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Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms Anime Series Review
I won't say that I was disappointed watching Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms, but I was expecting a little bit more than what was given.
― We've been spoiled on good slice-of-life and romantic comedy anime haven't we? As one of my favorite anime genres, I sometimes feel torn. I have been more forgiving of the tired and expected genre tropes, but I do genuinely love it when writers can take ...
This Week in Anime - Anime Date Night
Lucas and Chris give their advice on what anime to watch (and not watch!) with your significant other.
― Lucas and Chris give their advice on what anime to watch with your significant other. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. RWBY is available on YouTube.
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Summer Pockets Writer, Director On The Hardest Things About Turning a Game into an Anime
“This is kind of bad to say, but there are some works that just can't be adapted [into an anime].”
― During the “'Summer Pockets' Staff Talk Stage by Production Works Gallery”at Anime Japan 2025, game writer Kai and the upcoming anime adaptation director Tomoki Kobayashi spoke a bit about the troubles of turning a game into an anime. The Summer Pockets anime is based on the 2018 Key visual novel of t...
A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School! Anime Series Review
Protagonist Haruaki Abe is the worst thing about this series.
― Sometimes a series' greatest detriment is the very character meant to be our window into its world. That's one hundred percent the case with A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School. Protagonist Haruaki Abe is the worst thing about the twenty-four-episode show. Not only is he screechy and whiny, he's also got a uniform fetish that the plot tr...
Hajime no Ippo: Rising Anime Series Review
The show may not be perfect and we may not get another Hajime no Ippo anime but this is a great note to end it on.
― I was a little disappointed with the second season of Hajime no Ippo for taking the focus away from our main character and putting it almost exclusively on the messy, drawn-out nature of the larger boxing world. Hajime no Ippo: Rising scales back that scope, which initially sounds like...
Your Anime Rankings - Best of Winter 2025
Ending the season with a strong episode, The Apothecary Diaries turns the tables on Orb at the very last minute. Check out what else moved up or down in the final ranking of the Winter 2024 season!
― 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. K...
Aldnoah.Zero [Re+] Anime Film Review
This film is worth watching for the new episode alone. As for the compilation film attached to it...
― When it comes to many mecha anime, the protagonist is the pilot of some special or powerful mobile suit and uses it to turn the tide in a war (often one between Earth and space). Aldoah.Zero is the reverse of this. Rather than the heroes, it is the villains who have Gundam-like mobile suits powered ...
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Ponkotsu Fūkiin to Skirt Take ga Futekisetsu na JK no Hanashi Manga Gets TV Anime
Daiji Iwanaga directs anime of Takuma Yokota's manga at Zero-G
― A new official website opened on Tuesday to announce that Takuma Yokota's Ponkotsu Fūkiin to Skirt Take ga Futekisetsu na JK no Hanashi (Story of the Useless Public Morals Committeeman and the High School Girl With Inappropriate Skirt Length) manga is getting a television anime. Daiji Iwanaga (The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window) is...
Keigo Higashino's Kusunoki no Bannin Novel Gets Anime Film in 2026
Sword Art Online director Tomohiko Ito helms film at A-1 Pictures
― Flag Pictures announced on Tuesday the anime film adaptation of Keigo Higashino's Kusunoki no Bannin (The Camphorwood Custodian) novel, which will premiere in 2026. Sword Art Online and ERASED director Tomohiko Ito is directing the film at A-1 Pictures. Aniplex will distribute the film. The film's super teaser visual was also reveale...
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! Anime Gets 2nd Season
1st season premiered last July
― The "Tsuwabuki High School Literature Club's Extracurricular Activity" event of the Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! anime announced on Sunday that the anime will receive a second season. The first season of the anime adaptation of Takibi Amamori and Imigimuru's Make Heroine ga Ooisugiru! (Too Many Losing Heroines!) light novel series premiered in July 2024. Crunchy...
My Nintendo Store Sets Restrictions on Switch 2 Pre-Orders in Japan
Only active Nintendo Switch Online account holders can pre-order multi-language Switch 2 in Japan
― Nintendo revealed last week the preorder lottery details in Japan for its recently announced Nintendo Switch 2 console. Lottery pre-orders for the new console will begin on April 24 in retailers and online stores across Japan. However, these consoles at general retail outlets will only support Japanese...
Days With My Stepsister Author: 2nd Anime Season Has Not Been Green-Lit
Ghost Mikawa: "My company can't make decisions like confirming a second season of the TV anime"
― Days With My Stepsister author Ghost Mikawa clarified on X (formerly Twitter) on April 2 that a second season of the Days With My Stepsister television anime has not been green-lit. The novelist saw other social media posts stating a second season of the anime series has been announced, and noted that th...
Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Orders in Canada to Align with U.S. Date
Switch 2 launch detailed hours before U.S. President Trump announced new import taxes
― Nintendo confirmed on Tuesday that pre-orders for its Switch 2 system in Canada has been delayed to align with its postponement of U.S. pre-orders. The June 5 launch date remains unchanged. The company announced on Friday that pre-orders for the system would be delayed in the United States from the initial April ...
Darling's Vanishing Act Manga Ends
Series launched in August 2024
― Shonen Jump+ revealed on Wednesday in the 18th chapter of Yadu's Darling's Vanishing Act manga that the series will end in the next chapter. Manga Plus publishes the series in English and describes the story:
Darling is a carefree, cheerful, romantic, and flirtatious gentleman. The moment he appears, the fate of the underworld is set into rapid motion...! A fact its ...
Tokyopop Licenses The Little Bird Sleeps by The Sea, Fated Not to Meet, More Manga
Also: Merry Witches' Life, Kou Hirokawa's We're Not Cut Out To Be Lovers
― Tokyopop announced on Tuesday that it has licensed Yuu Minaduki's The Little Bird Sleeps by The Sea, Ei Eijou's Fated Not to Meet, Kou Hirokawa's We're Not Cut Out To Be Lovers, and Menota's Merry Witches' Life manga. Title: The Little Bird Sleeps by The Sea manga
Creator: Yuu Minaduki
Release Date: April 15
Summary: This hear...
Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV Anime Reveals English Cast for Same-Day Dub
Thea Saccoliti, Anairis Quiñones star
― Amazon Prime Video began streaming the same-day English dub for the Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (pronounced as “g-kwux”) television anime on Tuesday, and its credits revealed the English cast. Thea Saccoliti as Amate Yuzuriha Anairis Q (Anairis Quiñones) as Nyaan
Ry McKeand as Xavier Olivette Fajer Kaisi as Challia Bull Cat Protano as Comoli Harcourt Alyson Le...
Hotaru's Way's Satoru Hiura Launches New Manga on May 8
Hiura to launch Binan to Kaneko manga about beauty and money
― The May issue of Shodensha's Feel Young magazine revealed on Tuesday that Satoru Hiura will launch a new manga titled Binan to Kaneko (A Handsome Man and Kaneko) in the magazine's next issue on May 8. The manga teases that one can change their future with beauty and money. Hiura's Saionji-san wa Kaji o Shinai (No domestic work for Ms. Sai...
Summer Pockets Anime's Main Manga Adaptation Launches in May
wogura draws Summer Pockets -Natsu no Takaramono- manga
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website announced on Tuesday Summer Pockets -Natsu no Takaramono- (Summer Pockets -Summer Treasures-), wogura's manga adaptation of the Summer Pockets television anime, which is also an adaptation of Visual Arts/Key's Summer Pockets visual novel. The manga will launch...
Illusion of Itehari Switch Game Launches in West in Fall
Game launched as Utakata no Uchronia in Japan in April 2024
― Aksys Games announced on Tuesday that it will release the Utakata no Uchronia game under the title Illusion of Itehari in the West for Nintendo Switch in fall. The Aksys Online Store will have an exclusive edition of the game that includes the original soundtrack CD. Aksys Games describes the story: Welcome to the renowned and prosperous u...
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Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms Anime Series Review
I won't say that I was disappointed watching Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms, but I was expecting a little bit more than what was given.
― We've been spoiled on good slice-of-life and romantic comedy anime haven't we? As one of my favorite anime genres, I sometimes feel torn. I have been more forgiving of the tired and expected genre tropes, but I do genuinely love it when writers can take ...
Elden Ring Nightreign Game's Character Trailer Previews Duchess
Duchess uses rapier, Restage ability in new standalone game on May 30
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming on Tuesday a character trailer for Elden Ring: Nightreign, the new standalone Elden Ring game, and it previews Duchess. Duchess starts with a rapier and has the Restage ability to force opponents to replay recent actions. Previously announced Nightfarer characters include Wylder, Guardia...
Sonic Rumble Game Launches on May 8 (Updated)
Mobile, PC game delayed from winter
― Sega announced on Tuesday that it will release Sonic Rumble, the battle royale mobile game for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, for iOS, Android, and PC via Steam on May 8. Update: Sega streamed an announcement date trailer: The game was delayed from winter. The game features 32-player battle royale challenges. Players control toy versions of characters from thr...
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Ponkotsu Fūkiin to Skirt Take ga Futekisetsu na JK no Hanashi Manga Gets TV Anime
Daiji Iwanaga directs anime of Takuma Yokota's manga at Zero-G
― A new official website opened on Tuesday to announce that Takuma Yokota's Ponkotsu Fūkiin to Skirt Take ga Futekisetsu na JK no Hanashi (Story of the Useless Public Morals Committeeman and the High School Girl With Inappropriate Skirt Length) manga is getting a television anime. Daiji Iwanaga (The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window) is...
This Week in Anime - Anime Date Night
Lucas and Chris give their advice on what anime to watch (and not watch!) with your significant other.
― Lucas and Chris give their advice on what anime to watch with your significant other. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. RWBY is available on YouTube.
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Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles 2 Game Streams 2 Character Videos
Videos highlight Swordsmith Village Arc villains Gyokko, Hantengu
― Aniplex started streaming two new character introduction videos for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2, the sequel game to the 2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles game, on Monday. The videos highlight the characters Gyokko and Hantengu, two villains from the Swordsmith Village Arc. The...
Capcom Fighting Collection 2's Trailer Highlights Project Justice, Plasma Sword
Game collection debuts on May 16
― Capcom began streaming a trailer for Capcom Fighting Collection 2, which includes eight fighting games on Monday. The trailer highlights Project Justice and Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein, as well as some of the features included in the collection. Capcom Fighting Collection 2 will launch for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on May 16....
Sazae-san Anime Regains Corporate Sponsors to End 11-Week Drought
Other anime series on Fuji TV still suffering from fewer to no corporate sponsorships
― Anime News Network's Japan-based staff confirmed the April 6 episode of Sazae-san aired with two corporate sponsors, Geo and OIC Group. This is the first time that the long-running anime had corporate sponsors in nine weeks. (Some sponsors already began removing their ads a couple of weeks earlier in late January...
Hakuoki SSL: Sweet School Life Game Gets Western Release for Switch
Pre-orders for physical edition open on April 10
― Eastasiasoft announced on Monday it will release Hakuōki SSL ~sweet school life~, the high school spinoff of the Hakuōki game franchise, in English for the Nintendo Switch in the fourth quarter of 2025. Pre-orders for the physical edition will open on April 10. The company describes the game: Hakuoki SSL ~Sweet School Life~ is a visual novel adventur...
A Quiet Place: Day One's Michael Sarnoski to Direct Death Stranding Film
Sarnoski will also write with Lars Knudsen, Ari Aster's Square Peg company joining as producer
― Entertainment news website Deadline reported on Monday that director Michael Sarnoski (Pig, A Quiet Place: Day One) will write and direct the film adaptation of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding game. Lars Knudsen and Ari Aster's Square Peg production company is also producing the film. Deadline also noted t...
ufotable to Open Mocktail Bar Featuring Demon Slayer in Tokyo's Posh Ginza District
Demon Slayer's Hashira are waiting to serve you
― The anime company ufotable announced on Friday that it will open the ufotable Mocktail Bar Ginza this spring with a pre-opening in mid-April. A video teases Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira as staff at the mocktail bar. この春、ufotable Cafe・ufotable DINING・マチ★アソビCAFEに続く、ufotableプロデュースの新ブランド「ufotable MOCKTAIL BAR GINZA」が誕生します。 銀座にてみなさまのご来店をお待ちしております...
Keigo Higashino's Kusunoki no Bannin Novel Gets Anime Film in 2026
Sword Art Online director Tomohiko Ito helms film at A-1 Pictures
― Flag Pictures announced on Tuesday the anime film adaptation of Keigo Higashino's Kusunoki no Bannin (The Camphorwood Custodian) novel, which will premiere in 2026. Sword Art Online and ERASED director Tomohiko Ito is directing the film at A-1 Pictures. Aniplex will distribute the film. The film's super teaser visual was also reveale...
Summer Pockets Writer, Director On The Hardest Things About Turning a Game into an Anime
“This is kind of bad to say, but there are some works that just can't be adapted [into an anime].”
― During the “'Summer Pockets' Staff Talk Stage by Production Works Gallery”at Anime Japan 2025, game writer Kai and the upcoming anime adaptation director Tomoki Kobayashi spoke a bit about the troubles of turning a game into an anime. The Summer Pockets anime is based on the 2018 Key visual novel of t...
Ohio's Ohayocon Announces 2026 Event Amid Legal Battle with Sekaicon
Court documents indicate legal proceedings may result in jury trial in May 2026
― Ohio-based anime convention Ohayocon announced plans to hold the 2026 event amid its court battle with the organizers of the new Ohio-based convention Sekaicon. The civil lawsuit, which was filed in January, is currently in the discovery phase with discussions ongoing. Ohayocon organizers sought a Temporary Restraining ...
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Manga Gets Deluxe Edition
Kodansha USA's Deluxe Edition listed for August 12 release
― Kodansha USA announced on Monday that it is publishing a Deluxe Edition of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Hajime Yatate's Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin manga. The hardcover edition features a faux leather debossed cover with a 7.5”x10” trim size. Kodansha USA is listing a fall release for the first volume, while its distributor Penguin Random Hous...
WEBTOON Entertainment to Join NAB Show 2025 Panel on Webcomics
Discussion topics will include the growth of fandoms across genres and the rise in webcomic and webnovel adaptations
― WEBTOON Entertainment announced on April 3 that it will participate in a panel discussion at NAB Show 2025 in Las Vegas, focusing on the role of webcomics in entertainment and IP development. The session, titled “Hollywood's IP Gold Mine: Comics, Fandoms and Creators Building New Wor...
A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School! Anime Series Review
Protagonist Haruaki Abe is the worst thing about this series.
― Sometimes a series' greatest detriment is the very character meant to be our window into its world. That's one hundred percent the case with A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School. Protagonist Haruaki Abe is the worst thing about the twenty-four-episode show. Not only is he screechy and whiny, he's also got a uniform fetish that the plot tr...
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Anime Reveals Same-Day English Dub, Cast
Jack Broadbent, Jason Marnocha, Macy Anne Johnson, Joshua Waters star in dub debuting on Monday
― Crunchyroll announced that it is streaming a same-day English dub on Monday for the television anime of Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court's My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals) manga. Dubbed episodes begin streaming during the 15 minute period following the episodes'...
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Princess Mononoke 4K Restoration Screening Crosses US$5.9 Million
Screening earns US$617,342 in 2nd week, crossing cumulative total of US$5,974,607
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The Box Office Mojo website reported that GKIDS' 4K restoration screening of Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke film has earned US$617,342 in its second week at the United States box office crossing a cumulative total of US$5,974,607. The film screened in 630 theaters earning US$175,414 on Friday, US$258,447 on Saturd...
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Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening Side-Scrolling Game Streams Anime Trailer
Game launches on August 26
― French game studio Microids started streaming the "Anime trailer" for Magic Pockets' Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening side-scrolling game, based on the anime of Buichi Terasawa's Space Adventure Cobra manga, on Monday. The game will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.com on ...
CITY The Animation Reveals 2 New Cast Members
Kazutomi Yamamoto, Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi join cast of July 6 series
― The staff for CITY The Animation, the television anime of Keiichi Arawi's CITY manga, revealed two new cast for its weekly cast announcement every Monday. This week's additional cast are: Kazutomi Yamamoto as Obaba, Mokumesei Manor's landlord Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Ii Hito (the Good Guy) The anime will premiere on July 6 on Tokyo MX at...
Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2024-2025
One Piece, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime top lists
― The May issue of The Tsukuru Shuppan's Tsukuru magazine published a chart on Monday listing the top 15 manga volumes for three major publishers — Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Shueisha — in the last 12 months based on first printings. The chart reflects the first print runs from volumes released between April 20...
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II Game Gets Manga Adaptation
Series to debut on May 2
― The May issue of MAG Garden Corporation's Monthly Comic Garden magazine revealed on Thursday Ena will launch a manga adaptation of Experience's Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II (Shinigami: Shibito Magire) game, the sequel to its Death Mark horror visual novel, in the magazine's June issue on May 2. Aksys Games released the game in February 2024 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switc...
49th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced
Wind Breaker, Versus, How I Met My Soulmate, Under Ninja, Historie, Spacewalking With You, more nominated
― Japanese publisher Kodansha announced the 16 nominees in three categories for its 48th annual Manga Awards on Monday. Kodansha will announce the winner for each category on May 12. Best Shōnen Manga Wind Breaker Satoru Nii The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity (was also nominated in 2024 and ...
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer U.K. Blu-ray Released on Monday
Crunchyroll will release dark fantasy anime series
― On Monday April 7, Crunchyroll will release the 12-part series The Unwanted Undead Adventurer on Blu-ray. The series is the anime adaptation of Yū Okano's The Unwanted Undead Adventurer (Nozomanu Fushi no Bōkensha) light novels. J-Novel Club is publishing both the light novel series and the manga adaptation in English, and it describes the dark fan...
La Corda d'Oro's Yuki Kure Launches New Manga
Ayame-san Chi no Geshuku-nin manga launches on June 5
― The May issue of Hakusensha's LaLa DX magazine revealed on Friday that manga author Yuki Kure will launch a new manga titled Ayame-san Chi no Geshuku-nin (The Lodgers of Ayame's Family Lot), in the magazine's next issue on June 5. (The manga is previewed in the top half of the below image.) The manga's story centers on Megumi, a high school girl...
Webtoon-Based Mobile Game Tower of God: New World Collaborates with hololive
Special collaboration event launches on April 9
― On April 1, Korean game developer and publisher Netmarble released a promotional video for Tower of God: New World, revealing an upcoming collaboration with hololive, the Japanese VTuber group. (The announcement is not an April Fool's Day joke despite the date of announcement, as Netmarble had been teasing the announcement since late March.) The newl...
Kitanoda Sorakara to End Deep Raputa Manga in Next Chapter
Series debuted on May 13
― Kitanoda Sorakara announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday that the Deep Raputa manga will end in the next chapter. Manga Plus publishes the series in English and describes the story: Raputa, a top-secret AI model, begins interacting with a Japanese boy, Kei, through online games. As Raputa's capabilities level up in leaps and bounds, boy and machine grow ever closer. I...
Cells at Work's Akane Shimizu Ends Yellow Flame Manga Miniseries
Mnaga will have compiled book volume
― The May issue of Kodansha's Good! Afternoon magazine published the final chapter of Akane Shimizu's Yellow Flame manga miniseries on Monday. In addition, the magazine confirmed that the manga will be published in a compiled book volume. Shimizu launched the manga in Good! Afternoon on January 7. The magazine describes the manga with the themes of "special powers...
Aya Tanaka Launches Shiro Tengu no Nie Yome Manga Adaptation in May
Manga about Meiji-era romance with tengu creature debuts on May 22
― Shogakukan's Yawaraka Spirits manga service announced that Aya Tanaka will launch a manga adaptation of Kiyo Asahina's Shiro Tengu no Nie Yome (The White Tengu's Sacrificial Bride) light novels on the platform on May 22. The novels, set in the Meiji era over a century agao, follow Shino Nakamura, a young girl who is tricked into bec...
Travis Japan Announces Concerts in New York City, Anaheim in July
Band performs at NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom on July 25, Grove of Anaheim on July 27
― Travis Japan announced on Thursday that the musical group will perform at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom on July 25 and at the Grove of Anaheim, California on July 27. Tickets went on presale on Friday and general sale for tickets will begin on April 8. The concerts will feature an opening acts by the World of...
Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2's New Video Previews Ending Song
Hip-hop artist Seamo, singer May'n perform ending theme "Hadaka de Dotsukiai"
― The official website for the second television anime season based on Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka's Grand Blue Dreaming manga began streaming a new promotional video for the anime on Monday. The video reveals the anime's ending theme song "Hadaka de Dotsukiai feat. May'n" (Let's Punch Each Other While Naked feat. May...
Aikatsu! Episodes Compiled for Limited Screening Run in Theaters From June 20
3-week Aikatsu! Memorial Stage screenings include never-before-seen bonus clips
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the Aikatsu! franchise announced on April 1 that popular episodes of the Aikatsu! television series are being re-edited into a compilation for a limited three-week screening run in theaters throughout Japan, starting on June 20. The Aikatsu! Memorial Stage screenings will in...
Hajime no Ippo: Rising Anime Series Review
The show may not be perfect and we may not get another Hajime no Ippo anime but this is a great note to end it on.
― I was a little disappointed with the second season of Hajime no Ippo for taking the focus away from our main character and putting it almost exclusively on the messy, drawn-out nature of the larger boxing world. Hajime no Ippo: Rising scales back that scope, which initially sounds like...
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Things From Another World Comics Retail Site to Shut Down on April 30
3 physical stores in Oregon, California to remain open
― Comics retailer Things From Another World announced on April 2 that its retail website will close on April 30. The company stated that its three physical stores (two in Oregon at Milwaukie and Beaverton, and one in California at Universal CityWalk) will remain open. Hey, TFAW customers! We're sad to announce that https://t.co/n9sE8fra8R will be...
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One Piece #1124 [rate]
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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Winter 2025
Ending the season with a strong episode, The Apothecary Diaries turns the tables on Orb at the very last minute. Check out what else moved up or down in the final ranking of the Winter 2024 season!
― 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. K...
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The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 ‒ Episode 37
Lishu has become the least visible of the four consorts.
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! Anime Gets 2nd Season
1st season premiered last July
― The "Tsuwabuki High School Literature Club's Extracurricular Activity" event of the Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! anime announced on Sunday that the anime will receive a second season. The first season of the anime adaptation of Takibi Amamori and Imigimuru's Make Heroine ga Ooisugiru! (Too Many Losing Heroines!) light novel series premiered in July 2024. Crunchy...
Me & Roboco Anime Film's 2nd Trailer Previews ano's Theme Song
Film featuring multiverse storyline opens in Japan on April 18
― Rakuten revealed a second trailer on Sunday for the upcoming Me & Roboco anime film. The video previews ano's theme song "Lolilokkyun Robo❤." The first present for theatergoers for the film will be a "volume 0" of the manga, drawn by Miyazaki. 劇場版『#僕とロボコ』入プレ情報解禁〜😎🤞💖第1弾は「僕とロボコ 第零巻」🦵🦵マルチバースロボコたちの前日譚を描いたしゅーへー先生描き下ろし漫画も収録🥳🎉そのほかのラインナップは👇#しゅー...
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Manta's Parent Company Ridi Posts Operating Loss for 2024 But Marks Record-High Revenue
Company attributes reduced deficit, revenue growth to expansion of its global business
― RIDI, the parent company of webtoon platform Manta, announced on April 3 that it posted an operating loss of 12.9 billion KRW (approx. US$8.8 million) on a consolidated basis in 2024, down 56.2% from the previous year. Revenue rose 7.2% year-over-year to a record high of 235.4 billion KRW (approx. US$161 million...
Inklore to Publish Webtoon How to Hide the Emperor's Child in Print
Series will begin publication in 2026
― Inklore, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, announced on Thursday that it acquired the print publication rights to the webtoon How to Hide the Emperor's Child from C&C Revolution. The webtoon How to Hide the Emperor's Child, which is drawn by SSAL and adapted by 26, is based Yeonseon Lee's web novel of the same name. The webtoon has amassed over ...
Reincarnated as a Neglected Noble Anime Reveals Theme Songs in 2nd Promo Video
Wanuka performs "Kuchinaoshi" opening, Ms.Ooja performs "Mada Shiranai Story" ending
― The official website for the television anime of Yashiro's Reincarnated as a Neglected Noble: Raising My Baby Brother With Memories From My Past Life (Shiro Buta Kizoku desu ga Zense no Kioku ga Haeta node Hiyoko na Otōto Sodatemasu) light novel series started streaming the anime's second promotional video on Sunda...
To Be Hero X Anime Gets Same-Day English Dub, Reveals Dub Cast
Same-day dubs also in Chinese, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German stream about 15 minutes after episode premiere
― Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it is releasing a same-day English dub for Aniplex and bilibili's To Be Hero X animated project starting on Saturday. The first episode of the anime began streaming at 8:30 p.m. EDT on Saturday, and the English dub began stre...
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Anime's JOJODAY Event Gets Paid Streaming Option Outside Japan
Abema livestreams event in U.S, Canada, U.K, Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, New Zealand, Macau, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy
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Warner Bros. Japan revealed on Friday that "JOJODAY," a fan event that will "connect the past and future" of the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure anime based on Hirohiko Araki's manga, will be available for paid streaming on Abema in the U...
Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter Anime Casts Inori Minase as Stella
Staff to announce 3 more cast members in next 3 weeks
― Gree revealed a new cast member on Sunday for the television anime of Riku Nanano and illustrator cura's Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter (Kōjo Denka no Kateikyōshi) light novel series. The company plans to reveal four new cast members once a week, starting with this announcement. This week's announcement is that Inori Minase will voice Stel...
A Couple of Cuckoos Season 2 Anime Reveals July Debut, New Staff in Video
Masakazu Hishida is new director at studio Okuruto Noboru; Hina Yomiya joins cast
― Kadokawa revealed the cast and staff details, as well as a visual, video, and July premiere on Sunday for the second anime season based on Miki Yoshikawa's A Couple of Cuckoos (Kakkō no Iinazuke) manga. Kadokawa also revealed that 22/7 will perform the new season's ending theme song "Anata de Nakucha" (It Has to be Yo...
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Historical Firefighter Novel Hikuidori's Manga Launches on April 24
HIkuidori Ushūboro Tobigumi manga launches ahead of anime adaptation
― This year's 18th issue of Akita Publishing's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine announced on Thursday that Shinobu Seguchi's HIkuidori Ushūboro Tobigumi (Fire-Eating Bird: Ushū Brigade in Worn-Out Clothes) manga adaptation of Shōgo Imamura's Hikuidori historical novel manga will launch in the magazine's combined 21st and 22nd issue o...
Lunar Remastered Collection Game Streams Story Trailer
Game collection releases physically, digitally on April 18 for Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC via Steam
― Sony streamed a new story trailer for Lunar Remastered Collection, a remastered edition of Game Arts' Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete and LUNAR 2: Eternal Blue Complete games, on Saturday. English Trailer Japanese Trailer The game collection will launch physically and digitally on April 18 for Ninte...