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Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms Manga Review
Everything in Mecha-Ude Volume 1 is so close to the anime that, at times, it almost feels like reading through storyboards.
― During Fall 2024, here on ANN, I reviewed studio TriF’s debut anime series Mecha-Ude as it aired weekly. Overall it was a great 12-episode show, densely packed with enough plot to fuel a series twice its length, elevated by wonderfully kinetic action animation heavily influenc…
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon The Super Live Stage Performance Review
Coming to North America next month, reporter Asha Bardon calls the Sailor Moon The Super Live performance a “brilliant” mix of light show, dialogue, interpretive dance, and circus skills.
― How do you condense the first arc of a best-selling, beloved magical girl manga into ninety minutes with less than twenty performers and time left for a musical encore? Surprisingly well, actually. English Sailor …
This Week in Games – Himmel The Hero Would Have Liked the Sony State of Play…
Get the lowdown on Sony’s State of Play and its major gaff after an outage left its consoles mostly useless. Plus an unexpected Frieren collab!
― Welcome back, folks! We hope you enjoyed last week’s segment on American games getting censored in Japan; the segment was brainstormed by our colleague Jacki Jing, who will make a short video about the matter on Anime News Network‘s socials. Keep an eye out…
Studio Mir Director Kang Hei Chu on The Little Mermaid Twist in The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep
Kang Hei Chu discusses the oceanic world-building, A Little Mermaid, veteran voice actor Cockle of The Witcher video games, and whether it’s right to call the movie an “anime.”
― The Witcher has sown a bountiful crop of a franchise since Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski published the first Witcher short story in 1986. Sapkowski’s The Witcher books acquired adaptations in the form of the CD Projekt Re…
SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada Game Review
This model of repeated actions on similar environments can work if the quality is there – I’ve certainly enjoyed such games in my time – but usually for some combination of meaningful extrinsic and intrinsic rewards.
― SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada is a game which makes a strong first impression before almost immediately nose-diving into humdrum monotony. The bones of the setup are strong enough to support …
This Week in Anime – A Parade of Pink Anime Girls
Steve and Lucas look at pink-haired anime girls (and boys) and its codified character archetypes (cute! spunky! murderer!)
― Steve and Lucas look at pink-haired anime girls (and boys) and its codified character archetypes (cute! spunky! murderer!). Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion o…
Digimon Story Time Stranger Game Announced for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam
Game features turn-based combat, exploration
― Bandai Namco Entertainment announced during Sony’s “State of Play” livestream on Wednesday it will release the Digimon Story Time Stranger game for the PlayStation 5 in 2025. The game will also be available on Xbox Series X|S and Steam. The company describes the game: In this JRPG, players will embark on an adventure that spans across worlds and even tim…
Our Favorite Isekai Titles Are…
We asked our editorial team to pick their favorite isekai anime. Here are our picks for newcomers to the genre or seasoned travelers looking for something different.
― One of the fastest-growing genres in anime is isekai. Each season, variations of these otherworldly adventures appear on screens, usually featuring an unfortunate Japanese salaryman who met his end only to reawaken in some form in a tr…
Kagaku×Bōken Survival! TV Anime Gets 2nd Season in October
1st season premiered in October 2024
― The official website for Kagaku×Bōken Survival!, the television anime of the Kagaku Manga Survival (Science Manga Survival) study manga series, announced on Wednesday that the series will get a second season in October on the NHK Educational channel. The second season’s seven themes are: Water shortage survival
Mega-earthquake survival
Tidal flats survival
Mount…
Live-Action Street Fighter Actor Peter Navy Tuiasosopo Dies
Tuiasosopo played E. Honda in 1994 live-action Street Fighter movie
― Actor Peter Navy Tuiasosopo died on Monday in the early morning. His son Manoah Peter Tuiasosopo revealed the news on Facebook, and he told TMZ that his father had died of heart complications in Phoenix, AZ. He was 61. Tuiasopopo played E. Honda in the 1994 live-action Street Fighter movie. He was the Fuji Announcer in the 2008 liv…
Tokyo Alien Bros. Volume 1 Manga Review
By the end of the first book (of three), my initial interest had turned to boredom, and I couldn’t see much of a point to what I’d read so far.
― Having read the first book of the Tokyo Alien Bros. manga, I confess I’m baffled, and not for the obvious reasons. The scenario isn’t outlandishly way-out. Instead, it’s very simple: two alien brothers living in modern Tokyo, posing as humans. Nor is the st…
