One fan asked Asagiri about his penchant for combining young kids and bombs. He laughed but was unapologetic for his choices because he "had to have them explode."― Fans lined up bright and early, forgoing the rush and squeeze of the Dealer's Hall opening, to greet Kafka Asagiri at the JW Marriott. Ahead of Bungo Stray Dogs' fifth season premiere, Yen Press presented the series creator to a passio...
It is a good time to be an Atelier Ryza fan and Happy birthday Sonic!― Welcome back to Summer, everyone! I've been hanging back and watching everyone talk about Final Fantasy XVI and... it sounds like I need to eat my words because it looks like they pulled it off? Sure, it sounds like the combat breaks down a little in crowds, but everything I've seen involving the game looks fairly solid. There's ...
With bucket list items like confessing to his crush, riding a motorcycle, and staying in drinking beer all day, it's easy to imagine that the anime will retain this relatable, manic energy into the rest of the first episode and beyond.― Viz Media's Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead World Premiere panel at Anime Expo was…unfortunately not that. The panel opened with an announcement that, due to techn...
The anime, manga, and game announcements, premieres, and news from Anime Expo, all in one place!― Saturday, July 1 Panels and Premieres Trigger's Delicious in Dungeon World Premiere News Crunchyroll to Also Stream Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Anime
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Horimiya is back with new stories following your favorite lovebirds, plus a fantasy take on Love Live, Undead Murder Farce, Ooku: The Inner Chambers, and more!― Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2023 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they go along. Each critic will cover as many shows as they can handle, giv...
Animation produced entirely with Unreal Engine 5― Bandai Namco Filmworks announced the new animation project Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance during its Anime Expo industry panel on Saturday. The staff is producing the animation entirely with Epic Games' Unreal Engine 5, as previewed in a trailer presented at the panel. German artist Erasmus Brosdau (Origin Zero, "The Lord Inquisitor: Seed...
Promo video features character from 1st season's final episode that aired on Saturday― The staff for the anime adaptation of Yūji Kaku's Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku manga announced on Saturday that the anime will get a second season. The staff unveiled a promotional video: The video features the character Yamada Asaemon Shugen, who first appeared in the first season's 13th and final episode on Satur...
Anime celebrates 15th anniversary― The official website for the television anime franchise based on Yuki Midorikawa's Natsume's Book of Friends (Natsume Yūjin-Chō) manga revealed on Saturday that the anime is getting a seventh season. The franchise's YouTube channel is also streaming a 15th anniversary video. The video confirms that Takahiro Ōmori is returning as chief director at Shuka, and Hideki ...
Teaser video, teaser visual also revealed― The official website for the television anime adaptation of Yū Okano's The Unwanted Undead Adventurer (Nozomanu Fushi no Bōkensha) light novel series revealed the show's cast, staff, teaser visual, teaser promotional video, and 2024 debut on Saturday. Noriaki Akitaya (Bakuman. all three seasons, Slow Loop) is directing the anime at CONNECT. Yukie Sugawara (...
Takeo Takahashi returns as chief director at new studio Passione― Author Isuna Hasekura's official website revealed on Thursday that the new anime based on his Spice & Wolf light novel series will premiere in 2024 as a television anime. The show will be titled Ōkami to Kōshinryō: merchant meets the wise wolf (Spice & Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf). The below promotional video for the anime feat...
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea, Sketchy, The Blue Wolves of Mibu, more licensed― Kodansha USA Publishing revealed its new slate of print licenses for spring 2024 and its digital debuts in July 2023 at its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday. The new spring 2024 print releases include Box Set 3 for Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro (including volumes 13-18), and omnibus editions of the A Sign of Affection, ...
There's a lot for fantasy and tabletop game fans to enjoy here but little to entice the studio's enthusiastic fanbase.― Studio Trigger made an enthusiastic return to AX this year with the premiere of its upcoming Delicious in Dungeon anime adaptation. The whole series will drop on Netflix in January 2024 and follows the fighter Laios, the elven mage Marcille, the dwarf Senshi, and the lockpick Chil...
Imagine reading a story with love, tragedy, suspense, mystery, fantasy, and at least one mindfuck within 200 pages.― In an era of perpetually ongoing franchises that don't know when to die, it's refreshing to read something that feels like the perfect example of a complete package. Imagine reading a story with love, tragedy, suspense, mystery, fantasy, and at least one mindfuck within 200 pages. The...
Almost your last chance to win! The winners will be selected and announced on Monday at Anime Expo!― ANN IN JAPAN 2023 CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF ANIME NEWS NETWORK WITH A ONE-OF-A-KIND ADVENTURE! In October and November, Anime News Network is going to Japan with PacSet Tours, and we want to bring you with us! More information about this amazing trip can be found on the ANN x PacSet site; we hope you'l...
The newest game from Danganronpa's Kazutaka Kodaka is here! Read our spoiler-free review before setting off on this rain-soaked mystery.― Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE is the latest game from Danganronpa mastermind Kazutaka Kodaka and character designer Rui Komatsuzaki. Fans of his earlier work will see similarities immediately, from neon pink blood splatter to the eccentric personalities of ...
Loid may be the nominal main character, but Anya is the beating heart of this story, and the further we go in these episodes, the clearer it becomes that the story knows it, too.― Ask almost anyone with kids, and they'll tell you: being a parent is hard. Children don't come with instruction manuals, and you can't predict exactly what they'll do in a given situation, no matter how hard you try. That'...
Despite superficial similarities to the works of one of the industry's immortal titans, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water is the work of the up-and-comers who would go on to produce the single most famous and impactful anime of the last thirty years.― As a lifelong fan of Neon Genesis Evangelion that is just young enough to have missed his chance to build a healthy collection of classic anime DVD rele...