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The Fall 2016 Anime Preview Guide
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The Fall 2016 Anime Preview Guide has begun! Check back daily for fresh previews of every new show this season!
Available Now: Monster Hunter Stories: RIDE ON - Utano☆Princesama Legend Star - BUBUKI/BURANKI Season 2 - WWW.WAGNARIA!! - Izetta: The Last Witch - Bloodivores - DREAM FESTIVAL ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2016 Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics write up their...
Available Now: Monster Hunter Stories: RIDE ON - Utano☆Princesama Legend Star - BUBUKI/BURANKI Season 2 - WWW.WAGNARIA!! - Izetta: The Last Witch - Bloodivores - DREAM FESTIVAL ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2016 Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics write up their...
The List - 7 Female Anime Directors Worth Checking Out
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It can often be tough for women to build a career in the entertainment industry, but these seven standout female directors have all shown they've got what it takes to inspire!
― The anime industry, not unlike Hollywood, is widely a male-dominated business outside of certain roles. Plenty of women fill artistic roles like colorists and animators, and to some degree script writing, but few actually di...
My Pathetic Vampire Life GN 1
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Is it worth it to be an all-powerful vampire with eternal life if you have to spend that life repeating the 10th grade forever? Koide's beginning to have his doubts in this slightly absurd new comedy series.
― Can you think of anything more horrible than repeating your first year of high school for 150 years? That's the fate of poor Koide, a vampire who was turned at age sixteen back in the Meiji era...
Answerman - Why Don't Promotional Anime Cafés Last Longer?
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We're constantly running news stories about awesome anime themed cafes in Japan - but most of them seem like they're only open for about a week. What gives?
― Ophno Im'Portynce asks: I notice pretty regularly on ANN that there are themed restaurants that open up in Japan, particularly around the Tokyo area. These restaurants and merchandise shops are usually anime or game based and are themed around...
Prince in His Dark Days GN 1
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BL mangaka Hico Yamanaka makes the jump to shoujo with this bleak tale of a girl living in poverty roped into impersonating a missing rich boy.
― There's bleak, and then there's Atsuko's life in The Prince in his Dark Days. Everything about her life is drenched in misery: her mother is gone, her father, unable to cope with her loss, is an angry alcoholic, and there's not even enough money for Atsuko ...
Anime Spotlight - World Witches Series: 502nd Joint Fighter Wing Brave Witches
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Another group of girls with special magical powers fighting against Neuroi over cold skies of eastern Europe
― World Witches Series: 502nd Joint Fighter Wing Brave Witches Visit the Official Site Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery On air starting October 5, 2016 in Japan Key Staff Director: Kazuhiro Takamura (Strike Witches,Vividred Operation) Series Composition: Striker Unit (Strike Witc...
Anime Spotlight - Bungo Stray Dogs 2
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Prolific American writers join forces with their Japanese peers
― Bungo Stray Dogs 2 Visit the Official Site › Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery On air starting October 5, 2016 Key Staff Director: Takuya Igarashi (Ouran High School Host Club, Sailor Moon Sailor Stars, Soul Eater) Series Composition: Yoji Enokido (FLCL, Revolutionary Girl Utena (TV), Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie, S...
Anime Spotlight - BBK/BRNK: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy
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Can these teenagers take on the burden of saving their world?
― BBK/BRNK: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy Visit the Official Site › Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery Broadcast Begins October 1, 2016 (JST) Key Staff Character Design: Yusuke Kozaki (Fire Emblem Awakening, NO MORE HEROES) Music: Masaru Yokoyama (Your Lie in April, Plastic Memories) Introduction Can they pull it off? Story L...
This Week in Games - Fall Gaming Preview
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Dustin runs down the biggest Fall games, from Pokemon Sun & Moon to Final Fantasy XV! PLUS: An N64 emulator on the Xbox and much more!
― It's a slow news week. There aren't a lot of games out. So what do we game fans do when there aren't a lot of current events? We certainly don't catch up on our back catalogs! No, we look to the future. Now that we're entering the fourth quarter of the year—you know...
Gundam Reconguista in G Sub.Blu-Ray
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Yoshiyuki Tomino returns to the director's chair for the first time in over ten years for this unorthodox Gundam series, but has the franchise's creator lost his edge? Lauren Orsini investigates.
― The confusion that is Gundam Reconguista in G begins with the name. The word comes from the Spanish reconquista, or “reconquest” in English, but has been altered for a hard “G” sound, as director Yoshiyuki...
Answerman - How Do You Keep Up With So Much Anime?
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With the fall season upon us, it's a reminder of just how much new anime there is every season. Justin considers the angles - and we'd love to hear your secrets for keeping up!
― Nathan asks: I'm an anime fan since the late 90s, returning to regular watching after a hiatus since around 2004. Now, EVERYTHING seems to be coming over, and the front page of Anime News Network seems like a deluge of unfa...
The Best and Worst Anime of Summer 2016
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The Summer 2016 anime season is over - so it's time to pick our favorites! From Mob Psycho 100 to Sweetness & Lightning, find out our critics' picks for the best and worst of the season - and don't forget to share yours!
― Summer is wrapping up, which means it's time to poll our Daily Streaming Reviews team and find out which shows they loved the most, and which shows they'll try the hardest to forge...