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- Sakura-Con: Tōken Ranbu Interview ()
- Living Swords and Pretty Boys: What Is Touken Ranbu? ()
- Q&A: Legendary Mangaka Kenichi Sonoda ()
- Digimon World: Next Order's Kazumasa Habu ()
- Legendary Anime Producer Masao Maruyama ()
- Tales of Berseria's Yasuhiro Fukaya ()
- Hunter x Hunter Voice Actress Erica Mendez ()
- Director Keiichi Hara on Miss Hokusai ()
- Pop Idols Momoiro Clover Z ()
- Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization's Yosuke Futami ()
- Dragon Ball Super's Toyotarou ()
- Assassination Classroom's Yusei Matsui ()
- Aniplex of America President Henry Goto ()
- Nami Sano, Author of Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto ()
- Knights of Sidonia Mangaka Tsutomu Nihei ()
- Love Live Sunshine - Aqours ()
- Okayado, The Father of Monster Musume ()
- Xavier Lim, Bluefin's Gundam Guru ()
- Unified Pictures and Vampire Hunter D ()
- Ray Chiang, SPJA CEO, on Anime Expo 2016 ()
- The World's Biggest Visual Novels with Visual Art's ()
- Legendary Evangelion Illustrator Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ()
- Kazuya Sasahara on Dai-Shogun VR ()
- Bluefin and the World of Anime Collectibles ()
- Akira in Color with Steve Oliff ()
- Eric Beckman, Founder & President of GKIDS ()
- Animator Henry Thurlow on Judgment and Justice ()
- The Pilot's Love Song director Toshimasa Suzuki ()
- VAMPS' HYDE and K.A.Z ()
- Koji Morimoto ()
- Mangaka Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi ()
- Kodansha Advanced Media on the Future of Manga ()
- Mega Man Legacy Collection's Rey Jimenez ()
- International Otaku Expo Association ()
- Seiji Kishi ()
- Shinji Takamatsu ()
- GARO Producer Toru Kubo and Director Yuichiro Hayashi ()
- The Cast and Crew of live-action Attack on Titan ()
- Street Fighter V's Peter Rosas and Matt Dahlgren ()
- Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches creator Miki Yoshikawa ()
- Fullmetal Alchemist and Concrete Revolutio screenwriter Shou Aikawa ()
- Madoka Magica's Ai Nonaka ()
- The Art of Japanese Video Game Design With Suda51 ()
- Kamisama Kiss mangaka Julietta Suzuki ()
- Lauren Landa and Erica Mendez, Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus ()
- The Cast and Crew of A Lull in the Sea ()
- Unified Pictures and Vampire Hunter D ()
- Hidetaka Tenjin ()
- Aya Kanno ()
- Tow Ubukata ()
- Sword Art Online Producer Shinichiro Kashiwada & Voice Actor Yoshitsugu Matsuoka ()
- SCANDAL ()
- Under the Dog's Jiro Ishii and Koji Morimoto ()
- Jon Dobyns, Founder of Tiger Lab Vinyl ()
- Hiroshi "Bamboo" Takeuchi, OVERDRIVE Producer ()
- Steve Blum ()
- JAM Project ()
- Saori Hayami ()
- Masayuki Yoshihara, director of The Eccentric Family ()
- Diana Garnet ()
- Carlo Bernhardi ()
- Yoshiki of X JAPAN ()
- Sunao Katabuchi ()
- Takeshi Obata ()
- Yousei Teikoku ()
- Choucho ()
- Gen Urobuchi ()
- Akihiro Kanayama ()
- Shinji Aramaki ()
- May'n ()
- Thomas Sirdey, Co-Founder, Japan Expo ()
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods with Justin Cook, Chris Sabat, and Sean Schemmel ()
- Exclusive Interview: The New English Language Cast of Sailor Moon ()
- The Accel World Interviews Part II - Masakazu Obara ()
- The Accel World Interviews Part I - Reki Kawahara ()
- Exclusive Interview: Viz Media's Charlene Ingram and Josh Lopez on Sailor Moon ()
- The Space Dandy Interview: Part II - Bahi JD ()
- The Space Dandy Interview: Part I - Thomas Romain ()
- Bryce Papenbrook ()
- Yuma Takahashi and Koji Kitakami, Chief Producers of AnimeJapan ()
- Tomohiko Ito ()
- Masahiro Ando ()
- Michelle Lee ()
- Atsushi Ootsuki ()
- Mizuho Nishikubo ()
- Jonathan Clements ()
- Manuel Karamori ()
- Neon Alley Program Director Kevin Kleinrock ()
- Wikia's Masters of Animanga ()
- BONES Studio President Masahiko Minami ()
- Evangelion Character Designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ()
- Japan Expo USA First Impact CEO Sean Chiochankitmun ()
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Sword Art Online's Kirito ()
- Haruka Tomatsu, Sword Art Online's Asuna ()
- Shinichiro Watanabe ()
- Masahiko Otsuka and Yoh Yoshinari of Studio Trigger ()
- Shinji Takamatsu ()
- George Wada, Producer of Attack on Titan ()
- Mamoru Hosoda, Director of Wolf Children ()
- Megumi Han ()
- Kazuya Murata, Director of Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet ()
- Makoto Shinkai ()
- Kenji Yasuda, director of ARATA The Legend ()
- Sword Art Online's Reki Kawahara ()
- Satoshi Tasaki ()
- Masakazu Ishiguro ()
- Akiyuki Simbo ()
- Aniplex Inc. President Koichiro Natsume ()
- Andrew Partridge Talks About Anime Limited ()
- President of NIS Sohei Niikawa ()
- Henry Goto, President, Aniplex of America ()
- Yoshitaka Amano ()
- Yuu Asakawa ()
- Takahiro Omori ()
- Chihayafuru's Asaka Morio, Kunihiko Hamada, Takuya Tsunoki ()
- Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up: Ask A Question, Win The Show! Results Edition ()
- Ein Lee ()
- Eiko Tanaka ()
- Haruhiko Mikimoto ()
- Toshio Maeda ()
- Naoki Urasawa ()
- Kanta Kamei, Director of Bunny Drop ()
- Corp.IAM directors Toshiaki Ueno, Junji Yamada and Ryo Horikawa on Magical Dreamers ()
- May'n ()
- Razmig Hovaghimian, Co-founder and CEO of Viki.com ()
- Soubi Yamamoto ()
- Tomomi Mochizuki on House of Five Leaves ()
- Eric Khoo ()
- Koji Yamamoto, Ryo Ohyama, and George Wada on Guilty Crown ()
- Hiro Mashima ()
- Junko Takeuchi ()
- Fate/Zero Screenwriter Gen Urobuchi ()
- Atsuhiro Iwakami ()
- Blood-C's Tsutomu Mizushima and Junichi Fujisaku ()
- Makoto Shinkai ()
- Michio Fukuda, Director of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan ~Demon Capital~ ()
- Kalafina ()
- Danny Choo ()
- Taku Kishimoto, Scriptwriter for Usagi Drop ()
- Ryo from supercell ()
- What's Up Doc? Irabu's Office director Kenji Nakamura ()
- Evan Stone ()
- Berryz Kobo ()
- Stereopony ()
- Deadman Wonderland director Koichi Hatsumi ()
- Round Table: The Cast of C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control ()
- Blue Exorcist mangaka Kazue Kato ()
- with Matt Greenfield - SMASH 2010 ()
- Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Director of Gundam UC ()
- with Yūko Miyamura - SMASH 2010 ()
- with Tiffany Grant - SMASH 2010 ()
- They Live By Night - Interview with Takahiro Omori ()
- Garden of Sinners' Atsuhiro Iwakami and Hikaru Kondo ()
- A Few Minutes with Kenichi Matsuyama ()
- Michael Sinterniklaas and Stephanie Sheh on Gundam UC ()
- Tow Ubukata ()
- A Few Minutes with Takao Kato ()
- A Conversation With Moto Hagio ()
- Danny Choo ()
- From Akiba to L.A. with AKB48 ()
- Kenshi Hirokane ()
- Gilles Poitras ()
- Daisuke Ishiwatari and Toshimichi Mori ()
- Gainax's Hiroyuki Yamaga ()
- Gen Fukunaga on the status of Funimation ()
- Satoshi Nishimura, director of Trigun: Badlands Rumble ()
- Maxey Whitehead ()
- Mamoru Hosoda ()
- Shiro Sasaki ()
- Tsuguhiko Kadokawa ()
- with Kiseki Magazine ()
- Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Finalist Interview - Min ()
- Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Finalist Interview - Siera ()
- Kouji Seo ()
- Shinichiro Miki ()
- Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Finalist Interview - Jenita ()
- Yousuke Kuroda and Seiji Mizushima ()
- Fred Schodt ()
- Yoshiyuki Tomino ()
- Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Finalist Interview - Robyn ()
- Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Finalist Interview - Christie Lee ()
- 17 Minutes in Heaven With AKB48 ()
- Yoshiyuki Tomino Press Conference ()
- Toshiyuki Morikawa, voice of D.Gray-man's Tyki Mikk ()
- Riichiro Inagaki & Yusuke Murata, Creators of Eyeshield 21 ()
- Kurt Hassler ()
- Yui Makino ()
- Gen Fukunaga ()
- Yoshiyuki Tomino ()
- Funimation Discusses Leaked Episodes ()
- Five with Vic Mignogna ()
- Tony Oliver on Adventures in Voice Acting ()
- New Generation Pictures and Street Fighter IV ()
- Takashi Miike on Yatterman ()
- Lance Fensterman and New York Comic Con ()
- Satoshi Kon ()
- Hiro Mashima ()
- Square Enix's National Manager of Merchandise, Kanji Tashiro ()
- Gainax on Gurren Lagann ()
- Liyin Liang, Anime Expo Convention Chairperson ()
- T.M.Revolution ()
- Crunchyroll's Vu Nguyen ()
- With The Fansubber ()
- Greg Ayres and Brina Palencia, pt.2 ()
- Takehiko Inoue at Kinokuniya NYC ()
- Five Questions with Hiroaki Yura ()
- Eric P. Sherman, President of Bang Zoom! Entertainment ()
- Otakon 2007 - Con Chair Interview ()
- Arina Tanemura ()
- One-on-One with OLIVIA ()
- Anime Expo 2007 - ORESKABAND Interview ()
- Chase Wang on Anime Expo 2007 ()
- Charlie Campbell & 009-1 ()
- John Ledford ()
- Shinichi "Nabeshin" Wantanabe ()
- Seiji Horibuchi, Chairman of Viz Media ()
- Fuyumi Ono, Author of The Twelve Kingdoms ()
- Trinity Blood Interview ()
- Steven Foster and Le Chevalier D'Eon ()
- Milton Griepp and the American Anime Awards ()
- Hellsing Ultimate: The Interview ()
- ANN Exclusive Interview: Mike Bailiff, ADV's Senior VP of Sales and Marketing ()
- Patrick Seitz ()
- Charles Campbell ()
- Amy Reeder Hadley ()
- s from the 2006 Comic Exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan ()
- Seven Seas Entertainment ()
- Mari Iijima ()
- Isaac Lew ()
- Crispin Freeman ()
- Toshihiro Kawamoto ()
- Range Murata ()
- AX PR Head - Chase Wang ()
- Akitaro Daichi ()
- Man-Faye ()
- IGPX - ANN Talks to the Producers and Director ()
- Shoko Oono ()
- Peach-Pit ()
- Vic Mignogna ()
- Sunday Spotlight: Kunihsa Sugishima, Al Khan, Nobuteru Yuuki ()
- Sunday Spotlight: Puffy Ami Yumi ()
- Sunday Spotlight: Katie Bair, Masashi Ishihama, Hideyuki Kurata, Koji Masunari, Yuki Matsukura, John Oppliger ()
- Cruising the Anime City: Patrick Macias and Tomohiro Machiyama ()
- Sunday Spotlight: Sean Akins, Kumi Koda, Ben Dunn, Koge Donbo ()
- Sunday Spotlight: Yoshitoshi ABe, Chris Beveridge, Aaron Dismuke, Myung-Jin Lee, Justin Sevakis, Yasuyuki Ueda ()
- Sunday Spotlight: Yuki Kajiura, Jonathan Klein, Stu Levy, Kevin Lillard, Reiko Matsuo, Toshiharu Murata ()
- Range Murata ()
- Mike Tatsugawa ()
- Fred Gallagher ()
- Colleen Clinkenbeard and Monica Rial ()
- Akitaroh Daichi ()
- Run Sasaki ()
- Scott Houle ()
- with Robert Silva, Part 2 ()
- with Anime Play's Robert Silva ()
- Monkey Punch ()
- Greg Ayres ()
- Chris Patton ()
- Monical Rial ()
- Mike Tatsugawa PMX Interview ()
- Justin Leach ()
- Scott Carlson ()
- Dan Jolley ()
- Cindy Yamauchi ()
- Anime Play ()
- Shelley Calene-Black ()
- with Gutsoon! ()
- with Newtype USA ()
- with TechTV ()
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Interview ()
- Crispin Freeman: The Interview ()
- Raijin Comics Interview ()
- Shoji Kawamori ()
- FLCL Interview with Marc Handler ()
- Cartoon Network re:Editing (Edit List) ()
- CN re: Cowboy Bebob and Adult Swim ()
- Kunihiko Ikuhara ()
- Pseudomé Studio ()
- Terrence Walker ()
- White Radish ()
- Production I.G. ()
- Encore Media ()
- Anime Villiage ()
- Anna Exter ()
- Mike Kiley ()
- The Staff of Nausicaa.Net ()
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The Spring 2017 Anime Preview Guide: Simuldub Edition
anime
The Spring 2017 Anime Preview Guide Simuldub Edition has begun!
Available Now: Tsukigakirei - Alice & Zokoru - The Royal Tutor - Suka Suka - Seven Mortal Sins - KADO: The Right Answer - Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor - Love Tyrant - Attack on Titan Season 2 - My Hero Academia season 2 ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2017 Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics wr...
Available Now: Tsukigakirei - Alice & Zokoru - The Royal Tutor - Suka Suka - Seven Mortal Sins - KADO: The Right Answer - Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor - Love Tyrant - Attack on Titan Season 2 - My Hero Academia season 2 ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2017 Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics wr...
ANNCast - The Sacred Scrolls of Wall
anime
Zac, Jacob and special guest Lynzee take your questions on convention culture, long-running anime, giant DVD collections, franchise fatigue and much more!
― ANNCast Episode 295 - The Sacred Scrolls of Wall Zac, Jacob and special guest Lynzee take your questions on convention culture, long-running anime, giant DVD collections, franchise fatigue and much more! You can listen to the show on our player ...
Answerman - Why Doesn't Yaoi Anime Get Dubbed?
anime
There isn't that much yaoi anime out there, but what there is rarely ever gets dubbed into English - why is that? Justin gets into it.
― DL Warner asks: I see this lament on every Page or Blog dedicated to BL every time there is a new BL Anime simulcast. Why isn't BL ever dubbed? Is it because there is more of a stigma in the West for Voice Actors to do Gay roles? Or is it more of a money issue? BL ...
Living Swords and Pretty Boys: What Is Touken Ranbu?
anime
It's a hugely popular mobile game, a manga,and not one but TWO anime series - but what exactly IS Touken Ranbu? We interviewed the men behind the phenomenon to find out.
― Tōken Ranbu first caught my attention in the last few days of 2014 as an obvious response to the popularity of DMM's other title, Kantai Collection. The trend of turning inanimate objects into attractive characters was just hittin...
Goblin Slayer Novel 2
novels
Goblin Slayer and his party head out to the Water City to deal with a very unusual infestation in this second volume of the unique fantasy light novel series.
― It's official – the rogue adventurer known as Goblin Slayer has acquired a party. While this is fairly normal within the realm of standard fantasy, particularly when it takes on the flavor of a role-playing game, tabletop or otherwise, the fi...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Weeks of Apr 1-28
just for fun
You've voted on the best and worst of the Spring 2017 anime season so far, and the results are in! Find out how your favorite anime fared 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 min...
This Week in Games - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
games
Dustin kicks the tires on the glossy, gorgeous Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which arrives just in time to fill out the Switch library. PLUS: Darksiders returns, next week's new releases and much more!
― I've spent the past week on one of my nerdiest projects yet—rebuilding a Windows 98 PC for the express purpose of playing old video games. Wildly unnecessary? Heck yeah. But also super fun and the only way I'...
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team Blu-Ray
anime
This earthier tale of guerrilla warfare in the Universal Century has a lot going for it that you don't find in other Gundam series. Lauren Orsini explains what makes 08th MS Team special.
― Gundam's Universal Century isn't much for compelling love stories—except when it comes to this 1996 OVA. After a slough of Tomino-directed stories in which Newtype pilots fall in love simply by psychically “sensin...
Q&A: Legendary Mangaka Kenichi Sonoda
manga
The man behind Gunsmith Cats, Riding Bean and some of the most iconic designs in anime & manga candidly discusses his life and career in a Q&A session at Sakuracon.
― Manga creator and character designer Kenichi Sonoda is well known to anime viewers who joined the fandom is the late 80s and early 90s. His signature style touched some of the era's most popular works including Bubblegum Crisis, which i...
Answerman - Why Are Anime Torrent Sites Disappearing?
anime
Most of the major anime torrent sites shut down in the last few days; why is this happening now? Justin provides facts and context.
― Brooks asks: Why is the anime industry suddenly going after the big name anime Bittorrent websites after they've been up for years now and what kind of impact do you think this sudden decision is going to have on the anime industry and anime fandom? For those unaware,...
Steins;Gate: The Movie BD+DVD
anime
Okabe and his crew of supernerds are back for more time-traveling, world-changing shenanigans in the Steins;Gate movie. Nick Creamer isn't sure you can go home again.
― The Steins;Gate series was one of the first shows I watched when I was first getting back into anime in 2011. Combining distinctive and well-written slice of life material with propulsive science fiction, it was a thrilling and very e...
This Week in Anime - How to Cook (for Forty) Humans
anime
Attack on Titan spirals into absolute horror, suspicious aliens invade in KADO, and Nick and Micchy try to explain what Love Rice is even about on This Week in Anime!
― You can read last week's Titan-Sized First Edition here, and be sure to share your feedback on this new feature with us in the forums! Nicholas Dupree got into anime in high school, and manga even earlier. From One Piece to The Promis...
Vice & Luna - 05/02/2017
just for fun
Nerd culture is ubiquitous, but how much geek merch is too much geek merch? Vice is just about to find out!
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The Betrayal Knows My Name Sub.DVD
anime
This sub-only release hides an enjoyable dark fantasy that's lighter on the BL than you might expect. Rebecca Silverman dives deeper.
― Originally released in 2010 and based on a manga whose English release has been on hiatus until this coming July, The Betrayal Knows My Name at first seems like an odd choice for a DVD release. It's clear that Funimation was a bit trepidatious about it as well – this...