Interest - May 2015
- Danmachi Dōjinshi Event Has Disappointing Turn Out ()
- Oodles of Love Live! Noodles Stocked at Akihabara Animate ()
- Hello Kitty Cosplays Love Live! Girls ()
- L.A. Area's Gallery Nucleus Exhibits Hatsune Miku ()
- Kickstarter Campaign Launches to Fund Competitive Pokémon Documentary ()
- Godzilla, Shin-chan Get Official Japan Residency Papers ()
- Naruto Characters Infiltrate Classic Hokusai Woodprint ()
- Hanshin Tigers Baseball Team Gets Special Manga Issue ()
- Hatsune Miku Figure Transforms From Virtual Idol to Rody Horse ()
- Snow Miku 2016 Winning Designs Announced ()
- Voice Actors Kenjiro Tsuda, Ryoko Shiraishi Comment on Dubbing Fifty Shades of Grey ()
- Fan Mashes Up Iron Man With Gundam, Evangelion, Hello Kitty, Optimus Prime, Zaku ()
- Sanrio Popularity Poll Prelimary Results Feature Four Show By Rock!! Bands ()
- Black Butler's 10th Anniversary Celebrates with New Goodies ()
- Protect Your Bottles' Modesty with Bottle Panties ()
- Male Hestia Cosplayer Asks, 'Is It Wrong to Pick Up Dudes in a Dungeon?' ()
- Squid Girl Teams Up with Splatoon Inkling ()
- Cosplayer Posts Gakuen Handsome Pics with Lethal Chin Included ()
- Kinmoza Tour Fleshes Out Event Details ()
- Gundam Mech Designer Takayuki Yanase Sponsors Project HAL Design Competition ()
- Wake-Up Girls! Cast Cheer On Sendai Baseball Team ()
- Sanrio Announces Hello Kitty's 1st Ever North American Live Shows ()
- Shan the Sheep Meets Evangelion ()
- Sailor Moon Crystal's 9th Blu-ray Volume Cover Art Revealed ()
- Range Murata Draws Creamy Mami for Anime Business Magazine ()
- Anime Studios' Success Calculated Based on 10 Years of Disc Sales ()
- Japan Racing Association's Sumo Jockey Game Launches ()
- Square Never Intended Final Fantasy To Be 'Final' ()
- Director Hideaki Anno Laments Over Anime's 'Decline' ()
- GRANRODEO Concert Demands Swimwear Dress Code for Female Attendees ()
- Kaden Shōjo Game Adds SHARP, King Jim Electronics Girls ()
- Digimon GEM Figure Line Adds Sora, Piyomon, Joe Kido, Gomamon ()
- Vegeta Versus Vegetables in New Cup Noodle Commercial ()
- Crowdfunding Underway for Light-Up Hikaru Skirt ()
- Suehiro Maruo, Hiroaki Samura to Participate in Exhibit on Japanese Eroticism ()
- Animelo Summer Live Concert's New Theme Song Features Over 15 Singers ()
- Ultimate Retro Game Console Compatible with 11 Different Cartridges ()
- Attack on Titan and Subaru Together Again for Test Drive Campaign ()
- Mimi Meme MIMI Releases MV for Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches Anime Ending Theme ()
- Love Live! Collaborates with Japanese Domain Registry ()
- Upcoming Manga Cafe in Shibuya Boasts Enormous Collection ()
- Haikyu!! Gets Egged with Gudetama ()
- Yandere Simulator Will Let Players Love Their Sempai — To Death ()
- Japanese Concerts Coming to a Town Near You ()
- 27-Foot Balloon Promotes Shinjuku Swan in Shinjuku ()
- Saitama Ranks #1 In One-Punch Man Character Poll ()
- Gourmet Girl Graffiti Event Will Sell Real Version of Kirin's Meat Bag ()
- Evangelion Director Hideaki Anno Turns 55! ()
- New Figures Imagine Free! Guys as Tiny Tots ()
- E3 Conference Will Stream in Theaters Across the U.S., Canada ()
- College Student Working on Hatsune Miku Robot ()
- Giant Pac-Man Breaks Guinness World Record ()
- Sumo Jockeys Join the Japan Racing Association's Latest Campaign ()
- Japanese Government Holds Conference on TPP's Effects on Comiket ()
- Papercrafter Makes IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls' Rin From 76 Parts ()
- The Yokohama BayStars Baseball Team Gets a Bishōnen Make Over ()
- Cardcaptor Sakura Gets Charming Watch, Umbrella ()
- Ibaraki Prefecture Continues Its Moe Self Defense Force Mascot Campaign ()
- Yowamushi Pedal Voice Actors to Compete Against Each Other on Their Own Bicycles (Updated) ()
- Love Live's Rin Will Star in Ramen Commercial ()
- Unofficial Fried Pikachu Cutlet Looks More Sad Than Delicious ()
- Yotsuba&! Creator Draws Eva's Asuka, Rei for WonderFest 2015 ()
- Chiba Baseball Team's Anime Collaboration Isn't a SNAFU ()
- Persona 4: Dancing All Night Plans Collaboration With Denon Headphones ()
- Attack on Titan Characters Come to Life at 7-Eleven ()
- Kyoto Animation's Shop Throws Nagisa a Birthday Party With New Merchandise ()
- Rie Murakawa Tries Her Very Best to Dance to Etotama's Opening Theme ()
- Ninja Dance Along to the Shuriken Sentai Nin'ninger Ending Theme ()
- Terra Formars' Adolf Reinhard Comes to Life in New Shiseido Ad Campaign ()
- Yellow Toyota Aqua X-Urban Vehicles Take to the Wild With Chocobo Theme ()
- Yowamushi Pedal's Akira Midōsuji Gets Weird Toothbrushing Figure ()
- Mamoru Oshii Shares Thoughts on Drones, Friendship, Social Networking ()
- Over 12,000 Fans Choose Which Devilish Black Butler Character is the Best ()
- Fist of the North Star Celebrates Father's Day ()
- Some Upset Over Change in Parasyte Live-Action Film's Climactic Scene ()
- Book Chronicles Sailor Moon's Effect on a Generation of Women ()
- Food Wars! Star Yoshitsugu Matsuoka Continues His Cooking Quest ()
- Banpresto Adds Eevee Mugs to Its Pokemon Crane Game Prizes ()
- Miyazaki Helps to Create Figure for Upcoming Manga ()
- New Idol Group Offers Chance to Take Hot Spring Trip with Them ()
- Tiger & Bunny Characters Get Cuddly Transformations ()
- Harmless Sanrio Mascot Cinnamon Bullied on Twitter ()
- Japan's Latest Mascot Not Very Enthusiastic About Promoting City ()
- Love Live's Rin Could Promote Puyo Puyo, Yakuza, Chain Chronicle Games Next ()
- Foreign Animators in Japan Weigh in on Industry Conditions Part 3: Yann Le Gall ()
- Future Bass Music Gets a Kawaii Makeover ()
- Marine Biology Exhibit Makes Sea Creatures Look Like Mini-Monsters ()
- Manga Artist Turns Sushi Toppings into Cute Girls ()
- Gintama Remains ANN Reader's Top Series for Spring ()
- Fan-Animated Video Pits Pokemon, Digimon, Fullmetal Alchemist Characters in Battle ()
- Eli Ayase Elected Amazon Japan's Love Live! PR Girl ()
- Yamato's Sweets Come to Life in My Love Story!! Snacks ()
- Beauty Clinic Sponsors Contest to Find Japan's Hottest Doctor ()
- Digimon Figure Line Adds Agumon, Patamon, Gomamon, More ()
- Buy All 37 Idolm@ster 10th Anniversary Light Sticks for US$350 ()
- Lounge Around in Sailor Style With New Sailor Moon Fluffy Loungewear ()
- Nana Mizuki Named Ehime Prefecture's Image Girl ()
- Foreign Animators in Japan Weigh in on Industry Conditions Part 2: Scott MacDonald ()
- Police Officer Lands in Hot Water After Sending Clannad Meme Image with Racial Pejorative ()
- Player Uses 1 Controller to Run Through Megaman X & Megaman X2 Simultaneously ()
- Pixelmon Mod Brings Playable Pokémon to Minecraft ()
- Gendo Gets A Clean Shave With Schick's New Evangelion Campaign ()
- Digimon Fans Alter Atsuya Uki's tri Character Designs to Match Original Style ()
- Hello Kitty Invades RuPaul's Drag Race Reality Competition Show ()
- Fans Discuss Which Anime Both Positively & Negatively Affected Their Lives ()
- Toshiba's 'Chihira Aico' Robot's Department Store Debut is a Big Hit ()
- PS4s with Silent Hills Demo Selling for Over US$1,500 ()
- Fan-Animated Video Imagines Naruto & Sasuke's Final Battle ()
- Siri Recognizes Eva Unit Launch Commands...Kinda ()
- Cardcaptor Sakura's Cat Dress Gets Lounge Wear Version ()
- Funassyi, Kumamon Get Segment on Last Week Tonight ()
- Speed Painter Releases Final Fantasy VII Digital Artbook ()
- Book Stores Claim Hunter x Hunter is Finally 'Finished' ()
- Ultraman's Mom Models Fashionable Summer Dress ()
- Futuristic Mercedes Sports Car to Appear in Kamen Rider Movie ()
- Attack on Titan is Invading the Joypolis Theme Park ()
- Show By Rock! Characters Join This Year's Sanrio Character Poll ()
- May 9 'Officially' Recognized as Goku Day ()
- Hayao Miyazaki's Pippi Longstocking Finally Lives in Book Release ()
- Megumi Hayashibara Dons Mash-Up Dress in Honor of All Her Previous Work ()
- Amazon Japan's Evangelion Box Set Includes SEELE Danbo ()
- Gou Ayano Jokes About Marrying Takayuki Yamada ()
- Hayao Miyazaki Appointed As Joint Leader of Fund Opposing Relocation of Okinawan Military Base ()
- Otaroad Closing Tomorrow As Officials Remove Unexploded 1-Ton Bomb ()
- Babymetal Idol Group's World Tour Begins After 20,000 Fans Rocked Out in Saitama ()
- Gunpla Fan's Latest 3D to 2D Model Replicates Kazutaka Miyatake's Art ()
- After 1 Month, Anime Fans Vote on Which Spring Shows They're Still Watching ()
- Bone Up on Your Japanese Constitutional History with New Rap ()
- Fujoshi Adult Drama CD Tops Japan's Daily Album Chart ()
- Fate/Stay Night: UBW Exhibit Offers Magic Circuit Underwear ()
- Depressed Office Lady Drawings Strike Chord on Twitter ()
- 7-11 Japan Customers Show Off Interesting Hand-Drawn Portraits of Their Moms ()
- Japan Screen Music Symphony Orchestra to Hold Anime Concert ()
- Itasha Fad Gets Even More 'Painful' With Decorated Toilets ()
- Hatsune Miku Tries Being a Newscaster in Fan Video ()
- Assassination Classroom's Kanna Hashimoto Does the Impossible in Cup Noodle Commercial ()
- ANN Readers: Your To Love-Ru Heroine Picks Are In ()
- 5-Year-Old Japanese Boy is Already a Nunchaku Master ()
- Evangelion, Initial D's Hakone Setting at Risk After Volcanic Tremors (Updated) ()
- Hestia Dōjinshi Takes Over 1 Month After DanMachi's TV Premiere ()
- Swedish Woman Voices Her Own Manga About Living in Japan in Motion Comic ()
- Josh Nizzi's Godzilla Conceptual Art Shows Off Monsters ()
- Anisong Singers, Hatsune Miku Rank in Olympic Opening Act Poll ()
- Male Manga Readers Weigh in On Their Favorite Shōjo Series ()
- May The Fourth Takes Over Japan With Events, Merch, and More ()
- New Monthly Pikachu Plush is Rain-Ready ()
- Singer Kanon Wakeshima Draws Show By Rock's Cyan ()
- 'Best of Anime II' Commercial is Full of 90s Nostalgia ()
- Foreign Animators in Japan Weigh in on Industry Conditions Part 1: Cedric Herole ()
- Tomoyo Voice Actress & Friends Wish Clamp's Nanase Ohkawa a Happy Birthday ()
- Take a Peek Inside the Durarara!! Exhibition in Ikebukuro ()
- Yaoi Publisher Set to Release Katana-danshi Samurai Pose Book ()
- High School Girls Continue Musical Experimentation in Dōjin Anime ()
- Two Robots to Join Together in Holy Matrimony ()
- Hello Kitty Temporarily Joins Dempagumi Inc. to Promote Healthy Skin ()
- Yusuke Makishima Tops Yowamushi Pedal Character Poll ()
- Patlabor Film Series' Command Vehicle is Up for Auction ()
- Food Wars! Star Minami Takahashi Heads to Japan's Meat Festival ()
- Shin-chan Appointed Japan's "Exchange Amigo" with Mexico ()
- 10 Nakayoshi Manga Titles Get Reprints Thanks to Fan Votes ()
- Rapping Frieza Invites You to Sanrio Puroland Dance Event ()
- Jump Square Holds To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness Heroine Poll ()
- Man Who Landed Drone on Prime Minister's Roof Moonlights as a Manga Artist ()
- Ghibli's Spirited Away Film Shrunk into 5-Minute, 8-Bit Video ()
- Polygamous Idol Unit Kiyoshi Ryūjin 25 Has Vacancy After 1 "Wife" Leaves ()
- Microsoft's Age-Guessing Site Confirms Hirohiko Araki's Vampire Status ()
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The List - 7 Brother-Sister Romances That Went Too Far
anime
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)
anime
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
manga
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 ...
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 ...
Uncovering the Animation of The Eccentric Family in Nakano Broadway
anime
events
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?
anime
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
anime
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
manga
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
events
merch
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
just for fun
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
games
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
anime
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?
anime
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
events
merch
Tokyo correspondent Kim Morrissy sits down for a bowl of katsudon in an intimate café setting with the Yuri!!! on Ice boys.
― 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
anime
From Knights of Sidonia to Blame!, Polygon Pictures has led the charge in CGI anime innovation. Callum May explores what makes their production process so unique for the anime industry.
― 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
anime
The directorial debut of Isao Takahata is now available on Blu-Ray for the first time. Theron Martin details how this ambitious film has held up.
― 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...