After years in development limbo, LeSean Thomas' Cannon Busters has finally debuted on Netflix as a full-length anime series. Nick and Steve break down the highs and lows of this ambitious action-adventure's first season. ― After years in development limbo, LeSean Thomas' Cannon Busters has finally debuted on Netflix as a full-length anime series. This week, Nick and Steve break down the highs and l...

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Rebuild of ANNCast: Busting Surfboards

Aug 23, 14:00

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Zac and Lynzee stuff enough movies, news and anime down their throats to kill a horse - including Invader Zim Enter the Florpus and LeSean Thomas' magnum opus, the Netflix Original Anime Cannon Busters! ― ANNCast 354 - Busting Surfboards Zac and Lynzee stuff enough movies, news and Netflix Original Anime down their throats to kill a horse - including Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus and LeSean Thomas'...

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Take (Another) That! Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Giveaway

Aug 23, 13:37

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy just updated with 5 additional languages! As a special treat, our friends at CAPCOM want to celebrate by giving away game codes to some lucky Anime News Network readers. ― Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy just updated with 5 additional languages! Do you know how to say “Objection!” in German? (It's “Eisnspruch!”) Play in English, Japanese, French, German, Kor...

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Fate/Apocrypha Blu-Ray Part 2

Aug 23, 12:00

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The Great Holy Grail War comes to its conclusion, now on blu-ray for the first time. Rebecca Silverman takes a closer look at how this story holds up in the Fate canon. ― Possibly one of the most important reveals of the end of the first season of Fate/Apocrypha was the fact that Shirou Kotomine was really a Servant named Amakusa Shirou Tokisada. Apart from the fact that this removes him from a major...

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Review: Sarazanmai

Aug 22, 15:00

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Gabriella Ekens returns to dive as deep as she can to yank out Kunihiko Ikuhara's shirikodama on his latest work, Sarazanmai. ― French philosopher Gilles Deleuze once described his own idiosyncratic career as an attempt to “bugger” philosophy. Many have attempted to follow in his footsteps, producing “queer” (or simply strange) readings of otherwise normative works. With Sarazanmai, however, one is f...

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This Week in Anime - Demon Slayer Weaves a Tangled Web in the Forest Spider Arc

Aug 22, 14:00

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Kimetsu no Yaiba delivers its own twisted take on the classic Shonen Jump themes of family by surrounding our heroes with six episodes of spiders! Micchy and Andy discuss this series' best arc yet. ― Demon Slayer delivers its own twisted take on the classic Shonen Jump themes of family by surrounding our heroes with six episodes of spiders! This week, Micchy and Andy discuss Kimetsu no Yaiba's best ...

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This Week in Games - Takin' the Piss

Aug 22, 13:00

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Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding lights the internet on fire yet again - plus more Pokemon Sword & Shield news and much much more! ― Greetings from Germany! Okay, I'm not actually in Germany right now, but a lot of people are, and I can't resist a dumb meme. Gamescom, Europe's biggest gaming event, is currently underway, and with it has come a plethora of announcements – buyouts, guest appearances, and...

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Interview: The Cast Of Made In Abyss

Aug 21, 14:11

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The Japanese voice cast behind the smash-hit adventure drama Made in Abyss process their feelings about their now-iconic roles. ― We had the opportunity to chat with the Japanese voices of Riko, Reg and Nanachi from the smash hit adventure series Made In Abyss about how they ended up with their roles, their impressions of the characters they portray, and what some of their favorite scenes were from t...

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The Incredible Artists of Kyoto Animation: Part 1

Aug 21, 13:12

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The first part of our celebration of the unbelievable artistic talent the whole world lost during the heartbreaking fire that consumed Kyoto Animation's Studio 1. ― How do you write a responsible obituary for a tragedy of this magnitude? The attack on Kyoto Animation's Studio 1 was unlike anything the country had seen since World War II. It was a place overflowing with love that was imbued in each o...

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Victims Speak Out After Canada's Anime Revolution Con Allows Serial Harasser, Convicted Sex Offender to Attend

Aug 21, 13:01

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Victim: "I don't know what I get more PTSD from, the legal system or Bram." ― Vancouver BC's Anime Revolution convention is being openly criticized online and women are sharing their stories of harassment and sexual abuse following its Anirevo Summer 2019 event on August 9-11. Attendees became concerned after they noticed two separate adult men with prior convictions relating to criminal harassment a...

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REVIEW: Cannon Busters

Aug 21, 12:18

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LeSean Thomas' first full-length anime series has finally exploded onto Netflix. Theron Martin shares his thoughts on the first season of this sci fi Western action epic. ― Cannon Busters carries an unusual pedigree as anime go. It is based on an early 2000s graphic novel by LeSean Thomas, an animator and comic book artist best-known for character designs and co-direction on the first two seasons of ...

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Love in Limbo GNs 1-2

Aug 20, 12:10

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This offbeat BL romance about finding love in the afterlife is perhaps too short for its lofty premise, but it's still worth a read from genre fans. Rebecca Silverman has the details. ― Creator Haji describes her two volume BL series Love in Limbo as a story that takes place not in another world, but in the otherworld. That's a fair way to put it – all of the characters in the story are, technically ...