaman King and Bleach have had a return recently! The new Shaman King series, which follows the manga more closely, was just released on Netflix several weeks ago and the manga for Bleach has returned as well. Yoh… this sounds like a fun time for a new versus right?! How's abo...

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This Week in Games - Maidragon Spirit

Sep 24, 12:30

games

Things have just gone from really bad to extremely worse over at the ongoing dumpster fire that is Activision-Blizzard corporate. ― Good day, my lovely ANN audience! As I write this, we are but a few hours away from Nintendo Direct happening, but a mixture of deadlines and my obligations to run an event for Vortex Gallery means that we won't be discussing that stuff until next week. Which is fine, be...

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Mahoraba ~Heartful Days~

Sep 24, 12:00

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Mahoraba isn't the kind of show I'd warn people away from, but it's also not a show I'd recommend particularly strongly. ― It's interesting how “boarding house ensemble comedy” is such a distinct genre of Japanese media. Boarding houses, which offer cheap rent to long and short-term residents and generally provide some sort of collective living arrangement such as shared meals, tend to be depicted as...

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Fire Force Figure Giveaway!

Sep 23, 14:07