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Moyoco Anno's Sugar Sugar Rune Manga Gets New Anime Projects

Jul 4, 11:16

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Studio Khara presents 20th anniversary anime short with more in the works ― Yusuke Matsui (CG animator and CG animation director for Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time) and Studio Khara producer Kohei Fujiwara introduced a 20th anniversary "Sugar Sugar Rune Les deux sorcières" anime short for Moyoco Anno's Sugar Sugar Rune manga at Japan Expo on Friday. Matsui also revealed that production on a ...

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This Week in Games - Is the Third Time the Charm?

Jul 4, 10:00

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Between new projects from Arc System Works and another attempt at a live-action Street Fighter movie, there are a lot of old friends making new appearances this week. ― Welcome back, folks! It's been... a week. Tragedy struck: some Path to Nowhere merch I had tried importing from China was unfortunately routed back to the Netherlands because my address was misspelled. And unfortunately, they destroye...

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Small-town Horror: Interview with The Summer Hikaru Died Creator Mokumokuren

Jul 4, 09:00

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Ahead of The Summer Hikaru Died anime's premiere at Anime Expo today, dive into the series' creeping horror with manga creator Mokumokuren! ― Manga creator Mokumokuren is having a good year. Their debut manga The Summer Hikaru Died was recently tapped for an anime adaptation, but not before making multiple entries on top manga lists, in the U.S. and Japan. Dripping with the sticky heat of summer, Th...

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'There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her' Novels, Manga Get TV Anime

Jul 4, 07:05

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Romantic comedy fantasy series centers on man reincarnated as demon lord's underling, falls in love with priest ― Futabasha announced on Friday that Suisei's Yūsha Party ni Kawaii Ko ga Itanode, Kokuhaku Shite Mita (There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her) light novel series and Kairi's manga adaptation are getting a television anime series. Kairi's manga adaptation is...

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The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom Light Novels Get Anime

Jul 4, 06:12

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Punichan's story of being reincarnated as otome game's villainess, only to be wooed by neighboring country's prince ― Kadokawa's B's-Log Bunko imprint announced on Friday that an anime adaptation of Punichan's light novel series The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom (Akuyaku Reijō wa Ringoku no Ōtaishi ni Dekiai Sareru) has been green-lit. More information on the anime will b...

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All the News and Reviews from Anime Expo 2025

Jul 4, 01:57 events

Find all the news and reviews from Anime Expo 2025, right here! ― Where is Anime News Network at Anime Expo 2025? Thursday, July 3 News Macross Frontier Manga to Be Published by Udon in English Aksys Games to Release Novect's Project Code M, 6 Other Games Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Anime's Blu-ray Disc Set Ships on October 28 GATE Anime Gets Sequel Based on 'Season 2' Novels Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Re...

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GATE Anime Gets Sequel Based on 'Season 2' Novels

Jul 3, 20:00

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Studio M2 animates GATE 2: Tides of Conflict anime centered on JMSDF in fantasy world ― Anime platform Oshi announced on Thursday that the television anime of Takumi Yanai's Gate: Jiei-tai Ka no Chi ni te, Kaku Tatakaeri (Gate: The Self-Defense Forces Fight Like This in Another Land) light novel series will have a sequel titled GATE 2: Tides of Conflict, which will be based on the novel series' "Seas...

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Junji Ito Crimson Anime Announced With Theme Song by Yumi Matsutōya (Updated)

Jul 3, 19:00

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Music video of Matsutōya's theme song "Karasu Ageha" also revealed ― A panel at the Japan Expo 2025 event in Paris, France on Thursday announced that a new anime based on horror manga artist Junji Ito's various stories titled Junji Ito Crimson is in the works. Singer Yumi Matsutōya will perform the new anime's theme song "Karasu Ageha." A music video of the theme song was also released, featuring ill...

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The Summer Anime Preview Guide sponsored by Crunchyroll

Jul 3, 13:03

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We've got an early look at Gachiakuta! Check out our reviewers' impressions! Also Arknights: RISE FROM EMBER, Nyaight of the Living Cat, DAN DA DAN Season 2, The Water Magician, and more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2025 Anime Preview Guide sponsored by Crunchyroll! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they go along. Each cr...

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CITY Volume 1 Manga Review

Jul 3, 12:00

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CITY revels in the casual charms of our lives, delights in our mundanity, and provides more than a few chuckles along the way. ― The first volume of CITY is a delightful slice of life slapstick romp that asks very little of the reader while eliciting a lot of great feelings. CITY is a simple work at face value. Three young women – Midori, Ayumu, and Wako – all go to Mont Blanc University in a city na...

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20th Anniversary Sgt. Frog Anime Is Film Next Summer

Jul 2, 21:00

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Live-action Gintama's Yūichi Fukuda supervises, pens script for new film ― Bandai Namco Pictures unveiled a teaser trailer for the new 20th anniversary anime project for the Sgt. Frog franchise on Wednesday. The teaser reveals that the project will be a new anime film that will open in summer 2026. Yūichi Fukuda (live-action Gintama, Saint Young Men, HK/Hentai Kamen) is the supervising director and s...

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KPop Demon Hunters Anime Film Review

Jul 2, 12:00

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Sony and Netflix's anime-influenced action-musical KPop Demon Hunters is energetic popcorn entertainment with great senses of style and humor. ― Why don't we have more action musicals? Lin-Manuel Miranda has theorized, “Action movies, musicals, and porn movies are all fighting for the same storytelling real estate. When you can't talk anymore, you sing, fight, or f*ck.” KPop Demon Hunters is rated PG...

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Girls Band Cry Real Band TOGENASHI TOGEARI's Big Break

Jul 2, 10:00

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TOGENASHI TOGEARI's popularity is soaring with concerts, an exhibition, and the upcoming Girls Band Cry films. We talked to the rock band about their characters, relationships, and prepping for LA's big performance. ― With their appearance at Anime Expo 2025 just around the corner, a concert at the Nippon Budokan in September, two compilation films releasing in October, and the final leg of the Girls...

Advance Merch Sale At The KADOKAWA Booth At Anime Expo 2025

Jul 2, 10:00 merch

The summer is here, and Anime Expo 2025 is right around the corner! Be sure to swing by the KADOKAWA booth to acquire some of the best and most high-quality anime merchandise on the market. ― The summer is here, and Anime Expo 2025 is right around the corner! If you're attending one of the biggest anime conventions in the state, be sure to swing by the KADOKAWA booth to acquire some of the best and m...

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The Buffest Luffy is Crowned at the One Piece Bodybuilding Competition

Jul 2, 09:00

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The BragMen One Piece Gym held a quest for the best (and strongest) Luffy! ― It's bodybuilding season, and that means muscular men showing off their oiled-up muscular man muscles. But, in the cacophony of bodybuilding contests, the One Piece Body Make Competition Presented by BragMen found its way into the Muscle Gate Kanagawa bodybuilding competition on June 1 at the Culttz Kawasaki gymnasium. The e...

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Anime Expo 2025 KADOKAWA Official Merchandise Details

Jul 1, 20:51

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Including items from Delicious in Dungeon, New PANTY ＆ STOCKING with GARTERBELT, Bungo Stray Dogs, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-,【OSHI NO KO】, The Summer Hikaru Died, OVERLORD:The Sacred Kingdom and Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian. ― June 18, 2025 (Tokyo, Japan): KADOKAWA Corporation announced the list of official merchandise at Anime Expo 2025 (to be held at the Los Angeles ...

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The New Prince of Tennis Manga to End Within a Year

Jul 1, 16:47

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Creator Takeshi Konomi marks original manga's 26th anniversary, plans sequel's end after 16 years ― The Prince of Tennis manga creator Takeshi Konomi posted on Tuesday that he plans to end the serialization of The New Prince of Tennis (Shin Tennis no Ōji-sama) manga within a year. His post commemorated the 26th anniversary of the original Prince of Tennis manga, and he noted that The New Prince of Te...

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Cosmic Censorship Volume 1 Manga Review

Jul 1, 12:00

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Confusion works decently well to keep readers on their toes, although if you like to fully understand what's going on at any given time, this may not be the book for you. ― According to the dictionary, a “censor” is, among other things, a wartime official who reads all communications to delete classified or dangerous information. That's not too far off from the way we more typically see “censor” and ...

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Leviathan Anime Series Review

Jul 1, 06:01

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Leviathan is a poignant and moving war story in a time when we need tales that shine bright through the darkness. ― Around this time last year, Netflix announced that it would be home to the next project from Studio Orange (Trigun Stampede, Beastars) and Qubic Pictures (Eden), Leviathan—an anime adaptation of the alternate history World War I novel trilogy written by Scott Westerfeld and illustrated ...

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Haibara's Teenage New Game+ Novels Have Anime in the Works

Jun 30, 20:48

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Series inspired vertical comic adaptation June 2023 ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Hobby Japan's HJ Bunko imprint announced on Tuesday that Kazuki Amamiya's Haibara's Teenage New Game+ (Haibara-kun no Tsuyokute Seishun New Game) light novel series has an anime adaptation in the works. J-Novel Club publishes the series in English and describes the story: We all have embarrassing memor...

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Boys-Love Light Anime Label Balloon Launches with TV Anime in 2026

Jun 30, 17:55