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by Theron Martin, Jul 18th 2015⬈
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The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Feb 5-11
anime
Konosuba drops to the #2 spot and a huge surge for GATE have left the chart in total chaos! Find out what rose to retake the title of #1 in our weekly user rankings.
― Our team of reviewers are following 27 anime series of the Winter 2016 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...
Review: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc PC
games
The smash cult visual novel finally comes to Steam! Jacob Hope Chapman puts the latest port of this shocking and wildly entertaining mystery to the test.
― Outside of a few mainstream-friendly darlings like the Phoenix Wright series, Western gamers don't get many official releases from Japan's massive bevy of murder-mystery-driven visual novels. Given how hard it can be to get these games brought ove...
Answerman - Why Did Saint Seiya Bomb In North America?
anime
It's one of the biggest and most influential anime franchises in Latin America, but the mythical golden warriors of Saint Seiya just never found a big audience in the states. Why is that?
― Geoff asks: Saint Seiya is one of the most popular anime of all time worldwide, especially in Europe and Latin America, even bigger than Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon. It is a Shonen fighting series, the most suc...
Review: Akame ga Kill! Collection One Blu-Ray
anime
The boundaries of morality and cruelty are explored in in the first 12 episodes of this wildly popular and violent smash hit, collected in this first bluray volume. Rebecca Silverman straps in.
― Since Beowulf at the very least, popular entertainment has glorified violence for our enjoyment. The “cool” character is often the most violent (although not the most vicious – he still has to have a conscie...
Shelf Life - Shirobako Part 1
anime
Paul learns a whole lot about ambition, teamwork and the anime industry in the first half of Shirobako, and digs around in this week's new anime releases.
― I started watching Dimension W right around the time its Toonami run was announced, and now I'm facing a dilemma. I'm enjoying the subtitled version and want to keep up with it, but you only get so many chances to watch anime on real, honest-to-...
Naruto: Shikamaru's Story Novel
novels
Two years after the Fourth Great Ninja War, Shikamaru learns more about himself than he ever expected when he undertakes a mission to assassinate a charismatic revolutionary.
― With his constant mutterings of “What a drag,” Nara Shikamaru initially seemed like a one-note character. The joke has always been that his natural genius is at odds with his desire to live a relaxed, carefree life. However, a...
The List - Six Manga & Anime About Raising Kids
anime
Anime usually takes us on incredible flights of fancy, but when it gets down to earth, the results can be incredible. Here are six manga and anime about the trials and tribulations of parenting.
― Anime and manga target a wide array of age demographics. Sure, there might be more in the teenage bracket but whether you're an office lady or a second grader, there's a manga magazine for you. This includ...
Naruto Shippuden Uncut Set Volume 25
anime
Uchiha Madara enters the fray of the Fourth Great Ninja War, and the sky is falling.
― The seemingly endless Fourth Great Ninja War continues to unfold in Naruto Shippūden: Volume 25, which collects episodes 310 through 322. With the exception of episodes 321 and 322, every installment found on this set is anime-original. Fortunately, as far as filler content goes, Volume 25 features far more hits th...