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Locked Up for Dress Up: Cosplayers Recount Harrowing Week in Malaysian Prison
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In June, a raid at an event in Malaysia found several cosplayers incarcerated at the infamous Semenyih Immigration Detention Centre in Selangor where the prisoners were whipped, bleeding, and hungry.
― Readers of ANN, especially those who follow cosplay news, may have heard about two serious incidents in Malaysia in 2019. Both involved international cosplayers attending fan events in the country who ...
This Week in Anime - Netflix's Levius Sends in the Clowns
anime
Netflix dropped its final punch-fest for 2019, this time with bonus steampunk flavor. What separates Levius from Baki and Kengan Ashura? Steve and Nick dig into the show's unique brand of humor—and one villain that's all about clowning around.
― Netflix dropped its final punch-fest for 2019, this time with bonus steampunk flavor. What separates Levius from Baki and Kengan Ashura? Steve and Nick dig ...
86 novel 3
novels
"With this volume Asato reinforces that her writing caliber is a decided step above that of the typical light novel writer; it feels much more refined and is definitely more evocatively descriptive."
― Possibly the most surprising thing about the contents of this volume is a point that author Asato Asato raises in the Afterword: that this part of the story was originally intended to be much lighter-h...
ANN in Japan 2020 Tour Update
just for fun
Announcing our first ANN travelling companion, and final pricing! Join ANN for a special tour of Japan in October 2020!
― In August we announced that Anime News Network and PacSet Travel will team up for a very special tour of Japan in October 2020. PacSet was founded in 2011 by Evan Miller, a former ANN writer. Since then, dozens of ANN readers have gone to Japan with PacSet and Evan, and we felt it...
Astro Toy Special: S.H. Figuarts Dragon Ball 2019 Event Exclusives
just for fun
Returning champion Rob Bricken takes a close-up look at 4 of this year's Dragon Ball convention exclusives in a special edition of our classic Astro Toy column!
― S.H. Figuarts Dragon Ball 2019 Event Exclusives Maker: Bandai/Tamashii Nations Series: Various Price: $55-75 The convention season is long over, but it wasn't a bad year for Dragon Ball fans. Tamashii Nations' long-running S.H. Figuarts li...
To Write Your Words GN 1
manga
"Those looking for a sexier story may be disappointed while those wanting something on the sweeter side may be turned off, and that's too bad on both accounts."
― Despite what the synopsis sounds like, To Write Your Words has much more in common with something like Arte, where the heroine learns her trade through solid instruction, than Overcumming Writer's Block (being digitally published by Renta),...
This Week in Anime - Babylon Has a Whore Complex
anime
The Babylon anime is on short hiatus as it prepares for its big finale. Micchy and Andy dig in to the show's philosophical conundrums on suicide and gender relations and come up with a lot of reeking garbage.
― The Babylon anime is on short hiatus as it prepares for its big finale. Micchy and Andy dig in to the show's philosophical conundrums on suicide and gender relations and come up with a lot of...
Exploring The Intense Visual Mastery of Square-Enix Cutscenes
games
Callum May dives deep into the incredible history - and the future - of Square-Enix's world-famous, spectacular CG videogame cutscenes and animated films.
― Realism can be a contentious part of 3D animation creation. Although cartoon approaches are common, realistic artistic movements have benefited greatly from advances in technology over the past few decades. That said, realism can often be constra...
ISLAND BR + Digital
anime
"Island leaves a few things completely unexplained in its quest to nail down its dramatic love story."
― The mid-to-late 2000s was a period where the moe boom – fueled in large part by several highly successful visual novel adaptations – prevailed in the anime landscape about to the degree that isekai series currently do. If your anime fandom does not date back that far then this Summer 2018 series, ...
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