Centaurs GN 1
Dark historical fantasy doesn’t get much better than this.
― There are many ways I considered starting this review, but I think we’ll go with one of the obvious: despite the notorious difficulties of drawing horses, Ryo Sumiyoshi excels. This isn’t surprising when you consider his credentials; before creating Centaurs, Sumiyoshi was a creature designer for the Monster Hunter franchise. But it’s still…
Anime Expo 2023 – Attack on Titan, Hell’s Paradise Studio MAPPA at Anime Expo
MAPPA covered upcoming original projects from the studio and provided rare insights into the production of some of their most high-profile anime of this season.
― Anime production studio MAPPA hosted two panels at Anime Expo this year, both sponsored by Crunchyroll. The first panel featured studio CEO Manabu Ohtsuka and executive director and rights management director Makoto Kimura, who answered qu…
Anime Expo 2023
The anime, manga, and game announcements, premieres, and news from Anime Expo, all in one place!
― Saturday, July 1 Panels and Premieres Trigger’s Delicious in Dungeon World Premiere
Meet Kafka Asagiri: Creator of Bungo Stray Dogs
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Sneak Peek
The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 World Premiere
HELCK North American Premiere News Crunchyroll to Also Stream Zom 100: Bucket Li…
The Summer 2023 Anime Preview Guide
What’s a demon lord to do when he’s reincarnated and the hero’s no longer heroic? Fine out in Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero! Also the return of Masamune-kun’s Revenge, Sweet Reincarnation, The Dreaming Boy is a Realist, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, the anime adaptation of Atelier Ryza, and more!
― Welcome to Anime News Network’s Summer 2023 Anime Preview Guide! Here’s how it goes: o…
Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance Animation Unveils Teaser, 6-Episode Net Release, Story Setting
Director records message about story set in One-Year-War-era Europe
― Bandai Namco Filmworks posted the teaser promotional video for the new animation project Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance on Monday and gave more details on its release format and story. The six 30-minute episodes will stream worldwide, and the story focuses on the European Front during the One Year War made famous by the …
Gundam SEED FREEDOM Anime Film’s English-Subtitled Teaser Unveils Staff, January 26, 2024 Debut
Teaser visual also revealed
― The official website for the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed film project opened on Sunday and revealed the film’s title Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM, additional staff members, C.E. (Cosmic Era) 75 chronological setting, teaser visual, first English-subtitled teaser promotional video, and January 26, 2024 opening in Japan. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed director Mitsuo Fukuda is dir…
Fate/Strange Fake Novels Get TV Anime Series
Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- anime special debuted at Anime Expo on Saturday
― Type-Moon announced at Anime Expo on Saturday that Ryohgo Narita’s Fate/strange Fake spinoff story will get a television anime series adaptation. The staff revealed an exclusive U.S. teaser visual at the event. A special U.S. Exclusive Teaser Visual for Fate/strange Fake has arrived!The TV Anime series is confirme…
Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 4 Anime Reveals Trailer
Final season’s 4th part premieres this fall
― The staff for the Attack on Titan The Final Season (Shingeki no Kyojin The Final Season Kanketsu-hen) anime revealed the official trailer for the Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 4 (Crunchyroll’s title is Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2) at Anime Expo’s “MAPPA x Crunchyroll” panel on Sunday. The Attack on Titan The Final Se…
Mashle: Magic and Muscles Manga Ends
Manga’s 18th, final volume ships on October 4
― This year’s 31st issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter of Hajime Kōmoto’s Mashle: Magic and Muscles manga on Monday. Shueisha will publish the manga’s 18th and final compiled book volume, as well as a fanbook, on October 4. The manga entered its final arc with the 12th compiled book volume, which shipped in July 202…
Yen Press Reveals 16 New Licenses, 5 New Audiobooks, 4 Webcomics
Beastrings, God Bless the Mistaken, Bungo Stray Dogs: Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen, more manga, novels
― Yen Press announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that it has licensed eight manga, seven light novels, and three webcomics. The company also revealed five audiobooks and the print publication of Kumo Kagyu and so-bin’s Blade & Bastard novel. Yen Press will release the following titles…
Anime Expo 2023 – MAPPA Premieres the First 90 Seconds of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Beyond this surprising sneak peek, which hadn’t even aired in Japan, the panel also offered a rare perspective on the process of adapting a popular manga into an anime.
― Cheers rang out across the Anime Expo main stage as MAPPA CEO Manabu Ohtsuka, Shueisha editor Ryota Ikeda, and Toho Producer Masaya Saito revealed the first 90 seconds of the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen. Beyond this surprising …
Anime Expo 2023 – Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- World Premiere
The 48-minute installment provides an action-packed animation spectacle for fans both new and old and leaves them with plenty of questions to ask ahead of the upcoming TV series continuation.
― This past Saturday, Aniplex of America brought the English dub of Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- to a rowdy, evening Anime Expo crowd. This animated adaptation of the opening act of Ryohgo Narita’s ongo…
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out
The original Kaede may be back, but that doesn’t mean that all her problems have been solved. The latest entry in the anime franchise changes up the formula for a unique yet satisfying film.
― As a fan of the previous Rascal Does Not Dream anime, this film is not at all what I expected. Up until this point, the series has followed a set pattern. Our protagonist Sakuta becomes involved with a young wo…
Anime Expo 2023 – HELCK North American Premiere
The first two episodes suggest that the anime may cover more ground than originally expected.
― The Helck premiere was much more to the point compared to others, with Starsama13 from HIDIVE hosting the event. We drove right into the premiere, which was a back-to-back screening of the first two episodes, and by the end, I was thrilled with what I saw. Initially, I was slightly concerned because, as a…
Anime Expo 2023 – The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 World Premiere
The new season kicks off with Cid slaughtering vampires all in hopes of delivering some cool one-liners.
― The panel for the season two premiere of The Eminence in Shadow started strong with host Jacki Jing stepping on stage wearing robes that looked exactly like everyone’s favorite edgy dark ringleader, Shadow. The hall was full of cheering sounds, with fans ready to see what fate had in store for …
Anime Expo 2023 – Meet Kafka Asagiri: Creator of Bungo Stray Dogs
One fan asked Asagiri about his penchant for combining young kids and bombs. He laughed but was unapologetic for his choices because he “had to have them explode.”
― Fans lined up bright and early, forgoing the rush and squeeze of the Dealer’s Hall opening, to greet Kafka Asagiri at the JW Marriott. Ahead of Bungo Stray Dogs’ fifth season premiere, Yen Press presented the series creator to a passio…
This Week in Games – Saltgirls
It is a good time to be an Atelier Ryza fan and Happy birthday Sonic!
― Welcome back to Summer, everyone! I’ve been hanging back and watching everyone talk about Final Fantasy XVI and… it sounds like I need to eat my words because it looks like they pulled it off? Sure, it sounds like the combat breaks down a little in crowds, but everything I’ve seen involving the game looks fairly solid. There’s …
Anime Expo 2023 – Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Sneak Peek
With bucket list items like confessing to his crush, riding a motorcycle, and staying in drinking beer all day, it’s easy to imagine that the anime will retain this relatable, manic energy into the rest of the first episode and beyond.
― Viz Media’s Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead World Premiere panel at Anime Expo was…unfortunately not that. The panel opened with an announcement that, due to techn…
Anime Expo 2023 – Trigger’s Delicious in Dungeon World Premiere
There’s a lot for fantasy and tabletop game fans to enjoy here but little to entice the studio’s enthusiastic fanbase.
― Studio Trigger made an enthusiastic return to AX this year with the premiere of its upcoming Delicious in Dungeon anime adaptation. The whole series will drop on Netflix in January 2024 and follows the fighter Laios, the elven mage Marcille, the dwarf Senshi, and the lockpick Chil…
Goodbye, Eri GN
Imagine reading a story with love, tragedy, suspense, mystery, fantasy, and at least one mindfuck within 200 pages.
― In an era of perpetually ongoing franchises that don’t know when to die, it’s refreshing to read something that feels like the perfect example of a complete package. Imagine reading a story with love, tragedy, suspense, mystery, fantasy, and at least one mindfuck within 200 pages. The…
Win a Trip to Japan with Anime News Network and PacSet Tours
Almost your last chance to win! The winners will be selected and announced on Monday at Anime Expo!
― ANN IN JAPAN 2023 CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF ANIME NEWS NETWORK WITH A ONE-OF-A-KIND ADVENTURE! In October and November, Anime News Network is going to Japan with PacSet Tours, and we want to bring you with us! More information about this amazing trip can be found on the ANN x PacSet site; we hope you’l…
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE
The newest game from Danganronpa’s Kazutaka Kodaka is here! Read our spoiler-free review before setting off on this rain-soaked mystery.
― Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE is the latest game from Danganronpa mastermind Kazutaka Kodaka and character designer Rui Komatsuzaki. Fans of his earlier work will see similarities immediately, from neon pink blood splatter to the eccentric personalities of …
