Interest - May 2016
- Free!'s Iwami Recruits Cosplayers for Pool Clean-Up Duty ()
- Takeshi Konomi Announces Prince of Tennis Charity Event in Kumamoto ()
- Color-Coordinated Mr. Osomatsu Lingerie Revealed ()
- Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Plans 'Hatsune Miku Symphony' Concert ()
- Popin Q CG Idols Show Off Their Dance Moves ()
- Pikachu Name Change Protest Highlights Language Tensions in Hong Kong ()
- Idolish 7 One-Year Anniversary Campaign Includes Full Album, Themed Cafes ()
- Nodame Cantabile Actress Juri Ueno Marries Singer Shō Wada ()
- English Textbook Character Ellen Baker Gets Unauthorized Hug Pillow ()
- Toast Dragon Quest's 30th Anniversary with Premium Sake ()
- Dedicated Fans Can Get 8" Tora Figure with 13 Blu-ray/DVD Volume Purchases ()
- Hello Kitty & My Melody Step Out for Adventure in Super Mario Maker ()
- IDOLM@STER's Hiromi Hirata Gives Birth to Baby Girl ()
- Pretend You're Spending the Night in the Matsuno Household at Ikebukuro Hotel ()
- Join NERV's Godzilla Division With Bags, Keychains. and Storage Bins ()
- Inti Creates CEO Joins Criticism of Mighty No. 9 Trailer ()
- Sadako & Kayako's Next Collaboration is Spooky-Cute Hello Kitty ()
- Space Patrol Luluco Crosses Over with Animator Expo's SEX and VIOLENCE with MACHSPEED ()
- Scientists Nickname Gas-Absorbing Galaxy 'Akira' ()
- Monster Hunter Stories Game Plans Pom Pom Purin, DAIGO DLC ()
- Horror Icons Sadako and Kayako Compete in Cup no Fuchico Horse Racing Web Game ()
- Barefoot Gen Author's Undelivered Letter to President Obama Discovered ()
- Smartphone Game Features Stray Cats Who Turn into Handsome Hunks ()
- New York Nintendo Store Will Demo Wii U Legend of Zelda Game ()
- New Sailor Moon Musical Cast Will Appear at Usagi & Chibi-Usa Birthday Celebration ()
- Ghibli Museum Will Reopen with Miyazaki-Curated Retrospective, Giant Catbus ()
- Char, Garma Star in Gundam Thunderbolt Theater Manners Ad ()
- LaLa Magazine Celebrates 40 Years with Exhibition in July ()
- Max Factory's Makes 10 Life-Size Bridal Lingerie Momo Belia Deviluke Figures for 2.5 Million Yen ()
- Watch Hideo Kojima's Full Q&A Session at the Nordic Game Conference ()
- Chalk Artist Renarena Returns to Create Giant Dragon Quest Heroes Ⅱ Mural ()
- Cosplayers VampyBitMe & Livia Chu Star in Food Wars! Spoof ()
- Mr. Osomatsu's Matsuno Brothers Celebrate Their Birthday with Theme Song Remix ()
- Eva Store Stocks Evangelion x Godzilla Regional Hand Towels ()
- Justin Leach, Dai Satō Name Promising Anime Directors to Watch ()
- Love Live! School Idol Festival Event Draws 51,149 in Attendance ()
- Megumi Hayashibara Shares Her Thoughts on Modern Voice Acting ()
- Space Brothers' Kasarinchu Performs at Japanese Space Center ()
- Love Live! Thank-You Event Draws Massively Long Lines ()
- Aichi Prefectural Police Turn to Pretty Boys to Stop Train Groping ()
- Takayuki Yamada Casts Dragon Quest Spells at Work in New Commercial ()
- Evangelion × Godzilla Crossover Continues with Another Eva-Colored Godzilla ()
- New Artbook Presents Japanese Illustrators' Takes on Classic Paintings ()
- Yo-kai Watch to Haunt Universal Studios Japan This Summer ()
- Get a Mr. Osomatsu-Style Makeover with "Matsumaker" ()
- U.S. Band Pentatonix, Daisuke Ono Collaborate for Planetarium Show ()
- NIS America Opens Poll to Add Character to Touhou Genso Rondo: Bullet Ballet Game ()
- Ayana Taketatsu Goes Steampunk for Latest Single ()
- British Animator's Full R-Type Animated Short Project Streamed ()
- Check Out the Unique Displays from the Attack on Titan: Wall Sapporo Exhibit ()
- Takuya Eguchi, Sōma Saitō Join Sanrio Boys Project ()
- Ghibli Animator Directs Kumamoto Union's 'Nikoyaka Shokudō' Anime Ad ()
- Music Unit eyelis' New Album Includes Group's Anisong Works ()
- Midori/Shōjo Tsubaki Café Isn't for the Faint of Heart ()
- Original When Marnie Was There Novel Int'l Sales Boost ()
- Hentai Kamen's Revealing Superhero Garb Now a Costume ()
- Hikaru Utada's 1st MV in 6 Years Uses Stop-Motion Animation ()
- 30 Countries Prepare for World Cosplay Summit 2016 in Nagoya ()
- All Out!! Rugby Anime Inspires 3 New Figures ()
- Erotic Manga Magazine to Feature Ancient But Youthful-Looking Women ()
- Art of War Will Re-Release "Spinning Cannon Slice Guts" Statue in 2 Versions ()
- My Melody Pulls Ahead in Sanrio's 2016 Character Popularity Poll ()
- Anime Rated By Empire Magazine ()
- Bride's Story Cosplayer Heads to Mongolia for Extra-Realistic Photo Shoots ()
- Spanish Soccer Team's New Kit Evokes Attack on Titan ()
- Japanese Readers Choose Sexiest Shonen Jump Villains ()
- Sanrio Moves Forward with Godzilla x Gudetama Goods Campaign ()
- Manga Artist Hisashi Eguchi Takes "Credit" for Hunter × Hunter's Hiatuses ()
- Laboratory Will Attempt to Recreate Scenes from Gundam: The Origin ()
- Toyota Uses Dragon Quest Monsters to Illustrate Appeal of Prius C ()
- Nissin Asks Japanese Customers Which Foreign Cup Noodle Brand They Want to Sample ()
- Cardcaptor Sakura Teacup Sets Given as Game Prizes ()
- Merriam-Webster Has Noticed 'Senpai' for Possible Dictionary Addition ()
- Orange's Ichigo Takano Illustrates SKY-HI Music Video ()
- Aoshima Reveals 'Transforming' Macross Valkyrie Girl Model Kit Concept ()
- Chinese Social Game Turns Historical Figures into Moe Girls ()
- Sadako & Kayako Want Your Vote for the Ghost with the Most ()
- Songs Announced for Halko Momoi's New Cover Album ()
- Winner of New Game! Anime's Theme Song Group Name Contest Announced ()
- Canada's Official Twitter Account Asks: 'Which Pokémon is the Most Canadian?' ()
- DIY Video Series Shows How to Make Your Own Metroid Arm Cannon ()
- Off-the-Wall Swiss Otaku Recreates Bakuon!! Fanservice Scene ()
- Cocktail Prince Mobile Game Casts Its Leads ()
- Official Bakuon!! Itasha Motorcycles Will Go on Sale ()
- Dead or Alive 5 Last Round Will Add Gust's Atelier Series Costume ()
- Controversial Artist Rokudenashiko Found Guilty on Obscenity Charge ()
- Shaft's Madogatari Exhibit Publishes Heroine Poll's Results ()
- Voice Actor Yoshimitsu Shimoyama Reveals Marriage to Satomi Arai ()
- Attack on Titan Exhibition Goes Overseas, Starting with Italy ()
- Novelist Tomohiro Matsu's Memorial Celebrated with Tribute Casket Art, Anime Theme Song ()
- Super Mario Gets Cubed for Minecraft Wii U Edition ()
- Spiderman Swings Into Feudal Japan for New Figure ()
- Special Yu-Gi-Oh! Movie Screening Lets Fans Be Noisy ()
- Haifuri Military Recruitment Poster Criticized ()
- Matsuno Brothers Steal the Show at Mr. Osomatsu Merchandise Market ()
- Japanese Fans Polled on Favorite Mid-Season Spring 2016 Anime ()
- Online Retailer Imagines Rose of Versailles Characters in Modern Clothing ()
- New Inking Technology from Waseda University Makes Line Art Easy ()
- KanColle Fans Endure Long Lines to Play New Arcade Game ()
- True Identity Behind C.V. Ore! Voice Actor Manga's Creator Revealed ()
- Free Comic Book Day 2016 Kicks Off Tomorrow With Manga Samplers ()
- Shin-chan's Buriburizaemon Returns for the 1st Time in 9 years ()
- New KanColle Dōjinshi Doubles as English Textbook ()
- Kinnikuman Villain Robin Mask Gets Life-Size Knight Helm ()
- Ghost in the Shell's Tachikoma Inspire Electric Guitar ()
- Voice Actress Chiaki Takahashi Cosplays as Busty School Girl for petit milady MV ()
- Naruto, Yakitate Japan Singer TiA Wins Singing Competition in Brooklyn ()
- Voice Actor Junichi Miyake & Artist Aoi Nishimata's Fairy Tale Wedding at Tokyo Disneyland ()
- Tasty Pokémon Recipes Head West in New Cook Book ()
- Love Live! Sunshine Mini-Unit CYaRon's 1st Single Previewed ()
- Light-Up Hikaru Skirt Creator's Next Project is Skirt With Robot Arms ()
- Virtual Reality Developer Creates 3 Studio Ghibli Scenes to Explore ()
- Kamen Rider Figuarts Dance to Love Live! in Stop-Motion Video ()
- Dragonball: Evolution's Writer Issues Apology to Fans ()
- Good Smile Company Designs Brand-New Cardcaptor Sakura Figure for 15th Anniversary ()
- Sayaka, Kyoko Inspire Magical Lingerie from SuperGroupies ()
- Footage of THQ/Black Pearl's Scrapped Akira Game Resurfaces ()
- Ghost in the Shell Composer Kenji Kawai Talks Inspiration, Home Town in French TV Program ()
- Kill Bill, Live-Action Lupin III Guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei to Play in L.A., N.Y.C. ()
- MechaGodzilla Figure Gets Familiar Color Scheme as Eva x Godzilla Cross Over Continues ()
- 30 Animators Recreate Super Smash Bros. Melee Opening Sequence ()
- Kingdom Hearts Series Gets Orchestral Concert World Tour Next Year ()
- Live-Action Sailor Moon Cast Performs at Daigo and Keiko Kitagawa's Wedding ()
- Majestic Prince Film Takes Submissions for Film's Subtitle ()
- Ichiban Kuji Prize Drawing Teases Wedding With the Osomatsu Brothers ()
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The List - 7 Brother-Sister Romances That Went Too Far
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Things get incestuous in this edition of The List, with seven couples who might be a little TOO close for comfort.
― This week, we're talking about the elephant in the anime viewing room. It's a particular type of "forbidden relationship" that crops up on a pretty regular basis, where dudes have a chance at sleeping with their sisters. I'm not going to pretend to know why this trope is common beyond...
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (English Dub)
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Black Butler's feature film debut brings titanic stakes to the big screen, but its animation quality might leave you somewhat high and dry. Rose Bridges has the details on this English dub premiere.
― It's an interesting time to be a Black Butler fan, watching the anime franchise redefine itself as a horror anthology series. In the first two seasons, Sebastian and Ciel had plenty of one-off adventure...
The Spring 2017 Manga Guide
manga
Looking for new manga to read? Our first-ever Spring Manga Guide has you covered!
Available Now: Delicious in Dungeon Vol. 1 - My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness Vol. 1 - Grimgar Vol. 1 - Your Name Vol. 1 - Tales of Zestiria Vol. 1 - Appleseed Alpha Vol. 1 - Aho-Girl Vol. 1 - After Hours Vol. 1 - Rakugo Shinju Vol. 1 - Re:Zero Chapter 2 Vol. 1 - and much more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's ...
Available Now: Delicious in Dungeon Vol. 1 - My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness Vol. 1 - Grimgar Vol. 1 - Your Name Vol. 1 - Tales of Zestiria Vol. 1 - Appleseed Alpha Vol. 1 - Aho-Girl Vol. 1 - After Hours Vol. 1 - Rakugo Shinju Vol. 1 - Re:Zero Chapter 2 Vol. 1 - and much more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's ...
Uncovering the Animation of The Eccentric Family in Nakano Broadway
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events
Kim Morrissy & Callum May check out the stunning artwork behind P.A. Works' sleeper hit before the exhibit's closing time.
― The Eccentric Family is perhaps the very definition of a sleeper hit. This quirky drama about a family of talking tanuki was inaugurated as a Kyoto Special Goodwill Ambassador earlier this year thanks to its faithful recreations of the real-life locations of Japan's former capi...
Answerman - Why Is It Socially Unacceptable To Be An Otaku In Japan?
anime
Generally speaking, Japanese society still shuns the otaku - why is that? Justin has a few ideas.
― James asks: I have seen a rather large number of anime and manga series in recent years in which a character (either male of female) is extremely popular and successful at school and with their friends, but hides the fact that they are an otaku (approximately the Japanese equivalent of a nerd in weste...
Rakugo Shinju, Kabukibu and The Traditional Arts of Japan
anime
From Touken Ranbu to Kabukibu to Rakugo Shinju, anime has been embracing Japanese traditional arts more than ever. Lynzee Loveridge examines the phenomenon.
― Japan is a country with a very old cultural history, dating back millennia before what we consider modern U.S. history. Those millennia produced a wealth of traditional art forms, ranging from the graceful strokes of shodo (calligraphy) to the ...
Dreamin' Sun GN 1
manga
This earlier work from the creator of Orange isn't quite as polished, but it combines an honest look at depression and anger with shoujo romance tropes in interesting ways. Rebecca Silverman has the details.
― Originally published in Margaret magazine in 2007, a transfer of rights to a new publisher has resulted in a re-release of Ichigo Takano's Dreamin' Sun and its translation into English. (Takano...
Fans Young & Old Come Out for Tokyo Toy Show 2017
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merch
Tokyo Big Sight is overrun with players of all kinds to check out the latest and greatest toys on the market. Yes, they have fidget spinners.
― Tokyo Big Sight, June 3, 2017. 9:00 am Japan Standard Time. The 2017 International Tokyo Toy Show had just begun, and the line of entry snaked all the way across the enormous venue. The children paced around and tugged at their parents’ sleeves, unable to con...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of May 27-June 2
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My Hero Academia races up the charts as the Spring 2017 season starts to wind down! Find out how your favorites performed in our weekly user rankings.
― Our team of reviewers are following 27 anime series of the Spring 2017 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 in mind that these ran...
This Week in Games - The Modest Life of Virtual Console
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In the calm before the E3 storm, Dustin considers the legacy and future of Nintendo's Virtual Console service. PLUS: Pokemon, Final Fantasy Dissidia, more old Mega Man games and much more!
― Good god, E3 starts next week. Though I'm fortunate enough to not be going to LA, there's still a hint of dread mixed in with all the excitement for what's coming. It's a flood a-coming, one which comes in the af...
Prince of Stride: Alternative BD+DVD
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This otome game adaptation eschews most reverse harem tropes in a surprisingly fun story about a bizarre blend of track and parkour. Rebecca Silverman gets into this show's Stride.
― If you were wondering, the “alternative” in Prince of Stride Alternative comes from the fact that this 2016 series is based on a 2015 otome game simply called Prince of Stride. That's mildly surprising, because the show ...
Answerman - Why Isn't More Anime Shown On American TV?
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There are countless hours of US cable television programming to fill, and yet only a few hours a week are filled with anime. Why is that? Justin gets into it.
― Kyle asks: How come some English dubbed anime only get released straight to DVD here in the US and never air on American TV? I know that a handful of them do air on Anime-only channels, such as the FUNimation Channel and Neon Alley, and also...
Adventures in the Yuri!!! on Ice Café
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Tokyo correspondent Kim Morrissy sits down for a bowl of katsudon in an intimate café setting with the Yuri!!! on Ice boys.
― Katsudon is a Japanese rice dish made with deep-fried pork cutlets, egg, and vegetables. If you prepare it with just the right blend and consistency, it's absolutely mouth-watering stuff. It's common enough that you'll find it served on just about every street corner in Tokyo,...
How Polygon Pictures is Changing the 3D Anime Industry
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From Knights of Sidonia to Blame!, Polygon Pictures has led the charge in CGI anime innovation. Callum May explores what makes their production process so unique for the anime industry.
― At 10:00 PM in the Polygon Pictures studio, the lights turn off for the night. Polygon Pictures is like few other animation studios in Japan. In an industry where working overnight is painfully normal, a studio turn...
Horus: Prince of the Sun (Little Norse Prince) Blu-Ray
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The directorial debut of Isao Takahata is now available on Blu-Ray for the first time. Theron Martin details how this ambitious film has held up.
― Also known in English as Little Norse Prince Valiant, this 1968 movie holds a place in anime history for two important reasons. It marks the directorial debut of Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata and his first collaboration with Hayao Miyazaki, who i...