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Dorohedoro somehow perfected the balance of mystery, absurd violence, and humor into a single hellishly beautiful package.― Imagine yourself in the remnants of a industrial wasteland. The horizon is nothing but rusted metal, billowing smoke, and cold grey skies. There are few options to make your way in a world like this. Businesses hire residents to clean up viscera in the back alleys where Sorcere...
Ryo Saeba is back with guns blazing to introduce all the new kids to his City Hunter charms, but is the latest installment in the decades old franchise bringing anything new to table? Nick and Micchy discuss what works well and what should have stayed buried in the tech bubble.― Ryo Saeba is back with guns blazing to introduce all the new kids to his City Hunter charms, but is the latest installmen...
Andrew Osmond has the lowdown on the virtual convention and brand-new insights into Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken and BEASTARS, including how the team pulled off that bedroom scene! NOW WITH EXTRA EVANGELION― The virtual anime festival Cloud Matsuri was held online on the weekend of May 30 and 31, consisting of several hours of live-streamed material on each day. Much of that material consisted of in...
Welcome once again to ANN's Spring Manga Guide. We're kicking off two weeks of books NOW WITH WAVE, LISTEN TO ME • Gigant • I'm a Behemoth • Nightschool • Knight of the Ice • There's Something Wrong With Us • Afterschool Bitchcraft • Kakushigoto― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2020 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up eac...
Theme park anticipates no delays due to COVID-19― Construction contractor Kajima Corporation is under a provisional contract to construct the first three areas of the planned Ghibli Park for 10,657,900,000 yen (about US$98,323,700), with construction beginning in July. Those areas of the theme park are slated to open in fall 2022, and the developers anticipate no delays related to the new coronaviru...
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon anime with Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's daughters premieres in fall― The official Twitter account for Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Hanyō no Yashahime), the new anime spinoff of Rumiko Takahashi's Inuyasha series posted the original designs by Takahashi for three characters from Friday to Sunday. Towa Higurashi Setsuna Moroha The Twitter account also posted a character com...
The first new City Hunter movie in twenty years is now streaming on Crunchyroll! This blast of '80s future detective action is a welcome surprise on the big screen, but how has the material underneath aged?― City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes is a classic City Hunter tale, except the setting is now modern Shinjuku. Like the recent Banana Fish anime, it takes characters from an '80s manga and transpl...
All of ANN's coverage of works hit by new coronavirus disease― Here is all of ANN's coverage of the series, films, manga, and games that the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected. Note: Asteroid in Love, Bungo & Alchemist, Darwin's Game, Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, Hatena Illusion, Kukuriraige -Sanxingdui Denki-, and Jewelpet: Attack Travel all had delays this year,...
Shows not delayed by COVID-19 so far― Here is all of ANN's coverage of current anime that have confirmed the completion of production, and have not been delayed due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) so far. Ore no Yubi de Midarero. Heiten-go Futarikiri no Salon de... (last episode debuted on May 24) Stars Align (special fan movie epilogue completed and now streaming) The Magnificent KOTOBUKI...
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