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My Awkward Senpai Anime Series Review
This is an adorkable anime in every way.
― My Awkward Senpai is a workplace anime that often denies its romantic comedy flavorings even when they are so obvious and in the audience’s faces. I went into this series blind, so naive me expected a more grounded story about the 9-to-5 grind and the relationships that form between senpai and kohai. That proves foolhardy by the end of the first episode. The…
Your Anime Rankings – Best of Winter 2026, Feb 12-18
The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife is softly conquering hearts and climbing the rankings. 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 a…
Resident Evil Requiem Game Review
It may not be the best of the Resident Evil adventures to come out these last few years, but Requiem probably represents most Resident Evil experience that this new generation has cooked up so far.
― We’ve been enjoying the fruits of Capcom’s Resident Evil Renaissance (their REnaissance?) for several years now, and I feel like Resident Evil Requiem represents a fascinating culmination of everything t…
Anime Fits Metal Like a Powerglove
Since 2005, Powerglove has made the headbanging-est power metal covers of your favorite songs—from video games to anime. To learn more, ANN sat down with the band to talk all things metal, anime, and their upcoming album.
― Since 2005, Powerglove has been making the headbanging-est power metal covers of your favorite songs from video games and Saturday-morning cartoons. They’ve performed around the w…
Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord Volumes 4-6 Manga Review
Wealth and magic can make life easier, but making friends can save the world.
― In Volume 1-3, we were presented with a kind of manga The Sims scenario, as Van gathered around him people willing to help him transform this “unnamed” village into a prosperous town. In Volume 4-6, the story continues to build on Van’s blueprints, as the town builds defenses, weapons, and a military capable of wielding t…
This Week in Anime – Running on Empty
Coop and Sylvia discuss anime burnout and how to handle it.
― Coop and Sylvia discuss anime burnout and how to handle it. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @LucasDeRuyter @vestenet Coop I don’t know about you, Sylvia, but I’ve been feeling l…
Video Game Composer Shigeru Ikeda Dies at 57
Composer for later games in Da Capo series, husband of singer yozuca*
― Video game composer Shigeru Ikeda died on Saturday, February 21. He was 57 years old. He will have a vigil open to the public on Wednesday, followed by a funeral on Thursday. He is survived by his wife, who is singer yozuca*, and a child.Ikeda fell comatose in April 2023 due to a subarachnoid hemorrhage, and has been battling his…
Vertical Publishing Company’s Co-Founder Ioannis Mentzas Dies
Princeton graduate served as editorial director at Kodansha USA
― Kodansha USA announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday that the Vertical publishing company’s co-founder and Kodansha USA Editorial Director Ioannis Mentzas died. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kodansha Manga (@kodanshamanga) Hiroki Sakai founded Japanese novel and manga publisher Vertical with Mentzas in 2001. Kodansha…
The ANN Aftershow – We’re Still Here
Did you know that James, Lynzee, and Jacki have continued to host the ANN After Show weekly for the last eight months? If not, that’s my fault.
― Oshi no Ko, What Are You Doing?! Did you know that James, Lynzee, and Jacki have continued to host the ANN After Show weekly for the last eight months? If not, that’s my fault. Audio editing a podcast is time-consuming, and while I got my skillset “good en…
The Duke’s Son Claims He Won’t Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration Manga Gets TV Anime
Yui Ishikawa, Soma Saito star in July anime
― A website opened on Tuesday to announce a television anime for writer Kei Misawa and artist Natsu Mizuno’s The Duke’s Son Claims He Won’t Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration (“Kimi o Koi Suru Ki wa Nai” to Itta Jiki Kōshaku-sama ga Nazeka Dekiai Shitekimasu) manga. The anime will premiere in July on TV Asahi and BS Asahi. Mizuno drew an illustration c…
The Sado Life of Rosé the Witch Manga Gets TV Anime
Reverse-isekai story about fantasy world witch starting new life in Japan’s Sado Island
― The April issue of Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine announced on Tuesday that Ominaeshi’s The Sado Life of Rosé the Witch (Mahōtsukai Rosé no Sado Life) manga is inspiring a television anime. Ominaeshi shared an illustration celebrating the announcement. The manga centers on Rosé Staria, a witch an…
This Week in Mobile Games – The Years Start Walkin’ and They Don’t Stop Walkin’
Josh looks at how the RAM shortage affects mobile and game developers, the latest Genshin Impact update, and a deep dive into the Simogo Legacy Collection.
― Hello, and welcome once more to another issue of This Week in Mobile Games, and the last installment of February, the worst month of the year (allegedly). I wouldn’t know about all that; I live in the tropics, so the main thing distinguishing F…
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Novel Review
Dark Moon: the Blood Altar is the literary equivalent of a Twinkie.
― You’ve read the manhwa and watched the anime – why not read the novel as well? Possibly because it’s 888 pages long. Like the BTS novel 7 Fates Chakho, Dark Moon is an exercise in Wattpad madness – a story that ties in with a K-pop boy band and casts them all as various supernatural versions of themselves in a complicated story. Th…
Exploring Studio ENGI, the Anime Studio Behind Medalist
During the PacSet “ANN in Japan 2025” tour, anime fans from around the globe were granted the exceedingly rare privilege to see how and where the sausage gets made.
― This past autumn, as part of the PacSet “ANN in Japan 2025” tour, about a dozen other anime fans from around the globe were granted the exceedingly rare privilege to tour a brick-and-mortar anime studio. It was a chance to see how the s…
Evangelion Franchise Announces New Series
From Nier’s Yokō Tarō, directors Kazuya Tsurumaki & Tōko Yatabe, Khara & CloverWorks
― The “Evangelion:30+; 30th Anniversary of Evangelion” festival ended on Monday with a surprise video and a live cello and choral performance to announce a brand-new series. The project was teased as the franchise’s “Next Genesis” from series script supervisor and scriptwriter Yoko Taro (NieR:Automata game and anime …
Luna Sea Rock Band’s Drummer Shinya Yamada Dies Due to Cancer at 56
Yamada had been diagnosed in 2020 but planned to perform at band’s March concert
― The official website of the rock band Luna Sea announced on Monday that the band’s drummer Shinya Yamada died on February 17 at 6:16 p.m. He was 56. Yamada, who performed under the mononym Shinya, had been diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer in 2020, and then a brain tumor last year. He had undergone seven surgeri…
Trigun Maximum Manga Review
The world Vash lives in is so well fleshed-out in its manga incarnation, and the stakes for survival of its populace much higher.
― You know when you’ve been overdoing something when aspects of it begin to bleed into your dreams. So it has been the past few weeks for me and Trigun. Not too long after closing my eyes, my mind is filled with images of spiky-haired red-trenchcoat-wearing gunslingers, cr…
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