From the creator of ERASED comes a new series about jumping through time when fifth grader Minato switches bodies with adult career criminal Tomohiro Takita – in the moment just after Takita committed murder.― Kei Sanbe certainly has a way with stories about tormented little boys, doesn't he? But it's hard to complain that the protagonists of Erased, For the Kid I Saw in My Dreams, and now this seri...
There's 9 days left in the Regal Reinhardt contest! This is your chance to submit your Reinhardt tribute for a chance to win one of fifteen Amazon gift cards or one two PicassoTab portable drawing tablets.― Anime News Network is helping the Alchemy Stars Operations Team celebrate the one-year anniversary of the hyper popular mobile game. Haven't heard about Alchemy Stars yet? Read more about it her...
Easily one of the stand-out series of the season, Jean-Karlo and Nicky check out why this family of misfits is winning the hearts of everyone across the otaku-sphere.― Easily one of the stand-out series of the season, Jean-Karlo and Nicky check out why this family of misfits is winning the hearts of everyone across the otaku-sphere. This series is streaming on Crunchyroll Disclaimer: The views and ...
Chiaki Kobayashi, Yui Ishikawa plays snow fairy descendant & his oblivious colleague in workplace fantasy romantic comedy― Square Enix announced on Monday that Miyuki Tonogaya's The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague (Kōri Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Dōryō Joshi) manga is inspiring a television anime. Tonogaya drew the illustration below to celebrate the news. The "workplace fantasy romantic comedy...
Yuri Tsunematsu, Tomohisa Yamashita, Hayato Isomura, Kai Inowaki, Katsuya Magiuma, Honami Satō join 2022 season― The staff of the second season of the live-action series of Haro Aso's Alice in Borderland (Imawa no Kuni no Alice) manga revealed six new cast members for the series on Monday. The new cast members include Yuri Tsunematsu (left in image above) as the high school student Heiya, Tomohisa Y...
Also: Tatsuki Fujimoto, Oto Tōda publish new 1-shot on July 4― The official Twitter account for Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service announced on Monday that Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga will start its second part on July 13. Shonen Jump+'s assistant editor-in-chief Yuta Momiyama stated on Twitter that the manga will continue to serialize on Manga Plus and will be available in English, Spanish, ...
Actress voiced Grandis in Nadia, Shaia Tove in Orguss, Kate Hathaway in Ginga Hyōryū Vifam― Talent management agency 81 Produce announced on Monday that voice actress Kumiko Takizawa passed away on June 11 due to a heart attack. She was 69. Takizawa's family held a private funeral. Some of Takizawa's notable roles include Grandis in Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water, Kate Hathaway and Lucchina Pleshe...
Plans for cast change announced in December― The new promotional video for the anime of Ken Wakui's Tokyo Revengers franchise revealed the new cast member for Ken "Doraken/Draken" Ryūgūji on Sunday. Masaya Fukunishi is replacing Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Draken's voice. The anime's website confirms Fukunishi will be in the upcoming Blu-ray box, as well as the broadcast, streaming, and other versions of th...
After some weaker episodes, the Bookworm finale blasts its way into the top spot! Find out how your favorite shows stacked up according to reader votes.― 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 are based on ...
Before there was Kyo and Tohru, or even Kyo and Kyoko, there was Kyoko and Katsuya. Kyoko was a troubled teen; Katsuya a student teacher with no actual interest in education. Apart, they were a pair of misfits; together, they made Tohru.― One thing I've seen bouncing around shojo-dominated spaces of the internet is anticipation for this movie. Specifically, people are excited about the all-new epilo...
Eldo Yoshimizu is as lively in person as he is on the page, channeling his real-life experience tussling with a yakuza into his femme fatale's fight scenes.― Eldo Yoshimizu is as lively in person as he is on the page. His action comic, especially Ryuko, about the titular yakuza heiress and her fellow fighting females, have combat scenes that feel like deluges of black ink, violence drawn as a fever ...
The first new release of Hideshi Hino's work in a decade, The Town of Pigs is a short allegory of war that starkly reflects the demons inside humanity.― Spoiler warning: for the sake of discussing the context of this manga, the end twist is included in this review. The Town of Pigs marks a long-deserved return of Hideshi Hino, a central horror manga artist whose work hasn't been released stateside i...
From the creator of Chainsaw Man comes a story about the passion of artists and the tragedies that shape our life.― Growing up as a child, I've always found that there's never really a right or wrong reason to pursue a passion. Whether it's sports, academics, or even the creative arts, the reasons behind why one might decide to walk down those paths could range from the incredibly complex and selfle...