Star Detective PreCure is a welcome return to form for the franchise. ― It is an absolute delight to have a good season of Pretty Cure again. You and Idol Precure♪, the previous entry in the franchise, was the weakest season since Tropical-Rouge Precure, and generally failed to live up to its direct predecessors, Soaring Sky! Precure and Wonderful Precure. But Star Detective Precure is a return to fo...

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This Week in Anime - Please Drink Responsibly

May 5, 10:00

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With a double shot of boozy anime this season, Chris and Sylvia look at drinking in anime. ― With a double shot of boozy anime this season, Chris and Sylvia look at drinking in anime. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. Crunchyroll streams Botan Kamiina Fully Bloss...

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Let Me Fix You Anime Delayed After Grooming Allegations Against Buta Productions Co-Founder FAR

May 5, 09:54

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Short anime's account posted that staff did not know of Federico Antonio Russo's alleged behavior ― A user on X (formerly Twitter) named Maryco (@Maryco02_) posted on Saturday to accuse Federico Antonio Russo (also known as FAR), the co-founder and co-producer of Europe-based animation studio Buta Productions, of allegedly grooming her. The now 19-year-old user Maryco claimed that FAR had begun groom...

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The One Piece Anime Remake Unveils 300-Minute February 2027 Global Debut

May 5, 08:30

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anime

Wit Studio's 7-episode season 1 revisits story "starting from" East Blue Saga ― Netflix announced on Tuesday that The One Piece, Wit Studio's remake of the One Piece anime for the streaming service, will begin streaming "all seven episodes" of its first season worldwide in February 2027. The seven episodes will recount the story from the first 50 manga chapters over the course of about 300 minutes. N...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Spring 2026, Apr 22-28

May 4, 14:30

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anime

While Witch Hat Atelier dominates the rankings, Needy Girl Overdose's latest episodes hit high to offset a slow start. Find out how your favorite shows stacked up according to viewer votes. ― 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 m...

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Tales of Wedding Rings II Anime Series Review

May 4, 12:00

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anime

The story is as bland and unimaginative as they come, without much of anything to give it any much-needed oomph. ― Pretense is king in the realm of romance—especially harem anime. By Arceus, there must be an excuse, no matter how canned or flimsy, for love interests to, say, share an indirect kiss, fall on top of each other, or for one of them to need to give the other mouth-to-mouth. That's simply h...

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Answerman - The Crunchyroll Anime Awards

May 4, 10:00

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events

Are the Crunchyroll Anime Awards legitimate or just a self-congratulatory effort by a platform seeking to dominate the market? Jerome digs in. ― A Reader asks: Dear Answerman, with the Crunchyroll Anime Awards hitting their 10th anniversary this May, I keep seeing people call it "the Oscars of anime," but that never quite rings true to me. The Oscars are voted on by the people who make films. The An...

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This Week in Mobile Games - Shady Business and Summertime Stick Figure Smash/Growth

May 4, 09:00

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A new game seems to have marked similarities to Blue Archive, while blue armor is the order of the day over in DragonQuest. Plus a red-hot summer update for Love and Deep Space! ― It's time again, and I find myself wondering, "What the heck's going on with all my hotbars?" Yep, I've gotten back into Final Fantasy XIV, hyped up on the prospect of the just-announced Evercold expansion, coming next year...

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Spring 2026 K-Comics Guide

May 4, 09:00

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It's the Spring K-Comics Guide! Come get your fill of mostly full-color vertical scroll books and maybe find your next obsession! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2026 K-Comics Guide, the companion to our manga guide! Every included manhwa was published in March or April, although some are ongoing titles without a physical release. This guide focuses exclusively on series premieres, i.e., on...

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How to Compose an Anime Soundtrack: An Interview with Haikyu!! and My Hero Academia's Yuki Hayashi

May 4, 09:00 anime music

"With anime, you've got 40 or 50 pieces all for a single season. If you compose without thinking first, there's no balance to it." ― Music is an important part of any anime—and in some cases can make or break the show entirely. To find out a bit more about how anime soundtracks are made, we sat down with Yuki Hayashi, the composer of anime like Haikyu!!, Kiznaiver, and My Hero Academia—including the ...

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Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None Season 1 Anime Series Review

May 3, 12:00

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anime

Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None is hampered by its own premise as much as it is helped. ― Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None is far from the first “banished from the heroes' party” fantasy story in recent years. In fact, it hits many of the key tropes of this sub-genre. Orhun is looked down upon by his party members for being weak—yet he's actually both the logistical linchpin and the strongest memb...

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Summer Pockets Anime Series Review

May 2, 12:00

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anime

For better or for worse, Summer Pockets is a quintessential Key anime. ― If you like your anime despair in “but surrounded by romanceable girls” flavor, there's a pretty good chance that you're already familiar with Key—or at least, familiar with their works, whether it's their visual novel source material or the anime adaptations that several of them have. But if you're not, Key is a visual novel st...

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Spring 2026 Manga Guide

May 2, 09:04

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manga

It's the final update for the Spring Manga Guide, and we're closing out with a new series by Yuu Toyota of Cherry Magic fame: A Starlit Darkness! Plus a series about veterinarians, some zombies, and a contender for longest title! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2026 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime tele...

news

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The Quintessential Quintuplets Franchise Gets New TV Anime, New Original Video Anime

May 2, 07:27

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anime

TV anime of sequel novel, OVA of previously unanimated manga chapters ― “The Quintessential Quintuplets Special Event 2026 in Toyota Arena Tokyo” announced on Saturday both a new television anime based on the Gotōbun no Hanayome: Shunkashūtō (The Quintessential Quintuplets: The Four Seasons) sequel novel series, and a new original video anime based on the manga chapters that have yet to be animated. ...

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