Buried Treasure
- Legend of the Angel (Feb 19)
- Dirty Pair: Project Eden (Apr 29)
- Cosmo Police JUSTY (Dec 17)
- Call Me Tonight (Dec 3)
- Mysterious Cities of Gold (Oct 29)
- The Phoenix: Karma (Oct 15)
- Buried Garbage - Dark Cat (Oct 1)
- Alien Nine (Sep 17)
- One Pound Gospel (Aug 27)
- Boys over Flowers (Hana Yori Dango) (Aug 13)
- Barefoot Gen (Jul 30)
- The Door Into Summer (Jul 16)
- Glassy Ocean (Jun 25)
- Buried Garbage - Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (Jun 4)
- Only Yesterday (May 21)
- Macross DYRL (May 7)
- Fairy Florence (Apr 23)
- Buried Garbage - Arcade Gamer Fubuki (Apr 9)
- Assemble Insert (Apr 2)
- Domain of Murder (Mar 5)
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Answerman - Why Is Anime's Animation Style So Hard To Imitate?
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Plenty of Western animation teams have tried to imitate the look of Japanese anime, so why do these projects still look so different?
― Kiza asks: In the past 15 years, we've seen more and more of anime influenced animation: we've had the colorful Totally Spies, the gag-action Teen Titans, two stories from the Avatar franchise, etc. And then we've seen animation that didn't go out of it's way to be ...
Monster Musume Contest FIX ($100 Credit)
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A coding error on our part lead to votes cast before November 14 to not be counted. To make up for this little mistake, ANN is adding a ~$100 (10,000 JPY) BookWalker credit to the prize list. If you voted in the Monster Musume Favorite Character contest before today, please vote again!
― Contest Giveaway Manga Sale 1. Contest Details Vote for your favorite Monster Musume character in this official M...
Shelf Life - Knights of Sidonia Season 2
anime
This cel-shaded CG space opera continues into its second season with a renewed sense of purpose. Paul Jensen explores this set along with the week's other new releases!
― One thing I've noticed about reviewing anime is that strange things happen when you try to type too quickly. I have, on several occasions, turned Magical Girl Raising Project into "Magical Girl Raisin Project" while writing episode...
Super Mario Adventures GN
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Super Mario Adventures is a fun trip down memory lane, but risks not appealing to those who missed out on the Nintendo Power era. It's time to do the Mario!
― Originally running over the course of 1992 in Nintendo Power magazine, Super Mario Adventures is the second of Viz's large-format, full-color collected editions of the magazine's nostalgic comics. That's really the chief appeal here – the nosta...
The Mike Toole Show - Japan's Superhero Legacy
anime
An encounter with My Hero Academia in Shonen Jump sends Mike on a whirlwind tour of Japanese superheroes like Golden Bat, 8 Man, and even Batman himself!
― I was at lunch when I got the notification: somebody had bought that Yu-Gi-Oh! card I had on eBay. I don't play Yu-Gi-Oh!, but I get a couple of cards every year as part of my Shonen Jump digital subscription. The cards are immediately placed on e...
Cells at Work! GN 1
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The immune system has never been so much fun in this educational manga about blood cells doing their jobs inside the human body.
― First there was Moyasimon, making bacteria cute. Now there's Cells at Work, anthropomorphizing blood cells as diligent workers, living inside little towns in your veins. Both manga have shared educational goals, but Cells at Work specifically focuses on the human immune s...
The List - 6 Anime About the Awesome Power of Music
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Short of the power of love, nothing can top the power of music to change lives in these super-sonorous anime adventures!
― The power of music, utilized by magic bards wielding flutes and lutes, is a familiar staple to roleplaying gamers. Their original task was to commemorate the great deeds of their patrons and ensure history was passed down via song. It wouldn't be inaccurate to credit bards, and ...
Rainy Cocoa Sub.DVD
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Rainy Cocoa is about an hour's worth of cute and not much else. Rebecca breaks down this bite-sized oddity.
― Anime shorts can take a few different directions in terms of how they approach their stories. Some tell a complete tale in bite-size pieces, others eschew plot for random antics or sketches on a theme, and still others divide a relatively plotless story into a season's worth of episodes. Rain...
Answerman - Is Japanese Language From Anime Different Than Normal Japanese?
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Just how different is everyday Japanese language different from the way they speak in anime? Can you learn Japanese by watching anime? Justin has some answers.
― AJ asks: I've been studying Japanese for a while now, but it's only recently clicked that there appears to be a disconnect between how formal people are with each other in how they address each other and how they speak in anime. What I mean...
Don't Get Jaded: Cynicism in Anime
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Nick Creamer explores the snarky, biting, and sometimes wildly relatable cynicism in anime like SNAFU and this season's Girlish Number, shows that speak with a sardonic smirk.
― I've been watching some pretty jaded shows recently. Girlish Number is the new one - written by Wataru Watari, the author of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, its protagonist harbors all the snark and world-facing resentment you...
Complex Age GN 2
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Complex Age continues its exploration of what a grown-up "should" be through the story of an adult woman cosplayer. Rebecca Silverman dives in.
― For many of us who technically classify as “adults,” Complex Age is somewhere between “familiar” and “unsettling.” The story follows Nagisa, a woman in her twenties who is an avid cosplayer, making her own costumes, going to events, etc. She keeps her hobby...