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‘Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto’ Creator Nami Sano Passes Away at 36 Due to Cancer
Sano passed away only 1 month after being diagnosed with cancer
― The official Twitter account for Kadokawa’s Harta magazine revealed on Wednesday that manga creator Nami Sano passed away on August 5 due to cancer. Sano’s relatives held a funeral on August 7 and 8. She was 36 years old. The announcement noted that Sano passed away only a month after being diagnosed with cancer, and that she was in th…
Scott Pilgrim Anime Series’ Teaser Video Reveals November 17 Premiere on Netflix
Cast from 2010 live-action film return in Science Saru’s anime adaptation
― Netflix began streaming the first teaser video for it, Universal Studio Group’s Universal Content Productions’ (UCP), and Science Saru’s anime series of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series on Wednesday. The video reveals that the series will premiere on November 17. The cast from the 2010 live-action Scott…
Crunchyroll Adds My Hero Academia: Two Heroes Anime Film
Franchise’s 1st film begins streaming on Thursday
― Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it is adding My Hero Academia: Two Heroes, the first anime film in the My Hero Academia franchise, on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. EDT in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Nordic countries, and the Caribbean. The service will stream the movie in Japanese with English subtitles and with the …
Girls & Panzer, Princess Principal Producer Shunpei Maruyama Passes Away
Maruyama was former president of animation studio Actas
― Manga creator Yūji Takemura reported on Tuesday that his brother-in-law, anime producer Shunpei Maruyama, has passed away. Takemura did not reveal the cause of Maruyama’s death, but said that his family has already held a wake and funeral. Maruyama was formerly the president of Actas, the studio that is perhaps best known for the Girls & Panze…
Gushing Over Magical Girls Anime’s Teaser Video Reveals Main Cast, Staff
Fūka Izumi, Kaori Maeda, Misato Fukuen star in Asahi Production anime
― Kadokawa started streaming on Wednesday the teaser promotional video for the television anime of Akihiro Ononaka’s Gushing Over Magical Girls (Mahō Shōjo ni Akogarete) manga, which revealed the anime’s main cast and staff: The anime’s main cast includes: Fūka Izumi as Utena Hiiragi/Magia Baiser, the protagonist who loves magical …
Tearmoon Empire TV Anime Reveals 2nd Key Visual, More Cast, October 7 Premiere
Kanon Takao, Nao Tōyama join cast
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of Nozomu Mochitsuki’s Tearmoon Empire light novel series revealed on Wednesday the anime’s second key visual, two more cast members, and its October 7 premiere. Additional cast includes: Kanon Takao as Tiona Rudolvon Nao Tōyama as Rafina Orca Belluga The previously announced cast includes: Sumire Uesaka as M…
This Week in Anime – Is There a Double-Standard for Same-Sex Relationships in Anime?
Following the obfuscation of Miorine and Suletta’s marriage in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury, Nick and Nicky discuss canon vs. non-canon and why the barrier to acceptance seems higher for same-sex pairings.
― Following the obfuscation of Miorine and Suletta’s marriage in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury, Nick and Nicky discuss canon vs non-canon relationships and why the barri…
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Memoria Freese GN 1
Adapting the non-canonical storyline Christmas Eve Träumerei, the story takes place during the Holy Night Festival in Orario, a thinly-veiled Christmas.
― Fans of the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon franchise will already have figured out the key difference with this latest manga spinoff – rather than being based directly on Fujino Omori’s light novels, it’s rooted in the mobile game…
Offshore Lightning GN
Offshore Lightning is one of those books that you find yourself thinking about long after you’ve finished reading it.
― Drawn & Quarterly has done manga readers looking for something off the beaten commercial path a great service. They’ve consistently released volumes by creators who, if not always precisely avant-garde, always offer something that you’re not likely to find in the pages of magazines …
Macross Goes Worldwide: An Interview with Shoji Kawamori and Hidetaka Tenjin at Otakon 2023
There’s been nothing but buzz around the Macross series since the announcement of the historic licensing agreement in 2021. We talked to Kawamori and Tenjin about Macross 7, English subtitles, and “thinking without boundaries.”
― There’s been nothing but buzz around the Macross series since the announcement of the historic licensing agreement made between BIGWEST and Harmony Gold in 2021. That buzz …
Your Anime Rankings – Best of Summer 2023, Aug 5-11
Bungo Stray Dogs is having a very good season, but it’s still facing stiff competition. Find out how your favorite shows fared 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 based …
This Week in Anime – Idol Anime Spin-Offs and Crossovers
It’s traversing the multiverse, but the anime idol version. Join Chris and Steve this week as they explore some of our beloved idol anime favorites, including spin-offs and crossovers.
― It’s traversing the multiverse, but the anime idol version. Join Chris and Steve this week as they explore some of our beloved idol anime favorites, including spin-offs and crossovers. BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!!, Lo…
Villainess Level 99 GN 1
Reborn in another world, the joy of this story isn’t in the well-worn ground it treads but rather in the villainess (or heroine?) Eumiella herself.
― You know what they say about the best-laid plans. Eumiella is fast discovering that that’s more than just a comfortable aphorism because as a little girl, she realizes that she’s somehow moved from her life as a Japanese university student to being a ch…
This Week in Games – Long, Long ‘Mon~!
Gacha? In MY Atelier?! Jean-Karlo has all the updates on the new mainline entry, a giant wave of Pokémon-related news, and all those Street Fighter updates coming to a tournament near you!
― Welcome back, everyone! We had a busy weekend, so that’s this week’s excuse for not having played Xenoblade Chronicles 3 this past weekend. But that was also because we had to cover Rune Factory 3 Special! It’s a…
Wonder Festival 2023 Summer Figure Gallery
It’s a hot summer in the city of Tokyo. And what better way to spend one of those hot days than looking at the coolest new figures at Wonder Festival 2023 [Summer]?
― It’s a hot summer in the city of Tokyo. And what better way to spend one of those hot days than looking at the coolest new figures at Wonder Festival 2023 [Summer]? While only a highlight of the figures on display, they’re sure to cool …
How A Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Audiobooks 1-2
The first two audiobooks for How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom make for a decent listening experience and a positive presentation of the core material, even if I have my qualms with the underlying conceits of the narrative.
― The first two audiobooks for How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom make for a decent listening experience and a positive presentation of the core material, even if I have …
Fate/Grand Order’s New ‘Memorial Movie’ is Emotional Visual Storytelling at Its Best
This nearly four-minute anime music video tells a surprisingly emotional tale and adds to the overall Fate lore by showing what it’s like to be summoned from a servant’s point of view.
― As part of Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2023, the most recent yearly Japanese convention celebrating all things Fate, we got our newest bit of Fate anime: the Fate/Grand Order – Memorial Movie 2023. Released both at the con…
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