The Preview Guide is in full swing with Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia! Also Let's Go Kaikigumi, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance, The Ogre's Bride, the new season of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, and more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2026 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here ...

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Sasaki & Peeps Season Two Premiere

Jul 5, 08:30

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Season one refused to pick just one item from the menu. Its magic was in picking everything offered. The debut episode of season two immediately demonstrates that it's doubling down ― If you've watched any of Sasaki and Peeps, then you're already familiar with its unique blend of flavors. What other series can boast a mix of fantasy kingdom politics, modern-day corporate espionage, assassins, psychi...

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S Rank Bōkensha Dearu Ore no Musume-tachi wa Jūdo no Fathercon Deshita Novels Get TV Anime

Jul 4, 12:00

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Kametsu Tomobashi's family fantasy about former adventurer whose daughters have serious father complexes ― Novelist Kametsu Tomobashi announced on Saturday that the S Rank Bōkensha Dearu Ore no Musume-tachi wa Jūdo no Fathercon Deshita (My S-Rank Adventurer Daughters Have Serious Father Complexes) light novel series will receive an anime adaptation. Novel illustrator Tsubame Nozomi and manga adaptati...

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One Piece novel HEROINES Volumes 1-2 Light Novel Review

Jul 4, 12:00 novels

Every option is on the table, and nothing is too trivial for these airy little vignettes. ― The women of One Piece have always been an area of missed potential. They're maximized for sex appeal first and foremost, drawn with interchangeable silhouettes and allowed to kick ass so long as they duly cede the spotlight to the story's male characters immediately afterward. This makes One Piece: Heroines, ...

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Manga Licensing Is An Exercise In Empathy

Jul 4, 08:15 manga

"99.99% of the people working in the manga field are doing it because [they] love it. There’s a certain gentle madness you need to have." ― “99.99% of the people working in the manga field are doing it because [they] love it,” Leyla Aker of Square Enix Manga & Books stated emphatically to the panel crowd. “There's a certain gentle madness you need to have.” At the "Japan to the US: How Manga is Acqui...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Spring 2026

Jul 3, 14:00

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It's the final ranking for Spring 2026! While it's no surprise that Witch Hat Atelier held onto the #1 spot it dominated all season, Re:ZERO was able to lock down #5 in the cumulative standings thanks to a powerful season finale. ― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score pa...

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The Merman Trapped in My Lake Volumes 1-2 K-Comic Review

Jul 3, 12:00 korean

To call this an unhealthy love story may be a bit of an understatement. ― If there were a literary fairy tale that was going to teach you that not all love is healthy, it would be Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. Despite what Disney told you, Andersen's mermaid is obsessed with her prince to the point where she sleeps on a cushion outside his room like a dog (worse than a dog, really; mi...

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Intro to the World of BanG Dream

Jul 3, 10:30

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With this season's premiere of BanG Dream! YUME∞MITA, the latest entry in the BanG Dream! canon, it's the right time for an overview of the series' history in anime and how it arrived to this point. ― The universe started with a BanG… Actually, it started with a girl named Kasumi sneaking into the home of another girl named Arisa to take her guitar. But before that it started with a concert. But that...

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This Week in Games - EVO Reveals: What Is An Art to a King?

Jul 3, 10:00

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Sony makes a questionable decision, lots of new DLC characters for a variety of games, and Jean-Karlo runs down a shortlist of games he'd love to see come back! ― Welcome back, folks! Having submitted my panel applications for this Autumn's Kumoricon, I find myself in that most unfun of positions of needing to wait to see if they've been accepted. Bah. Always the anxiety of whether you'll be accepted...

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KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE Anime Team Discusses How Love Makes Monsters of Us All

Jul 3, 09:00 anime

With KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE making the leap from page to screen, we sat down with members of the cast and crew to discuss the story and bringing it to life. ― When someone says "kaiju," chances are you immediately picture a giant, rampaging monster. KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE, based on Aoki Spica's manga of the same name, is fully aware of that - and it does still provide that rampaging monster. But this k...

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All the News and Reviews from Anime Expo 2026

Jul 2, 19:28

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Follow this page for live updates directly from Anime Expo 2026. ― Where is Anime News Network at Anime Expo 2026? Thursday, July 2 News Exclusive: Square Enix Manga & Books Reveals 8 Manga, 2 Final Fantasy Book Releases Sekai Project to Release Jewelry Hearts Academia Visual Novel in West Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 3 Anime's Trailer Unveils January 2027 Debut Manga Mavericks Licenses Motionle...

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The Ramparts of Ice Anime Gets 2nd Season in October

Jul 2, 13:57

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Announced after episode 14 on Friday ― The 14th episode from the television anime of Kōcha Agasawa's The Ramparts of Ice (Koori no Jyōheki or Ice Castle Wall) manga ended on Friday with an announcement that the second season will premiere on October 1. The new season will again air on Thursdays at 11:56 p.m. (10:56 a.m. EDT) on TBS and 27 affiliated channels. The manga centers on Koyuki Hikawa, an al...

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Japan's Anime Revolution! Twenty Animated Films That Changed The World Book Review

Jul 2, 12:00

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Author Jonathan Clements takes us on an entertaining, in-depth tour through anime movie history. ― Japan's Anime Revolution! is a very good book by Jonathan Clements, one of the most respected English-language authorities on anime. It's worth saying that right off, as this book is saddled with an issue that might deter readers from picking it up in the first place. The cover, by all appearances, is A...

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This Week in Anime - Under the Digital Big Top

Jul 2, 10:00

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Step right up, step right up! Lucas and Coop explore the phenomenon that is The Amazing Digital Circus. ― Step right up, step right up! Lucas and Coop explore the phenomenon that is The Amazing Digital Circus. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyter @vestenet Lucas Coop, the mandate of heaven is shifting! While much of the entertainment landscape has catered to Baby Boomers and Gen Xers over the past h...

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Sekiro: No Defeat Anime Film Review

Jul 1, 12:00

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The cost of winning the video game was the player's time; in Sekiro: No Defeat winning comes with a more pronounced psychological burden. ― Rhythm is arguably the most important thing about the video game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. In the 2019 action game from the acclaimed From Software studios, each fight is decided by how well the player can adjust to the right timing of parrying and striking. Eit...

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Magilumiere Co. Ltd. Volumes 1-12 Manga Review

Jul 1, 12:00 manga

Although it’s a bright and breezy magical girl manga with an adorable cast and plenty of fun, flashy battles, at its heart, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. is a pointed criticism of dehumanizing mega-corporate culture. ― The dispiriting search for meaningful (or even merely paid) work is a depressing experience common to almost every twenty-something college graduate. Today's job market chews up and s...

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Relive Classic Arcade Fun At The Taito Play Base!

Jul 1, 10:00

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Are you a fan of video games? What about the classic experience of visiting your local arcade, and playing a few rounds of the new game with your friends? Well, Taito is here to provide that experience at Anime Expo! ― Are you a fan of video games? What about the classic video game experience of visiting your local arcade, chilling out with your friends and playing a few rounds at the new game cabin...