As the Winter season is gradually wrapping up, spots #8-13 in the cumulative remain furiously undecided! Find out how your favorite shows performed in our weekly user rankings.― 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 thes...
All the news from this week's AnimeJapan 2023― Update: More news added! New Title and License Announcements Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Anime Gets 2nd Compilation Film Rinkai! Project About Women's Cycling Gets Anime, Manga Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Manga Gets Anime on Netflix Saga of Tanya the Evil Author's Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune Sci-fi Novels Get Anime in May 2023 Aniplex, bilibili Laun...
Chapter 0 debuted on Saturday― The May issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine published the 41-page special chapter 0 of Masato Kanetsuki's Sword Art Online: Unital Ring manga – the adaptation of the "Unital Ring" arc of Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online light novel series – on Saturday. The manga will start its serialization in the magazine's June issue on April 26. Kawahara is credited for...
Chika Nakatani draws manga debuting on April 26― The May issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine revealed on Saturday that Chika Nakatani will launch a new spinoff manga for Fuse and Mitz Vah's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) light novel series titled Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Bishoku-den ~Peko to Rimuru no Ryōri Techō~ (That Time I Got Reinc...
3D soccer battle game is 2nd smartphone game in franchise― Game developer BAEL announced on Monday that it is developing a new game based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's Blue Lock soccer manga titled Blue Lock Blaze Battle. The 3D soccer battle game will release for iOS and Android this year. The game will be free to play but will have optional in-game purchases. The franchise also has a s...
Goblin Slayer -Another Adventurer- Nightmare Feast game features original story― A website opened on Sunday and streamed the promotional video for Goblin Slayer -Another Adventurer- Nightmare Feast, the console game of Kumo Kagyu's Goblin Slayer dark fantasy novel series. The video reveals the game's release for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam in winter. The video also reveals the game's original s...
Defendant sold defamatory goods while wearing mask with likeness of game creator at August 2020 event― The Tokyo District Court awarded 4.40 million yen (about US$33,600) in damages to C2 Präparat Co., Ltd., the creator and developer of the KanColle (Kantai Collection) game, on January 26. The decision was for a lawsuit against an individual who defamed the franchise and C2 head Kensuke Tanaka by se...
Winter was a far quieter season compared to its loud, bombastic brother (aka Fall 2022). While media can live and die by its ability to hype up an audience, our editorial team still managed to uncover some worthwhile entertainment this season.― Winter was a far quieter season compared to its loud, bombastic brother (aka Fall 2022). While media can live and die by its ability to hype up an audience,...
What series are you most looking forward to watching? Here are the ANN Editorial Staff's picks for the most promising series for spring!― Welcome to our Most Anticipated Anime feature for the Spring 2023 season. Below you'll find our editorial team's (tentative) top picks from the shows slated to premiere in April. There's a wide variety of shows to choose from and little cross-over for our team's ...
The manga creator's grotesque artwork is in full force here, but unfortunately, there are a good number of stories in this anthology that feel a little bit undercooked.― From the genius Junji Ito himself, we have another anthology book filled with a majority of short stories drawn and executed in his classic style. When you've read and reviewed enough of Ito's stories, there's always this worry of t...
Masaaki Yuasa's latest anime film is the beautiful culmination of his artistic career. Steve and Chris discuss the film's approach to art (and art criticism) and what it means to a transgressive creator.― Masaaki Yuasa's latest (and possibly last) anime film is a culmination of his artistic career. Steve and Chris discuss the film's approach to art (and art criticism) and what it means to a transgr...
So, you want to win the 1st TATESC Comics Global Awards and get not only the sizable cash prize but have your own manga professionally published as well? So here's what one of the English language judges had to say on the subject.― So, you want to win the 1st TATESC Comics Global Awards and get not only the sizable cash prize but have your own manga professionally published as well? Well then, it w...
Think you have it in you to make your own hit manga? Then the TATESC Comics Global Awards contest might just be for you.―
Think you have it in you to make your own hit manga? Then the TATESC Comics Global Awards contest might just be for you. TATESC is a Kadokawa-owned manga label that focuses on vertically scrolling manga—i.e., manga that are designed to be read on a phone, tablet, or computer whe...
Ichiro's in love with Tae, who's in love with BL, and decides to just go with her misconception about him...will this eventually lead to romance?― At some point we've probably all done something inspired by the fiction we've read that was, in hindsight, not a brilliant plan. Whether it was testing the theory of gravity or cooking and eating periwinkles, antics brought on by a good book aren't all th...
Raven of the Inner Palace's first novel should please fans of its adaptation. It's easy to see what changes were made and understand why they happened, and it never feels like one version negates experiencing the other.― If you watched the 2022 anime adaptation of Kouko Shirakawa's Raven of the Inner Palace light novels and wondered how faithful it was to the source material, the answer turns out to...
Despite its loving connection to the original, you don't need to know anything about the 50-year-running franchise to enjoy and understand this film. However, its reverence for the TV show is also the source of the film's main problem.― Shin Kamen Rider is both a retelling of and an homage to the original 1971 Kamen Rider TV series. There are many recognizable characters and numerous shot-for-shot r...
Check out the gallery to see some of the coolest new and upcoming figures― AnimeJapan 2023 is in full swing today in Tokyo. Amongst the myriad of anime announcements, booths, photo spots, and stage shows, there are more than a few new and upcoming figures on display. Check out the gallery bellow to see some of the coolest. Richard is an anime and video game journalist with over a decade of experienc...