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Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 2, May I Ask for One Final Thing? Kick Off Premieres at Anime Expo

Jul 5, 12:30

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If you love a lady that can kick your ass, Scarlet is sure to be your new favorite villainess this October. ― The Platinum Ballroom in the JW Marriott hotel, located here at Anime Expo 2025 in Los Angeles, is fully dedicated to anime premieres throughout the entire convention. Crunchyroll hosts it, so the stage is adorned with its signature orange. It's a guaranteed way for attendees to get an exclus...

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The Summer Anime Preview Guide sponsored by Crunchyroll

Jul 5, 12:25

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Call of the Night returns and is as beautiful as ever! Read all our reviews of the latest anime series, including Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer, The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses, Betrothed to My Sister's Ex, Secrets of the Silent Witch, Gachiakuta, and more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2025 Anime Preview Guide sponsored by Crunchyroll! Here's how it goes: our team of critic...

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I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Season 2 Anime Series Review

Jul 5, 12:00 anime

I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Season 2 is perfectly “fine” at what it sets out to do. ― I've been sitting here for ages racking my brain for the correct adjective with which to describe this series. “Mediocre” is too negative, as is “middling,” as both would suggest I didn't enjoy my time with it. I guess I'll stick with this one: it's “fine”. I've Been Killing Slimes ...

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Gets New 10-Episode Anime Series on Netflix

Jul 4, 19:13

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners to feature new standalone story from world of Cyberpunk 2077 ― Studio Trigger revealed at a panel for the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime at Anime Expo on Friday that a Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 anime is in production. Ichigo Kanno from Studio Trigger drew the below poster. Kai Ikarashi (who was a storyboard artist, animation director, animator, and prop designer for the first seri...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Spring 2025

Jul 4, 18:10

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It's the final ranking of the Spring season and, while the top spots remain stable, the middle ranks shift around as Aharen-san, Catch Me at the Ballpark and Dinner Table Detective are rewarded by the strength of their last episodes. ― 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 Scor...

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Spacewalking With You Volume 1 Manga Review

Jul 4, 12:00

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This American Manga Awards nominee is an unflinchingly honest and compassionate look into the lives of two neurodivergent teens just trying to get through life. ― Recently, I've found myself searching for works that leave me with a sense of catharsis—stories that send me through emotionally wrought tunnels and leave me coming out of it like I'd just gotten something off my chest. Thanks to a strong r...

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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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The Apothecary Diaries Anime Gets New Sequel

Jul 4, 11:00

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Announced at the end of season 2 on Friday ― An early "ultra teaser promotional video" announced on Friday that production on a new sequel to the anime based on Natsu Hyūga and Touko Shino's The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) light novel series has been green-lit. The first season premiered in October 2023 with the first three episodes, and aired for two cours (quarters of a year). Crunc...

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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

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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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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