Episode Reviews - October 2015
- Haikyu!! Second Season (10:18)
- Chivalry of a Failed Knight (13:05)
- Utawarerumono: The False Faces (20:35)
- Owarimonogatari (18:32)
- The Asterisk War (19:21)
- Young Black Jack (22:14)
- K: Return of Kings (13:32)
- Noragami Aragoto (16:18)
- Garo: Crimson Moon (21:57)
- Heavy Object (19:44)
- The Perfect Insider (19:12)
- Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation (10:30)
- Dance with Devils (10:00)
- Mr. Osomatsu (22:30)
- Comet Lucifer (12:07)
- Concrete Revolutio (12:44)
- Attack on Titan: Junior High (13:27)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (20:02)
- One-Punch Man (17:06)
2016 [17]
January 2016 [17]
2015 [82]
October 2015 [19]
Sunday, Oct 18, 2015 [2]
Saturday, Oct 17, 2015 [7]
Friday, Oct 16, 2015 [1]
Thursday, Oct 15, 2015 [3]
Monday, Oct 12, 2015 [3]
Sunday, Oct 11, 2015 [3]
August 2015 [1]
July 2015 [22]
June 2015 [1]
April 2015 [22]
January 2015 [17]
2014 [56]
October 2014 [25]
September 2014 [8]
August 2014 [23]
⬈
⬋
-
+
The Ancient Magus' Bride GN 3
manga
The Ancient Magus’ Bride turns inward in its third volume, challenging the uneven relationship at the heart of its magic and mystery.
― The third Ancient Magus' Bride opens in blood and thunder, as the attack on Chise that closed out the last volume prompts a wild response from Elias. Shedding the trappings of his nearly-human form, Elias billows across full-page spreads in black and bone, spine brea...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Weeks of Jan 1-21
just for fun
A new season has begun and we're off to the races with our daily streaming user polls! Find out how ERASED, Grimgar and the rest of this season's new shows are stacking up according to your ratings!
― 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 w...
Answerman - What Does Darker Than Black's License Withdrawal Mean?
industry
Funimation's license for Darker than Black recently expired, and Aniplex chose not to renew it. What does that mean for that show, for Funimation and for the industry? Justin gets into it.
― Stan asks: I heard the news of Funimation losing their license to Darker Than Black. People speculate (or is it confirmed?) that the license was taken away by Aniplex of America. So I was wondering, is this one ...
Shelf Life - Turn A Gundam: The Movies
anime
James finds out whether or not the Turn A Gundam movies are a decent substitute for the series, along with all of this week's new anime releases on DVD and bluray!
― I got buried under a landslide of teenage nostalgia last week. First Sentai Filmworks announced that they were planning a new physical release for Azumanga Daioh, then Discotek Media did the same with Cromartie High School. I watched (a...
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Novel 4
novels
Bell's defining defeat of the Minotaur has qualified him for Level 2 as an adventurer, a feat which shocks Eina in this fourth light novel.
― The main story in the fourth DanMachi novel was directly adapted into episode 9 of the anime. The episode did feel like it had rushed things a bit, but not until I read the novel version did I appreciate how much. However, the source material only supplied 161 ...
The Mike Toole Show - Awesome Unadapted Manga
manga
Mike digs into a big pile of great manga that, against all odds, have never been adapted into anime, and wonders what some of your favorite unadapted manga are.
― Last week, amid the bustle of Arisia, Boston's biggest science fiction fan convention, I did something I'd never done at a con before: I focused on books. I met con guest of honor John Scalzi, the Redshirts and Old Man's War guy, and had hi...
Review: Garakowa -Restore the World-
anime
Theron Martin enters the world of Garakowa, a film that shows a whole lot of ambition and creativity but has a few storytelling issues that get in the way.
― Originally called D.backup, Garakowa is the creation of the duo Physics Point, who won the right to have their concept adapted into animated form as part of a contest conducted by Pony Canyon back in 2013. Although the creators may be newcomers ...
The List - 6 Villains That Saved the Day
anime
Sometimes all it takes to save the day is a bad guy with a change of heart. Here are six anime where the villain became the hero!
― The heroes might be the stars of the show, but a work of fiction is really made by an awesome antagonist. Someone the audience loves to hate or finds catharsis through a villain's disregard for the rules in lieu of getting what they want. The audience grows attachment t...
Die Wergelder GN 1
manga
Hiroaki Samura subtitles his new series "Bad Bitch Action," and while that's only true of a few of the characters, this is still an intense, disturbing, and sometimes funny series that means it when it says its for mature audiences.
― Can you put a price on a life? According to the ancient Germanic practice of wergeld (also spelled “wergild”), you sure can – the word means “man payment” and refers to...