Press Releases
- XSeed Games Reveals Release Date for Return to Popolocrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale (Feb 5)
- LINE Webtoon Debuts Animated Adaptation of Noblesse on Crunchyroll (Feb 5)
- Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle Unleashes “The Super Warrior of Destruction” Boss Event and Giveaway (Feb 4)
- Haruka with J-Rock Concert and Panel at Anime Messe Berlin 2016 (Feb 4)
- Right Stuf, Inc. and Sunrise Inc. Announce Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation and Gundam Evolve for May 2016 (Feb 4)
- X Japan Forced to Postpone March 12, 2016 Wembley Show Due to Illness (Feb 4)
- Passion Pictures “We Are X” Wins World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award – Best Editing at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Awards (Feb 4)
- STARMARIE Unleashes New Look in Collaboration With Fashion Brands PUTUMAYO and Rion (Feb 4)
- Megadimension Neptunia VII Out Today for the PS4 (Feb 4)
- DLSite.Com Launches 10% Reward Points Limited Campaign (Feb 4)
- MangaGamer Hosts a Chance to Win Copies of Kindred Spirits (Feb 2)
- OMAKASE Announces Limited Edition Hatsune Miku Subscription Box with Exclusive Piapro Character Items (Feb 2)
- BAND-MAID to Make USA Debut at Sakura-Con 2016 (Feb 2)
- Tsukino-Con announces Kensho Ono as Guest (Jan 31)
- Sequel to Corpse Party film is slated for production, starring Rina Ikoma of Nogizaka46 (Jan 30)
- UDON Entertainment Releases Street Fighter Unlimited #5 Covers (Jan 30)
- Voice Actor John Swasey returns to Matsuricon (Jan 28)
- VIZ Media Delivers a Brand New Naruto Novel to Readers With the Debut of Naruto: Shikamaru's Story (Jan 28)
- A First Look Into The Circles of Trillion: God of Destruction's Underworld (Jan 28)
- “Nurse Witch KOMUGI R” Coming to Anime Network Online (Jan 28)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Nurse Witch KOMUGI R" (Jan 28)
- VIZ Media Launches Bisco Hatori's New Shojo Manga Series Behind the Scenes (Jan 28)
- Bryce Papenbrook to Appear at Castle Point Anime Convention (Jan 28)
- Major Updates for Popular Tower Defense Game The Battle Cats: Final Chapter of “Into the Future” Arc, New Unit Search Feature (Jan 28)
- Newest Gundam Series OVA "MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THE ORIGIN III Dawn of Rebellion" Worldwide On-Demand Streaming Starts (Jan 28)
- VIZ Media Celebrates the 4th Anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump With Special Annual Membership Offer and Sweepstakes (Jan 28)
- Hatoful Boyfriend Creators Make Their First US Appearance in the Bay Area (Jan 28)
- Anime and Video Game Rapper Lotus Juice Comes to the Bay Area (Jan 28)
- AOD and Sekai Project Bring Novelist Isuna Hasekura to America (Jan 28)
- JAST USA Announces Game Pre-orders (Jan 28)
- Digital Manga Inc.'s Hentai Imprint, Project-H Announces 5 New Titles (Jan 26)
- MangaGamer Releases Free Friends 2 (Jan 26)
- Megadimension Neptunia VII Trailer + Two Screenshot Sets (Jan 26)
- WagakkiBand Coming to the U.S. for SXSW in Celebration of New LP, YASOUOEMAKI (Jan 26)
- Exclusive live-streaming of VAMPS on Niconico (Jan 23)
- Japanese Entertainment Properties Coming to the U.S. (Jan 23)
- Section23 Films Announce May Slate (Jan 21)
- X Japan Announces World Premiere of Documentary Film 'WE ARE X' (Jan 21)
- VIZ Media Previews A Pair of New Pokémon Home Media Releases to Start 2016 (Jan 21)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Strawberry Marshmallow" (Jan 21)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Azumanga Daioh" (Jan 21)
- JRPG 'Hitsuji Chronicle' Arrives on Nutaku.net (Jan 21)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses, "Knights of Sidonia Season 2: Battle for Planet Nine" (Jan 21)
- “Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation” to Stream on Anime Network Online (Jan 21)
- Anime Network Online to Stream “GATE, Collection 2” (Jan 21)
- Mamoru Hosoda's "The Boy and The Beast" Opens in U.S. Theaters Nationwide March 4 (Jan 21)
- Urbangarde Members Launch Book and TV Projects for 2016 (Jan 21)
- MangaGamer Releases No One But You (Jan 19)
- MangaGamer Announces Release Date for Beat Blades Haruka (Jan 19)
- Aniplex of America Announces DURARARA!!×2 The Second Arc Product Release Details (Jan 17)
- Aniplex of America Announces Your Lie in April English Dub Cast and Product Release Details (Jan 17)
- 48 Hours Remaining for Libra of the Vampire Princess Kickstarter (Jan 17)
- Aniplex of America Announces Distribution Schedule for The Anthem of the Heart (Import) (Jan 17)
- Aniplex of America Announces Saekano Product Release Details (Jan 17)
- Megadimension Neptunia VII Takes It to the NEXT Level on the PS4, Feb 2 (NA)/Feb 12 (EU) (Jan 16)
- Matsuricon Teams with Tokyo Attack and Dead State Pavilion to bring unique game experience (Jan 16)
- "One Piece" and "Borderlands" Voice Actor Brina Palencia is returning to Matsuricon (Jan 16)
- Atlanta, Georgia is Home to the First Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Event of 2016 (Jan 14)
- VIZ MEDIA Launches the Courtroom Manga Drama School Judgement: Gakkyu Hotei (Jan 14)
- Pokémon Celebrates 20 Years with Ad in Super Bowl 50 (Jan 14)
- Right Stuf, Inc. and Sunrise Inc. Announce Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Movie Part 2 for April 2016 (Jan 14)
- Nozomi Entertainment Announces April 2016 Releases (Jan 14)
- Konami Digital Entertainment Rings in the New Year with Two New Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Products (Jan 14)
- SaikouCon Finds New Home in Split Rock Resort (Jan 12)
- Aniplex of America Announces Theater Details for Kizumonogatari Part 1:Tekketsu (Jan 12)
- OMAKASE Kicks Off Otakon 2016 Registration with Bundle (Jan 12)
- “Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle” to Simulcast on Anime Network Online (Jan 9)
- “Norn9” now Simulcasting on Anime Network Online (Jan 9)
- “Girls Beyond the Wasteland” now Simulcasting on Anime Network Online (Jan 9)
- “Girls Beyond the Wasteland” to Simulcast on Hulu (Jan 9)
- “Norn9” to Simulcast on Hulu (Jan 9)
- "Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle" to Simulcast Exclusively on Hulu (Jan 9)
- Funimation Entertainment Begins the New Year with the Launch of Funimation Now at CES 2016 (Jan 7)
- VIZ Media Announces New Digital Anime Content Update For January (Jan 7)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Girls Beyond the Wasteland" (Jan 7)
- Megadimension Neptunia VII NEXT Form Screenshots (Jan 7)
- Anime Impulse Surprise Convention Attendees by Lowering 1day Price to $11.00 (Jan 7)
- MangaGamer Announces Release Date for Free Friends 2 (Jan 5)
- Yousei Teikoku's Shadow Corps(e) Now Available on iTunes USA (Jan 5)
- Amanda Lee with Concert and Panel at Anime Messe Berlin 2016 (Jan 5)
- AHS Vocaloids and Chihiro Ishiguro at Anime Messe Berlin 2016 (Jan 5)
- Urbandgarde's Heisei Death Game MV Features Idols and the Dark Side of Tokyo Youth (Jan 5)
- Pony Canyon Announces Etotama Collector's Edition 03 Details (Jan 3)
- UDON Entertainment Releases New Hardcover Editions of Street Fighter Tribute, Mega Man Tribute, and Darkstalkers Tribute (Jan 3)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation (Jan 3)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses Norn9 (Jan 3)
- Cosplayers Alodia Gosiengfiao and VampyBitMe Announced for Anime Impulse 2016 (Jan 3)
- CWS Media Group Announces the Release of Street Fighter V Wall Scrolls (Jan 3)
- UDON Entertainment Announces Release of Two Osamu Tezuka Art Books (Jan 2)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories (Jan 2)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle (Jan 2)
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The List - Six Lost Mysteries of Anime
anime
Mystery anime is back in vogue lately, but the genre is famously underrepresented in the US. Here are six mystery anime that still need an official US release!
― Recent anime seasons has shown a renewed interest in the mystery genre, from lighter fare like Haruchika to dark thrillers like this season's ERASED. This is boon for fans of an oft neglected genre, doubly so because its previous entries ra...
UQ Holder! GN 2
manga
UQ Holder maintains its polish and consistency, but has yet to truly find its voice in this second volume.
― In many ways, UQ Holder feels like the series Ken Akamatsu has been wanting to write for most of his career. His first major hit, Love Hina, started off as a traditional harem series, with serial failure Keitaro Urashima finding himself the manager of a lady's dorm and comedy predictably ensui...
There's a Pervert Impersonating ANN Staff
cosplay
Sadly this isn't a joke. Someone out there is impersonating an ANN staff photographer to put female cosplayers in compromising positions.
― tl;dr version: Anime News Network staff will always contact you from an @animenewsnetwork.com e-mail address. Freelance journalists / photographers do not have @animenewsnetwork.com e-mail addresses and will never identify themselves as “staff.” If a freelancer c...
ANNCast - Supernerds: Civil War
anime
Daryl Surat and Mike Toole return to Supernerds headquarters to chat about Turn A Gundam, Evangelion 3.33, Fullmetal Alchemist and much more! PLUS: a license announcement from Discotek!
― ANNCast Episode 251: Supernerds: Civil War Daryl Surat and Mike Toole return to Supernerds headquarters to chat about Turn A Gundam, Evangelion 3.33, Fullmetal Alchemist and much more! PLUS: a license announcement ...
The Real Pirates of One Piece
anime
Uncover the history behind the real-life seagoing bandit kings and scalawags that inspired some of the most memorable villains in Eiichiro Oda's world-conquering pirate fantasy One Piece!
― I discovered pirates through a bizarre combination of Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking novels (and the weird 1988 film) and Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island when I was in elementary school, and my fasc...
Daimadaler: Prince V.S. Penguin Empire BD+DVD
anime
This hyperactive sex comedy sendup of giant robot shows might be trying a little too hard to be ribald, but it also just might generate a few chuckles nonetheless. Theron Martin gets into it.
― The very first line of the opener should serve as a warning about what you're getting into here. It translates as “turn your roaring libido into strength,” and that fully embodies the essence of the show, for ...
The X Button - Hard-Boiled Detective Pikachu
games
This week: imports join the yakuza, the Asterisk War, and a Dragon Quest construction crew! Plus Detective Pikachu, 7th Dragon, a shooter with a great title and a DBZ game contest!
― I have the winners of my recent games-as-art contest, but I'll save them for this column's last stretch. That's because I have another contest to run! Bandai Namco's mobile game Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle starts up its...
The Boy and The Beast
anime
Just as he tackled motherhood in the acclaimed Wolf Children, Mamoru Hosoda takes on fatherhood in his latest film, The Boy and the Beast. Absent his crucial screenwriting partner, Hosoda's film is an unfortunate and rare stumble for a promising artist.
― At first glance, The Boy and The Beast carries all the hallmarks of a Mamoru Hosoda film. The warm colors, wiggly lines, soft expressions, and hype...
Your Most Memorable Anime Villain
anime
Everyone has a favorite anime villain, but which one was the most memorable, and had the most impact on you? Our team of critics reveal the bad guys that still keep them up at night - and we need to hear yours, too!
― This week we asked our team of critics for the most memorable villain they've ever encountered in anime. We specifically didn't ask for favorite - "most memorable" suggests a villain th...
Review: Night on the Galactic Railroad Blu-Ray
anime
Gabriella Ekens is all aboard the train to existential happiness in this classic film, based on Kenji Miyazawa's timeless children's book. It's out now on bluray for the first time, and it's never looked better.
― Editorial disclosure: two regular Anime News Network contributors worked on this disc, Mike Toole and Justin Sevakis. Neither were involved with nor consulted on this review in any capacity...