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Column - It's Always Tsuneo
anime
Mike takes a grand tour through the work of the late great Tsuneo Kobayashi, he of Midori Days, Twelve Kingdoms and Naruto -The Last- fame.
― It's getting to be that creepy time of year when I put “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett on repeat. Halloween and the Day of the Dead are closing in, so what better time to do a big list of spooky, scary anime—hey wait a minute, I hate making lists like t...
QQ Sweeper GN 1
manga
Kyousuke Motomi is back with a new series that has a much more supernatural plot than her previous ones.
― Kyousuke Motomi, author of Beast Master and Dengeki Daisy, is back with a new, much more supernatural series, continuing Viz's new(ish) trend of publishing a mangaka's latest work right after they finish with the previous title. It's a treat for fans of Motomi's work, and while QQ Sweeper's firs...
Design Your Own Brave - Entries 3
anime
Here's the third set of entries to the Rokka - Design your own Brave contest.
― Thanks to everyone who participated! Here is the second batch of entries to our Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers - Design Your Own Brave contest sponsored by Crunchyroll. Come back each day this week for more entries. Watch more of your favorite new anime on Crunchyroll. Day 1 entries are here Day 2 entries are here IMG 8...
The List - 7 Vampires That Don't Suck
anime
Okay, so, they do, technically - they ARE still blood-drinking children of the night - but we mean 'suck' in the pejorative sense.
― Bram Stoker's Dracula and F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu immortalized vampires in the public consciousness as dangerous, shape-shifting monsters living off the lifeblood of virginal humans. Sexually-charged metaphors aside, some theories have argued that the legends are mere...
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz!
anime
A classic example of what happens when a series tries to be something it isn't, and thus for more than half of its run basically ignores what is actually the strength of this branch of the franchise.
― So is there some contest going on in Japan to see who can come up with the most awkward way to name a sequel series? Really, simply putting a 3 after the title, when it is the third series in this bran...
These Manga Need An Anime!
manga
Everyone's got a wishlist of manga they think absolutely deserves an anime. Our manga critic Rebecca Silverman lists her most-wanted anime adaptations... and we need to know yours!
― Every season, it seems, the amount of new anime series based on a manga or a light novel source grows exponentially. It's sometimes tempting to rant about how there are no original ideas anymore, titles are getting more ...
Interview: The Pilot's Love Song director Toshimasa Suzuki
anime
The director of the high-flying action-adventure drama The Pilot's Love Song answers your in-depth questions about the series, how to make a fictional death impactful, the challenges of animating flight and more.
― Toshimasa Suzuki is the director of The Pilot's Love Song, an adventure set against the striking colors of the sky. Originally released in 2014, the show is available now on bluray from N...
The Ancient Magus' Bride GN 2
manga
The Ancient Magus’ Bride continues to celebrate a style of fantastical storytelling full of mystery and wonder.
― When Ancient Magus' Bride left off, Chise was caught in a trap set by another mage, unable to complete her task of exorcising the darkness of the lake. This volume opens with a rush of action, as Chise quickly frees herself and then stumbles into the memories of the blight itself, learnin...
The X Button - Artful Ways
games
This week, we talk with the producer of Sword Art Online: Lost Song! Plus Phoenix Wright, Yo-Kai Watch, and a Nintendo relic rarely seen in public!
― I was at the New York Comic Con for about five hours total last weekend. That gave me time to do little more than wander the floor and take part in the Anime News Network panel. My thanks go out to the audience members who picked Dog Soldier and the dr...
Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto: The Anime News Network Interview
manga
The creator of one of the most famous and successful manga of all time visited the US for the first time, and we were there. Catch up with Masashi Kishimoto's panel from New York Comic-con and dive deeper with our exclusive interview!
― For manga fans, Masashi Kishimoto and Naruto needs no introduction. It is simply one of the most popular manga series ever created, not just in Japan, but throughout ...
Attack on Titan: Harsh Mistress of the City Novel 1
novels
This spin-off prequel novel about the struggle for survival after the fall of Wall Maria is by far the easiest AoT novel to get into and tells a good story in its own right.
― In some ways, Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan series can be read as an expression of human fears. As the assumed dominant species on Earth, the ones with the brains to outwit the predators who are better physically equipped to...