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Viz teams up with Dr. Pepper

posted on 2004-04-28 15:54 EDT by Christopher Macdonald

Viz has issued an interesting Press Release about a Shonen Jump USA - Dr. Pepper cross-promotion they're running.

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Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull Anime Film Review

Dec 3, 12:00

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anime

This movie just might be the best distillation, the most coherent adaptation of this material, whether it's for the established fans or the anime-only audience learning about it for the first time. ― A series defined by duality, the FUUTO PI anime managed to balance the double tasks of being a sequel story for fans of the original Kamen Rider W tokusatsu series, as well as a series that allowed new v...

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World Trigger Anime Gets 'Reboot Project'

Dec 3, 10:14

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anime

Teaser video, visual unveiled for new reboot ― The official X/Twitter account for the anime of Daisuke Ashihara's World Trigger manga announced on Thursday a "Reboot Project" for the anime. A new website opened and unveiled a teaser visual and video: The staff will reveal more information at this year's Jump Festa event on December 20 at 4:20 p.m. JST. The account had teased a reboot announcement las...

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The Long Career of Romeo's Blue Sky Character Designer Yoshiharu Satō

Dec 3, 09:00

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anime

Ghibli alum shares stories of working with industry greats and putting his heart and soul into Romeo's Blue Sky. ― At 67 years old, character designer Yoshiharu Satō has spent over four decades in the animation business. Currently residing at Nippon Animation, the Kanagawa prefecture native has worked his way through era-defining projects before discovering an ad in Animage magazine. The publication...

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Octopath Traveler 0 Game Review

Dec 3, 06:00

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Octopath Traveler 0 has proven to be one of the best gaming surprises of the year. ― I will admit that I was incredibly wary when I learned that this newest entry of the Octopath Traveler franchise was born from a free-to-play mobile game fueled by micro-transactions and gacha mechanics. I am perfectly aware that plenty of great and ludicrously popular titles have been forged in the merciless fires ...

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Amazon Streamed AI English Dubs on Banana Fish, 'No Game, No Life Zero,' Pet Anime (Updated)

Dec 3, 01:51

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Voice actors speak out against AI dubs, Kadokawa & HIDIVE respond ― Amazon Prime Video's streams of the Banana Fish anime and No Game, No Life Zero anime previously listed "AI beta" dubs for its English and Latin American Spanish dubs. The company's streams of the Pet anime and Journal of the Mysterious Creatures anime are also listing the English and Latin American Spanish dubs as "AI beta" dubs. Th...

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This Week in Anime - Back in in My Day, We Had Abridged Series

Dec 2, 17:30

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anime

This week, Coop and Lucas reminisce about a vestige of the Old Internet: abridged anime series. ― This week, Coop and Lucas reminisce about a vestige of the Old Internet: abridged anime 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. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyte...

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Tatsuki Fujimoto's Look Back Manga Gets Live-Action Film

Dec 2, 13:45

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Shoplifters' Hirokazu Koreeda directs 2026 film based on Chainsaw Man creator's 1-shot manga ― The 222nd chapter of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga on the Shonen Jump+ app announced on Wednesday that Fujimoto's "Look Back" one-shot manga is getting a live-action film in 2026. An official website opened and unveiled visuals: Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, Our Little Sister, Air Doll) is directi...

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The Twelve Kingdoms: Shadow of the Moon, Shadow of the Sea Part Two Novel Review

Dec 2, 12:00 novels

Youko may have been thrown in the deep end, but no matter how deep the water, she was always going to have to learn to swim on her own. ― One of the most familiar fantasies in children's literature is that the protagonist is secretly royalty from another world. But what if that's more of a nightmare than a fantasy? That's the position Youko finds herself in in the second volume of Fuyumi Ono's classi...

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Sword Art Online Author's Demons' Crest Novels Get TV Anime

Dec 1, 23:43

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Reki Kawahara launched novels in 2022 with art by Yukiko Horiguchi & 4 volumes so far ― Kadokawa announced on Tuesday that Sword Art Online author Reki Kawahara's Demons' Crest novel series is inspiring a television anime. The novels' illustrator Yukiko Horiguchi (who is also known for character designs in Kyoto Animation's K-ON!, Lucky Star, and Tamako Love Story) drew the below illustration to cele...

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Touken Ranbu Musicals to End in December 2027

Dec 1, 23:06 live-action

Musicals debuted in 2015 ― The official website for the stage musical adaptations of the Touken Ranbu franchise announced on Tuesday that the musicals will end by December 2027, two years from now, making the musicals run for 12 years and two months (the first musical debuted in October 2015). The musicals' plans for the coming year include three new musical each running from February to March, in Ma...

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Deadline: Sonic the Hedgehog Franchise Gets New Film on December 22, 2028

Dec 1, 15:10

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Sonic the Hedgehog 4 sequel film scheduled for March 19, 2027 ― Entertainment news website Deadline reported on Monday that Paramount is releasing a new film in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise on December 22, 2028. Variety reported a day before the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 film's release that Paramount Pictures is producing a Sonic the Hedgehog 4 sequel film, which is scheduled for a March 19, 2027 rele...

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Tales of the Hundred Monsters Next Door Volume 1 Manga Review

Dec 1, 12:00

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manga

This is how you write a book about yokai. ― This is how you write a book about yokai. Yokai are, of course, the supernatural given form. Monsters of our own imaginations, mysteries of daily life, the strange, the unusual, the scary, who are assumed to have their own whims, and their own rules. Throw in a little non-linear storytelling that breaks all its own internal structure, then wind it up and le...

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Sanda Shows that Adolescence is Supposed to be Awkward

Dec 1, 09:00

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The SANDA anime and manga turn heads while exploring some of the most uncomfortable truths about being a young person on the verge of adulthood at a time when these topics are dominating public discourse. ― Spoilers for the Sanda anime and manga. Content Warning: Discussions of Body Dysmorphia Animated by the acclaimed studio Science Saru and an adaptation of a manga penned by famed Beastars creator...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2025, Nov 19-25

Nov 30, 13:00

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anime

Spy×Family is #1 for a second week, while Uma Musume and The Fragrant Flower keep hitting high spots week after week; all of them nipping at the heels of My Hero Academia in the cumulative. ― 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 simulcasts. Keep in m...

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Fermat no Ryōri Anime Series Review Season 1 Part 2

Nov 30, 12:00

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Not only does this show address my issue with the lack of mathematics, but it even uses that as a plot point, tying into the larger narrative. ― After watching the first five episodes of this season, my biggest complaint was that Fermat set up a very interesting premise that it wasn't fully utilizing. The show sold itself under the idea of a protagonist who utilized mathematics in the world of cookin...

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Legend of the Galactic Heroes Novelist Yoshiki Tanaka Suffered Debilitating Hemorrhage Last Year

Nov 30, 10:26

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Arslan author now rehabilitating in nursing facility, but still continues to write ― Hiroaki Adachi, the head of the Wright Staff company which manages the business affairs of The Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Heroic Legend of Arslan novelist Yoshiki Tanaka, reported on Sunday that Tanaka had suffered a debilitating cerebral hemorrhage exactly one year ago on November 30, 2024. Tanaka had col...

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Shinichiro Watanabe Shares His Thoughts on Lazarus and the Anime Industry At The Japan Society

Nov 30, 09:00

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Attendees also got a look at his part of The Edge of Time compellation film, A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot. ― LeSean Thomas put it best at the Japan Society in New York. The place held a few events in November revolving around creators. While the convention scene is important, there is only so much ground that can be covered in a limited conventional panel setting. The Japan Society allowed Thomas ...

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