Interest - June 2011
- Recochoku Poll: Fullmetal Alchemist Songs Ranked ()
- Japanese, French, U.S., Thai Creators Make Quake Charity Book ()
- Japanese Game Market Down 16% in 1st Half of 2011 ()
- Tales of the Abyss, Sengoku Basara, Resident Evil Game Promos Posted ()
- Di Gi Charat's Koge Donbo* Draws New Hello Kitty to Issho! Girl ()
- Hatsune Miku's New Toyota Ad Posted ()
- Black Rock Shooter PSP Game's Gray Promo Video Posted ()
- Fans Can Make Videos to Be Part of Hatsune Miku Concert ()
- Biglobe Poll: Moe Characters That Make You Go Crazy ()
- Fullmetal Alchemist's Ed, Roy Guitars Sold in Japan ()
- Deathsmiles Game's iPhone Version Demoed Live Online ()
- Kamikaze Douga Animates Dragon Quest's New Opening ()
- 300 Satoshi Kon Art Collection Boxes to Be Sold ()
- Constitution Girls Book Turns Law Into Moe Girls ()
- Eva's Khara to Produce Video for Joint Ghibli Event ()
- AKB48's Yasushi Akimoto, Sony to Form 'Rival Group' ()
- K-ON Actress Ayana Taketatsu Pitches Anti-Pimple Lotion ()
- 45 Characters Join Hands for Quake Area Children ()
- Dub Actresses to Hold L.A. Charity Karaoke Thursday ()
- AKB48 Female Idol Group Gets 2nd PSP Dating Game ()
- Todd McFarlane Joins Stan Lee, Yoshiki's Comic ()
- Hot Spring Tour for Cross-Dressing Boys in Japan Planned ()
- U.S. Supreme Court: 1st Amendment Protects Videogames ()
- Amazon Staff Puts Yotsuba&'s Danbo in Gay Pride Parade ()
- Singer Yusuke Kamiji Makes Naruto Cameo as 'Yusuke' ()
- Japanese Animation Fest Picks Nuclear Accident Theme ()
- Itsu-Ten, DenYūDen Get Crossover Anime for DVD Release ()
- Manga Artists Turn Tokyo Neighborhoods Into Characters ()
- Konami to Sell 1st Nura PS3/Xbox 360 Game This Winter ()
- Geek Mashup: My Little Mononoke Hime ()
- Hatsune Miku Quake Charity Figure on Sale at Anime Expo ()
- UraBoku Boys-Love Manga Gets Stage Play in Japan ()
- Mamoru Oshii Criticizes Current State of 3D Films ()
- Sega Toys, Daewon Produce 2012 Mojies Kids' Series ()
- Otaku Spotlight: Epic Anime Time's Gak Attack ()
- Gintama's Base Ball Bear Streams Concert Live ()
- Daily Video: World End Economica by Spice & Wolf's Hasekura ()
- New Futurama Episode with Anime-Inspired Sequence Previewed ()
- Daily Cosplay - Naruto's Neji Hyuga ()
- Saint Seiya Senki PS3 Game's Teaser Promo Streamed ()
- Shogakukan Publishes Doraemon Earthquake Survival Guide ()
- Supercell Album with Miku Tops U.S. iTunes' World Music Chart ()
- Kamen Rider Fourze to Premiere on September 4 in Japan ()
- New Beyblade Spinning Tops Can Be Remote-Controlled ()
- Evangelion Sparkling Wine Arrives This Month ()
- Google Marks Summer with Modern Artist Takashi Murakami ()
- New Fullmetal Alchemist Film Celebrated With 23 Dishes ()
- Middelsbrough Cosplayers in The Independent ()
- Daily Video: Tabletop 3D Hatsune Miku Projection ()
- Metal Gear Solid, Catherine, Toriko Game Promos Posted ()
- Daily Cosplay - Devil May Cry's Dante ()
- Name Broccoli's New Mascot by Seitokai no Ichizon Artist ()
- Rock Band Kiss x Hello Kitty Deal in the Works ()
- Itsu-Ten Video Removed Since It 'Violated Youtube's Terms' ()
- Mnet TV to Run Danny Choo's Culture Japan in U.S. ()
- Moetopia Game Portal Site to Launch This Summer ()
- Animate Offers Shape-Shifting Madoka Magica Charlotte Plush ()
- ToHeart2, Bleach Game Promos Streamed ()
- All Sphere Voice Actresses to Be in 2011 Pokémon Films ()
- Growlanser IV, Tales of the Abyss RPG Promos Posted ()
- Gackt to Play Sket Dance Singer Modeled After Himself ()
- Madoka Magica Fans Wait 7 Hours for Café Exclusive ()
- AKB48's Newest Member Confirmed as Virtual Idol ()
- Hatsune Miku Good Smile BMW Car Wins Super GT Race ()
- Ika Musume/Squid Girl Fishing iPhone/iPad Game Sold ()
- 'Real-Life' K-ON: Fans Make Map, TV Show Scouts Real Band ()
- Saint Seiya Gets PlayStation 3 Game This Fall ()
- Cobs Poll: Which Anime Character as Your Little Sister ()
- Summer 2011 Anime Season: Directors, Actors, and Themes ()
- Blade Episode 1 to Be Streamed Free with Commentary ()
- 2nd Super Robot Wars OG PS3 Game's Promo Video Streamed ()
- Perfect Blue Storyboards Sold on Satoshi Kon's Site ()
- Evangelion Summer Kimono Offered in Japan ()
- Daily Video: Robin Williams Stars in Zelda Game Ad ()
- Ghibli Hangs Anti-Nuclear Power Banner on Rooftop ()
- Biglobe Poll: Summer Anime with Highest Interest Level ()
- One Piece Pirate Zoro's Sword Made Into an Umbrella ()
- Tiger & Bunny Staff: Kotetsu's Hat to Be Made for Sale ()
- Nicktoons Premieres Voltron Force Tonight ()
- Pokémon Fireworks to Light Up Japan This Summer ()
- Daily Video (SFW): Sega's Toylets Urinal Game in Action ()
- Design Your Own Kamen Rider OOO & Gundam AGE Toys ()
- Final Fantasy's Amano Donates Art for Quake Charity ()
- Stephanie Yanez to Perform at Both Anime Expo, AM2 ()
- Wii U Cannot Play Standard DVD, Blu-ray Discs ()
- Akira Script Discussed by Cowboys & Aliens Writers ()
- Grasshopper, Silent Hill's Yamaoka Make Eva Rhythm Game ()
- Zelda 25th Anniversary Concerts to Launch in Tokyo ()
- Sgt. Frog 'Writes' Letters to Cheer Up Kids in Quake Area ()
- Shokotan, Scandal, Sphere Make Zone Tribute Album ()
- Japanese City Fights Crime with Magical Girl Poster ()
- Madoka Magica Beach Set Sold with Charlotte Swim Tube ()
- One Piece Cook Sanji Gets His Own Restaurant ()
- Dark Souls Game Holds Design-A-Shield Contest ()
- Dead or Alive: Dimensions Game Banned in Australia ()
- X Japan Single "Jade" Launches Worldwide June 28 ()
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Sets Guinness Record with 25.1 Billion+ Cards ()
- Cobs Poll: Which Completed Manga Should Continue ()
- Kagura Game Holds Election for Who to Put on Book Cover ()
- Another New Gundam Project to Be Announced June 25 ()
- Level 5 to Develop Gundam AGE RPG ()
- Biglobe Poll: Favorite Character in Spring 2011 Anime ()
- Makoto Shinkai's Studio Recruits Background Art Interns ()
- Daily Video: Yuruyuri Song Performed in Character ()
- Live Prince of Tennis Script Reading to Be Streamed ()
- Daily Cosplay - Evangelion's Rei Ayanami ()
- Nitroplus Announces Hitokumei [Lost_X] Game ()
- Anpanman Museum to Open in Quake-Hit Sendai in July ()
- Former Rythem Performer Yui Niitsu to Stream Event Saturday ()
- Daily Video: Ro-Kyu-Bu! Song Performed in Character ()
- Android App Controls TV with 6 Voice Actresses' Voices ()
- Daily Cosplay - The Legend of Zelda's Dark Link ()
- Charger Girl Ju-den Chan Manga to Bundle Actual USB Charger ()
- Kyoto Animation Makes New TV Commercial ()
- Voice Actor Masaya Matsukaze to Open Akiba Seiyū Café ()
- Famitsu Hints at Baka & Test Spinoff Manga's Anime ()
- Black Rock Shooter, Legend of Heroes, Class of Heroes Videos ()
- One Piece Anime's Uno Card Game Reissued ()
- Live Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. SSS Commentary to Be Streamed ()
- Footage of Wii U Game Demos Streamed ()
- Eri Kitamura, Lia Turned Into Vocaloid Idol Characters ()
- Contest Held to Name Moshidora Artist's Moe Mascot ()
- Yamaha Updates Vocaloid Vocal Music Synthesis Engine ()
- Madoka Magica's Kyubey Plush Doll Offered at Retail ()
- Daily Cosplay - Bleach's Ichigo, New Hollow Form ()
- Viz Named U.S. Licensor of Hatsune Miku Merchandise ()
- Nintendo Announces Four New Legend of Zelda Releases ()
- Nintendo Details New Wii U Console for 2012 ()
- Nintendo Announces Legend of Zelda Concerts ()
- (Updated) Another Borrowers Adaptation Announced ()
- FF XIII-2, Street Fighter x Tekken's Promos Streamed ()
- Capcom's Live Dragon's Dogma/Asura's Wrath Gameplay Streamed ()
- Daily Cosplay - Saint Seiya's Shion and Dohko ()
- Sony Previews US$250/US$300 PS Vita, US$500 3D TV ()
- Shun Oguri, Takayuki Yamada Star in Arakawa Under the Bridge ()
- Madoka Magica Collaborates with Online Toy Wars Game ()
- Japanese Site Offers Recipes for Food in Anime ()
- Blue Exorcist Anime Gets PSP Game This Fall ()
- Daily Video: Armored Core V Game's Latest Promo Video ()
- Male Sought for Cutting Part of Pokemon Shirt Off Girl ()
- New Gundam Work to Be Unveiled in June 13 (Update 2) ()
- Android Smartphones Made Into Manga Girl Characters ()
- Nintendo to Release Free Pokémon PokéDex App on 3DS ()
- Hello Kitty & Friends Turned Into Zombie Mascots ()
- Official Code Geass Lelouch Eye Mask Offered ()
- Akira Laser Gun Replica Listed for Sale in California ()
- Daily Video: Fan-Made Anime-Inspired Dr. Who Finished ()
- 30 Pokka Coffee Dragon Ball Cans Offered in Japan ()
- Actress/Singer Yui Aragaki Enters Anime World in TV Ad ()
- FF XIII-2, Metal Gear Solid 3D Game Promos Streamed ()
- Nikkei News Lists Info for Wii's Successor ()
- Gintama Sneakers to Be Sold in Japan ()
- Metal Gear Solid Designer Kojima to Lecture at USC in L.A. ()
- Rurouni Kenshin Poll: Favorite Character Then & Now ()
- Daily Cosplay - Bleach's Grimmjow and Company ()
- AnoHana's Chō Heiwa Busters Secret Base Recreated ()
- Appleseed XIII Episode, Event to Be Streamed Free ()
- 50+ Manga Artists Create Quake Charity Dōjinshi ()
- Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi Inn Asks Fans Not to Visit ()
- Anime Song Quake Charity Planned in Tokyo on Friday ()
- Daily Cosplay - Final Fantasy VII's Vincent Valentine ()
- Shuho Sato: Top 100 Manga Creators Averaged 70 Million Yen in Volume Royalties ()
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The List - 7 Brother-Sister Romances That Went Too Far
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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)
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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
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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 ...
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Uncovering the Animation of The Eccentric Family in Nakano Broadway
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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― 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
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― 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
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― 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...