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The Many Awesome Figures of Tamashii Nation 2023
by Richard Eisenbeis,
This past weekend, Bandai Spirits held the "Tamashii Nation 2023" event in Tokyo's Akihabara district. At the event, they showed off the hundreds of new anime, game, and tokusatsu figures on sale now and throughout the coming year. From Gundam to Sailor Moon, Elden Ring to Godzilla, here are some of the coolest figures they had on display.
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Head into the forums to nominate Best Villain, Best Anime OST, Leading Man, Leading Lady, and Most Underrated Anime Series of the Year!― Welcome readers, to the first annual Anime News Network Reader's Choice Awards. As ANN's editorial team gears up for the Best Anime of 2024 later this month, we're opening a selection of unique categories for readers. The first round is the nomination period, takin...
Taizan5 debuted manga in December 2021― A new official website opened on Tuesday to announce that Taizan5's Takopi's Original Sin (Takopii no Genzai) manga is getting an anime. The website unveiled a visual and a video: More information will be announced at the Jump Festa 2025 event on December 22. Viz Media licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
Deceptively cute alien Takopi lands on earth...
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The War of the Rohirrim film's leads, Wise and Cox, share their personal connections with the franchise, the difference between voice acting and live-action, and their characters' interiority.― Actors Brian Cox and Gaia Wise lead the cast as Helm Hammerhand and Hera in the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim anime film. The War of the Rohirrim expands on a scant few pages from J....
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