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Ishura Season 1 Anime Series Review

Jul 13, 00:00

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While Ishura seems to take itself incredibly seriously with such silly names, it's best enjoyed as a supremely daft, flashy action show. ― Ishura is about the closest thing I've seen to a good old Fate-style Grail War in a while. We've got a huge cast of overpowered individuals with godlike abilities duking it out with one another over a vast canvas of multi-factional war. Everyone has their own agen...

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This Week in Games - Pokémon, Kaiju, and Pals

Jul 12, 22:00

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Jean-Karlo deep-dives into Pokémon's Ultraman origins, the big update to Palworld, and classic games making a comeback! ― Welcome back, folks! I've been playing the much-anticipated summer event in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE. It's what you expect: the bathing suits are scandalous, and the Live2D animations are Live2D, but the story is surprisingly good. It's not Shakespeare, but the NIKKE events do a ...

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Choose Your Daily Streaming Anime Reviews: Summer 2024

Jul 12, 21:00 anime

It's time to fill in your ballot and cast your vote for this season's anime reviews!

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Bocchi the Rock! Staff Reflect on Growth and Change

Jul 12, 21:00

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Director Keiichirō Saitō and voice actor Yoshino Aoyama from Bocchi the Rock! sat down with Anime News Network to discuss the behind-the-scenes details of adapting the show-stopping anime. ― The anime adaptation of Aki Hamaji's four-panel manga was a sleeper hit in late 2022. Viewers related to Bocchi's awkwardness and social anxiety, while entertained by the off-the-cuff animation. In addition, Kes...

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This Week in Anime - What Is This, An Anime Crossover Episode?

Jul 12, 02:00

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Lucas and Chris recall some of the strangest and most surprising crossover episodes in anime history. Which are your favorite? ― Lucas and Chris recall some of the strangest and most surprising crossover episodes in anime history. Which are your favorite? Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discu...

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Rising Impact Season 1 Anime Series Review

Jul 12, 00:00

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I walked away from the first half of this series feeling reasonably entertained despite a rough start; it eventually managed to veer into something fun, if a bit uninspired. ― While it can be hard to gauge how well anime generally performs on Netflix, if there's one series that's undoubtedly been a success for them, it's Nakaba Suzuki's The Seven Deadly Sins. So much so that they've been consistently...

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Rent-A-Girlfriend Anime Gets 4th Season in 2025

Jul 11, 23:09

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Anime of Hawaiians arc announced on manga's 7th anniversary ― The staff for the anime of Reiji Miyajima's Rent-A-Girlfriend (Kanojo, Okarishimasu) manga announced on Friday that a fourth season will air in 2025. The new season will cover the Hawaiians arc. Friday marks the seventh anniversary of the manga's launch. The anime's third season premiered on July 7, 2023 in the Super Animeism block on MBS,...

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My Hero Academia's Mamoru Miyano, Daiki Yamashita Discuss Manga's Imminent Conclusion

Jul 11, 04:45

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'I'm sure Horikoshi-sensei is burning his soul, like One For All, and he's going to deplete his soul like All Might after he finishes drawing the final episode.' ― While discourse around My Hero Academia has focused on the manga's imminent ending as of late, you wouldn't have thought the franchise was running out of gas based on the MY HERO ACADEMIA SPECIAL EVENT at this year's Anime Expo. Filling t...

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Interview: An Umineko Retrospective with Ryukishi07 & Sayaka Ohara

Jul 11, 01:00

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Popular sound novel creator Ryukishi07 and Beatrice voice actor Sayaka Ohara look back on Umineko's mysterious ending. ― Ryukishi07, the mind behind the When They Cry franchise, and voice actress Sayaka Ohara came together for Anime Expo 2024. Ohara voices the legendary Golden Witch, Beatrice, from Ryukishi's Umineko When They Cry series. Although the final chapter in the story was released in 2011,...

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The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 3 Anime Series Review

Jul 11, 00:00

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Despite my grievances with how the story is told, I cried like a baby by the end. The Duke of Death and His Maid feels like it can only be described as wholesome edging. ― We have finally approached the end of this journey. When I first watched The Duke of Death and His Maid, I didn't think I would grow as emotionally attached to these characters as I did. What I thought would be a light yet digestib...

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BEASTARS Creator Paru Itagaki's Sanda Manga Gets TV Anime by Science SARU

Jul 10, 23:25

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Near future hero action manga ended on Thursday ― A website opened on Thursday to announce that a television anime of Paru Itagaki's SANDA manga has been green-lit. Science Saru is animating the project. The "unconventional Santa Claus hero action" manga tells the story of adults and children in the near future with a declining birth rate. An ordinary boy named Sanda finds out that one of his classma...

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Makoto Takatsu's Migratory Birds & Snail Manga Gets TV Anime, Returns from Hiatus

Jul 10, 19:02

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Manga about two people sleeping, traveling in car launched in 2019 ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Makoto Takatsu's Wataridori to Katatsumuri (Migratory birds & Snail) manga, revealed that it will get a television anime adaptation, and also announced the manga's return from its four-year hiatus, on Wednesday. Takatsu also drew an illustration to celebrate the manga's return and anime ...

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Kazuki Kaburagi's Magic Maker ~Isekai Mahō no Tsukurikata~ Light Novels Get TV Anime in 2025

Jul 10, 17:56