Shelf Life - December 2014

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Story about unlucky man reborn into blessed fantasy life launched in 2020 ― Starts Publishing announced on Tuesday that Fukufuku's Fuun kara no Saikyō Otoko (The Strongest Man Starts from Misfortune) novel series is inspiring a television anime. Zun Nakabayashi, who draws the illustrations for the novels and also draws the manga adaptation, drew the below illustration to celebrate the announcement. M...

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KAIJU-SIZED GIVEAWAY

Sep 15, 22:16

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We're giving away $600 in Amazon gift cards to celebrate the launch of KAIJU NO. 8 THE GAME! Available now to download on Google Play and the App Store. ― We're giving away $600 in Amazon gift cards to celebrate the launch of KAIJU NO. 8 THE GAME! Available now to download on Google Play and the App Store. 📅 Give-Away runs 2025-09-05 to 2025-09-19 🌎 Open to US players only ✨ 6 winners will each rece...

Call of the Night Season 2 is the alluring vampire romance you need on HIDIVE!

Sep 15, 13:37

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We're here to breakdown the hype and give you the top ten reasons you can't miss this series! ― Call of the Night Season 2 creates a whole new vibe for vampire romance and HIDIVE is dropping new dub episodes weekly, every Wednesday at 1pm Eastern. We're here to breakdown the hype and give you the top ten reasons you can't miss this series! Check out the trailer for season 2 here: Top 10 Reasons to Wa...

review

Romeo's Blue Skies Blu-ray Anime Series Review

Sep 15, 12:00

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There’s a reason why Romeo’s Blue Skies is such a well-loved entry into the storied World Masterpiece Theater catalogue. Despite having plenty of anime-only content, it understands the message of the original novel and retells it in a way best suited for its time. ― In 1933, a couple, Lisa Tetzner and her Jewish husband Kurt Held, left Germany for Switzerland, for reasons that should be obvious to an...

interview

For Webtoon Creator Mongie, Let's Play is Personal

Sep 15, 09:00

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Leeanne M. Krecic shares how comic series' characters are all reflections of herself, from Charles to Monica. ― Leeanne M. Krecic has accomplished what many fans only dream about: a studio is adapting her original story into an anime series. Also known as "Mongie," Krecic first launched Let's Play online comic on the WEBTOON platform in 2016, where it grew to 7.5 million readers, earned an Eisner Awa...

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Bâan -The Boundaries of Adulthood- Anime Short Film Review

Sep 14, 12:00

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Bâan is Garnt “Gigguk” Maneetapho’s attempt to turn his own personal expat experience into an isekai anime designed to convey those feelings—and it succeeds beautifully. ― As the title suggests, Bâan -The Boundaries of Adulthood- is the story of two people on the cusp of adulthood looking for a place to call home. (“Bâan” [บ้าน] is the Thai word for “home” if you were unaware.) Each feels they don't ...

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Scarlet Anime Film Review

Sep 13, 12:00

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Mamoru Hosoda’s isekai riff on Hamlet is one of this year’s biggest anime disappointments. ― Once upon a time, Mamoru Hosoda was supposed to direct Howl's Moving Castle before Hayao Miyazaki took it over. On a certain level, Scarlet could now be called Hosoda's Howl, inasmuch as it's an attempt to work his righteous anger at a war in the Middle East into an unrelated piece of English literature and e...

news

Aniplex Reveals Inherit the Winds Original TV Anime

Sep 13, 04:43

anime

Tomohiro Kawamura directs anime about Shinsengumi at Live2D Creative Studio, Drive Inc. ― The Aniplex Online Fest on Saturday revealed the new original television anime project Inherit the Wiinds (Kaze wo Tsugumono). The anime takes place in the Bakumatsu era in Kyoto. A solider who has lost his memories is aided by the famous Shinsengumi member Sōji Okita. Sōji Okita names this man "Junsuke Tachikaw...

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Fist of the North Star Spinoff Elegy of Ken-Oh's Army Grunts Gets Short Anime in January

Sep 13, 00:00

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Comedy about grunts trying to survive in Ken-Oh's army after apocalypse ― The streamed “Itʼs Fist of the North Star Day! Gather Around, All Four Brothers!!” special announced on Saturday that Hiroshi Kurao's Fist of the North Star: Elegy of Ken-Oh's Army Grunts (Hokuto no Ken: Ken'ō-gun Zako-tachi no Banka) spinoff manga is also inspiring a short anime. The short anime will air and stream in January ...

your score

Your Anime Rankings - Best of Summer 2025, Sep 2-8

Sep 12, 18:30

anime

Spots 4-7 of the cumulative are in a hot race, with CITY The Animation currently leading. 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 these rankings are ...

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Clevatess -Majū no Ō to Akago to Shikabane no Yūsha- Manga Review

Sep 12, 12:00 manga

Even though Clevatess isn't covering new ground in these first handful of chapters, I was surprised at how invested I was by the time I reached my chapter quota. ― The presence of dark fantasy stories is vast. It feels like I have read stories that have tackled your typical fantasy setting from every angle. I've seen it tackled from the perspective of kings, children, the hero, and, in this case, the...

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This Week in Games - Little Nightmares 3 Preview, and Digimon Stories: Time Stranger Interview

Sep 12, 10:00

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Jean-Karlo sets the record straight on Nintendo's latest patent, plus a preview of two upcoming games from PAX! ― Welcome back, folks! I've been ruminating on my recent review of Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar. I mean what I said, but I worry if I might've been too harsh on the game. I feel like having to play a game like Grand Bazaar for review does it a disservice, because the nature of playing a g...

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King's Maker Creators Share How It's All About Love

Sep 12, 09:00