Main cast returns with Jimmy Stone helming series at 8 bit― The staff of The Irregular at Magic High School anime announced on Saturday that the previously announced sequel is a new television anime series airing next year. Original character designer Kana Ishida drew the teaser visual accompanying the teaser promotional video announcing the news: The returning cast includes: Saori Hayami as Miyuki ...
Main lead Tomori Kusunoki, main staff at Studio 3Hz return― The Dengeki Bunko 30th anniversary event announced on Saturday that production on a second season of the Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online television anime has been green-lit. Tomori Kusunoki is returning as the main lead Llenn. Also returning are the main staff members at Studio 3Hz: Director: Masayuki Sakoi (Cautious Hero: The...
Romantic comedy novels about twins in love triangle debuted in 2021― The Dengeki Bunko 30th anniversary event confirmed the anime of Shihon Takamura and illustrator Almic's Koi wa Futago de Warikirenai (Love Between Twins is Indivisible) light novel series with a promotional video and key visual on Saturday. The video announces that the anime will air on television. Manga artist Okari drew the follo...
Soma Santoki stars as Mahito in movie that opened on Friday― GKIDS announced on Friday that it has licensed Hayao Miyazaki's latest feature film The Boy and the Heron (Kimi-tachi wa Dō Ikiru ka, or literally How Do You Live?) film, and it will release the film in North American theaters later this year. Cinema Today and Oricon reported on Friday the cast, staff, and plot summary. Soma Santoki, who i...
Work first revealed in 2021― Polygon Pictures announced on Friday that it is working with Marvel Studios on a new work in the Spider-Man franchise titled Spider-Man: Freshman Year. The studio stated the work would be an animated series. Polygon Pictures revealed a logo for the work. Polygon Pictures is perhaps best known among Japanese animation circles for the two Ajin television anime series and f...
Light novel centers on boy who meets girls who have all been turned down by guys they like― The official Twitter account for Takibi Amamori and Imigimuru's Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! (Too Many Losing Heroines!) light novel series revealed on Tuesday that the novels will have an English release. The announcement did not reveal the English publisher for the novel. The novels center on Kazuhiko Nukumizu...
Return to the world of literary turf wars in Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5! Also check out our reviewers' takes on Cecelia and Pastor Lawrence, Zom100: Bucket List of the Dead, Helck, Dark Gathering, School for Heroes, Synduality: Noir, My Happy Marriage, Bleach, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, and more!― Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2023 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics ...
It's Jean-Karlo's first TWIG anniversary, and he has a lot to talk about, including a new impressive set of releases from LimitedRun, and AI voice impersonations coming a head in the fan community.― Welcome back, everyone! We've been busy over here; this past week, I was working on the Atelier Marie Remake review. It's a delightful game, someone does need to illustrate a family tree for the Atelier ...
With amazing music, an epic swordfight, and backed by a story from Durarara!! creator Ryohgo Narita, Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- is a must for franchise fans.― Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn-, based largely on the first book in Ryohgo Narita's Fate/strange Fake series, is the opening chapter of a much larger story. It features over a dozen main characters—constantly switching between t...
RAIN CODE topped Japan's video game sales charts during its debut release, edging ahead of Final Fantasy XVI. Building off its success, we asked its creator about the neon rain-soaked world and if he plans to create more games in the series.― Game creator Kazutaka Kodaka is well known for his specific brand of "strange," from the conniving murder-teddy of Danganronpa to the wild criminals of Akudam...
Every frame of this film feels like a separate work of art—one that only becomes grander when put together as part of the greater whole. It's a film you could watch a hundred times.― It's been 10 years since Hayao Miyazaki, arguably the most famous anime director of all time, made a feature film. In 2013, Miyazaki himself was content to retire and let The Wind Rises be the last film that he would ev...
Even if you don't know anything about Fate, these are just interesting ideas in their own right.― Nick and Nicky double down on the hype surrounding the newest anime entry of the Fate franchise, Fate/strange Fake - Whispers of Dawn. These series are streaming on Crunchyroll and HIDIVE. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News N...
Pokémon Ultimate Journeys goes out with a beautiful message, heralding the beginning of the end for the Pokémon series many viewers grew up with.― Pokémon Ultimate Journeys is the final installment in the Pokémon Journeys series. This part, in particular, finally gives us a glimpse of the ending on the horizon. I'm not just talking about the ending of this season in general but the end of Ashes Jour...
The Japanese video game studio, MyDearest, is giving away three t-shirts signed by famous Japanese voice actors for the upcoming game, Episode III of Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate!― Hello ANN Readers! You are in for a treat! Anime News Network, in collaboration with the Japanese video game studio, MyDearest, is giving away three t-shirts signed by famous Japanese voice actors for the upcoming game, ...
Atelier Marie can be clunky and might need you to be patient with its many peccadilloes. But also, it's a sweet, cozy sim game that reinforces the notion that everyone has a place in the world, and even the people in the dusty corners can be important.― For 26 years, the Atelier series has delighted fans around the world with its comforting stories of charming alchemists working away in their little...
"What I want to portray is a message; it's not blood or what you look like that is the important connection; it's the mental connection that's critical. That's the important aspect you can see in the partnership between Elias and Chise."― The ethereal fantasy series The Ancient Magus' Bride returned to TV with slow-burn intrigue set in the College. Chise had lived a somewhat reclusive life with Eli...
