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Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer GN 7-8
manga
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer slows its roll in a volume focused on fleshing out the last few members of the Beast Knights.
― The last volume of Biscuit Hammer ended in dramatic emotional fireworks, as Taro's death prompted Sorano to discover new power within herself and find purpose in her own life. There's little to match those cathartic peaks in this fourth volume; this one is much more leisurely...
"The Biggest Attack on Titan Manga Announcement Ever" Part I
manga
A hype-tastic Kodansha USA panel at New York Comic-Con announced that for the first time, American artists have been invited to play in the world of Attack on Titan. Deb Aoki investigates in the first part of this 2-part interview.
― At New York Comic-Con 2015, Kodansha Comics tantalized fans with a panel with the hype-tacular title "The Biggest Attack on Titan Manga Announcement Ever." So what was t...
Answerman - Why Isn't American Animation Outsourced To Japan?
industry
American animation used to be outsourced to Japan all the time - obviously that isn't the case anymore. What happened, and where is animation outsourced to these days?
― Abe asks: Why are so many American animated shows sent to Korea for main production and not Japan? The Japanese animation industry seems to be a more logical choice considering how much animation is produced there compared to the am...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of October 22-28
anime
How did your favorite fall series stack up in our user ratings? Find out here!
― Our team of reviewers are following 24 anime series of the Fall 2015 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 how people rated individual episodes of the current sea...
Shelf Life - Finer and Dandier
anime
A boatload of this week's new releases PLUS full reviews of two fantastic shows: Space Dandy season 2 and Tamayura!
― As I was putting together the list of this week's new releases, I noticed that we're getting quite a few lower-priced rereleases of older titles. Most of the big companies have at least one product line for bringing their older licenses back into circulation, and it's nice to be able...
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden
games
Arc System Works put together a competent fighter with some enjoyable side attractions, but Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden can't escape the fans-only landing zone that awaits merely adequate anime-inspired games.
― The modern fighting game barely existed back when Dragon Ball Z first appeared as an anime series and an extension of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga. Yet the two worlds were fated to m...
The Mike Toole Show - The Secret of Mr. Osomatsu
anime
In the wake of the success of Osomatsu-san, Mike takes a look at that show's source material and its connections to other eternally-popular gag manga from the 60s, like Doraemon!
― There's a new TV anime running at the moment called Osomatsu-san ("Mr. Osomatsu," natch), which is actually based on a gag manga and anime about six dumb brothers from the 1960s. It should come as absolutely no surprise to...
The List - 6 Times Anime Went Full Halloween
anime
Halloween episodes are commonplace in American television, but you don't see it quite as often in anime. Here are six spooktacular instances of anime getting into the spirit.
― Christmas and Halloween are easy themed go-tos for Western television programming. The former is also common in anime where Christmas is synonymous with "romantic date." Halloween, on the other hand, has only recently caught ...
LDK GN 1
manga
LDK's first volume is a sweet shoujo romance about unlikely roommates that avoids some of the less enjoyable tropes of the genre.
― Shoujo manga has never been shy about finding ways to throw its teenage protagonists into a shared living situation. The most commonly found trope in English-translated works seems to be the Marmalade Boy: parents remarry and kids are thrust into a shared life under the ...