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- Anime Expo 2016 News Roundup: Days One, Two & Three (Jul 2)
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- Madman Panel - Supanova Gold Coast April 2013 (Apr 28)
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- Hanabee Panel - Supanova Brisbane November 2012 (Nov 12)
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- Katsuhiro Otomo at Platform International Animation Festival (Oct 31)
- New York Comic-Con 2012 (Oct 12)
- Manifest 2012 (Aug 22)
- Otakon 2012 (Jul 27)
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- Photo Gallery: Wondercon 2012 (Mar 19)
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- EB Games Expo 2011 - Gold Coast (Nov 28)
- London MCM Expo Convention - Anime Panel Report (Oct 30)
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- London MCM Expo Convention Report (Jun 1)
- FanimeCon 2011 (May 29)
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- Madman National Cosplay Championship Finals 2010 (Mar 30)
- "We Heart Japan" Earthquake Relief Gallery (Mar 24)
- Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2011: Full Report (Mar 22)
- A Brief Look at TIFFCOM (Dec 17)
- New York Anime Festival 2010 (Oct 8)
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- Asia Game Show 2009 Image Gallery (Jan 11)
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The Summer 2016 Anime Preview Guide
anime
The Summer 2016 anime preview guide has begun! Check back daily for reviews of all of this season's biggest new shows.
Available Now: This Art Club Has a Problem! - Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! - Planetarian - Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars - Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!! - TSUKIUTA. The Animation - PUZZLE&DRAGONS X - Hybrid × Heart Magia Academy Ataraxia - New Game! - and much more!
Available Now: This Art Club Has a Problem! - Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! - Planetarian - Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars - Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!! - TSUKIUTA. The Animation - PUZZLE&DRAGONS X - Hybrid × Heart Magia Academy Ataraxia - New Game! - and much more!
The X Button - Import Roundup with Super Robot Wars
games
This week is an import-fest with Super Robot Wars, My Hero Academia, and dungeon-exploring drums! Plus Adventures of Mana, Metal Slug, and a deadly game of idol singers!
― Anime Expo saw Aksys Games announce Steam versions of several titles, including XBlaze Lost: Memories, Tokyo Xanadu, and Aegis of Earth. By itself that isn't major news. Plenty of games head to Steam these days. Yet this small dev...
Battle Rabbits GN 1
manga
Not-so-ordinary high school boy Kaguya is about to have his world changed when he learns that he's actually a Battle Rabbit, a race of rabbit people from the moon charged with protecting the Earth in this bizarre but fun new series from the creators of 07-Ghost.
― Seven Seas has made a practice of licensing monster girl manga series, so now it's time for something a little different – a monster boy. ...
Is The Lost Village Actually A Comedy?
anime
Love it or hate it, the supernatural thriller The Lost Village held fans captive with a shocking (and often shockingly goofy) twist each week. But was it really a comedy all along? Nick Creamer makes the case.
― At last, The Lost Village has rambled to an end. Ostensibly a psychological horror piece about getting in touch with past trauma, the show ended up being a lot more and a lot less than that -...
Complex Age GN 1
manga
Complex Age presents a thoughtful look at how hobbies, such as the heroine's cosplay, can affect the so-called real world in a first volume that promises an interesting series to come.
― Most of us maintain a separation between our work lives and our home lives. Many times that's because we simply need the emotional rest, but sometimes it's because our home lives involve hobbies that we'd just as soo...
The Best and Worst of the Spring 2016 Season
just for fun
The votes have been cast and counted and the jury is in on the Spring 2016 anime season: which shows did you vote in as the best and the worst? Check out the final ranking!
― Our team of reviewers are following 25 anime series of the Spring 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 ...
Vice & Luna #4
just for fun
Vice has a hankerin' for tacos and cute girls, and there's only one place to find both!
― Art: Lanny Liu Script: Zac Bertschy Editor: Jacob Chapman
7th Garden GN 1
manga
7th Garden's implied future story is more interesting than its surface plot, but this is still an intriguing science fiction/fantasy hybrid with some beautifully detailed art.
― There's sometimes a very fine line between fantasy and science fiction, especially when it comes to basing that designation on the setting. Mitsu Izumi (who wrote the AnoHana manga)'s 7th Garden flirts with this line more and...
Anime Spotlight - Hybrid × Heart Magic Academy Ataraxia
anime
Summoned by his elder sister, Kizuna Hida visits the Tactical Defense Academy Ataraxia on the Japanese Float. There he meets Aine Chidorigafuchi, a girl fighting enemies from another world using the Heart Hybrid Gear Zeros.
― Hybrid × Heart Magic Academy Ataraxia Visit the Official Site Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery On air starting July 2016 Key Staff Director: Hiroyuki Furukawa ("Si...
Anime Spotlight - Berserk
anime
Slam in the chunk of steel.
"That night" is coming again. The "night" of battle where the "Black Swordsman" roars— ― Berserk Visit the Official Site Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery On air starting July 2016 Key Staff Director: Shin Itagaki ("Black Cat", "Basquash! (TV)" as director for episodes 1-20) Series Composition: Makoto Fukami ("Psycho-Pass (movie)" as screenplay) Story Slam in...
"That night" is coming again. The "night" of battle where the "Black Swordsman" roars— ― Berserk Visit the Official Site Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery On air starting July 2016 Key Staff Director: Shin Itagaki ("Black Cat", "Basquash! (TV)" as director for episodes 1-20) Series Composition: Makoto Fukami ("Psycho-Pass (movie)" as screenplay) Story Slam in...
Anime Spotlight - The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance
anime
The King's caliber is being tested.
― The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance Visit the Official Site Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery On air starting July 3, 2016 Key Staff Director: Noriyuki Abe (Bleach, Flame of Recca) Series Composition: Makoto Uezu (Arpeggio of Blue Steel, D-Frag!) Music: Taro Iwashiro (Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Blade and Soul) Story The King's calib...
WagakkiBand Ticket Giveaway
music
Win tickets to see WagakkiBand in California. Deadline extended to 11:59 pm July 5th.
― The organizers of the WagakkiBand DEEP IMPACT US Tour have given ANN three pairs of tickets (1 pair per show) to give-away to readers. Tour Details July 12: LOS ANGELES @ Club Bahia July 14: SAN DIEGO @ House of Blues July 16: SAN FRANCISCO @ The Fillmore WagakkiBand is an 8-piece band that fuses Shigin, poetry r...
Photos from Anime Expo 2016
events
Check out our photo feed from Anime Expo 2016, which was live all weekend long - Love Live, cosplay, the exhibit hall and much more!
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Shelf Life - Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection
anime
The master thief and his posse head stateside in this never-before-released Lupin III TV special. But how does it hold up to the rest of Lupin's adventures? Plus, this week's new anime releases!
― By the time you read this, I'll be several days into my first appearance on the ANN Preview Guide. It's Saturday as I write this, and I think I've already watched as many premiere episodes in two days as I...
Everyone's Getting Married GN 1
manga
Everyone's Getting Married is an interesting examination of relationship goals with nary a school uniform in sight. It won't work for everyone, but it's a neat take on the romance genre.
― A woman who wants to quit her job, get married, and be a housewife? Oh no! Is this manga promoting outdated notions of a “woman's place?” That's the easy knee-jerk reaction to Izumi Miyazono's Everyone's Getting Ma...
Anime Spotlight - Ange Vierge
anime
I will "evolve" with you―
― Ange Vierge Visit the Official Site Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery On air starting July 9, 2016 (in Japan) Key Staff Director: Masafumi Tamura ("Dragonar Academy" as episode director for eps 3, 7, 11) Series Composition: Katsuhiko Takayama ("Aldnoah.Zero", "Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts", "The Future Diary") ↑ Top Story I will "evolve" with you―. One da...
Anime Spotlight - Cheer Boys!!
anime
Break apart your limits and your common sense!
― Cheer Boys!! Visit the Official Site Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery On air starting July 5, 2016 (in Japan) Key Staff Director: Ai Yoshimura ("Blue Spring Ride", "My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU") Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida ("Bakuman", "Girls und Panzer", "K-ON!", "Yowamushi Pedal") Story Break apart your limits and your common sen...