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My Hero Academia Anime Airs 4-Episode Recap in April Before Premiering Season 7 on May 4
Main 7th season anime premieres on May 4
― The Jump Festa ’24 event on Saturday revealed a new trailer for the seventh season of the My Hero Academia anime. The video reveals that the anime will debut on April 6 with a four-episode My Hero Academia Memories special. The main season seven anime (starting with episode 139 of the overall anime) will then debut on May 4. The anime will again air on YTV a…
Dandadan TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, October 2024 Debut
Shion Wakayama, Natsuki Hanae, Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai star in series
― The Jump Festa ’24 event on Saturday revealed the main cast and October 2024 debut for the television anime adaptation of Yukinobu Tatsu’s Dandadan “paranormal mystery battle & romantic comedy” manga. The event also revealed a “character voice version” teaser video. The anime stars: Shion Wakayama as Momo Ayase
Natsuki Hanae …
Exploring Yen Press’s Selection of Thai BL Manga
Yen Press has published a lot of great works of Japanese Boys Love through the years, but recently, they have been delving into the world of Thai Boys Love through the publication of their manga adaptations.
― For almost two decades, Yen Press has offered a wide variety of enjoyable Japanese novels and manga. Yen Press has published a lot of great works of Japanese Boys Love through the years, but re…
This Week in Games – The Long Death of E3
The gaming industry says goodbye to an old friend as E3 is finally put out to pasture. Plus, Sega is accused of threatening its recently unionized works, and Epic Games may have scored an epic win in court.
― If you’re reading this, you’ve survived yet another week in games. Huzzah. Surely, this week was chill in comparison to last week’s hectic Game Awards-centric week. Right? Nah, this week was pre…
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window Anime Film Review
An emotional film from director Shinnosuke Yakuwa about neurodivergent and disabled children learning to accept themselves as World War II overtakes their country.
― Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window is the story of three people. The first is the titular Totto-chan herself. In a society where everyone, even children her age, is expected to “read the room” and follow any number of unspoken rul…
Anime Director Masaaki Yuasa Reflects on His 20 Year Career
With time to reflect on his past work and an upcoming five-film box set from GKIDS, we talked with Yuasa about staying true to his artistic outlook and how the industry has changed.
― 2023 was an eventful year for Science Saru studio founder and film director Masaaki Yuasa. Since stepping down as president of his animation studio, Yuasa’s part rock opera, part supportive treatise to artistic outcast…
The ANN Aftershow – Is The Boy and The Heron Miyazaki’s Worst Film?
The possible last film from the acclaimed director has the ANN After Show hosts divided! James and Lynzee go head-to-head over Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron.
― Is The Boy and The Heron Miyazaki’s Worst Film? James and Lynzee go head-to-head on their reviews of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and The Heron (How Do You Live?). The possible last film from the accla…
Bergamot & Sunny Day Manga Review
This manga about a romance between a 40-something boss and his 20-something employee isn’t the strongest BL manga to come out in recent months, but it is a good enough one
― According to twenty-three-year-old Riku, he’s terrible at relationships. That means he’s never managed to be in one for over three months, with all ending with his boyfriend breaking up with him. Typically, it’s for the same host…
This Week in Anime – Fast Cars, Anime, and Eurobeat
Steve and Nicky put on their helmets for a high-octane discussion of Initial D, its successor MF Ghost, and the dark horse of the season, Ei Aoki’s Overtake!
― Steve and Nicky put on their helmets for a high-octane discussion of Initial D, its successor MF Ghost, and the dark horse of the season, Ei Aoki’s Overtake! The anime discussed in this column are streaming via Crunchyroll and HIDIVE. Disclai…
Here’s How Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Evolved
Cygames released a play guide for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising that features the new mechanics coming to the fighting game genre later this month.
― Cygames released a play guide for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising that features the new mechanics coming to the fighting game genre later this month. Granblue Fantasy Versus, a 2D fighting game released in 2020, is set in the universe of the acclaimed…
Your Anime Rankings – Best of Fall 2023, Dec 3-9
The last two weeks have seen fewer ups-and-downs in the cumulative, but some great episodes allow Dr. Stone to overtake Jujutsu Kaison. Find out where your favorites rank this week!
― 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…
Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising Game Review
After the pandemic mired Granblue Fantasy Versus’ release, Rising is giving it a new lease on life with impressive gameplay upgrades and new modes to explore.
― Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising is a release I’ve been looking forward to for some time now, despite having next to zero knowledge of Granblue Fantasy. The original Granblue Fantasy Versus was sandwiched between unfortunate timing for real-wor…
All I Want For Christmas Is More Classic Shōjo Anime!
Discotek’s Lady Georgie anime release gets Dawn dreaming of other classic shojo titles that deserve a spot on our shelves.
― When Discotek Media announced that they had licensed the 1983 shojo series Lady Georgie, I was ecstatic. This was a shōjo series that I saw a few episodes of way back in the days of anime fans trading and selling VHS recordings—and as was often the case back then, the episodes…
How I Met My Soulmate Volume 1 Manga Review
It’s hard to pinpoint what precisely doesn’t work here, but I think it comes down to lead character Yuuki herself.
― Anashin’s first English-translated series, Waiting for Spring, may not have been anything overtly special in shoujo romance, but it was delightful and addictive to read. So far, that’s not quite true of her subsequent work, How I Met My Soulmate, although it’s still a good book. The se…
