This era of BanG Dream! feels like it's been pushing for more surprises! More swerves! More drama! YUME∞MITA seems similarly engineered.― Since its reinvention with It's MyGO!!!!! in 2023, the arc of BanG Dream has bent toward stories that get people talking. Obviously, engagement is a measure of any story, but in this current era of BanG Dream specifically, it feels like it's been pushing for more ...
Josh wraps up the TGS news and recounts a social media stumble from LADS. Plus an unexpected cross over!― Hello, and welcome once more to the latest edition of the column! Due to having to submit the last issue for publication a bit earlier than usual, I wasn't able to incorporate much news from the 2026 Tokyo Game Show. And amidst a crunch period related to the release of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Wea...
Ilya's latest project is Compile Heart's new game Villion:Code, and he was kind enough to take time out of his schedule to answer some of our questions.― Ilya Kuvshinov is a world-renowned artist, illustrator, and character designer. His stunning work has appeared in many projects since moving to Japan in 2015 to work in the anime industry, including notable titles such as Ghost in the Shell: SAC 20...
Manga launched in 2021, inspired live-action series in 2025, upcoming TV anime in January 2027― This year's 45th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine announced on Monday that Keigo Shinzō's Hirayasumi manga will end in two more chapters. If there are no delays, the manga will end on October 19.Viz Media is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story:With a carefree ...
Sometimes you just need to see Akutagawa skipping along the waterfront or watch Dazai try to wrangle the rest of the cast as preschoolers.― The main story of Bungo Stray Dogs, whether in anime, manga, or novel form, isn't given to silliness. That's not just because the authors are reimagined in the plot, although many of them died young and/or tragically; the series explores humanity and all the lig...
Manga also resumes serialization with new artist Tsurushima on Monday― This year's 45th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine announced on Monday that writer Tsukasa Monma and late artist Shikako's Manchuria Opium Squad manga is receiving an anime adaptation.Update: Pony Canyon also revealed a visual and stated the animation studio and staff will be announced at a later date. The company also re...
Rose's peaceful life as the Witch of the Lake is upended when a handsome knight shows up with a potion request in Hello, I Am a Witch and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion! Plus I'm Dating a Dark Summoner, My Girlfriend's Friend, Tank Chair, From Far Away and more!― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2026 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it works: our team of critics writes up their impressi...
Evil spirits are taking the fight directly to the Afterlife by attacking the Counters who protect the world.― In Season one, we met So Mun (Jo Byeong-kyu), who was left with a maimed left leg after losing his parents in a horrible car accident. So finds his true purpose in life (and gets a healthy body and new powers) when he awakens as a retrieval specialist for evil spirits who have escaped the co...
Kanna Nakamura voices announcement of anime of high school science club dealing with life's mysteries― The "Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival Online 2026" announced on Saturday that Takuma Sakai's The Science Notes by Delta and Gamma (Delta to Gamma no Rigakubu Note) light novel series is receiving an anime adaptation. Kanna Nakamura voices Rio Iwama in the announcement video, which features art by the li...
Kien Aien's story of youths taking on the coming apocalypse― The "Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival Online 2026" announced on Saturday that Kien Aien's Kochira, Shūmatsu Teitai Iinkai. (This Is the End Stagnation Committee.) light novel series has an anime in the works. Novel illustrator Ogipote also drew an illustration to celebrate the announcement. 祝！こちら、終末停滞委員会。アニメ化🎊!! お陰様で…自身にとっても初の担当作品の映像化になります。動きます...
Maware Isogawa's story of boy reincarnated with cheat power that is too good― The "Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival Online 2026" announced with an "ultra early teaser visual" on Saturday that a television anime adaptation of Maware Isogawa's Dorei kara no Kitai to Hyōka no Sei de Sakushu Dekinai nodaga (I Can't Exploit It Because of the Expectations and Evaluation From Slaves or literally, Thanks to the ...
Announced after end of Part 3 anime― The staff for the anime of Miya Kazuki's Ascendance of a Bookworm (Honzuki no Gekokujō - Shisho ni Naru Tame niwa Shudan o Erandeiramasen) light novel series announced on Saturday that the novels' part 4, Founder of the Royal Academy's So-Called Library Committee (Kizoku-in no Jishō Tosho Iin), will receive a television anime. WIT Studio is once again animating f...
Tanya the Evil claims the final weekly top spot, with Draw This, Then Die! close behind. In the cumulative, The Cat and the Dragon and Dara-san of Reiwa both edge up four places to close out the season.― 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 page with the latest simulcas...
There’s a fine line between a piece of media feeling nostalgic or dated and, unfortunately, HimaNatsu falls into the latter category.― I decided to review HimaNatsu: Of Churches, Sunflowers and Long Summers because I wanted to practice what I preach. I've long been frustrated with how the majority of mainstream gaming outlets treat visual novels and their ilk as, at best, quirky novelties and, at wo...
Could a new Sakura Wars game be on the horizon?― Welcome back, folks! A recent hyperfixation of mine is getting a hard-modded Game Boy Advance. Color backlight, rechargeable battery, Type-C connection, that sort of thing. Folks know that I'm quite attached to the GBA; it was pretty much my console of choice up until the Nintendo 3DS dropped backwards compatibility with GBA games for good. Once the 3...
"When it ended, everyone said, 'Just because the work was successful doesn't mean we should decide that everything was fine.' They said, “This must never happen again.”― In the past two decades, anime has skyrocketed into a global entertainment staple, cementing itself in the cultural zeitgeist. While this is the cumulative success of multiple properties and a few jolts of bottled lightning, no one ...
Starting on October 1, users can no longer acquire additional Ink through app― North American webtoon platform Tapas will end its service on March 31, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. PDT, according to an updated FAQ published by the platform on October 1. For readers, the shutdown means that both the platform and previously unlocked content will become inaccessible after the service ends. The shutdown also mean...
