Manga about apparent alien teacher's class also challenged in N. Carolina, Virginia― Gifford Middle School in eastern Florida removed the Assassination Classroom manga from its library last month after receiving complaints from groups. The Elmbrook School District in southeastern Wisconsin similarly removed the manga from its electronic library last month after a complaint by a parent. The series is...
Top 3 include Minato, Itachi, Sakura― The official YouTube channel for Shueisha's Jump Comics streamed on Thursday the results of the "Narutop 99" worldwide character popularity poll that was held in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Naruto franchise. The franchise's original creator Masashi Kishimoto will draw an original short manga following the winner of the poll, Minato Namikaze the Fo...
Manga also takes break in Weekly Shōnen Magazine's next issue― This year's 19th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that Hiroyuki's Girlfriend, Girlfriend (Kanojo mo Kanojo) manga will end in four chapters. The magazine also announced that the manga will take a break in the next issue on April 19. The magazine announced in March that the manga is entering its "final conf...
Manga resumed serialization in June 2022 after Kentarou Miura passed away in May 2021― This year's eighth issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine revealed on Friday that the 42nd volume of Kentarou Miura's Berserk manga will release on September 29 in Japan. A special edition version of the manga volume will bundle a Guts figure. The issue also revealed that the manga will have a new chapter in ...
Kushida voiced The Hulk in Japanese dubs of Marvel animation, Gousuke Guden in The aquatope on white sand― Talent management agency Mausu Promotion announced last Friday that voice actor Yasumichi Kushida has passed away on April 1. He was 46. His family held a private funeral. Kushida voiced Marvel character The Hulk in numerous Japanese dubs of Western animated series, including Hulk and the Agent...
Ultimately, this is still the same Penguindrum people already know and love, just condensed, slightly restructured, and with just a bare minimum of new material.― When Anime Boston announced they would be premiering the RE:cycle of the Penguindrum movies, I went ahead and did something I'd been meaning to do for a while but hadn't gotten around to: I watched the original Penguindrum anime. Theoreti...
Steve and Chris tune in to The First Kiss That Never Ends and discuss the painfully relatable moments of teen love and the masks we all wear in our lives.― Sure, maybe it's just a glorified mini-episode arc and not really a "film," but we'll take more Kaguya-sama however we can get it. Steve and Chris tune in to The First Kiss That Never Ends and discuss the painfully relatable moments of teen love...
Lynzee and James marathoned their way through the Spring Anime premieres, so you don't have to! Plus: the Mario movie has made a boatload of cash!― What Spring Anime Should We Watch? Lynzee and James marathoned their way through the Spring Anime premieres, so you don't have to! Plus: the Mario movie has made a boatload of cash! The ANN After Show streams live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Space...
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Blue Giant is one of those films you'll either fall in love with or be bored to tears by, and much of that hinges on your appreciation for jazz music.― Blue Giant is a relatively straightforward story about three young guys. Dai is that rare person with talent and drive—an innocent person who loves what he does and never lets anything get him down. Unfortunately, this also means he is a relatively s...
Domu remains a cursed affair: forgotten in the shadow of Otomo's more famous creation and repeatedly stumbling in attempts to bring it to a broader audience. It remains a story reserved for the select few who seek it out.― Domu is a unique story within Katsuhiro Otomo's illustrious career as a mangaka and director, and not solely for its content. Despite being its predecessor, Domu is often compared...
If you've missed this underrated gem and you need a laugh, definitely make time to check it out.― John the Armadillo is back, along with those other guys in the show. Yes, it's the second season of The Vampire Dies in No Time, one of the most consistently funny gag anime of recent years. This is largely because it successfully combines several subgenres of comedy. It melds slapstick with wordplay an...
One panelist had to clean up a shot of the Ghost Devil's hands in Chainsaw Man in a week while having bronchitis and fearing she might have COVID. She ended up drawing around 350 hands in total.― 04/12/2023- After reviewing the panel footage, ANN has corrected the amount of time Lu spent animating the Ghost Devil. The cut took a week; not two days. ANN regrets this error. The rest of the article is...
Caitlin Moore finds little to write home about after watching AYAKA, an anime about a boy who returns to his native island where superpowers are commonplace.― At Sakura-Con 2023, Crunchyroll screened several premieres. Although most of them were of current premieres or movies set to be released shortly, one was the first episode of Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds, a TV anime scheduled to air in ...
Even if Miss Nagatoro has lost a lot of its hard-top edge, it can still hit a bullseye of a punchline and temper it with an understanding of hormonal teenage mating rituals.― The first season of Don't Toy With Me Miss Nagatoro was a surprise in several ways. The depiction of fetish bullying was impressive in its craftsmanship, if not emotionally repelling. Beyond portraying particular pornographic m...
Hisashi Kagawa has had a decades-spanning career; at Sakura-Con he reminisced on his role as Chief Animation Director for Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai.― This year, Sakura-Con welcomed Hisashi Kagawa among its Guests of Honor. Kagawa has had a decades-spanning career, including as a key animator, animation director, and character designer for several Toei Animation franchises, such as Pretty C...
International interest in anime has never been higher, but the production committee system and small government funding windows are a roadblock.― With anime growing ever more popular with a global audience, more and more international companies have become interested in working with Japanese companies on their latest projects. This isn't a new phenomenon; Ghost in the Shell was an international co-p...
Did you know that it took two years alone to develop the facial animation technology in Trigun Stampede? Plus other fascinating details from Orange's panel at Sakura-Con!― Without a doubt, the Trigun Stampede panel was one of the most-attended at Sakura-Con. The line stretched around the walls of the top floor of the convention center, with dozens of props of Wolfwood's Punisher leaned up against t...
As a treat for ANN readers, YEN PRESS is giving away one copy of Oshi No Ko Vol. 1 each to 3 lucky winners.― As a treat for ANN readers, YEN PRESS is giving away one copy of Oshi No Ko Vol. 1 each to 3 lucky winners. For over 15 years, Yen Press has published some of the greatest works of manga, manhwa, light novels, and original graphic novels. Now, we're excited to showcase that talent of this ma...