DAN DA DAN’s first season is more than just a kooky and spooky teenage romance; it’s the best deal in anime right now. ― If you've been following the latest and greatest in anime, there's a good chance that you're well acquainted with the first season of Dan Da Dan. A quirky, and often spooky, action-romance comedy that landed with general audiences and critics when it aired last fall. With that in ...

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This Week in Games - Finally Back To Kick Some Tail

Jun 20, 10:00

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Jean-Karlo's favorite ninja is making a surprise appearance in the new Cotton, Bloober Team returns to Silent Hill, and DK is back with kid Pauline! ― Welcome back, folks! I had a fun weekend at This Week in Games Central. I was able to find a few old Shogun Warriors comics at a local comic swap, and I counted the minutes until Monday rolled around and UPS would deliver my Switch 2. For folks waiting...

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CGI Veteran Hiroyasu Kobayashi Breaks Down How He Mech-ed the Magic Happen In Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX

Jun 20, 09:00 anime

At Anime Central 2025, the renowned CGI animator shared insights on blending GQuuuuuuX’s 2D and 3D animation and his favorite mobile suit. ― At Anime Central 2025, veteran CGI designer and director Hiroyasu Kobayashi made a special guest appearance to discuss his extensive career in the anime industry. With a portfolio spanning video games, anime, and films such as Gravity Rush, Honkai Impact 3rd [R...

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The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! Manga Gets TV Anime in 2026

Jun 19, 23:42

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Misaki Kuno, Ayaka Ōhashi, Akio Ōtsuka star in anime from Yuruyuri/Nokotan team ― Hakusensha announced on Friday that Yūya Sakamoto's The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! (Maō no Musume wa Yasashi Sugiru!!) manga is inspiring a television anime that will premiere in 2026. The anime's website is streaming a teaser promotional video for the anime, which also reveals its main cast and staff. The cast...

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This Week in Anime - Anime News Network's Summer Manga Reading List

Jun 19, 13:30

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Chris and Coop searched their shelves for your next manga beach read! ― Chris and Coop searched their shelves for your next manga beach read! Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyter @vestenet Coop School's out for summer, Chris! Wit...

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Wind Breaker Manga Gets Live-Action Film This December

Jun 19, 12:45 live-action

Blue Period's Kentarō Hagiwara helms film off script by Anime Supremacy's Yōsuke Masaike ― The second television anime season of Satoru Nii's Wind Breaker manga on Thursday.ended on Friday with an early teaser video that announces a live-action film adaptation. The film will open this December. The staff shot the film on location from this past February to April in Okinawa. The production rented a lo...

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All You Need Is Kill Anime Film Review

Jun 19, 12:00

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It’s a shame that a film making such idiosyncratic choices in its merging of 3D and 2D visual languages in animation keeps falling into rather predictable patterns ― It's appropriate that Hiroshi Sakurazaka's light novel All You Need is Kill, a story about trying something again and changing just a little bit each time, is getting a repeat adaptation. But it would be a disservice to the new film by K...

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The Great Dr. STONE Battle Craft X Giveaway Week 3

Jun 18, 15:07 games

The Third round of The Great Dr. STONE Battle Craft X Giveaway has launched. Enter now for your chance to win some of the $2000 of prizes we're giving away! ― Dr. STONE Needs you! We are calling on all Dr. STONE fans to mobilize and support the official Dr. STONE Battlecraft X account (@dsbc_staff_en). 18 people who heed this call to arms will be rewarded with their choice of one US$100 prize package...

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Outsiders Volume 1 Manga Review

Jun 18, 12:00

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Outsiders is a book that should have been better. ― Does this sound familiar? A teenage girl with a sense of being disaffected and socially dislocated, one day discovers that there's a whole supernatural world right under her nose, and becomes involved with a hot werewolf and a handsome vampire. It's not just Twilight that uses that setup, although it probably remains the most famous example of the p...

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Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Game Review

Jun 18, 10:00

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Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army is the gold standard that all PS2 remasters need to adhere to. ― Originally a spin-off of the Shin Megami Tensei series, Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army separates itself from Atlus's other games. One aspect is that the story's tone sits between Shin Megami Tensei and Persona's. It's not as apocalyptic as Shin Megami Tensei, but y...

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There From the Beginning: An Interview with Anime Legend Masao Maruyama at Animazement 2025

Jun 18, 09:00

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If you compare the anime industry to a historical document, Masao Maruyama has been around since ink was first put to parchment—or, in his case, paint to celluloid. ― If you were to compare the anime industry to a historical document, Masao Maruyama has been around since ink was first put to parchment—or, in his case, paint to celluloid. In his over-60-year career, the prolific creative producer had...

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This Week in Anime - Manga to Show Your Pride

Jun 17, 14:00

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Happy Pride! Steve and Lucas browse through some queer manga in celebration. ― Happy Pride! Steve and Lucas browse through some queer manga in celebration. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyter @vestenet Lucas Steve, I know you an...

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ChaO Anime Film Review

Jun 17, 12:00

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This Little Mermaid-inspired film just won at Annecy - come discover the charms that helped it to do so. ― There have been many stories – even just told with animation – about love going beyond cultural lines, appearance, even specifically love between man and mermaid. As the film settles in to its premise, ChaO has a lot of work to set itself apart from these other films. Director Yasuhiro Aoki buil...

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Dan Da Dan 2nd Season Anime's Theatrical Screening Earns US$5 Million in U.S.

Jun 16, 16:00

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Screening ranks #13 in U.S. in its 2nd week ― Box Office Mojo reported on Monday that the theatrical screening of the second season of the DAN DA DAN television anime ranked at #13 at the United States box office in its second week. The film screened in 830 theaters and has earned an estimated US$5,065,415. The screening earned US$192,294 of Friday, US$265,880 on Saturday, and US$215,000 on Sunday. G...