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Neko Works Reveals New Nekopara Title, Game Franchise's 5 Million Sales Worldwide

Dec 7, 01:45

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New work titled Nekopara After La Vraie Famille ― Neko Works announced on November 29 that it is developing a new title in the Nekopara game franchise titled Nekopara After La Vraie Famille. The company also revealed that the game franchise has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. Sekai Project released the Nekopara Vol. 1 visual novel on PC via Steam in December 2014. The company also released...

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Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3 Premieres in April

Dec 7, 01:44

anime

The official website for the Ascendance of a Bookworm television anime unveiled a new visual and the April 2022 premiere date for the anime's third season on Monday. The anime will run on Tokyo MX, BS Fuji, and other channels. Haruka Matsunae joins as a third character designer for the anime alongside returning designers Toshihisa Kaiya and Yoshiaki Yanagida. Noriko Otake joins as chief animation ...

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Shirobako Blu-ray Giveaway

Dec 7, 00:00

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As a special treat in celebration of the release of the highly anticipated movie from the fan-favorite series Shirobako, Shout! Factory is giving away 1 Shirobako Movie Blu-ray to three lucky winners. ― As a special treat in celebration of the release of the highly anticipated movie from the fan-favorite series Shirobako, Shout! Factory is giving away 1 Shirobako Movie Blu-ray to three lucky winners....

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The Winter 2021 Manga Guide

Dec 6, 13:00

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Today's big updates in the guide include a new collection of stories from manga legends Akira Toriyama and Junji Ito! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Winter 2021 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs at the beginning of a season. Now, doing something like that for manga is tricky - th...

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Cupid Parasite

Dec 6, 12:00

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A game with this many strengths is easy to recommend, which is why it's unfortunate that the current game is ridden with typos, ill-fitting text, and the telltale signs of a hastily edited machine translation. ― Cupid Parasite opens with some of the trashiest male love interests you could possibly imagine. One guy is exclusively interested in meeting women who are already "taken." Another literally c...

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Banished From The Hero's Party Author and Director

Dec 6, 09:00

anime

ANN spoke to the novel's original creator Zappon and the anime's director Makoto Hoshino about the subtle themes and world of this RPG-like fantasy. ― In the story of Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside, the protagonist tries to find a new destiny after leaving the hero's party. ANN spoke to the novel's original creator Zappon and the anime's director Mak...

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Red Flowers GN

Dec 5, 12:00

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The peace and solitude of rural spaces is a persistent theme throughout the book, and there is something that feels a bit idealized about that, making it clear that the stories were written by someone who had lived more urban than rural for most of their life. ― The second of seven projected volumes collecting the works of famed GARO mangaka Yoshiharu Tsuge, Red Flowers contains stories from 1967-68....

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A Man and His Cat GN 4

Dec 4, 12:00

manga

A Man and His Cat is one of those series where you can judge how effective it is by how many times each volume puts you on the verge of tears. ― A Man and His Cat is one of those series where you can judge how effective it is by how many times each volume puts you on the verge of tears. They aren't always sad tears, although this book definitely has a few of those moments; rather, they're sometimes t...

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This Week in Games - Save it for a Rainy Day

Dec 3, 17:00

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Heidi has the latest on Spike Chunsoft and Kazutaka Kodaka's new title, plus those of you holding out for the Dragon Maid game might want to temper your expectations. ― December has officially begun, and that means it's CRIMMASTIME! It's time to get in the mood for joy, holiday cheer, gifts, and hoarding currency in your gacha game of choice to pull those elusive, exclusive Christmas units. It's also...

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The Winter 2021 Light Novel Guide

Dec 3, 15:00

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Looking for your next page-turner? ANN's Rebecca Silverman will help you find your new favorite, whether its a famous vampire hunter, a planet of orcs, or a tsundere villainess! ― Every season at this point is a good one for light novels. That holds doubly true if you're not sick of isekai, and I have to admit that, while I sometimes despair of it as a genre, I do still enjoy it. (I blame my childhoo...

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Call Girl in Another World GN 1

Dec 3, 12:00

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If you read Interspecies Reviewers and thought, “This is fine, but I'd really like to read it from the ladies' perspective,” Call Girl in Another World may be the book for you. ― If you read Interspecies Reviewers and thought, “This is fine, but I'd really like to read it from the ladies' perspective,” Call Girl in Another World may be the book for you. There are, on the surface, some definite simila...

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Doomed To Die Fighting: The Seething Angst of Yu Yu Hakusho

Dec 3, 09:00