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4Kids Entertainment
801 Media
A.D. Vision
ADNESS
Adult Source Media
ADV Films (US)
ADV Manga
AEsir Holdings
Airborne Entertainment
ALC Publishing
Amorz
AN Entertainment
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Anime 18
Anime Crash
Anime Limited
Anime Midstream
Anime Sols
AnimEigo
Animewho
AnimeWorks
Aniplex
Aniplex of America
ANN Pro
Antarctic Press
Arts Magic
Asia Video
Aurora Publishing, Inc.
AVBOX Inc.
Avex, Inc.
Bandai America
Bandai Entertainment
Bandai Visual USA
Bayview Entertainment
Be Beautiful Manga
Bees Factory Entertainment
Best Video
Bitter Films
Blast Books
Bloomsbury
Blu
Broccoli
Broccoli Books
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (-)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Burlyman Entertainment
CaiChang International
Camera Film
Cannon Films
CAPCOM
Catalyst Logic
Celebrity Home Entertainment
Central Park Media
Children's Video Library
China Children Press & Publication Group
China Times Publishing Co.
Ching Win Publishing Co., Ltd.
Chuang Yi Publishing Pte Ltd.
Cine du Monde
CMX Manga
ComicsOne
Cookie Jar Entertainment
CPM Manga
CPM Manhwa
Crash Cinema
Creation Books
Crimson Star Media
Critical Mass Video
Crunchyroll
Culturecom Holdings Limited
d/visual taipei
Daiwon C.I.
Dala Publishing Company
Daran Culture Enterprise
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Image Entertainment
DC Comics
Del Rey
Deltamac Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)
Dentsu Entertainment USA
Deux Press
Devil's Due Publishing
DH Publishing
DiC Entertainment
Digital Manga Publishing
Discotek Media
Domo Records
DramaQueen
Drawn & Quarterly
DrComics Press
Dreamwave Productions
Dreamworks
DrMaster
Dynamic Italia
Dynit
Eastern Star
Eclipse Comics
Ecus Publishing
Editions Kabuto
EMI
Encore Films
Enoki Films
Epix Förlag
Eros Comix
Ever Glory Publishing Co., Ltd.
Fakku
Family Home Entertainment
Fanfare
Fantagraphics Books
Fantasy Foundation
First Look Pictures
FOX Home Entertainment
Friendly Land
FUNimation Entertainment
Gen Manga Entertainment
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (USA)
Génération Comics
GKids
Glenat (-)
Global Group Holdings
Globe Pictures
Go Fish Pictures
Go! Comi
Golden Village Pictures
Gutsoon! Entertainment
Hanabee Entertainment
Happy Carrot
Harmony Gold USA, Inc.
Hasbro
Hemdale Film Corporation
Hi-Tops Video
Hi-Yu International
Hirameki International
Horng En Culture
Hustler Video
iBooks
Icarus Publishing
ICE Kunion
IDW Publishing
Illumitoon Entertainment
Image Comics
Image Entertainment
ImaginAsian Entertainment
Infinity Studios
Innovation
Intercontinental Video Limited
ITC Entertainment
Jade Dynasty Publications Ltd.
JapanAnime
Jim Terry Productions
JN Productions
JN Productions, Inc.
Jonesky Limited
Just for Kids Video
Kadokawa Pictures USA
Kadokawa Taiwan Corporation
Kaze
KidsCo
Kitty Media
Koch Records
Koch Vision
Kodansha
Kodansha Comics
Kodansha USA
Konami
L.A. Hero, Inc.
Last Gasp Publishing
Linking Publishing
Lions Gate Films
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Madman Entertainment (-)
Magnolia Pictures
Maiden Japan
Majesco
Malibu Comics
Manga Entertainment (UK)
Manga Entertainment (-)
Marvel Comics
Maxmedia
MC Entertainment
Media Blasters
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mightor Publishing
Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Miramax Films
Momentum Pictures
MTV (-)
Muse Communication Co., Ltd.
Navarre Corporation
NBM Publishing
Nelvana
Netcomics
New Line Cinema
New Movie Trading
NEW PEOPLE Entertainment
New Video Group
Nintendo of America
NIS America
No Starch Press
NuTech Digital
One Peace Books
Orion
Palisades Tartan
Panorama Distributions
Paperback Publishing Company, Ltd.
Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Pictures
Pathfinder Pictures
Penguin Books
People's Literature Publishing House
PictureBox
Pika Édition
Pioneer Family Entertainment
Pioneer LDCE, Ltd
Plex
Pokemon USA, Inc.
Ponent Mon
Ponycan USA
Power International Multimedia Inc.
Presspop
Project-H
Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.
Raijin Comics
Reanimedia
RedLight Manga
Renegade Video
Revolver Entertainment
Rhino
Rightman Publishing
RJP Productions
Rogue Pictures
S'more Entertainment
Saban Entertainment
Sandy Frank Entertainment
Scholastic
Sekai Project
Seminal Films
Sentai Filmworks
Seven Seas Entertainment
Shambhala Publications
Sharp Point Press
ShoPro Entertainment
Shout! Factory
Siren Visual
SoftCel Pictures
Sony
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Pictures (-)
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Speed Racer Enterprises
Splendid Films
Star Anime Enterprises
Stone Bridge Press
Streamline Pictures
Studio Ironcat
SuBLime
Sun Comics
Sun Ho Culture
Sunbow Productions
Super Techno Arts
Synch-Point
Tai Seng
Taiwan Tohan Co., Ltd.
Tartan Films
Telescreen Distribution
Televix
TF1 Vidéo
The Right Stuf International
The Walt Disney Company
The Weinstein Company
Tianwen Kadokawa Animation & Comics
Toei Animation
Tofu Records
Tokyo Shock
Tokyopop
Tokyopop Germany
Tong Li Publishing Co., Ltd.
Top Cow Productions, Inc.
Top-Insight International Co., Ltd.
Toyspress, Inc.
Troma / Fox Home Video
Turner Entertainment, Inc.
TV Asahi
Twentieth Century Fox (-)
U.S. Renditions
Udon Entertainment
Uei-Shiang
Urban Vision
Vertical
Vintage Home Entertainment
Virgil Films
Viz Media
Voyager Entertainment
Walt Disney Studios
WAN-MI AV-Arts
Waneko
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Well Go USA
White Radish
Wild Side Films
WildStorm Productions
Win International Multimedia
World Events Productions, Ltd.
Yaoi Generation
Yen On
Yen Press
Yuan-Liou Publishing
Zakka Films
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Kingdom DVD
anime
By all rights Kingdom should be a grand epic, but it falters in its storytelling by over-narrating and failing to find a balance between action and character development.
― Note: I use the Romanization provided by Funimation in the subtitles, but from the pronunciation it isn't entirely clear if pinyin or Wade-Giles is being used. Refer here for pronunciation differences. In some ways Kingdom is to C...
The Spring 2016 Anime Preview Guide
anime
The Spring 2016 Anime Preview Guide has begun! Check back daily for fresh takes on all of this season's hottest new shows.
Available Now: Shonen Maid - Concrete Revolutio: The Last Song - Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress - And you think there is never a girl online? - Anne-Happy - Super Lovers - Bungo Stray Dogs - Twin Star Exorcists - Joker Game - Hundred - BAKUON!! - Sailor Moon Crystal Season 3 - and much more!
Available Now: Shonen Maid - Concrete Revolutio: The Last Song - Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress - And you think there is never a girl online? - Anne-Happy - Super Lovers - Bungo Stray Dogs - Twin Star Exorcists - Joker Game - Hundred - BAKUON!! - Sailor Moon Crystal Season 3 - and much more!
Interview: Bluefin and the World of Anime Collectibles
merch
If you've ever bought a Gundam model, it likely says 'Bluefin' on it somewhere; we sat down for a chat with the folks at Bluefin, who are responsible for getting some of the coolest anime merchandise into your hot little hands.
― If you've ever purchased a Gundam model kit in America, you've probably seen the name Bluefin on the back somewhere. Having recently opened a brand-new warehouse space in So...
The X Button - First Impressions: Star Fox Zero
games
This week: the sights, sounds, and gimmicky little robots of Star Fox Zero! Plus Assault Suits, Mega Man, and yet another game-industry departure.
― Last week, we heard a little bit about Valkyrie Profile 3. To be specific, we heard about Shuichi Kobayashi, producer of the new Star Ocean, keeping a Valkyrie Profile 3 proposal in his files. That's no real shock, of course. Game companies have plenty ...
Princess Jellyfish [Omnibus] GN 1
manga
Princess Jellyfish is finally available in English, and it is definitely worth the wait. Akiko Higashimura's story is touching, funny, and just all around a good read.
― If you have ever felt weird, alone, or socially anxious, Princess Jellyfish is a manga you ought to read. One of the most honest, and funniest, stories about not quite fitting in, Akiko Higashimura's tale of a group of self-proclaime...
Anime Spotlight - Bakuon!!
anime
Discouraged by riding uphill to her school on a bicycle, high school girl Hane Sakura joins the motorcycle club and acquired a motorcycle license.
― Bakuon!! Visit the Official Site › Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery On air starting April 2016 Key Staff Director: Junji Nishimura (GLASSLIP, Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Ranma ½) Introduction If highschool girls ride a...
Anime Spotlight - And you thought there is never a girl online?
anime
Hideki Nishimura thought female characters in online games were all played by male players. He is about to change his mind, however, when he receives a confession of love from a female character......
― And you thought there is never a girl online? (Netoge no Yome wa Onna no ko ja Nai to Omotta?) Visit the Official Site › Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery TV Anime on air starting April 7...
Anime Spotlight - Haifuri
anime
Childhood friends Akeno Misaki and Moeka China enroll in a marine high school in Yokosuka in order to become "Blue Mermaids," a new female force established to protect the remaining coastal towns after many countries have sank into the sea.
― Haifuri Visit the Official Site › Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery Broadcast Begins April 9, 2016 (JST) Key Staff Director: You Nobuta (A Good Lib...
The Pro Wrestling-Shonen Anime Connection
anime
If you've ever wondered why shonen anime like Dragon Ball Z seems like pro wrestling so often, Daryl Surat is here to illuminate the Japanese pro wrestler who's likely responsible for influencing a generation of mangaka.
― I lack mental organization. I don't keep a list of everything I've seen, read, played, or own. It is one thing to say you watched a series, but how much do you remember? As I look ...
Your Lie in April Vol. 1 Blu-Ray
anime
Music shapes and defines the life of Kosei Arima in this acclaimed drama, out on bluray now from Aniplex of America. Theron Martin dives in.
― This release from Aniplex of America covers the first 11 episodes of the adaptation of Naoshi Arakawa's award-winning manga, which constitutes the first of the series' two seasons. Ostensibly it is a series about classical music, and indeed, that is featured r...
Full Time Managing Editor Wanted in Tokyo
For a project we are developing with one of our partners, Anime News Network is looking for a full time managing editor for a new website. The candidate must possess the following: Experience with online journalism publishing, preferably in anime or a similar niche market (e.g. videogames); Native, professional English language writing skills; Familiarity with the anime industry, market and fandom...
Anime Spotlight - Bungo Stray Dogs
anime
Armed Detective Agency, a group of prolific Japanese writers with supernatural powers, solve disputes that army and police couldn't step into.
― Bungo Stray Dogs Visit the Official Site › Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery On air starting April 6th 2016 Key Staff Director: Takuya Igarashi (Ouran High School Host Club, Sailor Moon Sailor Stars, Soul Eater) Series Composition: Yoji Enokido ...
The Best and Worst of the Winter 2016 Season
anime
The final rankings for the entire Winter 2016 anime season are in! Find out how ERASED, Grimgar, Konosuba and more fared according to your votes!
― 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 that these rankings...
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
anime
Grimgar presents a unique and compelling take on a well-worn premise, offering a more meditative style of fantasy adventure.
― Grimgar's premise is probably one you've heard before: “boy from our world finds himself waking up in a strange, medieval fantasy world. In this world, players must choose classes and then fight monsters, acquiring gold and new skills over time. And so the boy gathers togethe...
Anime Spotlight - SUPER LOVERS
anime
High school student Haru Kaido is suddenly introduced to a boy named Ren, a wild child who happens to be his adoptive little brother.
― SUPER LOVERS Visit the Official Site › Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery Broadcast Begins April 6th 2016(JST) Key Staff Director: Shinji Ishihira (Fairy Tail,LOG HORIZON) Series Composition: Yoshiko Nakamura (Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Hiiro no Kakera - ...
Anime Spotlight - JOKER GAME
anime
In 1937, the Imperial Army established "Institution D" to train spies. The recruitment method, training, and core values of the Institution were, however, very unorthodox and different from those of the Army.
― JOKER GAME Visit the Official Site › Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery Broadcast Begins April 5th 2016(JST) Key Staff Director: Kazuya Nomura (Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie, R...