Yuichiro Umehara, Kaito Ishikawa, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Sōma Saitō join cast― The third episode of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-Hen) television anime revealed four new cast members for the anime on Sunday. All four characters are four different clones of Hantengu (voiced by Toshio Furukawa): Yuichiro Umehara as Sekido Kaito Ishikawa as ...
Project to offer animated music video, info on May 29― Toei Animation unveiled a new original anime project titled Girls Band Cry on Monday. Toei Animation post the visual below with a tagline that reads, "Throw out your anger, joy, sadness — throw all of it away." The new project will post an animated music video and announce more details on May 29. Toei Animation is perhaps best known for its work...
Anime premiered on April 12 with 90-minute 1st episode― HIDIVE announced on Friday that the first episode of the television anime adaptation for Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari's Oshi no Ko manga became the streaming service's "#1 series launch in the streamer's history" last week. The series' ranking is based on the number of views it achieved in its first week on the streaming service. HIDIVE also ...
Ryōichi Kuraya directs anime at studio Liber― The official website for the new television anime adaptation of writer Araki Joh and illustrator Kenji Nagatomo's Bartender manga revealed on Monday that the anime is titled Bartender Glass of God (Bartender: Kami no Glass) and will premiere in April 2024. The website also revealed a new visual and the anime's main staff. Ryōichi Kuraya (Tsugumomo, Farmi...
Shōjo romance about woman who doesn't socialize well launched in 2021― The June issue of Kodansha's Dessert magazine announced on Monday that Taamo's Tsumugu to Koi ni Naru Futari (Tsumugu and the Two Who Fall in Love) manga will end in its next chapter in the magazine's July issue on May 24. The manga centers on Tsumugi, who isn't good at socializing with others, when suddenly she moves and ends up...
My Coworker Has a Secret isn't anything particularly new or exciting, and it does sometimes feel like creator Mushiro's just pulling tropes out of a rom-com grab bag.― Stories about secret adult otaku in the workplace are hardly new, but Akari is in a more precarious position than most. That's not just because she's a self-described stan of her favorite musical actor, the acerbic Ren Nishimori (AKA ...
The spring manga guide is here! We'll share first impressions of series published from March to May for the next two weeks! TODAY: Insomniacs After School, Call the Name of the Night, The Otherworlder, Exploring the Dungeon and more!― Banner art by catfish Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2023 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics wri...
This fluffy little romance about a blind girl and a former delinquent is replete with very solid messaging about how everyone deserves to be treated with respect.― "If you don't cram yourself into highly specific roles, society doesn't treat you like a person." Those words, thought by male lead Morio Kurokawa, nicely sum up the point of this book. Morio's an eighteen-year-old high school dropout wit...
Relaying both hope and hopelessness in the face of disaster, Guardian of Fukushima is a stark telling of one man's unyielding will to save the animals left behind.― If there's one thing that risks turning readers away from this book, it's the fact that Stu Levy of Tokyopop infamy is very much present in the front and end matter. He's a divisive figure among manga readers. While some of us may recoil...
Ragna Crimson has been a manga defined by over-the-top battles between super-powered beings, and this fight is one of the best in the run.― Ragna Crimson volume 8 brings to a close the longest battle in the series thus far, and in basically every regard, lives up to the hype. The opening segment with the temptation of the Silverware Princess is interesting. Olto Zora's offer is not particularly comp...
This week: the low-down on Nintendo's Indie Showcase, who is the less evil in the Nintendo vs Gary Bowser case, and what we know about the new Sonic live-action spin-off!― Glad to see everyone back! As you read this, I'll likely be wrapping up my reading for ANN's seasonal Manga Preview guide. It's not game-related, but it's a phenomenal way to look into new stuff and discover new stories to love—I ...