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- Michael Sinterniklaas and Stephanie Sheh on Your Name ()
- Sakura-Con: Hiroshi Nagahama & The Reflection ()
- 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 ()
- Daisuke Ishiwatari and Toshimichi Mori ()
- Gilles Poitras ()
- 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 ()
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- 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 ()
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- Mike Tatsugawa ()
- Fred Gallagher ()
- Colleen Clinkenbeard and Monica Rial ()
- Akitaroh Daichi ()
- Run Sasaki ()
- Scott Houle ()
- with Robert Silva, Part 2 ()
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- 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 ()
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- Mike Kiley ()
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Answerman - Who Are Subtitles Written For?
anime
Justin discusses how subtitles have changed over time, and how translators have to make tough calls between subtitles written for a broad audience and those written for a niche one.
― Asiko asks: I've noticed with a lot of anime that when a character is speaking translators often leave Japanese words in the text when there are English equivalents. For example, in Naruto, rather than have the transla...
The Real Japan Behind Persona 5
games
Atlus's newest hit game takes place in a fantastical world of phantom thieves and giant monsters, but its larger-than-life struggles are based on many realities of life in Japan. Elliot Gay details the true crimes behind Persona 5's story.
― Persona 5 opens with a bizarre bit of onscreen text telling the player that “This story is a work of fiction.” This disclaimer is also voiced, asserting that any...
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid — Episodes 1-13 Streaming
anime
This slice-of-life monster girl comedy serves up plenty of humor and heart in surprising ways. Nick Creamer explains what makes Kyoto Animation's Dragon Maid special.
― There are few word pairs more likely to elicit raised eyebrows than “dragon maid.” The pairing sounds like fandom fetish word salad - like you threw two darts at a board of things the kids are into and landed on “maids” and “I dunno, ...
Attack on Titan Photo Contest Winners
manga
Lots of winners!
― Contest Winners Manga Sale 1. Contest Details We invited Attack on Titan fans to submit photos of re-enactments of scenes from Attack on Titan. All sorts of wonderful and creative entries were received. We selected a number of finalists and ANN readers were invited to vote for the winners, which can be seen below. 2.Winners First Prize Alec Flores Second Prize Nicole Felton Third ...
Interview: Your Name's Michael Sinterniklaas and Stephanie Sheh
anime
The two veterans tasked with dubbing Makoto Shinkai's Your Name into English talk about their experience working on a phenomenon.
― Stephanie Sheh and Michael Sinterniklaas scarcely need an introduction; they're a pair of legendary voice actors and directors with a history of home-run English dubs produced in record time from their home at NYAV Post. Sheh has served up countless memorable performance...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Apr 29-May 5
just for fun
The Eccentric Family and Natsume's Book of Friends continue to dominate the charts - how did your favorite shows fare 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 ranking...
This Week in Games - Birthdays the Beginning
games
The creator of Harvest Moon guides you through the evolution of life on Earth in Birthdays the Beginning, and Dustin is ready to god. PLUS: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and more!
― I mentioned last week that I'd begun setting up a Windows 98 PC for old games, and the project's pretty much done at this point. I'm still shifting parts around and messing with various drivers, but that screamin' Pentium III 500MH...
Smokin' Parade GN 1
manga
This hyperviolent action manga from the creators of Deadman Wonderland has some unique elements but encounters a little trouble standing out from the pack. Rebecca Silverman digs in.
― If you've read Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou's previous work, Deadman Wonderland, you have some idea of what to expect from Smokin' Parade: a dark, bloody, and violent story about a hapless teenage boy whose life ta...
The Spring 2017 Anime Preview Guide: Simuldub Edition
anime
The Spring 2017 Anime Preview Guide Simuldub Edition has begun!
Available Now: Sakura Quest - Clockwork Planet - 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 h...
Available Now: Sakura Quest - Clockwork Planet - 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 h...
Answerman - Why Do All The Kids Want To Move To Tokyo?
anime
Your Name and Sakura Quest join the huge pile of anime about young people who want to move to Tokyo. Justin explains why this is such a common theme in anime.
― Jake asks: I have recently watched Your Name as well as Sakura Quest and it has me wondering why every youths do or die goal is to move to Tokyo. It makes me wonder why only Tokyo? I assume that each prefecture has some equivalent of a capit...
How Oreimo Made Little Sisters a Big Deal
anime
Oreimo was hardly the first anime to play with themes of incest, so why did it kick off such a little sister phenomenon, leading to shows like Eromanga Sensei today? Kim Morrissy has the answers.
― A young pair of siblings struggle to reconnect after an event that made them drift apart years ago. Despite living under the same roof, they never speak to each other. They live separate lives, ignorant of...
Momotaro, Sacred Sailors BD+DVD
anime
If you're a historian, an animation buff, or just looking for a movie that's like nothing you've seen, you'll find Momotaro, Sacred Sailors well worth watching. Mike Toole explains this 1940s-era anime's significance.
― Watching anime from bygone eras will teach you about the medium. Track down those early Precure episodes directed by Rie Matsumoto, and you'll see her strong visual aesthetic taking s...
Sakura-Con: Hiroshi Nagahama & The Reflection
anime
The ambitious director of Mushi-Shi unveils his newest project, a Western-styled superhero anime collaboration with Stan Lee! Learn more about "The Reflection", airing this July.
― Director Hiroshi Nagahama is best known to Western audiences for working on critical and fan favorites like The Flowers of Evil, Mushi-shi, and Revolutionary Girl Utena. Perhaps less known is the man's love of American com...
This Week in Anime - Hot Dads
anime
The limits of lusting after terrible father figures are tested in My Hero Academia, and other questionable choices abound in shows from Berserk to Frame Arms Girl, as Nick and Micchy break down their week in anime!
― You can read the first two installments of This Week in Anime here (week 1) and here (week 2). Be sure to share your feedback on this new feature with us in the forums! Nicholas Dupree g...
Vice & Luna - 05/09/2017
just for fun
It's convention season, and Maybell has designs on making it extra special.
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Attack on Titan: Junior High BD+DVD
anime
This silly parody of the titanic hit has its ups and downs, but how big a fan do you have to be to get any of its jokes? Theron Martin investigates.
― Some parody series are funny enough on their own merits that viewers don't have to be more than vaguely familiar with the source material in order to appreciate most of the humor. This is not one of those shows. Attack on Titan: Junior High expects vie...