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Unico: Awakening and Unico: Hunted Manga Review
This story is like a child's imagination come to life.
― Osamu Tezuka is a legend in the world of animation and manga. Not only is this man responsible for some of the most iconic series of all time, but his stylistic influences can still be felt to this very day. Many of his franchises, like Astro Boy, continue to persist into the modern day with adaptations or re-creations. So when I heard that one...
Missed Anime Expo? Don't worry! KADOKAWA's AX Merch is Still Available Online at amiami and animate.
Another AMAZING Anime Expo has just passed where fans from all over showed up to enjoy the latest KADOKAWA merch. If you weren't able to attend, don't worry because now it's your turn to get these amazing items from some of your favorite anime.
― Another AMAZING Anime Expo has just passed where fans from all over showed up to enjoy the latest KADOKAWA merch. If you weren't able to attend, don't worry...
New Director Kazuaki Kuribayashi is Risking it Big on KILLTUBE Anime Film
The film staff revealed a new scene at AX this year; read how the team raised US$6.68 million for this animated "experiment."
― On April 8, a one-minute clip circulating on social media caught anime fans' attention worldwide. It's actually the pilot film of the newly-announced anime film titled KILLTUBE. The film is scheduled to be released sometime in 2026, but it's safe to say that the release win...
Nue's Exorcist Volume 1 Manga Review
Nue’s Exorcist is the sort of book that’s more fun the less you think about it.
― The history of the nue is long in Japanese yokai lore, dating back to at least the Heian period, when it was described in Heike Monogatari as a chimera-like creature composed of bits and pieces of snake, chicken, tiger, tanuki, and monkey. Different variations on the theme followed, but manga fans may best know it as th...
The 100th Time's the Charm Fantasy Novels Get Anime
Fantasy series about woman falsely accused of plotting to assassinate a saint has English release on J-Novel Club
― Drecom announced at its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that storywriter Yūji Yūji and illustrator Nami Hidaka's The 100th Time's the Charm light novel series is getting an anime adaptation. The full title of the series is The 100th Timeʼs the Charm: She Was Executed 99 Times, So How Di...
Hiromu Arakawa's Daemons of the Shadow Realm Manga Gets Anime
Masahiro Andō directs anime at bones film
― Studio Bones Film announced during Crunchyroll's Anime Expo panel on Saturday an anime adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa's Daemons of the Shadow Realm (Yomi no Tsugai) manga. Crunchyroll will stream the anime. The company unveiled a trailer and visual: Masahiro Andō (Sword of the Stranger) is directing the anime at bones film. Noboru Takagi (Kingdom seasons 3-6,...
Black Clover Anime Gets New Season
Crunchyroll to stream new season from Studio Pierrot
― Crunchyroll announced during its Anime Expo panel on Saturday that the anime based on Yūki Tabata's Black Clover manga is getting a new season. The service will exclusively stream the anime. The company streamed a trailer and visual: Studio Pierrot will return to animate the new season. The panel shared a message from original creator Tabata:
"Th...
The Vermillion Mask Action Manga Gets Anime
BLUELOCK season 1's Tetsuaki Watanabe directs anime at 100studio
― Yomiuri TV announced at its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that Dr. Poro and Nabana Naba's The Vermillion Mask (Shuiro no Kamen) manga is inspiring an anime adaptation. Yomiuri TV did not reveal the debut date or format for the anime. The company unveiled an English-subtitled trailer and visuals: Dr. Poro and Nabana Naba drew the bel...
Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 2, May I Ask for One Final Thing? Kick Off Premieres at Anime Expo
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...
The Summer Anime Preview Guide sponsored by Crunchyroll
Life in this city is both the same and very different in KyoAni's adaptation of CITY. Read all of our reviews for the summer anime season including: See You Tomorrow at the Food Court, Puniru is a Kawaii Slime Season 2, Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra, Hotel Inhumans, Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl, Uglymug, Epifighter, and more!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2025 Anime Preview Gui...
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Season 2 Anime Series Review
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 ...
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Gets New 10-Episode Anime Series on Netflix
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...
Your Anime Rankings - Best of Spring 2025
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...
Spacewalking With You Volume 1 Manga Review
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...
Moyoco Anno's Sugar Sugar Rune Manga Gets New Anime Projects
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 ...
The Apothecary Diaries Anime Gets New Sequel
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...
This Week in Games - Is the Third Time the Charm?
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...
Small-town Horror: Interview with The Summer Hikaru Died Creator Mokumokuren
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...
'There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her' Novels, Manga Get TV Anime
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...
The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom Light Novels Get Anime
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...
All the News and Reviews from Anime Expo 2025
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...
GATE Anime Gets Sequel Based on 'Season 2' Novels
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...
Junji Ito Crimson Anime Announced With Theme Song by Yumi Matsutōya (Updated)
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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