Newspapers: Go Nagai Museum Burns Down After Earthquake
Mazinger Z/Devilman creator is currently in Tokyo, while his studio refrains from commenting until later
― The Hokkoku Shimbun newspaper reported on Tuesday that the Go Nagai Wonderland Museum in Wajima City has burned down after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Ishikawa Prefecture on Monday. Kazushige Kobayashi, a photographer for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, visited the Asaichi Street location of …
Happy New Year 2024 From the Anime World: Enter the Dragon Part I
It’s a colorful and lively 2024!
― Happy New Year from the anime world! Here is ANN’s annual roundup of New Year’s greetings from anime, manga, and game creators! 2024 is the Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese zodiac. A-1 Pictures Chiho Saitō (Kakuyaden manga) Delicious in Dungeon Delicious in Dungeon anime New Year’s card design, which is available in 20,240 limited pieces at Animate stores…
In Memoriam
To those who left us in 2023
― Shuji Abe Producer
Robot founder, producer for Godzilla Minus One, Stand By Me Doraemon Frank Agrama
Harmony Gold founder Yasunori Arai
Drummer for rock band BAAD
Slam Dunk Naoto Asahara
Novelist
Kanojo ga Suki na Mono wa Homo de Atte Boku de wa Nai Yusuke Chiba
The Birthday band’s singer, guitarist, and songwriter
The First Slam Dunk, Zombie-Loan theme songs Keijiro C…
Villains are Destined to Die Manhwa Review
Well-written, making use of actual game mechanics in ways that benefit the story, Villains are Destined to Die is simply a good series.
― How many times has this happened to you? You’re reading an isekai story that takes place in an otome game, but as you go on, you begin to realize that the story’s creator has never played an otome game. Maybe it’s the weird way they talk about game mechanics, or ma…
The Worst Anime of 2023 + The Mega Poll Results
The Anime News Network review team has carefully chosen the shows that left them the most frustrated, disappointed, or outright confused.
― For all light, there is darkness. Behold our picks for the very worst anime of the year, from production meltdowns to downright frustrating and confusing plotting. The Anime News Network review team has carefully chosen the shows that left them the most frustrat…
The Best Manga and Light Novels of 2023
Don’t close out your reading list yet! We’ve got the best manga and light novels of 2023 right here.
― For the first time, we’re adding the best manga and best light novels to our year-end wrap-ups! We’ve split both publishing mediums into two categories: new and continuing. The new section highlights our favorite series published in English for the first time this year, while the continuing section…
The Best Anime of 2023 – This Year in Video Games
Jean-Karlo slides in to finish the year with the best games and biggest developments in the industry!
― 2023 is finally in its casket. Many would quickly call 2023 one of the best years of gaming in a while, owing to the slew of phenomenal titles released this year. This, however, ignores the almost 7,000 employees laid off from various gaming studios across the nation this year alone. It also ignor…
The Best Anime of 2023 – Monique Thomas, Lynzee Loveridge + The Best Movies of 2023
Nicky and Lynzee’s top five anime round out our best series for the year, plus the anime movies we couldn’t stop thinking about.
― Monique Thomas 5. Undead Murder Farce I’ll be honest: summer this year was pretty dry. I could barely remember the last time a season had such a dearth of shows that interested me. The day I run out of anime to watch might as well be the day I die, but thankfully, for al…
My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better Manga Review
Kabi Nagata’s latest autobiographical volume gives a stark look at her continued mental and physical health problems—but it’s hard to stay on board when the subject continues to make the worst decisions for herself.
― Nagata Kabi’s work isn’t for everyone. I made the mistake of lending an earlier volume of her work to my younger sister (a driven, ambitious, organized, type-A personality, an engineer …
Burn the Witch #0.8 Anime OAV Review
In Western TV, it’s not uncommon to have a pilot episode to pitch to potential producers, which eventually gets heavily reworked and changed before going to a whole series. Watching #0.8 is a lot like watching one of those.
― As a franchise, Burn the Witch exists in a strange sort of limbo. It began as a standalone one-shot by Tite Kubo back in 2018, at the time his first major work since the conclus…
The Best Anime of 2023 – MrAJCosplay, Caitlin Moore, Steve Jones + The Best Songs of 2023
It’s time to reveal the anime songs that stayed on our playlists all year! Plus, more of the best anime of the year from ANN’s critics.
― Steve Jones 5. Skip and Loafer Easily the most heartwarming romcom I watched this year, Skip and Loafer lingers in my memory like a fuzzy blanket for the soul. The emotional intelligence and nuance of the source material find a perfect pairing with Kotomi Deai’s e…
The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons Anime Series Review
If poor subtitles sent you screaming away from this series, it’s worth taking a second look, because this story is heartwarming in all of the right ways.
― If ever a series was done wrong by its premiere, The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons would be it – not because it wasn’t a faithful adaptation of its source material, but because it debuted with truly abysmal subtitles, which rendered it nearly unwatcha…
