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...

review

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Bâan -The Boundaries of Adulthood- Anime Short Film Review

Sep 14, 12:00

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anime

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 ...

review

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Scarlet Anime Film Review

Sep 13, 12:00

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anime

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

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Aniplex Reveals Inherit the Winds Original TV Anime

Sep 13, 04:43

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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...

news

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

Sep 13, 00:00 anime

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

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

Sep 12, 18:30

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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 ...

review

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...

column

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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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games

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...

interview

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

Sep 12, 09:00

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korean

Writer and illustrator duo, Haga and Jiyoung Kang, share insights on how they work together on their popular Korean BL series, King's Maker. ― The world of digital Korean comics is infamously demanding as full-colored chapters are released weekly. Writer and illustrator duo, Haga and Jiyoung Kang, share insights on how they work together on their popular Korean BL series, King's Maker. Currently, th...

daily briefs

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Kyoto Animation to Announce New Anime on October 25

Sep 12, 04:37

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anime events

Kyoto Animation announced on Friday it will reveal a new anime project on October 25 during its "KyoAni no Sekai-ten" ("Meet the Worlds of KyoAni") event being held on October 25 and 26. The anime's main cast and staff will appear for the "Kyoto Animation 2026 New Work Announcement Stage" presentation on October 25 at 2:00 p.m. JST (1:00 a.m. EDT). The event will be held at the Miyako Messe event ...

review

Exit 8 Live-Action Movie Review

Sep 11, 12:00 live-action

Playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, Exit 8 turns the indie game into a stylish-but-not-very-substantial movie. ― If that plot summary looks minimal, that's because there's minimal plot to summarize here. In the 95 minutes it takes to watch the Exit 8 movie, you could complete two average-length play-throughs of its video game source material. If you're really good at the “spot-the-dif...

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