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Senior Editor: Egan Loo
Managing Editor: Crystal Hodgkins
UK Editor: Andrew Osmond
South East Asia Editor: Rafael Pineda
Associate Editors: Jennifer Sherman, Karen Ressler
Editorial contact
Executive Editor: Zac Bertschy
Assistant Editor: Jacob Chapman
Interest contact
Managing Editor: Lynzee Loveridge
Associate Editors: Jennifer Sherman
Contributor: Eric Stimson
Encyclopedia contact
Encyclopedist: Daniel DeLorme
Assistant Encyclopedist: CHANG Chih-Chieh
Editors at Large
Justin Sevakis
Mike Toole
Bamboo Dong (Editor Emeritus)
Past Editors
George Phillips (co-Editor-in-Chief 2000 - 2004)
Isaac Alexander (Editor-in-Chief 1999 - 2000)
Jonathan Mays (Associate Editor 2002 - 2007)
Justin Sevakis (Founder, Editor-in-Chief 1998-1999)
Management
CEO & Publisher: Christopher Macdonald
Web Developer: Daniel DeLorme
Japan Representative: HORI Shinsuke
Japan Operations: UEHIRA Mitsuru
Australian Operations: Jon Haywood
Business Development and Sales: Lisa Richards contact
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Sakura-Con 2017 News Round-Up: Day One
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games
cosplay
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The Anime News Network crew are on site at the Pacific Northwest's largest convention as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. Keep checking back for news and cosplay photos!
― April 14-16 2017 Seattle, Washington Day One Headlines Funimation Licenses Hyouka Anime Aniplex USA Adds Katsugeki! Touken Ranbu TV Anime Series Sekai Project to Release CyberRebeat -The Fifth Domain of Warfare- Game This Year ...
Here's a look at Some of the Attack on Titan Entries
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Here's a look at some of the great entries that we've received so far in our Attack on Titan photo contest.
― Here's a look at some of the great entries that we've received so far in our Attack on Titan photo contest. What are you waiting for? Upload your photos now! And don't forget to tag them #AOT_BW Recreating the death of our beloved Carla.
The Spring 2017 Anime Preview Guide
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The Spring 2017 Anime Preview Guide has begun!
Available Now: Sword Oratoria - Seven Mortal Sins - Spring 2017 Short Anime - Natsume's Book of Friends season 6 - SukaSuka - Anonymous Noise - Grimoire of Zero - Tsugumomo - The Eccentric Family 2 - Eromanga Sensei - Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul - Re:Creators - Berserk Season 2 - Boruto: Naruto Next Generations - Attack on Titan 2 - My Hero Academia 2 and more!
Available Now: Sword Oratoria - Seven Mortal Sins - Spring 2017 Short Anime - Natsume's Book of Friends season 6 - SukaSuka - Anonymous Noise - Grimoire of Zero - Tsugumomo - The Eccentric Family 2 - Eromanga Sensei - Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul - Re:Creators - Berserk Season 2 - Boruto: Naruto Next Generations - Attack on Titan 2 - My Hero Academia 2 and more!
Your Daily Streaming Reviews Schedule: Spring 2017
anime
The results are in and we have your Daily Streaming Reviews schedule for Spring 2017!
― This season's poll results have been tallied and we've put together the schedule for the Spring 2017 Daily Streaming Reviews! Please welcome Chris Farris to our daily streaming reviews team, joining us to take on this season's unprecedented load of exciting new series! Also, in honor of the series' 20th anniversar...
Answerman - Why Do Publishers License Anime And Not Release It?
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Sometimes a company will license an anime, make an announcement and then... nothing ever comes out on DVD or bluray. How does that happen?
― Miri asks: Recently I was looking at some (US) publishers' lists of announced titles and I noticed that many licensed series but never do anything with them -- no DVD, Blu-ray, and sometimes not even streaming. Aniplex of America is particularly bad with this, ...
How Online Animators are Revolutionizing Anime
anime
Japan's "web generation" of animators have wildly changed the anime production process, taking web animation to a global scale. Callum May of the Canipa Effect asks these up-and-coming talents about their inspirations.
― Go to animation school. Draw in-between frames for 3 years. Become a key animator. Earn a “living”. This is the generic pathway for someone hoping to make it big within the anime ind...
ANNCast - Spring 2017 Anime Roundup
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Zac and Jacob break down the entire Spring 2017 anime season, from Titans to Boruto to Eromanga-sensei.
― ANNCast Episode 293 - Spring 2017 Anime Roundup Zac and Jacob break down the entire Spring 2017 anime season, from Titans to Boruto to Eromanga-sensei. You can listen to the show on our player here, direct-download the MP3 version here, check out the show on Stitcher here, and we're also on Goog...
Super Lovers Seasons 1 & 2 Streaming
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This BL anime's triple-taboo premise left most viewers balking, but is there anything in Super Lovers worth watching? Rebecca Silverman has the answers.
― Super Lovers is not an inherently terrible show. As with all romances, it's important to remember that this is a type of fantasy, and what one consumer finds appealing on that level is liable to turn another off, just as some people prefer dark fan...
Anime Spotlight - ID-0
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Alliance Academy student Maya Mikuri runs into an accident while handling some I-Machine work—only to be rescued by a ship from Escavate, an Orichalt excavation firm and de-facto band of pirates that pilots I-Machines.
― ID-0 Official Website: http://id-zero.com/ Twitter: @ID_0_anime Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery On air starting April 9, 2017 Key Staff Director: Goro Taniguchi (Code ...
This Week in Games - Yooka-Laylee
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N64 collectathon platformers rise from the grave in the form of Yooka-Laylee, which Dustin spent some time with. PLUS: Overwatch has a story now, Yakuza Kiwami and more!
― Nostalgia's a tricky thing. If you're reading this, there's a pretty good chance you had some formative experience with a piece of media in your youth. I love video games because of Kirby's Adventure when I was five, and anime beca...
Key the Metal Idol - Complete OVA Series DVD
anime
Idol series may be all the rage nowadays, but Key's idol adventure from 1994 is unlike any other. Take a trip back in time with Theron Martin to discover what makes this unusual series so special.
― In many respects, Key the Metal Idol is an aberration of an anime series. It was released as an OVA of 13 standard episodes between 1994 and 1996, followed by two movie-length episodes released in 1997. I...
Answerman - Why Does It Take So Long For Movies To Come Out On Video?
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It took 11 months for The Wind Rises to release on DVD, and the window for Your Name might be even longer - why is that? Justin gets into it.
― Robert asks: With Your Name finally released in US & Canada theaters this has led to a disagree with my friend and I. He strongly believes that it will release physically here by fall at the latest. I told him with Reverse Importation being a big problem in ...
Thirty Years Ago: The Best Anime of 1987
anime
Take a journey back in time with Daryl Surat, back to when many people were introduced to anime through the tentacle demons of Urotsukidoji. What forgotten gems lie sleeping in this long-ago year?
― With the barrage of hotly anticipated anime titles eating up so much of our current attention, does it feel as though much of what you watched even three months ago is a distant memory? It's hard to keep ...
UQ Holder! GN 8
manga
This shonen manga coasts through a training arc volume with the usual ups and downs. Nick Creamer investigates.
― The first couple chapters of UQ Holder's eighth volume are a fairly cruel bait-and-switch. We open with Tota and his friends on the precipice of a grand martial arts tournament, winning fights and earning bruises and slowly getting stronger. Then, just when it seems we might be segueing i...
Re-Enact Your Favorite Attack on Titan Moment!
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Submit a great picture, win a great prize. Contest open and prizes ship worldwide.
― Win Attack on Titan prizes by submitting your best Attack on Titan re-enactment photo by April 16th! Surely everyone at some time has imagined he or she was a giant, towering monster, stomping through a city, kicking down skyscrapers, grabbing puny tiny humans by the handful and ramming them into your mouth. Tremble...
Season Premiere: Berserk ‒ Episodes 13-14
anime
"Griffith's return to the physical world provided a powerful cliffhanger ending to Berserk 2016, and the question of what his reborn self would be like looms heavily over the new season."
Vice & Luna - 04/11/2017
just for fun
Vice needs a little extra motivation to get his magic working - so naturally, he turns to Blume.
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Clockwork Planet GN 1
manga
Clockwork Planet's brand-new anime adaptation may be getting mixed reviews, but how does its manga version hold up? Rebecca Silverman finds out what makes this story tick.
― Clockwork Planet comes to us from the same author who created No Game, No Life, but the similarities are fairly sparse, limited mostly to the fact that the protagonist is an otaku. But high school student Naoto isn't into video g...