Interest - May 2011
- Ika Musume's Lead Turned Into 75-cm-Tall Plush Doll ()
- Vertical: Usamaru Furuya Draws Manga Twice for Overseas Market ()
- Goo Poll: Which Actress Could Play Evangelion's Rei ()
- Nitroplus Mascot Gets Hugging Pillow With Arm Parts ()
- Daily Video: Kamikaze Douga Studio Posts Demo Reel ()
- Tales of Xillia Adds Star Driver Downloadable Content ()
- Uchū Kyōdai Astronaut Manga to Bundle Rocket Fragment ()
- Daily Cosplay - Black Butler's Grell and Madame Red ()
- Vocaloid Kaito's Song Adapted into Stage Musical ()
- Yoshiki: Issue 0 with Stan Lee to Debut at Comic-Con Int'l ()
- Aya Hirano Confirms She Stopped Performing Music for Lantis ()
- Recochoku Poll: Which Anime Character Do You Want to Marry ()
- Gundam Moped Inspired by Char's Zaku Robot Auctioned ()
- Yotsuba&!'s 10th Anniversary Exhibit Returns After Quake ()
- Voice Actress Yu Kobayashi's Event Streamed Live ()
- CoMix Wave & Makoto Shinkai Now on Facebook in English ()
- Pixiv Holds Makoto Shinkai Illustration Contest ()
- Manga Creators Volunteer in Japan's Quake Area ()
- Daily Cosplay - Vampire Knight's Yuki Cross ()
- Daily Videos: New Busou Shinki, Gundam Game Promos ()
- Tokyopop's Neon Logo Signs Listed for Sale in L.A. ()
- Dragon Quest Treasure Chest Offered for 365,400 Yen ()
- Ace Attorney Games' Live-Action Film Confirmed ()
- Sony Working on 'Future Platform' After PlayStation 3 ()
- Zetman Charity Auction Ends at 1.4 Million Yen ()
- Tour Takes Volunteers to Quake Area in Japan ()
- Naruto, Tokyo's Giants Baseball Team Join Forces ()
- Singapore's Sea☆A Performs Cardfight!! Vanguard Song ()
- Former Prime Minister Asō Is Now an Anime 'Envoy' ()
- Square Enix Plans Major MMO Besides Final Fantasy XIV ()
- Music Group supercell Holds Auditions for Next Album ()
- Macross, Haruhi, Vampire Miyu Artists Draw Tezuka Homages ()
- Aya Hirano Streams Live Special Program on Wednesday ()
- Daily Cosplay - Toradora's Taiga, Ryuuji, and Company ()
- Daily Video: Key's New Rewrite Visual Novel Opening ()
- New Haruhi Novel Ships in Several Countries Tonight ()
- Virtual World with Clannad, Shuffle, D.C. II to Close ()
- Udon Noodles With Moe Fighting Girl Packaging Sold ()
- Escala Poll: Manga Women in Their 20s Want as Live-Action ()
- Microsoft Launches Cloud Girl Manga for Windows Azure ()
- Takashi Miike Directs DS Game-Based 'Court Drama' ()
- Tokyo Tower Lit Up as Lotus Flower for Buddha Film ()
- Gackt Sings 2 Vocaloid Songs for July CD Single ()
- Nico Nico Plans Event Hall with Ceilling/Wall Screens ()
- Japanese Beatboxer Covers Touhou's "Bad Apple!!" ()
- Detective Conan License Plates Issued in Japan ()
- Biglobe Poll: Most Amazing Anime Movies ()
- Daily Video: Hatsune Miku Project Diva Ver. 2.5 PSP Game ()
- Macross Frontier Items Auctioned for Quake Charity ()
- Nana to Kaoru Gets 'Dōjinshi' with All-Star Lineup ()
- Pokémon Game Championship In Birmingham, June 4 ()
- Daily Cosplay - One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy ()
- Fullmetal Alchemist iOS/Browser RPG in the Works ()
- 183,000-Yen L.A. Hatsune Miku Concert Tour Offered ()
- Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsuisō Game Sells 33,000+ Units ()
- Sega, Beijing Perfect World License Saint Seiya MMO Game ()
- Japan's 1st Drive-Through Bookstore Closes This Month ()
- U.S. Voltron Force Cartoon's Promo Streamed ()
- Bandai Wins Gundam Knockoff Suit Vs. Chinese Company ()
- Daily Cosplay - Saint Seiya's Seiya in Sagittarius Armor ()
- Man Who Said Dragon Ball Saiyan Told Him to Kill Sentenced ()
- Koe de Oshigoto! Comedy Manga to Bundle Mini-Game ()
- Japanese/Korean Zoobles Airs in South Korea This Week ()
- 2nd Super Robot Wars OG Headed to PlayStation 3 ()
- Website: Keanu Reeves Passes on Akira, Most of Staff Let Go ()
- Tokyo Marriage Agency to Start Service for Otaku ()
- Tokyo Governor: Quake-Affected ACE Event 'Deserved It' ()
- Daily Video: Fan-Created 'Ghibli World' in Minecraft ()
- Viz Offers Smile Quake Charity Art by Vagabond's Inoue ()
- Daily Cosplay: Tegami Bachi's Zazie ()
- Saint Seiya Anime's 1st Film Gets New Stage Musical ()
- 'Dragon Quest-Style' Live-Action Show to Air in July ()
- Supercell/Miku Song in U.S. iTunes' World Top 10 ()
- NIS America Plans Bleach: Soul Resurrección PS3 Game ()
- Japan Underground In London May 28 ()
- Daily Cosplay: Madoka Magica's Madoka, Mami, Sayaka ()
- Daily Video: Bandai's Booth at Shizuoka Hobby Show ()
- Biglobe Poll: Which Anime Director Do You Follow ()
- Reminder: Manhwa-Based Priest Film Opens Today ()
- Ghibli Composer Hisaishi to Hold Quake Benefit Concerts ()
- X Japan Band Founder Yoshiki Launches XM Radio Show ()
- Japan's pixiv Art Site Starts English Encyclopedia ()
- Poll: 68% Say No Post-Quake Self-Restraint on Anime ()
- Madoka Magica's Updated Kyubey Face Cushion Offered ()
- 106 Manga Creators Run Messages of Support in Newspaper Ad ()
- TV Asahi, Sanrio Collaborate on New Mascot Character ()
- Daily Cosplay: Sengoku Basara's Date Masamune ()
- Supercell/Miku Song, Flow's Anime CD Get U.S. Releases ()
- Animate, Gamers Shops to Sell New Haruhi Book at Midnight ()
- Darth Vader Samurai Dolls Offered for Boys' Festival ()
- Daily Cosplay: Panty & Stocking's Panty and Stocking ()
- Tezuka Productions Donates 870 Manga to Quake Area ()
- Good Smile Offers 12 Monthly Toys for Quake Charity ()
- Goo Poll: Which Manga is Why You Buy Shonen Jump ()
- Pixar's Cars 2 Uses J-Pop's Perfume Song Worldwide ()
- American Idol's Blake Lewis Dubs English Durarara ()
- Daily Cosplay: Tsubasa Chronicle's Princess Sakura ()
- Daily Video: Nendoroid Generation Game Teaser ()
- Manga-Creator Life Simulator App Posted on iPhone/iPad ()
- Eva's Megumi Ogata to Use Twitter Only Until June ()
- K-On's Toyosaki, Di Gi Charat's Koge Donbo Teach History ()
- 3 Teens Arrested for Shoplifting 1st 57 One Piece Volumes ()
- Arina Tanemura Auctions Jeanne Art for Quake Charity ()
- Yen Press to Take Part in Free Comic Book Day ()
- Hollywood Reporter: Keanu Reeves in Akira Film Talks ()
- Moving Cosplay Cat Ears Demonstrated in Japan ()
- Toyota USA Plays Hatsune Miku+Corolla Commercials ()
- C Anime Holds Web Audition for 1 Word in Dialogue ()
- Powerless Shotaro Ishinomori Museum Entertains Children on National Holiday ()
- Biglobe Poll: Spring 2011 Anime I'll Watch Until the End ()
- Funimation Confirms English Trigun Movie Cast ()
- Kannagi Director, Fans Aid Quake Victims in Model Town ()
- Daily Cosplay: Dragon Ball Z's Frieza and Bulma ()
- Kaiji Anime Figma Figure Coming From Max Factory ()
- Madoka Magica's Yūki Earns 583,000 Yen for Quake Charity ()
- Yuki Kajiura to Score October's Fate/Zero TV Anime ()
- 74,394 Miku Nendoroid Quake Charity Figures Ordered ()
- Spice and Wolf Light Novels to Get Epilogue in July ()
- AKB48 Spawns 3rd Sister Idol Group in Fukuoka: HKT48 ()
- Inoue's 18-Meter-Tall Vagabond Mural Looms Over Tokyo ()
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The List - 7 Brother-Sister Romances That Went Too Far
anime
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)
anime
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
anime
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
events
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
just for fun
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
games
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
anime
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?
anime
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
events
merch
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
anime
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
anime
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...