The series does have somewhat of a plotline, though it is thin and typically functions to link other components together rather than guide the story. ― This Summer 2020 series is the anime branch of a multimedia project that will eventually include a smartphone game and a manga. Based on the way it ends, and the way it painstakingly introduces about two dozen named girls (even at the expense of stray...

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ANN Connect: Attack on Titan

Sep 27, 11:57

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Excited about that Attack on Titan The Final Season trailer? Join us Thursday when ANN: Connect interviews AoT's Bryce Papenbrook and Mike McFarland. ― Welcome to Anime News Network Connect! A collaboration between ANN and Anime NYC, ANN Connect is a new way to bring anime fans, anime creators, and the anime industry together during a time when we're all physically remote. Across this summer and fal...

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Rent-A-Girlfriend Anime Gets 2nd Season

Sep 26, 23:53

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1st season's 12th/final episode aired on Saturday ― The final episode of the television anime of Reiji Miyajima's Rent-A-Girlfriend (Kanojo, Okarishimasu) manga announced on Saturday that the series is getting a second season. The anime premiered on the Animeism programming block on July 10 and aired for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime worldwide except in Asia. Crunchyroll describes t...

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Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Anime Gets 2nd Season

Sep 26, 23:50

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12th/final episode of 1st season premiered on Friday ― The final episode of the television anime of Take's Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! (Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!) manga revealed on Friday that the anime is getting a second season. Take also provided an illustration for the announcement. The anime premiered in Japan on July 10, and aired for 12 episodes. Funimation is streaming the anime as it airs in...

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Fiancee of the Wizard GN 1

Sep 26, 15:00

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She had been a twenty-nine-year-old woman walking home when she was hit by a car – that was the last thing she remembered. ― Fiancée of the Wizard is one of those series with a first volume that is largely unremarkable but has the potential to become something more. Primarily this is because so much of the manga's introductory book, which covers presumably half-to-a-third of the original light novel'...

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The Ones Within Blu-Ray

Sep 25, 15:00

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The greatest and most overarching issue is the wildly shifting tone that precludes any of the overarching sense of tension or creeping dread that a story about kidnapped young adults playing fundamentally dangerous games should have. ― Have you ever watched the adaptation of a video game you love and been disappointed by how poorly it translated to anime? That without a controller in your hand or int...

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Retro Crush Schedule Session Change

Sep 25, 14:18

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The Retro Crush ANN: Connect session has been moved from Tuesday, September 29 to Wednesday, September 30 at 9PM ET / 6PM PT. ― Welcome to Anime News Network Connect! A collaboration between ANN and Anime NYC, ANN Connect is a new way to bring anime fans, anime creators, and the anime industry together during a time when we're all physically remote. Across this summer and fall, ANN Connect will pres...

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Light VS. Lelouch: The Worst "Heroes" of Anime

Sep 25, 13:56

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Countless shonen anime have had a profound impact on many of us...but these two are the absolute WORST. Leo Rydel breaks down their horrible deeds and whether Light or Lelouch is the worst “hero” in his new video. ― Countless shonen anime have had a profound impact on many of us...but these two are the absolute WORST. Leo Rydel breaks down their horrible deeds and whether Light or Lelouch is the wor...

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Weathering With You

Sep 24, 15:30

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It's a Makoto Shinkai double-feature this week. If you haven't caught the director's tale of supernatural-infused romance, Grant Jones has his take on gorgeous Weathering With You. ― What do you do when the rain won't stop? The film Weathering With You attempts to answer this question in both a literal and figurative sense. From acclaimed director Makoto Shinkai - whose other works include films such...

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your name. SteelBook BR

Sep 24, 15:00

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The key to your name's success lies in how it uses its mysterious body-swapping gimmick and the more existential threat that Mitsuha's village faces to dress-up what is honestly a very simple and relatable story ― Makoto Shinkai may not yet be a household name here in the western hemisphere, and I am not really the kind of person to buy into the hype of him (or any other director) being “the next Miy...

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This Week in Anime - Does Dragon's Dogma Deliver the Goods?

Sep 24, 14:00

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Nick and Nicky find Netflix's latest foray into anime bogged down by its nihilistic worldview. ― In 2012, Capcom released the Dragon's Dogma hack-n-slash video game and it went on to sell over a million copies. This new Netflix anime series shares almost nothing in common with it except for the "Mature" content rating. Will our embittered protagonist Ethan manage to overcome the sinful monsters in f...

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This Week in Games - You Will Be Assimilated

Sep 24, 13:19

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RIP 3DS. The game-changing handheld is finally put out to pasture. Meanwhile, Microsoft scoops up fan-favorite game developing studios including Bethesda. It's all in here for This Week in Games! ― Hey all! Tokyo Game Show is starting up as I write this (Wednesday night), and announcements streams are scheduled to go on for a few days. Sometimes I delay the column a bit when I know some big announcem...

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List of Shows, Films, Manga, Games Affected by COVID-19 (Updated September 24)

Sep 20, 14:30

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All of ANN's coverage of works hit by new coronavirus disease ― Here is all of ANN's coverage of the series, films, manga, and games that the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected. Note: Asteroid in Love, Bungo & Alchemist, Darwin's Game, Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, Hatena Illusion, Jewelpet: Attack Travel, Kukuriraige -Sanxingdui Denki-, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Rein...