Interest - May 2011
- Ika Musume's Lead Turned Into 75-cm-Tall Plush Doll (22:45)
- Vertical: Usamaru Furuya Draws Manga Twice for Overseas Market (20:30)
- Goo Poll: Which Actress Could Play Evangelion's Rei (14:45)
- Nitroplus Mascot Gets Hugging Pillow With Arm Parts (08:15)
- Daily Video: Kamikaze Douga Studio Posts Demo Reel (10:15)
- Tales of Xillia Adds Star Driver Downloadable Content (12:15)
- Uchū Kyōdai Astronaut Manga to Bundle Rocket Fragment (18:00)
- Daily Cosplay - Black Butler's Grell and Madame Red (23:00)
- Vocaloid Kaito's Song Adapted into Stage Musical (21:00)
- Yoshiki: Issue 0 with Stan Lee to Debut at Comic-Con Int'l (22:30)
- Aya Hirano Confirms She Stopped Performing Music for Lantis (18:30)
- Recochoku Poll: Which Anime Character Do You Want to Marry (14:30)
- CoMix Wave & Makoto Shinkai Now on Facebook in English (14:30)
- Pixiv Holds Makoto Shinkai Illustration Contest (12:00)
- Manga Creators Volunteer in Japan's Quake Area (06:00)
- Gundam Moped Inspired by Char's Zaku Robot Auctioned (08:15)
- Yotsuba&!'s 10th Anniversary Exhibit Returns After Quake (23:57)
- Voice Actress Yu Kobayashi's Event Streamed Live (20:00)
- Ace Attorney Games' Live-Action Film Confirmed (20:45)
- Sony Working on 'Future Platform' After PlayStation 3 (18:30)
- Zetman Charity Auction Ends at 1.4 Million Yen (23:57)
- Daily Cosplay - Vampire Knight's Yuki Cross (23:55)
- Daily Videos: New Busou Shinki, Gundam Game Promos (13:00)
- Tokyopop's Neon Logo Signs Listed for Sale in L.A. (16:00)
- Dragon Quest Treasure Chest Offered for 365,400 Yen (07:00)
- Tour Takes Volunteers to Quake Area in Japan (21:00)
- Naruto, Tokyo's Giants Baseball Team Join Forces (23:57)
- Singapore's Sea☆A Performs Cardfight!! Vanguard Song (19:00)
- Former Prime Minister Asō Is Now an Anime 'Envoy' (17:00)
- Square Enix Plans Major MMO Besides Final Fantasy XIV (10:30)
- Music Group supercell Holds Auditions for Next Album (03:30)
- Macross, Haruhi, Vampire Miyu Artists Draw Tezuka Homages (20:00)
- Aya Hirano Streams Live Special Program on Wednesday (19:00)
- Daily Cosplay - Toradora's Taiga, Ryuuji, and Company (15:30)
- Daily Video: Key's New Rewrite Visual Novel Opening (12:30)
- New Haruhi Novel Ships in Several Countries Tonight (10:30)
- Virtual World with Clannad, Shuffle, D.C. II to Close (06:45)
- Udon Noodles With Moe Fighting Girl Packaging Sold (23:50)
- Escala Poll: Manga Women in Their 20s Want as Live-Action (20:00)
- Microsoft Launches Cloud Girl Manga for Windows Azure (15:00)
- Takashi Miike Directs DS Game-Based 'Court Drama' (10:00)
- Tokyo Tower Lit Up as Lotus Flower for Buddha Film (22:30)
- Gackt Sings 2 Vocaloid Songs for July CD Single (15:30)
- Nico Nico Plans Event Hall with Ceilling/Wall Screens (13:00)
- Japanese Beatboxer Covers Touhou's "Bad Apple!!" (23:00)
- Detective Conan License Plates Issued in Japan (13:45)
- Biglobe Poll: Most Amazing Anime Movies (19:30)
- Daily Video: Hatsune Miku Project Diva Ver. 2.5 PSP Game (10:15)
- Macross Frontier Items Auctioned for Quake Charity (17:30)
- Nana to Kaoru Gets 'Dōjinshi' with All-Star Lineup (14:00)
- Sega, Beijing Perfect World License Saint Seiya MMO Game (23:50)
- Japan's 1st Drive-Through Bookstore Closes This Month (23:45)
- Pokémon Game Championship In Birmingham, June 4 (15:36)
- Daily Cosplay - One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy (23:00)
- Fullmetal Alchemist iOS/Browser RPG in the Works (13:00)
- 183,000-Yen L.A. Hatsune Miku Concert Tour Offered (12:00)
- Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsuisō Game Sells 33,000+ Units (17:00)
- U.S. Voltron Force Cartoon's Promo Streamed (22:00)
- Bandai Wins Gundam Knockoff Suit Vs. Chinese Company (23:30)
- Daily Cosplay - Saint Seiya's Seiya in Sagittarius Armor (16:00)
- Man Who Said Dragon Ball Saiyan Told Him to Kill Sentenced (02:15)
- Koe de Oshigoto! Comedy Manga to Bundle Mini-Game (07:30)
- Japanese/Korean Zoobles Airs in South Korea This Week (10:00)
- 2nd Super Robot Wars OG Headed to PlayStation 3 (23:00)
- Website: Keanu Reeves Passes on Akira, Most of Staff Let Go (19:30)
- Tokyo Marriage Agency to Start Service for Otaku (23:57)
- Tokyo Governor: Quake-Affected ACE Event 'Deserved It' (14:00)
- Daily Video: Fan-Created 'Ghibli World' in Minecraft (23:30)
- Viz Offers Smile Quake Charity Art by Vagabond's Inoue (23:57)
- Daily Cosplay: Tegami Bachi's Zazie (23:15)
- Saint Seiya Anime's 1st Film Gets New Stage Musical (17:00)
- 'Dragon Quest-Style' Live-Action Show to Air in July (09:30)
- Supercell/Miku Song in U.S. iTunes' World Top 10 (23:57)
- NIS America Plans Bleach: Soul Resurrección PS3 Game (12:30)
- Japan Underground In London May 28 (08:20)
- Daily Cosplay: Madoka Magica's Madoka, Mami, Sayaka (20:00)
- Reminder: Manhwa-Based Priest Film Opens Today (13:45)
- Ghibli Composer Hisaishi to Hold Quake Benefit Concerts (05:00)
- X Japan Band Founder Yoshiki Launches XM Radio Show (09:30)
- Daily Video: Bandai's Booth at Shizuoka Hobby Show (23:45)
- Biglobe Poll: Which Anime Director Do You Follow (15:30)
- Japan's pixiv Art Site Starts English Encyclopedia (17:00)
- Poll: 68% Say No Post-Quake Self-Restraint on Anime (12:00)
- Madoka Magica's Updated Kyubey Face Cushion Offered (07:30)
- 106 Manga Creators Run Messages of Support in Newspaper Ad (22:00)
- TV Asahi, Sanrio Collaborate on New Mascot Character (19:30)
- Daily Cosplay: Sengoku Basara's Date Masamune (23:00)
- Supercell/Miku Song, Flow's Anime CD Get U.S. Releases (12:00)
- Animate, Gamers Shops to Sell New Haruhi Book at Midnight (03:15)
- Darth Vader Samurai Dolls Offered for Boys' Festival (23:30)
- Daily Cosplay: Panty & Stocking's Panty and Stocking (15:00)
- Tezuka Productions Donates 870 Manga to Quake Area (12:00)
- Good Smile Offers 12 Monthly Toys for Quake Charity (11:00)
- Goo Poll: Which Manga is Why You Buy Shonen Jump (09:45)
- Pixar's Cars 2 Uses J-Pop's Perfume Song Worldwide (20:30)
- American Idol's Blake Lewis Dubs English Durarara (18:30)
- Daily Cosplay: Tsubasa Chronicle's Princess Sakura (23:30)
- Daily Video: Nendoroid Generation Game Teaser (12:00)
- Manga-Creator Life Simulator App Posted on iPhone/iPad (10:15)
- Eva's Megumi Ogata to Use Twitter Only Until June (08:45)
- K-On's Toyosaki, Di Gi Charat's Koge Donbo Teach History (10:00)
- 3 Teens Arrested for Shoplifting 1st 57 One Piece Volumes (23:15)
- Arina Tanemura Auctions Jeanne Art for Quake Charity (23:57)
- Yen Press to Take Part in Free Comic Book Day (23:55)
- Hollywood Reporter: Keanu Reeves in Akira Film Talks (16:45)
- Moving Cosplay Cat Ears Demonstrated in Japan (13:30)
- Funimation Confirms English Trigun Movie Cast (13:30)
- Toyota USA Plays Hatsune Miku+Corolla Commercials (22:45)
- C Anime Holds Web Audition for 1 Word in Dialogue (19:00)
- Powerless Shotaro Ishinomori Museum Entertains Children on National Holiday (14:33)
- Biglobe Poll: Spring 2011 Anime I'll Watch Until the End (10:00)
- Daily Cosplay: Dragon Ball Z's Frieza and Bulma (20:45)
- Kannagi Director, Fans Aid Quake Victims in Model Town (10:30)
- Kaiji Anime Figma Figure Coming From Max Factory (23:45)
- Madoka Magica's Yūki Earns 583,000 Yen for Quake Charity (21:30)
- Yuki Kajiura to Score October's Fate/Zero TV Anime (10:30)
- Spice and Wolf Light Novels to Get Epilogue in July (11:30)
- 74,394 Miku Nendoroid Quake Charity Figures Ordered (10:30)
- AKB48 Spawns 3rd Sister Idol Group in Fukuoka: HKT48 (07:00)
- Inoue's 18-Meter-Tall Vagabond Mural Looms Over Tokyo (05:30)
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Photos from AnimeJapan 2016: Finale
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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...
Answerman - Is There A Future For "Spinoff" Anime Conventions?
anime
Japan Expo USA is on hiatus indefinitely and a few other conventions "spun off" from larger events seem to be having a little trouble - is there a future for these shows?
― Chris asks: I see Japan Expo USA has gone into hiatus mode, and we're waiting on dates and a location for the next Otakon Vegas. Are these spinoff cons going to make it, and what's holding them back? Despite their popularity, ani...
Shelf Life - Kingdom Season 1
anime
Funimation quietly released season one of Kingdom, a little-seen anime about China's Warring States period in a big DVD box. James takes a look. PLUS: this week's new releases!
― There are some weeks when nothing on the new release list really catches my eye, but this week ain't one of them. There's some really good stuff coming out, and a lot of it comes in comes in a big, shiny box full of merchan...
Review: Parasyte -the maxim- Blu-Ray Vol. 1
anime
The first half of Adult Swim's smash hit horror/thriller Parasyte is out on bluray from Sentai Filmworks. Nick Creamer revisits the phenomenon for a fresh look at all that gore and splatter.
― Initially published throughout the late 80s and early 90s, you'd think the Parasyte manga would be an odd choice for adaptation - until you learned it was accompanying a new live-action film release. Given that...