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Seven Seas Licenses Chi: On the Movements of the Earth, I Married My Female Friend, Dungeon Friends Forever Manga

Feb 23, 17:44

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Also: Breakfast with My Two-Tailed Cat ― Seven Seas announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the I Married My Female Friend, Dungeon Friends Forever, Breakfast with My Two-Tailed Cat, and Chi: On the Movements of the Earth manga. Seven Seas will release the first volume of Shio Usui's I Married My Female Friend (Onna Tomodachi to Kekkon Shitemita) manga physically and digitally in December. The co...

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Crunchyroll Lays Off Approximately 85 Employees Globally

Feb 23, 17:41

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Sources: Not cost-saving measure but resolving redundancy between Crunchyroll, Funimation ― Anime streaming service Crunchyroll laid off about 85 employees last week. According to one employee with knowledge about the recent terminations, the layoffs included employees in the United States, Moldova, France, Germany, and Australia and primarily affected the company's marketing and engineering sectors....

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Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc Drops to #2, Blue Giant Opens at #8

Feb 23, 17:40

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The First Slam Dunk drops to #4, Suzume to #9 ― "World Tour Jōei: Kimetsu no Yaiba Jōgen Shūketsu, Soshite Katanakaji no Sato e" (World Tour Screenings: Demon Slayer: The Upper Ranks Gather and Onward to the Swordsmith Village), the theatrical screenings of the upcoming Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-Hen) television anime, dropped from #1 t...

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Under Ninja TV Anime Reveals Visual, Staff, October Debut

Feb 23, 17:40

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Satoshi Kuwabara directs anime at Tezuka Productions ― The official Twitter account for the television anime adaptation of Kengo Hanazawa's Under Ninja manga unveiled on Wednesday a teaser visual, and it reveals that the series will debut in October. The account also unveiled the staff. Satoshi Kuwabara (Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions) is directing the anime at Tezuka Productions. Keiichirō Ō...

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This Week in Anime - Aggretsuko Goes Full Politics in Its Final Season

Feb 23, 12:00 anime

Aggretsuko has always been about the anxieties of our generation, but it's never articulated these frustrations as clearly as it does here. It's focused on Japan, but these issues and arguments hit home here in bootstraps-poisoned America too. ― Who thought a streaming series about a Sanrio mascot would use its last hurrah to stick it to Japan's aging political party? This series is streaming on Net...

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I Want to Be a Wall GN 2

Feb 23, 12:00

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I Want to Be a Wall is a needed piece of representation, and even if the series tanks later on, these first two volumes are worth your time and money. ― You can find our review of volume one here. As your mother, all I want is for you to keep your own happiness in mind. Do you really plan to be alone forever? Those words, spoken with the best intentions, nicely summarize the situation in which the pr...

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The ANN Aftershow - Vash's True Origins Are Revealed!

Feb 22, 15:00 anime

Trigun Stampede's seventh episode, "Wolfwood," puts the characters in a tight stop as they hurry to stop a runaway sandship from crashing into an orphanage. ― Vash's True Origins Are Revealed! Trigun Stampede's seventh episode, "Wolfwood," puts the characters in a tight stop as they hurry to stop a runaway sandship from crashing into an orphanage. In order to save countless lives, Vash heads to the ...

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Choujin X GN 1

Feb 22, 12:00

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This striking volume from the creator of Tokyo Ghoul follows Tokio, a so-called social "vulture" struggling with imposter syndrome and a hideous transformation. ― From the same creative mind that brought us the hit manga series Tokyo Ghoul comes another rather dark outing from creator Sui Ishida. If you were a fan of his previous work, there is certainly a lot to love about Choujin X. On paper, both ...

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SCRAMBLUES GN

Feb 21, 12:00

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What SCRAMBLUES lacks in romance, it makes up for in character growth in this single-volume manga. ― Some of my favorite romance stories are ones that function as good character pieces that flesh out the individual issues of their characters before moving forward with any major romantic progression. This is one of the greatest strengths of SCRAMBLUES, as it puts some of the traumas and insecurities o...

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The Mike Toole Show - A Leijiverse of Possibilities

Feb 21, 11:00

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Following the recent passing of Leiji Matsumoto, we're revisiting this write-up by Mike Toole about the creator's pivotal anime and manga. ― Obviously, I'm going to putting manga and anime maestro Leiji Matsumoto under the microscope this week. But before I do that, I'll point out that just a week ago, I was at Anime North in Toronto, which was my first time experiencing an anime convention outside o...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Winter 2023, Feb 12-18

Feb 21, 09:30

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The Eminence in Shadow blasts its way to #1 thanks to a finale worthy of the name "I Am Atomic". And it's not the only series shaking up the cumulative rankings 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 these ran...

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This Week in Anime - Does BOFURI Season 2 Keep Up the Charm?

Feb 21, 09:00

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The first season of BOFURI was an unexpected, charming surprise among VRMMORPG anime. Does the second season keep up the quality? ― The first season of BOFURI was an unexpected, charming surprise among VRMMORPG anime. Does the second season keep up the quality? This series is streaming on Crunchyroll Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views o...

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Tomo-chan Is a Girl! Print Giveaway

Feb 21, 00:00

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Few days left before giveaway ends! ANN is giving away one Tomo-chan Is a Girl! print each to five lucky winners! ― Tomboy Tomo couldn't have picked a more awkward high school crush 'cause it's on her childhood friend, Junichiro, but he only sees her as one of the guys. Despite her pretty looks and signals, nothing gets through to this meathead! Will Junichiro ever realize Tomo's into him and see her...

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World's Collide at Demon Slayer: To The Swordsmith Village Red Carpet Premiere

Feb 20, 15:00 anime

We chatted with voice actor Natsuki Hanae, producer Yūma Takahashi, and the English dub cast at the Demon Slayer Anime's Swordsmith Village Arc red carpet premiere! ― Thousands of Demon Slayer fans lined up bright and early around the Los Angeles Orpheum Theatre for an early screening of the upcoming season. Special guests included Natsuki Hanae, producer Yuma Takahashi, and members of the English vo...

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Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand GN

Feb 20, 12:00

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A lot is going on here, from the quiet pain of personal tragedies to the lengths adults will go to "protect" children from life, all tempered with the need to believe. ― It is very easy for adults to dismiss what a child sees. Whether it's mosquitoes that look like tiny fairies in the twilight or mermaids in the sea, things seen through the eyes of imagination can be written off with impunity by adul...

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Why Creators Root For Akane-banashi

Feb 20, 09:00