Press Releases
- Diana Garnet to Perform at Otakon Matsuri 2016 (May 3)
- Touhou Genso Rondo: Bullet Ballet Coming to North America and Europe This September (May 1)
- Revealing the Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- Let's Rock! Edition Exclusive to Rice Digital (May 1)
- Level-5's Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble Welcomes Incredibly Powerful S-Ranked Yo-kai (May 1)
- DLSite.com Launches Spring Limited Time Sale 30% Off Campaign and 20% Reward Points Campaign (Apr 30)
- BAND-MAID Extends World Domination to Mexico in October (Apr 30)
- UDON Entertainment Releases Record of Agarest War 2: Heroines Visual Book in Stores (Apr 30)
- Stranger of Sword City Now Available in North America (Apr 30)
- New Trailer for Shooting Girl (Apr 30)
- CyberConnect2 Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary with a New Development Studio in Montréal (Apr 30)
- MangaGamer Releases Ozmafia (Apr 30)
- VIZ Media Launches Shōjo Manga Series The Heiress and The Chauffeur (Apr 30)
- RIN-NE 2 Joins Anime Network Online¹s Latin America Lineup (Apr 30)
- Killer Bundle 7 Launches With 10 Steam® Games (Apr 30)
- Play First Assault Free This Weekend Only on Steam (Apr 30)
- Dress-Up Simulator "Dream Girlfriend" Now Featuring Voice Acting (Apr 30)
- J-POP SUMMIT 2016 Announces First Line-Up of Live Concert and Musical Artists Set to Perform at This Summer's Festival (Apr 28)
- Hatsune Miku Virtual Idol Short Film Festival Comes to Toronto (Apr 28)
- Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. Announced as Premier Sponsor of Otaku USA's Anime Fan Fest (Apr 28)
- AnimeNEXT Welcomes Rei Hiroe As Guest Of Honor For Its 2016 Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey (Apr 28)
- Durarara!! Voice Actor Darrel Guilbeau Coming to SaikouCon 2016 (Apr 28)
- Pony Canyon Announces Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers- Special Live Stream Event 03 Details (Apr 28)
- VIZ Media Delivers an Action Packed New Naruto Novel to Readers With the Debut of Naruto: Sakura's Story (Apr 28)
- Hyperdevotion Noire Out Now on Steam (Apr 28)
- Lion Forge to Publish Original Comics Inspired by Dreamworks' Voltron Legendary Defender (Apr 26)
- Digital Manga, Inc. - All Kimagure Orange Road Omnibus Now Available & New Tiers (Apr 26)
- Corpse Party Now Available on PC (Apr 26)
- Q Pop Presents Revolutionary Girl Utena Art Show (Apr 26)
- English Version of Love Live! School Idol Festival Reaches 4 Million Players (Apr 25)
- Announcing YetiCon, A Weekend Geekaway at Blue Mountain Resort (Apr 24)
- Animazement Announces 2016 Charities (Apr 24)
- Astronaut Soichi Noguchi to Appear at Animazement 2016 (Apr 23)
- Animazement Hosts Toshiyuki Watanabe for Space Brothers Symphony (Apr 23)
- Announcing Animatic Con 2016: The Ohio Region's New Anime and Cosplay Convention (Apr 23)
- MangaGamer Releases First Kindred Spirits Drama CD (Apr 23)
- X JAPAN's Yoshiki Supports Kumamoto Earthquake Relief Fund (Apr 23)
- Stranger of Sword City Coming to Steam July 2016 (Apr 23)
- Section23 Films Announces August Slate (Apr 21)
- Tickets Now On Sale for Project Itoh's "Harmony" (Apr 21)
- J-Pop Summit 2016 Announces Opening Night Live Concert with Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (Apr 21)
- Major Version 5.0.0 Update for The Battle Cats Released; Introducing character True Forms and Gamatoto Expeditions (Apr 21)
- Yousei Teikoku Releases New Music Video and Message for A-Kon 2016 (Apr 21)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace" (Apr 21)
- Members of NPC Collective to Play Otakon Matsuri 2016 (Apr 21)
- Creator of Popular Webcasts, Drake McWhorter, to Appear at Otakon Matsuri 2016 (Apr 21)
- Seven Seas Renews With comiXology and Expands to Amazon (Apr 21)
- "Ushio and Tora" Returns to Anime Network Online This Spring (Apr 21)
- Japanese Death Pop Idol Unit "Death Rabbits" Releases New MV (Apr 21)
- eigoMANGA and hoopla digital Distributes Digital Comics To Libraries (Apr 21)
- Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force Comes to Your PS4 in July (Apr 21)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game May Products Announced (Apr 21)
- Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code Available Today on Steam (Apr 21)
- "Flying Witch" Soars Into Anime Network Online's Spring 2016 Lineup (Apr 21)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Heads to the Middle East: Three Series to Air on MBC3 (Apr 21)
- Vertical Launches New Audiobook Program with Cult Favorites Kizumonogatari and Attack on Titan: The Harsh Mistress of the City Parts 1 & 2 (Apr 19)
- VIZ Media Announces The Legend of Zelda™: Legendary Edition Manga Omnibus Release (Apr 19)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Trinity Seven" (Apr 19)
- BESPA KUMAMERO Releases 15th Anniversary Single (Apr 19)
- BAND-MAID Fights Fire With Metal in "the non-fiction days" Music Video (Apr 19)
- Sailor Moon Tribute Concert Returns to New York (Apr 17)
- Sugoi Japan® Awards 2016 (Apr 17)
- SaikouCon Brings in Avocado Games as Featured Guest for SaikouCon 2016 (Apr 17)
- My Hero Academia to Stream on Hulu (Apr 17)
- PONY CANYON Announces “PONY CANYON LIVE -From the Pony's Mouth-” Details (Apr 17)
- UDON Entertainment Releases 2nd Volume of Kill la Kill in Stores (Apr 17)
- MangaGamer Releases Gahkthun of the Golden Lightning on Steam, Uncensored (Apr 17)
- Bandai Namco Entertainment Announces Auditions for Korean Television Drama Adaptation of The Idolmaster (Apr 17)
- UDON Entertainment Releases 3rd Volume of Steins;Gate in Stores (Apr 17)
- It's Time for All Things to End in Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse (Apr 16)
- KOEI TECMO America Unveils New Time, Weather, and Life Point System Features for Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book (Apr 16)
- XSEED Games Announces Upcoming Nintendo 3DS Release for Corpse Party and Reveals Long-Anticipated Release Date for Windows PC Version (Apr 16)
- VIZ Media Announces the Premiere of Hunter x Hunter on Adult Swim (Apr 15)
- Ray Gigant to Arrive in North America and Europe on May 3, 2016 (Apr 15)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses “Hakuoki ~ Demon of the Fleeting Blossom: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky” (Apr 15)
- VIZ Media Announces New Tokyo Ghoul, Naruto and Gangsta. Publishing Acquisitions (Apr 15)
- 4K Media Signs Publishing Deal with Scholastic on Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Official Handbook (Apr 15)
- Singer/voice Actress Inori Minase Releases 2nd Single on 13 April (Apr 15)
- URBANGARDE Merges Space Travel, Marriage, and Murder in "Femme Fata Fantasy" MV (Apr 14)
- Digital Manga, Inc. - Kimagure Orange Road - New Figurine Tier and Merchandise Add-ons (Apr 14)
- Super Gals! Coming July 2016 from Nozomi Entertainment (Apr 14)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Flying Witch" (Apr 14)
- VIZ Media to Release Limited Edition Art Book Blanc et Noir: Takeshi Obata Illustrations (Apr 14)
- MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies Available This May (Apr 14)
- One Month Left to Submit to the Ottawa International Animation Festival (Apr 14)
- Hyperdevotion Noire Will Now Launch on April 26 for Steam (Apr 14)
- Animazement® Announces 2016 Charities (Apr 14)
- Government of Japan's 10th International MANGA Award (Apr 12)
- Explore the Art of the Anime Soundtrack with Strip Alone Complex (Apr 12)
- Hidenori Kusaka And Satoshi Yamamoto Will Make Their First-Ever North American Appearance At The Nation's Preeminent Annual Pop Culture And Comics Convention (Apr 12)
- Florida Supercon Set to Use The Jackie Gleason Theater for Main Events Stage (Apr 12)
- SaikouCon Welcomes Voice Actor Robert Axelrod as Guest of Honor for SaikouCon 2016 (Apr 11)
- Cosplay Academy Launches Kickstarter (Apr 9)
- Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart Readies its Moe Army for Steam on April 18 (Apr 9)
- Japanese Fashion Comes to Comicpalooza 2016 (Apr 9)
- JAST USA Announces English Dub Option for Sonicomi (Apr 9)
- YANAKIKU Debuts New Costumes at Tokyo Live Show (Apr 9)
- Frontwing & AKABEi SOFT2 Announce "Sharin no Kuni" Collaborative Localization Project (Apr 8)
- DLSite.com Launches Voice/Music/Anime Works 30% Off Campaign (Apr 8)
- Yanakiku Debuts New Costumes with Cyntia, Lui Frontic Akabane Japan, and Hatsune with Bayband (Apr 7)
- VIZ Media Releases Dragon Ball Full Color: Freeza Arc in Bold Print and Digital Editions (Apr 7)
- Anime Network Online to Stream "Bakuon!!" this Spring 2016 (Apr 7)
- Rooster Teeth Announces Premieres of Red VS Blue: Season 14, a RWBY Spin-Off, and New Animated Series Camp Camp (Apr 7)
- Anime Consortium Japan to Stream One-Punch Man in Asia (Apr 7)
- New Students in MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies (Apr 7)
- Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ Collection 2 and After War Gundam X Collection 2 coming July 2016 from Right Stuf, Inc. and Sunrise Inc. (Apr 7)
- Digital Manga, Inc. - Sights Now Focused on Kimagure Orange Road Stretch Goals! (Apr 7)
- "Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless" to Stream on Anime Network Online (Apr 7)
- Anime Network Online to Stream "Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto" (Apr 7)
- Naoshi Arakawa, creator of Your Lie in April, to Attend Anime Expo 2016 on July 14 as Guest of Honor (Apr 7)
- Budo Grape Celebrates Drummer in 5th Set of Digital Singles, Announces 3rd UK Tour (Apr 7)
- Anime Network Online to Simulcast “Onigiri" (Apr 7)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Onigiri" (Apr 7)
- Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls Jumps to Your Dimension Fall 2016 (Apr 7)
- Hanako Games Announces A Little Lily Princess (Apr 7)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Cobra the Animation" (Apr 7)
- Voltage Inc. to Release Bad Boys Do It Better April 4 (Apr 5)
- Pony Canyon Announces Kawaii Kon 2016 Panels and Screenings Schedule (Apr 5)
- DeNA's MyAnimeList Offers over 20,000 Licensed Anime Episodes (Apr 4)
- Crunchyroll to Simulcast BAKUON!! Anime Series for Spring 2016 (Apr 3)
- Skip Beat! Kickstarter Reaches $100,000 and Casts Erica Lindbeck (Apr 3)
- Mayor of Honolulu Declares April 8-10, 2016 Kawaii Kon Days (Apr 2)
- BAND-MAID Previews New Album at Sakura-Con 2016 (Apr 2)
- KOEI TECMO Announces the Triumphant Return of Renowned Strategy Series, Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Apr 2)
- VIZ Media Announces the Digital Simulcast Premiere of Latest Season of Sailor Moon Crystal (Apr 2)
- Classes Get a Later Start in May for MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies (Apr 2)
- Simon & Schuster Australia to Distribute VIZ Media in Australia and New Zealand (Apr 1)
- Konami Digital Entertainment Brings the Universally Popular Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series to Houston (Apr 1)
- Anime Network Online to Simulcast “RIN-NE 2” (Apr 1)
- Quiz of Valkyrie, World's First Hentai Tactical Trivia Game, Launches on Nutaku (Apr 1)
- Frontwing Announces "Purino Party" Puzzle Game For PC (Apr 1)
- Global Yaoi Imprint Sublime Announces Worldwide Debut of Bohra Naono's Supernatural Romance Midnight Stranger (Apr 1)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses, "Tanaka-kun is Always Listless" (Apr 1)
- SaikouCon 2016 Announces REAKT as Musical Guest (Apr 1)
- Digital Manga, Inc. Launches Classic Shounen Manga Kickstarter Campaign: Kimagure Orange Road (Apr 1)
- VIZ Media Acquires Publishing Rights To SUSHI: JIRO GASTRONOMY (Apr 1)
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Bakuon!!" (Apr 1)
- High-Speed Action Strategy game, Guilty Gear 2 Overture Now Available on Steam (Apr 1)
- Skip Beat! Kickstarter to Announce Kanae Kotonami Voice Actor at $100,000 Mark (Apr 1)
- MangaGamer Announces Pre-Orders for The House in Fata Morgana (Apr 1)
- MangaGamer Releases Tokyo Babel (Apr 1)
- Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code to Be Released on Steam on April 19 (Apr 1)
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Everyone's got one: the enormously popular and beloved anime series or movie that they just didn't fall in love with like everyone else. Our critics confess theirs, and we're dying to hear yours!
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Fairy Tail BD+DVD Part 19
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The Eclipse Spirits arc remains lackluster in its finale, but the rest of the filler episodes on these discs are pretty funny as Fairy Tail indulges in some lighter fare before things get serious next set.
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The Spring 2016 season rolls along and while Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress hangs on to its #1 position in the cumulative rankings, there's a new challenger to the #1 spot in the weekly chart!
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Date A Live II BD+DVD
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Despite some frustrating aspects, this second series is, overall, a slight improvement on the first.
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Famous mangaka for series like Death Note can be famously withdrawn from the public eye, rarely granting interviews or even pictures. What's with that?
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The Gods Lie GN
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The Gods Lie is a bittersweet coming-of-age story about two children finding solace in each other told in a quiet, understated style that tugs gently at your heartstrings without going overboard.
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