The Dub Track
- Goodbye (Jan 10)
- Miami Guns (Sep 2)
- Azumanga Daioh (Jul 1)
- Saikano (Jun 17)
- Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love (May 11)
- Mao-chan, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (Mar 2)
- Last Exile (Jan 19)
- Martian Successor Nadesico: the Motion Picture (Dec 2)
- Witch Hunter Robin (Nov 4)
- Haibane Renmei (Sep 28)
- Heat Guy J (Aug 31)
- Urusei Yatsura: Only You (Jul 24)
- Upon Further Review (Jun 24)
- Gatekeepers 21 (Jun 1)
- English Dubs, not Inferior (Apr 29)
- Noir (Apr 7)
- .hack//Liminality (Feb 24)
- You're Under Arrest (Jan 21)
- Inu Yasha (Dec 23)
- Arjuna (Nov 24)
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2004 [6]
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Answerman - Why Do Voice Actors Work On Yaoi Drama CDs?
anime
One reader wants to know why some Japanese voice actors (the straight ones, mostly) take yaoi and boys' love drama roles. Is there no stigma attached to playing gay in Japan? Justin gets into it.
― "Minako Sempai" asks: So this is something that I've always wondered about, most Yaoi manga tend to get adapted into drama cds or BL cds as some would like to call them. The male voice actors in these thi...
How Fire Emblem Became a Phenomenon
games
A cult classic for years, RPG series Fire Emblem has become a bonafide phenomenon among anime fans. Gabriella Ekens dives into the franchise to uncover what suddenly made anime fans sit up and take notice.
― For the longest time, Fire Emblem stood alongside Earthbound as one of those Nintendo franchises people primarily knew from Super Smash Bros. That all changed in 2013, when Fire Emblem: Awakening...
Review: Free! Eternal Summer BD+DVD
anime
The pressure is on as Haruka, Makoto, and Rin enter into their third year of high school and have to face the idea of the future...once they're done swimming, of course.
― There is no faster way to make something enjoyable into a chore than to add a little pressure to the mix. While Free! Eternal Summer is still at its heart a show about beautiful young men in tight, skimpy swimwear, that idea forms ...
Interview: Eric Beckman, Founder & President of GKIDS
anime
The man behind GKIDS, the company with the magic touch for getting anime nominated at the Oscars, talks about both the business and the New York International Children's Film Festival, happening now!
― Eric Beckman is the co-founder and president of GKIDS, a film distributor well-known among anime fans for their careful (and Academy Award nomination-laden) handling of several Studio Ghibli films in t...
The X Button - Import Roundup with Shin Megami Tensei
games
This week brings imports for Raiden, Shin Megami Tensei, and bug superheroes! Plus Ace Attorney’s best news yet, Zero Escape victims, and Kirby in a robot!
― So what was your favorite part of last week's Nintendo Direct? Wait, scratch that. What was your least favorite part? The front-runner there appears to be Nintendo's announcement of Super NES games arriving on the 3DS Virtual Console...the New ...
Review: Terror in Resonance BD+DVD
anime
Terror in Resonance stumbles as a thriller, but is lifted to near brilliance by its execution and compelling ideas.
― Shinichiro Watanabe is a name that carries a lot of weight in the anime community. Cowboy Bebop is one of the most acclaimed anime of all time, particularly overseas, where its scifi-western appeal and polished, inspired execution have made it a gateway anime for close to two decades....
Answerman - Are Manga Sales Increasing in the US?
manga
Things seem pretty great in the world of manga publishing, but just how well is the industry doing? Justin breaks down some numbers.
― Cody asks: With book stores increasing their manga sections last year, and the amount of new series being picked up from different companies, is this a sign that people buying more manga is increasing? and if so do you think we'll reach a point where the price of man...
Comparing Comedies: Konosuba vs. Dagashi Kashi
anime
This season's two hit comedies, Konosuba and Dagashi Kashi, don't have much in common on the surface, but comparing them reveals a lot about what we get out of anime comedies. Nick Creamer considers the possibilities.
― What is it that makes you laugh? Is it watching a character who's earned their fall hit the banana peel, or watching someone you've come to love be their ridiculous self? What do you ...
Skip Beat! GN 36
manga
Kyoko learns that her original nemesis is set to make a return while Ren tries not to be jealous of himself in another volume that proves that Skip Beat's still got it.
― Yoshiki Nakamura's Skip Beat may appear to strictly be about the tangled potential loves of heroine Kyoko Mogami as she struggles to crush her softer feelings, but if you trace it back to its roots, you'll see that her unhealthy rel...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Feb 26-Mar 3
just for fun
Haruchika comes blasting up the charts in a surprise upset, but is it enough to shake up the top 5? See how your favorite shows fared 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 th...
Etotama Collector's Edition Blu-Ray Vol. 2-3
anime
Although it requires muddling through several more episodes of brain-numbing antics, the dramatic payoff for the series' paper-thin storyline is surprisingly strong.
― In anime, it is not at all unusual for comedy series which are not purely episodic to turn serious (or at least mostly serious) in their final few episodes in order to resolve whatever semblance of plot is guiding them. Often this does...
ERASED: Masterful Visuals and Hidden Meanings in Plain Sight
Crunchyroll's hit series ERASED has been the talk of the anime world this winter, and it owes the bulk of its success to its deft direction at the hands of Tomohiko Itou.
― ERASED has been the talk of the anime world this winter. The supernatural thriller from A-1 pictures tells the story of struggling Mangaka Satoru Fujinuma, who is sent back to his childhood to solve the murder of a girl named Kayo...