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BanG Dream! Ave Mujica Anime Gets Sequel Series

Mar 27, 12:18

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Anime premiered on January 2 ― The staff for the BanG Dream! Ave Mujica anime announced in a video on Friday a new sequel anime series. There will be filming in northern Europe for the sequel. The anime's 13th and final episode aired on Thursday. The anime premiered in Japan on January 2. Crunchyroll is streaming the series. BanG Dream! Ave Mujica is a sequel to the BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! anime. ...

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Blue Box Anime Gets 2nd Season

Mar 27, 12:00

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1st season ran for 25 episodes ― The official X/Twitter account for the anime of Kōji Miura's Blue Box (Ao no Hako) announced on Friday that the series is getting a second season. The staff unveiled a video and visual. The first season's 25th and final episode aired on television in Japan on Thursday. The anime debuted on television in Japan on October 3 on TBS and 28 affiliated networks. The anime b...

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Demon Lord 2099 Anime Review

Mar 27, 12:00

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Hung around the skeleton of established genre tropes is an engaging cyberpunk mystery. ― The greatest praise I can come up with for Demon Lord 2099 is that it's solid. Every aspect of it is competently executed, without any one part that really stands out from the others for better or for worse. The peaks are more like gently sloping knolls, and the valleys are slight dips. It is, to be honest, like ...

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This Week in Anime - Reading Rainbow

Mar 27, 10:00

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Chris and Coop flip through the pages of western literary anime adaptations. ― Chris and Coop flip through the pages of western literary anime adaptations. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network. Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Romeo x Juliet, Gankutsuo, and Lupin Zero are available streaming on Crunchyroll. Heidi - A ...

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Sigma Torai's 'Sono Keisatsukan, Tokidoki Yajū!' Adult Manga Gets TV Anime

Mar 27, 05:46

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Romance series centers on shy office worker, policeman with little self-restraint ― Ichijinsha announced on Thursday that Sigma Torai's Sono Keisatsukan, Tokidoki Yajū! (That Policeman, Sometimes a Beast!) adult manga is getting a television anime adaptation that will air this year. The manga centers on the timid office worker Hiyori and the policeman Kumano. Hiyori by chance gets into an accident on...

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Mai Matsuda's Hōkago Kitaku Biyori Manga Gets Anime

Mar 27, 05:05

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Romantic comedy manga from author of Hikaru in the Light! launched in August 2023 ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Futabasha's Web Action service revealed on Thursday that Mai Matsuda's Hōkago Kitaku Biyori (A Fine Day for Going Home After School) manga has an anime adaptation in the works. The announcement did not reveal the format for the anime. The manga centers on Shun, a new stude...

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With You, Our Love Will Make it Through Volume 1 Manga Review

Mar 26, 12:00

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With You, Our Love Will Make It Through isn’t for everyone, but if it’s in your area of interest, I think it does a good enough job. ― Yes, this is a furry romance manga, and yes, it fits the criteria for young adult fiction. But those two things don't need to be either mutually exclusive or a terrible warning, and to be perfectly honest, any reservations I have about this story don't arise from the ...

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Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Anime Gets 4th Season

Mar 26, 11:00

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3rd season's final episode aired on Wednesday ― Kadokawa announced on Thursday that the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- anime will get a fourth season. The staff revealed the first teaser visual and a special trailer video. The light novel series' original character designer Shinichirō Ōtsuka also drew an illustration to commemorate the fourth anime season announcement: The anime's 66th epis...

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The Most Anticipated Anime of Spring 2025

Mar 26, 09:00

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Each new season brings with it a sense of anticipation. What new shows will wow us? Which ones will sound great on paper and then crumble under their own weight? Which will surprise us? ― Each new season brings with it a sense of anticipation. What new shows will wow us? Which ones will sound great on paper and then crumble under their own weight? Which will surprise us? Our review team gets into wh...

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I'm the Strongest in This Zombie World, But I Can't Beat This Girl! Volume 1 Novel Review

Mar 25, 12:00

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If you’re in the mood for an equal parts horny and canned romcom light novel with a zombie flavor, you might have fun with this one. But as for me, I’m not exactly dying to read more of it. ― On paper, the idea at the center of I'm the Strongest in This Zombie World, But I Can't Beat This Girl! sounds like it might have something fresh to offer: a zombie apocalypse has broken out and our ordinary hig...

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This Week in Anime - Crunch(y) Time

Mar 25, 10:00

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Lucas and Steve reminisce about Crunchyroll Originals and ponder what the future holds for them under their shiny new name. ― Lucas and Steve reminisce about Crunchyroll Originals and ponder what the future holds for them under their shiny new name. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network. All shows are available stream...

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The Worst Anime of Winter 2025

Mar 25, 09:00

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Not every show can be a winner, and sadly there was no shortage of stinkers in the Winter 2025 season. ― Not every show can be a winner, and sadly there was no shortage of stinkers in the Winter 2025 season. From an elf sexually attracted to her pet to shows that squandered their potential, these are the series our reviewers were underwhelmed by this past season. For our long-time readers, the seaso...

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The Spring 2025 Trailer Anime Watch Party

Mar 24, 17:33

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The Anime Trailer Watch Party returns on Tuesday, March 25, for another season, and Geoff Thew from Mother's Basement is back onboard! ― The Anime Trailer Watch Party returns on Tuesday, March 25, for another season, and Geoff Thew from Mother's Basement is back onboard! Find your next must-watch anime with Anime News Network executive editor Lynzee Loveridge, ANN video producer Jacki Jing, and Geoff...

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Evanescence Perform New Song 'Afterlife' for Animated Devil May Cry Series

Mar 24, 16:16

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New single launches on Friday, lyric video with series clips streams on Thursday ― Netflix revealed on Friday that rock band Evanescence are performing a new song "Afterlife" for the upcoming animated series of Capcom's Devil May Cry video game franchise. The band's new single launches on Friday. Evanescence posted a video that previews their song: Evanescence will stream a lyric video with exclusive...

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Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms Anime Gets 2nd Season

Mar 24, 14:12

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Anime's 1st season ended on Monday ― The official X/Twitter account for the television anime of Ran Kuze's Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms (Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsūjinai) manga announced on Tuesday that the anime will get a second season. The anime's first season ended on Monday. The anime premiered on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Setouchi, and TVQ Kyushu ...

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Hereditary Triangle Manga Review

Mar 24, 12:00

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Despite a middle act that flirts with melodrama, there’s a thoughtful maturity to much of this short series as its cast explores complex emotions and questions about grief, change, and regret. ― Hereditary Triangle is technically a two-volume series, but the Yen Press edition politely collects them into a single volume, allowing readers to sink fully into the world of this quiet but compelling drama....

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The First Berserker: Khazan Game Review

Mar 24, 11:00

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There's a new soulslike on the block. But does its lore-filled world and fluid combat system offset the crazy difficulty spikes? ― In recent years, the long-running Dungeon & Fighter franchise has been breaking into new genres—first with the fighting game DnF Duel and now with The First Berserker: Khazan. The First Berserker is an action-heavy soulslike. Expect labyrinthine dungeons, massive castles...

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The Best Anime of Winter 2025

Mar 24, 09:00

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The first anime season of 2025 has wrapped! What shook out as some of the best series of the season? ― The first anime season of 2025 has wrapped! What shook out as some of the best series of the season? Our reviewers piled on the love for the second season of Apothecary Diaries, but one series stood above the rest. For our long-time readers, the seasonal Best Anime, Worst Anime, and Most Anticipate...

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The Demons Are Planning Something Good Comedy Manga Gets Anime

Mar 24, 06:00