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yoruhashi's The Kingdoms of Ruin Manga Gets TV Anime This Year

Feb 1, 18:06

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Kaito Ishikawa, Azumi Waki star in anime from Yokohama Animation Lab ― A website opened on Wednesday to announce that yoruhashi's The Kingdoms of Ruin manga will get a television anime adaptation this year. The website revealed the anime's first key visual. yoruhashi also drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement. The anime's main cast are: Kaito Ishikawa as Adonis Azumi Waki as Doroka Kei...

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Makoto Shinkai's Suzume Film Earns 13 Billion Yen

Feb 1, 18:02 anime

Film earns 13.16 billion yen, sells 9.9 million tickets ― Makoto Shinkai's Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) anime film has earned about 13.16 billion yen (about US$101 million) and has sold over 9.9 million tickets as of Sunday. The film ranked at #4 in its 11th weekend. The film is now the 23rd highest-grossing film of all time in Japan. The film opened at #1 on November 11 and sold 1.33 million tickets ...

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Love Live! School Idol Festival Game Shuts Down After Nearly 10 Years

Feb 1, 18:01

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Rhythm smartphone game launched alongside franchise's 1st anime ― The official website for the Love Live! franchise announced on Tuesday that the Love Live! School Idol Festival smartphone game will end service on March 31, just 16 days before the 10th anniversary of the game's release in Japan. The announcement encouraged players to look forward to the release of its successor game Love Live! School...

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Sailor Moon Cosmos Anime Films' Trailer Reveals Daoko Theme Song

Feb 1, 18:01

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Daoko performs "Tsuki no Hana" song for 2-part film project ― The official website for Gekijōban Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Cosmos (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie), the two-part anime film project adapting the final "Shadow Galactica" arc of Naoko Takeuchi's original Sailor Moon manga, unveiled a new trailer and visual for the films on Tuesday. The trailer reveals and previews the films...

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The ANN Aftershow - Wolfwood Joins Trigun Stampede!

Feb 1, 18:00 anime

The ANN Aftershow hosts sexy dirtbag Wolfwood, whether E3 matters anymore, and our favorite Sailor Guardians this week! ― Wolfwood Joins Trigun Stampede! The ANN Aftershow is back after a one-week break, and what's a better reward than WOLFWOOD? One of anime's original crushes has a brand-new look in the latest episode of Trigun Stampede! Also: we pick our favorite Sailor Guardians before the new mo...

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Monster Episodes 1-30

Feb 1, 12:00

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In these first thirty episodes, the series is living up to its reputation as a stone-cold classic, and I'm completely on board for the next batch. ― I'm not kidding when I say that folks like me have been waiting years to finally get their hands on Monster. Even though Naoki Urasawa's original manga is a legendary part of the modern manga canon, not to mention the fact that the anime adaptation is eq...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Winter 2023, Jan 1-28

Feb 1, 10:30

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We're starting the busiest season ever, with 44 titles in the rankings! Can we survive such a deluge of crisscrossing lines? ― 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 mind that these rankings are based on how people rated individual ...

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Anime's 3-Episode Rule: Is It Still Valid?

Feb 1, 09:00

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You've heard it before. "Give it three episodes and see what happens." It's considered tried-and-true advice before dropping an anime, but is still useful? ― Generally speaking, certain rules and tropes in anime are somewhat universally agreed upon: In romance anime with multiple love interests, the childhood friend will likely not get together with the main character; or on the lewder side, if the m...

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Oshi no Ko GN 1

Jan 31, 12:00

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Don't judge this manga based on its back cover copy; it has more in common with Perfect Blue than idol fare like Love Live! ― Warning: of necessity, this review will contain some spoilers not covered in the book's back copy. If you pick up Oshi no Ko based solely on the back copy and expecting the cute story of an obstetrician caring for his favorite idol during her pregnancy, you are bound to be dis...

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This Week in Anime - Don't Sleep on The Ancient Magus' Bride OVAs

Jan 31, 09:00

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The Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 is still a ways off, but there are OVAs to tide us over. Nick and Steve are here to tell you why you shouldn't overlook these side story episodes. ― The Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 is still a ways off, but there are OVAs to tide us over. Nick and Steve are here to tell you why you shouldn't overlook these side story episodes. This series is streaming on Crunchyrol...

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Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle

Jan 30, 12:00

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If this were just a film about Koko, however, it would have been more successful, but the cartoonish villain and deforestation plot serves as little more than a distraction from the character arcs. ― With the announcement that long-time series protagonist Ash would be retiring from the TV series, could this be his final Pokémon movie? Maybe. To be honest, Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle actu...

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Inside Polygon Pictures with Kaina of the Great Snow Sea Executive Producer Hideki Moriya

Jan 30, 09:00

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Andrew Osmond tours the remote-work-friendly studio and gets the lowdown on Polygon Picture's latest work, Kaina of the Great Snow Sea. ― In December 2022, I had the fortune to visit Polygon Pictures, the digital studio whose latest series, Kaina of the Great Snow Sea, recently began on Crunchyroll. Polygon's previous titles include Knights of Sidonia, based on a manga by Tsutomu Nihei, who also orig...

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Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night

Jan 29, 12:00