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Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table Volume 1 Light Novel Review
It’s easy to see why this won the Excellence Award at the 18th MF Bunko J Light Novel Newcomer Awards in 2022, and why it’s getting an anime in 2026.
― Playing Death Games to put Food on the Table (henceforth DG) is far from the first time there's been a story about death games as a perverse form of entertainment for a shadowy group of elites who bankroll them. In fact, that's a major element of Squi...
A Chat with Junji Nishimura, Director of Mechanical Marie
Nishimura has accrued over three decades of industry experience, including credits on numerous anime. We talked to him about his latest series, favorite robots, and pink-haired anime girls.
― Fall 2025's action romcom anime Mechanical Marie is highly anticipated by fans of Aki Akimoto's original six-volume manga series. Anime News Network was thankful for the opportunity to interview director Junji ...
This Week in Anime - Ah, Well, Different World and All
Chris and Coop wade through this season's isekai offerings. Wait, are some of these shows trying to do something different?
― Chris and Coop wade through this season's isekai offerings. Wait, are some of these shows trying to do something different? Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion ...
Pokémon Concierge Season 2 Anime Series Review
There's no shame, there's no overly depressing conflict, just a nice story at a resort that I really hope I'll be able to return to one day.
― Despite its incredibly short length, the first season of Pokémon Concierge was an absolutely charming delight that I could recommend to almost anybody. The relaxing atmosphere, the soothing music, and the simple yet incredibly relatable premise were something ...
Full Metal Schoolgirl Game Review
I can summarize Full Metal Schoolgirls thusly: it feels like a PlayStation 2 game, in the best of ways.
― I can summarize Full Metal Schoolgirls thusly: it feels like a PlayStation 2 game, in the best of ways. It's a simple concept, but one that manages to be plenty of fun, despite its workman-like execution. The concept is also charmingly high-concept: a schoolgirl rebels against an all-powerful cor...
DISGAEA 7 COMPLETE Game Review
What I want is a ridiculously big and endlessly customizable time-sink of a strategy/RPG that lets you fight for hours on end and build an absurdly powerful army. And on that front, Disgaea 7 Complete delivers in spades.
― Oh, hello, Disgaea. It's been a while. So sometime after Disgaea D2, I just… kind of decided I'd had enough of Disgaea for a while. The games didn't get notably bad or anything—I h...
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Anime Film Review
Emotionally resonant and visually stunning, this is simply one of the must-watch anime films of the year—and you can see it in US theaters today!
― A large part of this story is made to highlight just how inhuman Denji is. He grew up socially isolated and lacking the vast majority of creature comforts that even the most meager of us tend to have. He sold an eye and a kidney to survive--and three meal...
Becoming Two Hikarus with Voice Actor Shūichirō Umeda
Shūichirō Umeda has the task of becoming two characters, Hikaru and "Hikaru." He shares the subtleties of his performance in our new interview!
― Known for smash hits like Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead and Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines, we at ANN are no strangers to Shuichiro Umeda's prolific body of work over these past few years. Now that Umeda has scored another big hit with The Summer Hika...
The Apothecary Diaries Anime Confirms Season 3, Original Film in 2026
Season 3's 1st part starts in October 2026, 2nd part in April 2027, with anime film in December 2026
― TOHO animation started streaming a "2nd Anniversary Commemorative Trailer" for The Apothecary Diaries anime with subtitles in English, German, Spanish (Latin America), French, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) on Wednesday. The video announces that a third televis...
Warner Bros. Discovery Evaluates Possible Sale of Company
Company also evaluates separate sales of Warner Bros., Discovery Global businesses
― Entertainment conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed on Tuesday that it is evaluating the possible acquisition of the whole company, or separate acquisitions for its Warner Bros. and Discovery Global businesses, as part of "a review of strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value" initiated by the comp...
This Week in Anime - The Column at the Corner of Anime Romance and Comedy
Steve and Lucas explore Fall 2025's anime rom-com offerings to find the perfect series.
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Steve and Lucas explore Fall 2025's rom-com offerings to find the perfect series. 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. All titles mentioned are streaming on Crunchyroll, excep...
Conan vs. The Black Organization Anime Series Review
I never thought I would see the day that Detective Conan would get this kind of treatment.
― I never thought I would see the day that Detective Conan would get this kind of treatment. Detective Conan is probably one of the most beloved franchises in Japan, going on for over three decades and being one of the few shows that has more episodes than One Piece. Numerous attempts have been made to bring th...
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