Also: Free! The Final Stroke anime films― Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it will stream the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond, The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie, Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island, and Free! The Final Stroke anime films in April. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond will stream alongside the To Every You I've Loved Before, and ...
Cathcart receives treatment for advanced form of throat cancer― Martha Jacobi, the wife of American voice actor James Carter Cathcart, announced on Monday on CaringBridge — an online journal for sharing health updates — that Cathcart will retire from the Pokémon anime, due to an advanced form of throat cancer. Cathcart's retirement will be effective at the conclusion of the Pokémon anime's 25th seas...
Cinemark is listing that The First Slam Dunk, the new anime film of Takehiko Inoue's Slam Dunk basketball manga, will get a release in U.S. theaters this year. The theater chain does not provide exact dates. The film has earned a cumulative total of 12,943,919,490 yen (about US$96.99 million) in Japan as of April 9. The film is now the 25th highest-earning film of all time in Japan, as well as the...
Over 59 million copies printed, circulated as of November 2022― Shueisha announced on Thursday that Guinness World Records has officially certified Yoko Kamio's Boys Over Flowers (Hana Yori Dango) manga as having the most published copies of a shōjo manga series written by a single author, with 59,409,000 copies printed and circulated as of November 2022. The Boys Over Flowers manga followed 16-year...
Manga to resume serialization on July 18― The May issue of Square Enix's Monthly G Fantasy magazine announced on Tuesday that Suzuka Oda's Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Comic: Episode of Savanaclaw, the second manga adaptation of the Disney Twisted-Wonderland smartphone game, will go on hiatus and will return in the magazine's August issue on July 18. After its return, the manga will publish new cha...
Overall, Crown Handler – Chapter 1 is both a high-stakes spy story and a personally emotional tale all in one.― At its most basic level, Crown Handler – Chapter 1 is built around setting up a new direction for the Princess Principal series from within a personal story revolving around our main lead, Ange. Set after the events of the TV series, Team White Pigeon continues their clandestine operations...
Our columnists share their favorite new OPs and EDs this season, from Magical Destroyers to G-Witch season 2. Which themes tickled your fancy?― Our columnists share their favorite new OPs and EDs this season, from Magical Destroyers to G-Witch season 2. Which themes tickled your fancy? Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News N...
Cathcart receives treatment for advanced form of throat cancer― Martha Jacobi, the wife of American voice actor James Carter Cathcart, announced on Monday on CaringBridge — an online journal for sharing health updates — that Cathcart will retire from the Pokémon anime, due to an advanced form of throat cancer. Cathcart's retirement will be effective at the conclusion of the Pokémon anime's 25th seas...
ONE DAY LEFT! 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 tal...
Who else was shocked by the big reveal in Gundam: The Witch from Mercury? Lynzee and James discuss Prospera's plans for Suletta and where the series can go from here. Also, Heavenly Delusion is one of the weirdest anime this season.― Let's Talk Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Who else was shocked by the big reveal in Gundam: The Witch from Mercury? Lynzee and James discuss Prospera's plans for Sule...
The Anime Preview Guide rises again for its very last anime entry: The Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts! Find out if this entry was worth the wait and read all of our reviews for the Spring 2023 anime season here.―
Adblock+ breaks this page, consider whitelisting ANN Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2023 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their i...
Technoroid Overmind is not bad by any stretch of the imagination. The elements are all there for something great, yet the series cannot seem to settle on what it wants to do in the admittedly short window of only twelve episodes.― I was unsure what to expect when going into Technoroid Overmind, as I do not have much experience with idol-themed anime. After twelve episodes, I… still don't have a good...
Never shown outside of theaters on its director's orders, the 70-minute film has achieved a cult-like status among fans of The Five Star Stories manga series.― For many outside of Japan, if they've heard of the film at all, likely only know of Gothicmade through an almost mythical, untouchable lens. This is a 70-minute animated film released in Japanese cinemas in 2012. At the explicit request of a ...
Two romantic stories that are good enough on their own but are hindered by their reality-hopping gimmick.― Reviewing two animated films at the same time is a little unconventional. At a time when the entertainment industry is starting to grow a rather tiring fascination with Multiverse stories, this is an interesting approach. Let's have two films tied to the idea of Multiverse Theory; the idea is t...
Before Chainsaw Man is a series of books compiling the self-contained stories that Fujimoto wrote before the serialization of Chainsaw Man, and they paint a picture of how he has refined his writing style throughout the years.― Tatsuki Fujimoto has undoubtedly made a name for himself these past few years. Between the global success of Chainsaw Man and other critically acclaimed works such as Goodbye...
Nick and Steve wade through the latest season of isekai, reverse-isekai, and reverse-reverse-isekai and come to a startling revelation: we've truly reached the bottom of the barrel.― Nick and Steve wade through the latest season of isekai, reverse-isekai, and reverse-reverse-isekai and come to a startling revelation: we've truly reached the bottom of the barrel. Disclaimer: The views and opinions e...
The votes are tallied, the stuffed ballots are thrown out, and the results are in! Check to see if your favorite anime made the cut!―
This season's Preview Guide has mostly wrapped up. It'll be back later this week for Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts. There were a lot of big sequels premiering this season. Check to see if your favs make the cut. For the curious, the most requested series ...
Sadao Yamanaka is no household name, but his impact on Japanese cinema is profound. Rintaro returned to the director's chair after a decade to share his love for Yamanaka's legacy.―
Sadao Yamanaka is no household name, but his impact on Japanese cinema is profound. Although he died at the age of just 28 in Manchuria after his conscription to war by the Japanese military in 1938, his short life saw ...