Alexander Maniatis, Steven Ward, Craig Fairbrass, Langley Kirkwood, Celeste Loots, Chioma Umeala join cast― Netflix unveiled during its Geeked Week livestream on Monday a behind-the-scenes video for the Hollywood live-action series of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga. The video previews concept art of various ships from the series, including the Going Merry, Baratie, and Miss Love Duck. It also featur...
New webtoon to launch in mid-2023 on LINE Manga app― LINE Digital Frontier announced on Friday that Boichi will launch a new webtoon series with writer In-Wan Youn (Defense Devil, Island, Shin Angyo Onshi) on the LINE Manga app in mid-2023. The new work is titled SuperString, and is tied into Korean company YLAB's Super String IP, which features characters from different YLAB works in one universe. ...
Rina Honnizumi, Yō Taichi, Yuko Kaida, Aoi Koga, Seiichirō Yamashita, Rie Takahashi join cast― Netflix debuted the first full trailer for Kakegurui Twin, the anime of Katsura Saiki's Kakegurui Twins manga spinoff, on Sunday. The trailer reveals more cast and staff members, and the August 4 premiere for the anime. It also announces and previews the ending theme song "Queens Bluff" by the group i☆Ris....
Film will have different ending song for each of film's 4 weeks of screening― The official website for Gekijōban Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san, the Teasing Master Takagi-san franchise's upcoming anime film, revealed on Saturday that the film will have four different ending theme songs, changing for each of the film's four weeks of screening. Rie Takahashi, the voice of Takagi, will perform the first we...
So many good episodes competing for the top spot. Meanwhile, Don't Hurt Me, My Healer looks like a shoo-in for the "Chaos Dragon" award. Check out 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 ra...
This novel series tries to mix things up a bit but ultimately is too devoted to the basic villainess story to truly achieve that, giving it that slightly stale feeling.― Forget Being the Villainess, I Want to be an Adventurer is, in its first two novels, a mix of checklist villainess isekai and something a bit more innovative. The story follows Serephione, daughter of the noble Granzeus family in a ...
In the four years since it first aired, DARLING in the FRANXX has had an unexpectedly long tail, inspiring even the likes of Kim Kardashian to dye her hair. Devout anime lover Xiran Jay Zhao found the sci-fi story a launch point for their bestseller Iron Widow.― In the four years since it first aired, DARLING in the FRANXX has had an unexpectedly long tail. According to Google Trends, the show exper...
This magical girl series is pushing towards its 40th birthday. Does it still have anything to offer to modern anime fans?― Falling between Magical Fairy Persia and Magical Idol Pastel Yumi is Magical Emi, the third of Studio Pierrot's early magical girl titles, and while the former hasn't been released in English as of this writing, Magical Emi is notably stronger than either Creamy Mami or Pastel Y...
If a simple love story is all you need, this manga has it in spades.― There are a few things to like about Tomorrow, Make Me Yours. The story is simple and self-contained within one volume. It covers the major grounds of romantic progression from infatuation to confession to dating to sex. Its stylistic flourishes are heavily inspired by other light-hearted romance stories, with cute little lighting...
The second part of the Alchemy Stars Grand Marshal's Gala event is a Reinhardt fanart contest. It's time to get out your pens, markers, pencils or tablets and submit your best (or funniest) version of Reinhardt in all her glory.― 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?...
This edgy manga comes with a slew of content warnings, but is there anything to it beyond reveling in its own darkness?― Not all books with disturbing content merit up-front content warnings; From the Red Fog is not one of them. Before you embark on this book, it's worth knowing that it features a slew of troubling material, most notably a mostly off-the-page rape of a child; torture and violence ma...
There's speculation that Ash's journey is coming to end, so let's take a look back at where it started and whether the magic is still there.― At the time of this writing, it seems like this season of the current Pokémon anime is in the final stages and I must say it has been a pretty interesting…journey to bear witness to as a long time fan of the franchise. While not perfect, the show's focus on r...
June has only just started, and we've already got major updates for Final Fantasy XVI, Street Fighter VI, Pokémon, Sonic Frontiers, and more! Heidi takes a closer look.― Jeez, June has only started, and we've already got a veritable summer avalanche of news to tackle! So, let's cut to the chase and dive into all of the hot new trailers that have dropped over the past week! STATE OF PLAY: EVERYTHING ...