Fruits Basket -prelude- includes story of Tohru's parents, newly written epilogue scenes― The official website for the new anime of Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket manga announced on Friday that the anime will get a compilation film titled Fruits Basket -prelude- that will open in Japan on February 18. The film will include the previously announced Kyо̄ko to Katsuya no Monogatari (Kyо̄ko and Katsuya'...
Voiced Shimajirō's Ramurin, Nintama Rantaro's Kisanta, Gundam Wing's Catherine Bloom― Talent management agency Aoni Production announced on Friday that voice actress Saori Sugimoto passed away on October 21 due to congestive heart failure associated with anorexia. She was 58. Her family held a private funeral on Thursday. Sugimoto is best known for voicing the character Ramurin Makiba in the Shimaji...
Kōki Ohsuzu, Tatsumaru Tachibana, Seiichirō Yamashita, Taku Yashiro, more star in Production I.G anime― The official website for the television anime of Yūgo Kobayashi's Aoashi manga unveiled the anime's first teaser promotional video, as well as its first visual, cast, staff, and April 2022 premiere on Friday. The cast includes: From left to right in image above: Kōki Ohsuzu as Ashito Aoi Tatsumaru...
For this week's Halloween column, Heidi investigates the "spooky" possibility of Warner Bros. making its own Smash-like fighting game. There's also the new Star Ocean game announcement—will it be a trick or a treat?― Oh boy, oh boy, Halloween's in a couple of days! I was thinking I should do something super spooky for this week's column, but then I saw Facebook's promo reel for the “metaverse” and n...
Fresh off the heels of Teasing Master Takagi-san comes another manga that firmly fits into this newly-established “teasing” genre that has really gained a fan base in the past year.― Fresh off the heels of Teasing Master Takagi-san comes another manga that firmly fits into this newly-established “teasing” genre that has really gained a fan base in the past year. I was admittedly not a huge fan of th...
Deku, Bakugo, and Todoroki are flying into theaters in North America today! Check out Richard Eisenbeis review to find out why it left him cold.― The previous two My Hero Academia movies have ranged from good to excellent in quality, telling stories that either expand the lore of the series or put our superpowered teens into situations that cause them to grow as both heroes and people. Unfortunately...
The award-winning director's newest film adapts Jiro Taniguchi's manga about fearless mountain climbers as they take on Everest. Find out team's own hurdles getting the story from book to screen.― French animator and director, Patrick Imbert, made his directorial debut in the 2017 animated French film, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales. After four years, he now returns to the Animation is Film Festiv...
Anime News Network met with Hosoda on the red carpet to discuss his futuristic retelling of the classic fairytale, including how 'beauty' has evolved in the last 300 years.― Summer and fall have been busy seasons for Mamoru Hosoda after the release of his newest film, Belle. After screening the movie at New York Film Festival less than a month before, director Hosoda spent the entirety of this past...
The gameplay of Dread is similarly spectacular. A lot of the DNA from Samus Returns – Mercury Steam's first Metroid project – is present here, albeit with the fat shaved off the bones.― Before diving into the meat of this review, I feel it's important to mention that it is coming from a newcomer to the series, and that I ran some short stints into Metroid: Zero Mission and Fusion in order to lend so...
Adam Wescott talks with prolific freeware game translator vgperson about the prolific RPG Maker indie horror game scene.― Angels of Death anime visual Angels of Death is a spooky buddy-cop thriller about a young woman with a death wish and an edgy murderer escaping a hospital run by serial killers. Premiering in 2018, it ran for sixteen episodes and spawned this great installment of This Week in An...
Lynzee and Jacki welcome back James to check in on how Mugen Train is going in its new format -- is it worth stretching out for eight whole weeks? Also: Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut, takt. op Destiny, Fruit of Evolution, and The Faraway Paladin!― The ANN Aftershow - Is Jujutsu Kaisen Better than Demon Slayer? Lynzee and Jacki welcome back James to check in on how Mugen Train is going in its new for...
Much like how reading the novels of 18th-century author Fanny Burney can explain a lot about Jane Austen's work, reading How Do You Live? gives us insight into the works of Hayao Miyazaki.― Much like how reading the novels of 18th-century author Fanny Burney can explain a lot about Jane Austen's work, reading How Do You Live? gives us insight into the works of Hayao Miyazaki. That's not surprising, ...
Nick and Steve check out two NSFW series featuring the likes of a fantasizing office worker and the mishaps that come with big ol' honkeroos.― Nick and Steve check out two NSFW series featuring the likes of a fantasizing office worker and the mishaps that come big ol' honkeroos. These series are streaming on Crunchyroll Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlo...