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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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ANNCast - From The New World
anime
Zac and Jacob didn't know going in that From The New World would become one of the best anime they've ever seen, but it sure was a nice surprise. Guest Max Holl joins the discussion.
― ANNCast Episode 256: From The New World Zac and Jacob didn't know going in that From The New World would become one of the best anime they've ever seen, but it sure was a nice surprise. Guest Max Holl joins the discus...
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: The Lost Village - TERRAFORMARS REVENGE - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2016 Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics write up their impressions instantly and they get posted as they go alon...
Available Now: The Lost Village - TERRAFORMARS REVENGE - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2016 Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics write up their impressions instantly and they get posted as they go alon...
The X Button - First Impressions: Nights of Azure
anime
This week: A look at the darker turns of Gust’s new action-RPG! Plus arcade comebacks, Fire Emblem fallout, and a long-lost relic of the 1990s!
― I came down with a stomach virus last week, and it made me think about the mixed blessing of staying home sick when I was a kid. I'd stretch out in bed, sip flat 7-Up, read books and magazines, and maybe get propped up in front of the TV if I was well into...
Mahō Shōjo Nante Mō Ii Desu Kara. Streaming
anime
This sweet and silly little magical girl parody series hits a lot of the right notes even if it never really goes anywhere. It's fun, but not much else.
― Mahō Shōjo Nante Mō Ii Desu Kara. translates to I've had Enough of Being a Magical Girl, and you can certainly see why. Yuzuka, the eponymous magical girl, found herself saddled with the designation while walking home from school one day. A strange...
Photos from AnimeJapan 2016: Finale
events
Our last gigantic batch of photos from AnimeJapan 2016, including Hundreds, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, My Hero Academia and much more. PLUS: a visit to the Love Live shrine!
― Okay, so here's how Anime Japan was laid out – you'd enter the facility behind the cool sign above, go downstairs, and then dash across across two huge halls (hall ‘A’ and hall ‘J,’ natch) of Tokyo Big Sight to see everything. ...
Your Ultimate Guide to Anime Ending Credits: Part II
anime
Last time we ran through the entire process of actual animation - this time we'll cover the people who polish it up and make it shine for you. Kevin Cirugeda's incredible guide to the folks who make anime continues!
― It's time for another installment in this guide detailing the ins and outs of anime production, structured around the roles listed in the ending credits of a TV anime episode. When desc...
Bokurano
anime
Bokurano tells a gripping and inspiring story of human conviction in spite of its messy animation problems.
― I'd been meaning to watch Bokurano for a while before it fortuitously popped up on Crunchyroll. The show falls in what I consider a “low-key classic” area of fan reputation - shows like Dennou Coil or Haibane Renmei, that have absolutely stellar reputations, but not the most visibility. It's ...
AnimeJapan 2016 Photos: Part I & II
industry
The sights, the sounds, the booths, the cosplayers - this is the show floor at this year's AnimeJapan 2016, where everything from My Hero Academia to Macross Delta were shown off.
― It's finally here! The reason I flew across the country, over Alaska, and across the Pacific to Japan, the nation's biggest anime exposition, and it… …well, it seems kinda empty, doesn't it? Let's head inside Tokyo Big S...
Answerman - Why Haven't Light Novels And Visual Novels Caught On In America?
industry
Light novels and visual novels have both had plenty of niche success in the US, but neither medium has broken mainstream - why is that? Justin considers the possibilities.
― Carl asks: I was wondering why light novels and visual novels haven't caught on in the US the way Anime and Manga have. While some Light Novels and arguably less Visual Novels have been translated they seem to be huge in Japan b...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Weeks of Mar 18-24
anime
The winter season comes to a crashing finale with a surprising pick climbing up the ladder just in time to claim the top spot! How did the rest of your favorite shows fare in the end?
― 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 se...
A Girl on the Shore GN
manga
Inio Asano's sexually explicit tale of two depressed middle schoolers seeking solace in each other is haunting in its depiction of teenage depression and what its protagonists do to try and cope with it.
― Here's your warning before we discuss the book: this is a very sexually explicit manga, so if that makes you uncomfortable, A Girl on the Shore is not going to be the book for you. Given that Inio ...
Tour the Swag of AnimeJapan 2016
just for fun
Here's an avalanche of photos of all the incredible toys, costumes, models, cels, statues, posters, sake, trading cards, blurays, gashapon and more on display at AnimeJapan 2016!
― As anime and manga fans from around the world gather at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center for the annual Anime Japan fair (March 26 to March 27, 2016), it begs the question of what sort of merchandise fans are looking ...
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-Kun BD+DVD
anime
One of the most popular and beloved comedies of the last few years is out on bluray from Sentai Filmworks, and Theron Martin's ready for a revisit.
― With most anime comedies, the discussions are about whether or not they are funny enough consistently enough for them to be considered among the season's (or even year's) funniest titles. With this 12 episode offering from 2014, the discussion is instea...