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Muv-Luv Alternative Anime Gets 2nd Season

Dec 22, 17:22

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2nd season premieres in October 2022 ― The official Twitter account for the Muv-Luv Alternative anime that the series will get a second season that will premiere in October 2022 on Fuji TV's [+Ultra] programming block. The account streamed a trailer that aired after the end of the 12th and final episode of the first season. Tomori Kusunoki, who voices Sumika Kagami, narrated the trailer: The series' ...

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The ANN Aftershow - Shonen Jumpin' for Joy

Dec 22, 17:00

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Lynzee and James run down all the exciting announcements from Shonen Jump Fest, the shocking news about the Please Tell Me, Galko-chan creator, and the big demon reveals in this week's Demon Slayer episode! ― The ANN Aftershow - See You Later, Space Cowboy! Lynzee and James run down all the exciting announcements from Shonen Jump Fest, the shocking news about the Please Tell Me, Galko-chan creator, ...

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Interview: The Staff of The World's Finest Assassin

Dec 22, 10:00

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"The biggest advantage of writing dark and harsh worlds is that it makes the protagonist's exploits stand out. Overturning a sad and unfair situation has a lot of catharsis." ― The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in a Different World as an Aristocrat is an isekai reincarnation story about a professional assassin's attempts to assemble the ideal team for killing the Hero. ANN spoke to the or...

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Home Is the Battlefield for the Young 86

Dec 22, 09:00

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No longer the person that place once knew, Paul's true and actual home is now very different: on the battlefield, with his comrades. And one-by-one, they all die there. ― When protagonist Paul Baumer returns from the no-man trenches on leave, he finds himself alienated in his childhood home. Men of white, greying hair and smug, portly disposition crowd around Paul, dismissing his frontline soldier as...

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Attack on Titan The Final Season Anime's Part 2 Previewed in Main Trailer

Dec 21, 17:24

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Part 2 premieres with episode 76 on January 9 ― Pony Canyon posted the official main trailer for the Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 2 anime on Tuesday. The season's Part 2 will premiere with episode 76, "Danzai" ("Sentencing"), on the NHK General channel on January 9, 2022 at 24:05 (effectively January 10 at 12:05 a.m.) in Japan. The second part will feature a returning staff, including direct...

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The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Dec 10-16

Dec 21, 12:30

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It's a close race between Platinum End and Fruit of Evolution. Find out what else is moving in the rankings this close to season end! ― Our team of reviewers are following 28 anime series of the Fall 2021 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in mind that these rankings are based on ...

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Shaman King Episodes 14-25

Dec 21, 12:00

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I'm happy to report that the second cour is an improvement in nearly every respect, and while I can't exactly peg this show as a “great” adaptation, it's at least started to shift the needle from bad to solid, and feels more confident. ― So the first cour of the Shaman King reboot stumbled pretty hard right out of the gate, and left me with a pretty bad first impression of what to expect out of this ...

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This Week in Anime - Aggretsuko Remains a Perfect Workplace Comedy

Dec 21, 09:00