Features
- Rakugo Shinju, Kabukibu and The Traditional Arts of Japan ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of May 27-June 2 ()
- How Polygon Pictures is Changing the 3D Anime Industry ()
- Spring 2017 Manga Guide: Light Novel Roundup ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of May 20-26 ()
- The Spring 2017 Manga Guide ()
- The Games That Defined Platinum's Legacy Are Back ()
- The Kick-Ass Women of Attack on Titan ()
- Interview: Silent Hill Composer Akira Yamaoka ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of May 13-19 ()
- The Complete Guide to 25 Years of Tenchi Muyo! ()
- Thunderbolt Fantasy: Panels and Interviews ()
- Timeless Classics Told Through Anime ()
- Interview: In This Corner of the World Director Sunao Katabuchi ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of May 6-12 ()
- When Anime Series Jumped the Shark ()
- First Impressions - Akiba's Beat ()
- The Real Japan Behind Persona 5 ()
- Interview: Michael Sinterniklaas and Stephanie Sheh on Your Name ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Apr 29-May 5 ()
- How Oreimo Made Little Sisters a Big Deal ()
- Sakura-Con: Hiroshi Nagahama & The Reflection ()
- Sakura-Con: Tōken Ranbu Interview ()
- Living Swords and Pretty Boys: What Is Touken Ranbu? ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Weeks of Apr 1-28 ()
- Q&A: Legendary Mangaka Kenichi Sonoda ()
- The Art of Closed Captioning ()
- Interview: CoMix Wave's Koichiro Ito ()
- The Biggest Animated Moments of Winter 2017 ()
- Persona 5 Versus Authority ()
- Berserk: Why Griffith is the Perfect Villain ()
- How Online Animators are Revolutionizing Anime ()
- Thirty Years Ago: The Best Anime of 1987 ()
- The Best and Worst of the Winter 2017 Season ()
- Anime on Netflix ()
- The Spring 2017 Anime Preview Guide ()
- The Best and Worst Anime of Winter 2017 ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Mar 19-25 ()
- Everything You Need to Know Before My Hero Academia Comes Back ()
- Everything You Need to Know Before Attack on Titan Comes Back ()
- Let's Visit Akihabara! Part I ()
- AnimeJapan 2017 Blowout Part II ()
- AnimeJapan 2017 Blowout ()
- Live Photos from AnimeJapan 2017! ()
- PC Impressions - Senran Kagura: Estival Versus ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Mar 12-18 ()
- Who Is The Real Motoko Kusanagi? ()
- PC Impressions: Zero Escape: The Nonary Games ()
- The Hidden Depths of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Mar 5-11 ()
- Scum's Wish: Tainted Teenage Love ()
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is Really Special ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Feb 26-Mar 4 ()
- Chasing Flowers - Wolf's Rain and Romanticism ()
- One Weekend With Nintendo Switch ()
- First Look: Persona 5 ()
- 30 Years of Kimagure Orange Road ()
- Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale's Hollywood Premiere ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Feb 19-25 ()
- Understanding Sword Art Online ()
- Kemono Friends: This Season's Sleeper Hit ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Feb 12-18 ()
- World War Witches ()
- Your Ghost in the Shell Cheat Sheet ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Feb 5-11 ()
- 20 Years of Utena Fandom with the Ultimate Superfans ()
- Screaming and Fighting: The Gundam Pilot Quiz ()
- First Impressions: Nights of Azure (PC) ()
- Digimon World: Next Order's Kazumasa Habu ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Jan 29-Feb 4 ()
- The Top Twenty Original Pokémon Episodes - Part One ()
- The Worlds of Natsume Ono ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Weeks of Jan 1-28 ()
- What's Your Biggest Guilty Pleasure? ()
- No Scrubs: The Harem Protagonist Quiz ()
- Interview: Legendary Anime Producer Masao Maruyama ()
- Is Dragon Ball Super Super Enough? ()
- How Mari Okada Writes Mobile Suit Gundam ()
- The Secret of Studio SHAFT ()
- Tales of Berseria's Yasuhiro Fukaya ()
- The Death and Rebirth of Rakugo ()
- The Beginner's Guide to Blue Exorcist ()
- Our Most Anticipated Anime of Winter 2017 ()
- The Winter 2017 Anime Preview Guide ()
- The Best and Worst of the Fall 2016 Season ()
- Interview: Hunter x Hunter Voice Actress Erica Mendez ()
- Interview: Sword Art Online Composer Yuki Kajiura ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Weeks of Dec 17-23 ()
- The Best Anime of 2016 ()
- The Best and Worst Anime of Fall 2016 ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Dec 10-16 ()
- What is a Fujoshi? ()
- Interview: Makoto Shinkai ()
- Rise of the Dark Magical Girls ()
- Understanding Japan's Light Novel Rankings ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Dec 3-9 ()
- Why Does Pokemon Look So Different Now? ()
- Mixing Fact and Fiction: Historical Fiction in Anime ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Nov 26-Dec 2 ()
- Interview: The Staff of One Piece Film Gold ()
- Interview: Director Keiichi Hara on Miss Hokusai ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Nov 19-25 ()
- Interview: The Creators of Pokemon Adventures ()
- Anime News Network's Holiday 2016 Gift Guide ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Nov 12-18 ()
- "Who Is The Next Hayao Miyazaki?" ()
- How Keijo Won the Gold in Fanservice ()
- Broadcast Dub Review Roundup ()
- Interview: Pop Idols Momoiro Clover Z ()
- The Beginner's Guide to Natsume Yūjin-Chō ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Nov 5-11 ()
- Interview: The Cast of Sailor Moon R: The Movie ()
- Don't Get Jaded: Cynicism in Anime ()
- The Biggest Animation Highlights of Fall 2016 ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Oct 29-Nov 4 ()
- Interview: Studio SHAFT president Mitsutoshi Kubota ()
- Inside the 2016 Barcelona Manga Fair ()
- Fairy Tales in Anime and Manga ()
- What's So Gay About Yuri!!! on Ice? ()
- Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization's Yosuke Futami ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Oct 22-28 ()
- Interview: Ei Aoki ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Weeks of Oct 1-21 ()
- Interview: Dragon Ball Super's Toyotarou ()
- Twenty Years Ago: The Best Anime of 1996 (And Some Others Too) ()
- What's A Light Novel? ()
- Interview: Assassination Classroom's Yusei Matsui ()
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Strongest (And Strangest) Newtypes ()
- The Best and Worst of the Summer 2016 Season ()
- The Fall 2016 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Anime Spotlight Fall 2016 - The List ()
- The Best and Worst Anime of Summer 2016 ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Sep 16-22 ()
- Inside Tokyo Game Show 2016 ()
- Which Re:Zero Girl Should Win the Election? ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Sep 9-15 ()
- Mobile Suit Gundam: A Char For All Seasons ()
- Inside the English Dub Premiere of Digimon Adventure Tri ()
- A Beginner's Guide to Tales RPGs ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Sep 2-8 ()
- Interview: Aniplex of America President Henry Goto ()
- The Secret of Love Live's Success ()
- Interview: Nami Sano, Author of Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Aug 26-Sep 1 ()
- Thirty Years Ago: The Best Anime of 1986 ()
- Interview: Kyoto Animation's Taichi Ishidate ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Aug 19-25 ()
- Interview: Knights of Sidonia Mangaka Tsutomu Nihei ()
- First Impressions: Attack on Titan (PS4) ()
- Comiket 90: Cosplay and More ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Aug 12-18 ()
- Subaru Natsuki: The Best and Worst Thing About Re:Zero ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Aug 5-11 ()
- Your Ultimate Guide to Anime Ending Credits: Part IV ()
- Interview: Your Lie in April Mangaka Naoshi Arakawa ()
- Love Live Sunshine - Aqours ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Jul 29-Aug 4 ()
- Five Lessons I Learned From Assassination Classroom ()
- Can You Name 10 More Anime From The 2000s? ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Weeks of July 1-28 ()
- Interview: Okayado, The Father of Monster Musume ()
- Report: Under the Dog's Tokyo Premiere ()
- Interview: Shoji Kawamori ()
- Interview: The Cast and Crew of My Hero Academia ()
- Interview: Blue Exorcist Mangaka Kazue Kato ()
- The Most (And Least) Relatable Gundam Heroes ()
- Interview: Studio Bones President Masahiko Minami ()
- In Memory of Innocence: A Guide to D.Gray-Man ()
- Interview: Xavier Lim, Bluefin's Gundam Guru ()
- Anime Spotlight Summer 2016 - The List ()
- Alice in Anime Wonderland ()
- Is The Lost Village Actually A Comedy? ()
- The Best and Worst of the Spring 2016 Season ()
- The Summer 2016 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Interview: Unified Pictures and Vampire Hunter D ()
- The Best and Worst Anime of Spring 2016 ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of June 17-23 ()
- Berserk: Past, Present, and Future ()
- Inside the 10th Anniversary Higurashi When They Cry Exhibition ()
- Ten Old-School Anime Classics You Can Watch Streaming Right Now ()
- Interview: Ray Chiang, SPJA CEO, on Anime Expo 2016 ()
- The Rebirth of Sailor Moon Crystal ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of June 10-16 ()
- The Tragic Girl in Anime ()
- Seven Manga That Need An English Release Right Now ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of June 3-9 ()
- First Impressions: Sherlock: A Study in Pink ()
- Your Favorite Anime Couple ()
- Anime's Fiercest Frenemies ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of May 27-June 2 ()
- Inside the Sailor Moon Exhibition ()
- First Impressions: Netflix's Voltron Legendary Defender ()
- Your Ultimate Guide to Anime Ending Credits: Part III ()
- Is Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Just An Attack On Titan Clone? ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of May 20-26 ()
- Interview: The World's Biggest Visual Novels with Visual Art's ()
- What Makes Magical Girls So Popular? ()
- Hunting for Limited Edition Anime Swag in Japan ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of May 13-19 ()
- The Heroic Spirit of My Hero Academia ()
- The Real Authors of Bungo Stray Dogs ()
- Interview: Legendary Evangelion Illustrator Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of May 6-12 ()
- Anime Time Travel: Who Got It Right? ()
- Manga vs. Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Apr 29-May 5 ()
- The Takarazuka Experience: Rurouni Kenshin ()
- What's The One Beloved Anime You Just Don't Get? ()
- Can You Name 10 More Anime from the 90s? ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Apr 22-28 ()
- All Might vs. Superman: How Our Heroes Are Different ()
- Your Favorite Anime Mascot ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Weeks of Apr 1-21 ()
- The Real Legends of Magi: The Kingdom of Magic ()
- Why We Love Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney ()
- Anime Spotlight Spring 2016 - The List ()
- Interview: Kazuya Sasahara on Dai-Shogun VR ()
- Which Shonen Jump Series Hooked You? ()
- Interview: Bluefin and the World of Anime Collectibles ()
- The Pro Wrestling-Shonen Anime Connection ()
- The Best and Worst of the Winter 2016 Season ()
- The Spring 2016 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Photos from AnimeJapan 2016: Finale ()
- Your Ultimate Guide to Anime Ending Credits: Part II ()
- AnimeJapan 2016 Photos: Part I & II ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Weeks of Mar 18-24 ()
- Tour the Swag of AnimeJapan 2016 ()
- Touring The Real-Life Anohana ()
- Can You Name These 12 Anime from the 2000s? ()
- Toole Japan Part II: Attack on Titan and Evangelion at Universal Studios Japan ()
- What Was Your First Anime Obsession? ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Mar 11-17 ()
- Toole Japan Part I: Nipponbashi Street Festa 2016 ()
- Interview: Inio Asano ()
- Ten Years of Death Note: Is Light The Bad Guy? ()
- Akira in Color with Steve Oliff ()
- Your Ultimate Guide to Anime Ending Credits: Part I ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Mar 4-10 ()
- How Fire Emblem Became a Phenomenon ()
- Interview: Eric Beckman, Founder & President of GKIDS ()
- Comparing Comedies: Konosuba vs. Dagashi Kashi ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Feb 26-Mar 3 ()
- Interview: "Queer Japan" Filmmaker Graham Kolbeins ()
- Gundam Front: The Ultimate Tour ()
- What's The Best (And Worst) Anime Ending You've Ever Seen? ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Feb 19-25 ()
- Interview: The Past, Present and Future of Dragon Ball ()
- Can You Guess These 15 Classic 90s Anime From Just One Image? ()
- The Magic of the Stage in Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju ()
- Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash and the Consequences of Death ()
- Can you name these 16 Ghibli movies with just one image ? ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Feb 12-18 ()
- The Evolution of Evangelion: Rebuild vs. TV ()
- Seven Magic High Schools Worth Enrolling In ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Feb 5-11 ()
- Anime You'd Love To See Remade ()
- Thirty Years of Castle in the Sky ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Jan 29-Feb 4 ()
- The Real Pirates of One Piece ()
- Your Most Memorable Anime Villain ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Jan 22-28 ()
- Animator Expo Season Three: What's Worth Watching ()
- Lupin the Third: The Complete Guide to Films, TV Specials and OVAs ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Weeks of Jan 1-21 ()
- Lupin The Third: Where To Start and What's Worth Watching ()
- Which Anime Made You Cry? ()
- A Fire Burns in Concrete Revolutio ()
- The Rise of Masashi Ishihama: From The New World to Garakowa ()
- The Winter 2016 Anime Preview Guide ()
- The Best and Worst of the Fall 2015 Season ()
- Anime Spotlight Winter 2016 - The List ()
- King Arthur and the Seven Deadly Sins ()
- Interview: Animator Henry Thurlow on Judgment and Justice ()
- Theron & Rebecca's Anime in America 2015 ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Dec 17-23 ()
- The Best Way to Watch Jojo's Bizarre Adventure ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Dec 10-16 ()
- 10 Moments of Spectacular Animation from 2015 ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Dec 3-9 ()
- The Best Anime of 2015 ()
- The Best and Most Memorable Manga of 2015 ()
- The Legends Behind Noragami ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Nov 26-Dec 2 ()
- What's The Best First Episode You've Ever Seen? ()
- What Makes Kyoto Animation So Special? ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Nov 19-25 ()
- A Quick, Easy Guide to the Gintama Drama ()
- Anime News Network's Holiday 2015 Gift Guide ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Nov 12-18 ()
- The Ultimate Guide to the Animator Expo Shorts ()
- Why Dangerous Anime Boys Are All The Rage ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Nov 5-11 ()
- Why We Still Love Digimon ()
- The Secret of One-Punch Man's Success ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Oct 29-Nov 4 ()
- Whatever Happened to Bleach? ()
- Bridging the Gap between US Comics and Manga with Kodansha USA ()
- The Neverending Debate over the End of Naruto ()
- "The Biggest Attack on Titan Manga Announcement Ever" Part I ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of October 22-28 ()
- The Resurrection of Vampire Hunter D Part I: Hideyuki Kikuchi ()
- The Sex-Obsessed Cyberpunk Dystopia of Shimoneta ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of October 15-21 ()
- Gatchaman Crowds Explained ()
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Where to Start and What's Worth Watching ()
- Interview: The Pilot's Love Song director Toshimasa Suzuki ()
- These Manga Need An Anime! ()
- Giant Robo and the Beautiful Night ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of September 23-29 ()
- The Fall 2015 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Anime Spotlight Fall 2015 - The List ()
- Interview: VAMPS' HYDE and K.A.Z ()
- The Joy of Sakuga ()
- Interview: Koji Morimoto ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of September 16-22 ()
- Why Clannad Made You Cry ()
- The Intoxicating Lure of Idol Anime ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Sept 9-15 ()
- History Comes Alive with Fate/Zero ()
- Interview: Mangaka Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi ()
- So You Want To Build A Gundam Model ()
- Interview: Kodansha Advanced Media on the Future of Manga ()
- History Comes Alive with Fate/stay night ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Aug 26-Sept 1 ()
- A Field Guide to Dating Monster Girls ()
- The Secret Revolution of Ouran High School Host Club ()
- Mega Man Legacy Collection's Rey Jimenez ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of August 19-25 ()
- Why I Can't Stop Watching Prison School ()
- Interview: International Otaku Expo Association ()
- Interview: Seiji Kishi ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of August 12-18 ()
- Ranpo Kitan: A Twisted Metamorphosis from Page to Screen ()
- The Grim, Disgusting Magic of Tokyo Ghoul ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of August 5-11 ()
- Interview: Shinji Takamatsu ()
- Why Persona Is Still A Big Deal ()
- Interview: Zero Escape series creator Kotaro Uchikoshi ()
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of July 29-August 4 ()
- How To Satisfy Your Curiosity About Gintama ()
- Interview: GARO Producer Toru Kubo and Director Yuichiro Hayashi ()
- Monogatari is a Disaster ()
- Interview: Studio Trigger ()
- In Defense of Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 ()
- Interview: The Cast and Crew of live-action Attack on Titan ()
- Interview: Street Fighter V's Peter Rosas and Matt Dahlgren ()
- Why Are Anime Fans Obsessed with Steven Universe? ()
- We Need Your Questions for the Director of The Pilot's Love Song ()
- Interview: Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches creator Miki Yoshikawa ()
- Five Steps to Better Fanservice ()
- Interview: Fullmetal Alchemist and Concrete Revolutio screenwriter Shou Aikawa ()
- Interview: Madoka Magica's Ai Nonaka ()
- The Dream of Redemption in Haibane Renmei ()
- Interview: Ayako Kawasumi ()
- Interview: Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka ()
- The Art of Japanese Video Game Design With Suda51 ()
- Interview: Kamisama Kiss mangaka Julietta Suzuki ()
- Interview: Lauren Landa and Erica Mendez, Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus ()
- Interview: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure director Naokatsu Tsuda ()
- Interview: The Cast and Crew of A Lull in the Sea ()
- Interview: Cruel Angel's Thesis singer Yoko Takahashi ()
- Three Naruto Filler Arcs You Shouldn't Skip ()
- Anime Expo 2015 News Roundup ()
- Interview: Unified Pictures and Vampire Hunter D ()
- The Summer 2015 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Determining the Best Ghost in the Shell ()
- Anime Spotlight Summer 2015 - The List ()
- How to Create a New Anime Fan ()
- How To Conquer One Piece ()
- Beyond the Boob String: Why 'DanMachi' Works ()
- Growing Up Is Hard To Do: My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU ()
- The Literary Secrets of Psycho-Pass ()
- Why Sailor Moon Crystal Isn't a Total Disaster ()
- Hidetaka Tenjin ()
- How to Destroy your Anime Backlog ()
- How Sound! Euphonium Totally Nails Being a Band Geek ()
- Three Reasons Why Blood Blockade Battlefront is the Best Show of the Spring ()
- Five Things They Never Tell You About Attending Conventions ()
- Interview: Aya Kanno ()
- Interview: Tow Ubukata ()
- Sword Art Online Producer Shinichiro Kashiwada & Voice Actor Yoshitsugu Matsuoka ()
- Interview: SCANDAL ()
- Interview: Under the Dog's Jiro Ishii and Koji Morimoto ()
- Anime Spotlight Spring 2015 - The List ()
- Interview: Jon Dobyns, Founder of Tiger Lab Vinyl ()
- We Need Your Questions for A Lull in the Sea! ()
- Fan Q&A: Sumi Shimamoto ()
- Sakuracon 2015: Wit Studio Q&A ()
- Sakuracon 2015: Kana Ueda Interview + Fan Q&A ()
- The Spring 2015 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Let's Go To Tokyo: Days Five & Six ()
- Let's Go To Tokyo: Day Four ()
- AnimeJapan 2015 - Part 1 ()
- Let's Go To Tokyo: Day Three ()
- Let's Go To Tokyo: Day Two ()
- Let's Go To Tokyo: Day One ()
- Interview: Hiroshi "Bamboo" Takeuchi, OVERDRIVE Producer ()
- Interview: Kazuyoshi Fukuba, Executive Director of Pony Canyon ()
- Interview: Steve Blum ()
- JAM Project ()
- Interview: Genshiken creator Shimoku Kio ()
- Anime Spotlight Winter 2015 - The List ()
- Most Read Interest Articles of 2014 ()
- Interview: Saori Hayami ()
- Top News Articles of 2014 ()
- The Winter 2015 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Interview: Masayuki Yoshihara, director of The Eccentric Family ()
- Interview: Diana Garnet ()
- Interview: Carlo Bernhardi ()
- Anime in America: Theron and Rebecca's Best, Worst, and Most Notable of 2014 ()
- Interview: Yoshiki of X JAPAN ()
- Your Top 5 Anime of 2014 (And Ours) ()
- Interview: Sunao Katabuchi ()
- Anime Spotlight Fall 2014 - The List ()
- Interview: Takeshi Obata ()
- Interview: Yousei Teikoku ()
- The Fall 2014 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Interview: Choucho ()
- Interview: Gen Urobuchi ()
- Interview: Akihiro Kanayama ()
- Anime Spotlight Summer 2014 - The List ()
- Interview: Shinji Aramaki ()
- Interview: May'n ()
- Interview: Thomas Sirdey, Co-Founder, Japan Expo ()
- Interview: 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 Summer 2014 Anime Preview Guide ()
- 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 ()
- The Spring 2014 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Nerd Tour Japan 2014: Days Seven and Eight ()
- Nerd Tour Japan 2014: Days Five and Six ()
- Interview: Bryce Papenbrook ()
- Nerd Tour Japan 2014: Day Four ()
- Nerd Tour Japan 2014: Day Three ()
- Anime Spotlight Spring 2014 ()
- Nerd Tour Japan 2014: Day Two ()
- AnimeJapan 2014 Blowout ()
- Interview: Yuma Takahashi and Koji Kitakami, Chief Producers of AnimeJapan ()
- Nerd Tour Japan 2014 ()
- Interview: Tomohiko Ito ()
- Interview: Masahiro Ando ()
- Interview: Michelle Lee ()
- 2014 Australian and New Zealand Anime Convention Calendar ()
- Interview: Atsushi Ootsuki ()
- Interview: Mizuho Nishikubo ()
- Interview: Jonathan Clements ()
- Top Interest Articles of 2013 ()
- Top News Articles of 2013 ()
- The Winter 2014 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Anime in America: The Best (and Worst) of 2013 ()
- Anime Spotlight Winter 2014 - The List ()
- Madoka Magica: Rebellion US Premiere ()
- Interview: Manuel Karamori ()
- Interview: Neon Alley Program Director Kevin Kleinrock ()
- Interview: Wikia's Masters of Animanga ()
- Interview: BONES Studio President Masahiko Minami ()
- Anime Spotlight Fall 2013 - The List ()
- Reel Anime 2013 Roundup ()
- The Fall 2013 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Interview: Evangelion Character Designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ()
- Interview: Japan Expo USA First Impact CEO Sean Chiochankitmun ()
- 5 Things I Learned From SyFy's "Heroes of Cosplay" ()
- Interview: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Sword Art Online's Kirito ()
- Interview: Haruka Tomatsu, Sword Art Online's Asuna ()
- Interview: Shinichiro Watanabe ()
- Interview: Masahiko Otsuka and Yoh Yoshinari of Studio Trigger ()
- Interview: Shinji Takamatsu ()
- Interview: George Wada, Producer of Attack on Titan ()
- The Summer 2013 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Interview: Mamoru Hosoda, Director of Wolf Children ()
- Interview: Megumi Han ()
- Anime Spotlight Summer 2013 - The List ()
- Interview: Kazuya Murata, Director of Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet ()
- View from the Show Floor: Niconico Chokaigi 2 ()
- The Garden of Words - World Premiere ()
- Interview: Makoto Shinkai ()
- Interview: Kenji Yasuda, director of ARATA The Legend ()
- Interview: Sword Art Online's Reki Kawahara ()
- Interview: Satoshi Tasaki ()
- The Spring 2013 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Anime Spotlight Spring 2013 - The List ()
- Interview: Masakazu Ishiguro ()
- View from the Show Floor: Anime Contents Expo ()
- Tokyo Anime Fair 2013 Blowout: Complete Coverage ()
- The Law of Anime Part IV: New Laws to Watch Out For ()
- The Law of Anime Part III: Defending Yourself ()
- The Law of Anime Parts I & II: Copyright and the Anime Fan ()
- Interview: Akiyuki Simbo ()
- Anime Spotlight Winter 2013 - The List ()
- The Winter 2013 Anime Preview Guide ()
- First Look: Yoshitaka Amano's Deva Zan ()
- Anime in America: The Best (And Most Notable) of 2012 ()
- Interview: Aniplex Inc. President Koichiro Natsume ()
- Interview: Andrew Partridge Talks About Anime Limited ()
- Interview: President of NIS Sohei Niikawa ()
- Interview: Henry Goto, President, Aniplex of America ()
- Making History: The Rose of Versailles ()
- Interview: Yoshitaka Amano ()
- Interview: Yuu Asakawa ()
- Interview: Takahiro Omori ()
- Anime Spotlight Fall 2012 - The List ()
- The Fall 2012 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Interview: Chihayafuru's Asaka Morio, Kunihiko Hamada, Takuya Tsunoki ()
- Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up: Ask A Question, Win The Show! Results Edition ()
- Interview: Ein Lee ()
- Interview: Eiko Tanaka ()
- Interview: Haruhiko Mikimoto ()
- Interview: Toshio Maeda ()
- Interview: Naoki Urasawa ()
- Interview: Kanta Kamei, Director of Bunny Drop ()
- Japan: One Year Later ()
- Anime Spotlight Summer 2012 - The List ()
- The Summer 2012 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Interview: Corp.IAM directors Toshiaki Ueno, Junji Yamada and Ryo Horikawa on Magical Dreamers ()
- All About Licensing: Part III ()
- All About Licensing Part II: The Contract ()
- All About Licensing: Part I ()
- Interview: May'n ()
- Interview: Razmig Hovaghimian, Co-founder and CEO of Viki.com ()
- Gallery: Katsuhiro Otomo GENGA Exhibition ()
- Anime Contents Expo Day 1 & 2 ()
- The Spring 2012 Anime Preview Guide ()
- Interview: Soubi Yamamoto ()
- Anime Spotlight Spring 2012 - The List ()
- Tokyo Anime Fair 2012 Blowout: Part III ()
- Tokyo Anime Fair 2012 Blowout: Part II ()
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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 ...
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
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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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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
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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
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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...
This Week in Anime - It Came From DeviantArt
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Re:Creators takes some fanfic-tastic turns, while the stakes shoot much higher in Rage of Bahamut and The Royal Tutor. Nick and Micchy discuss all this and more in shows from Attack on Titan to My Hero Academia!
― Previous Weeks in Anime Week 1 - Week 2 - Week 3 - Week 4 - Week 5 - Week 6 Nicholas Dupree got into anime in high school, and manga even earlier. From One Piece to The Promised Neverland, ...
Vice & Luna - Comic-Con Justice
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Luna strikes a blow for freedom while showing Maybell the ropes at the Enchanted Grove Comic-Con.
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Sound of the Sky Sub.Blu-Ray
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Sound of the Sky marries wartime drama and slice of life storytelling in a rich and beautiful mix. Nick Creamer explains what makes this series special.
― Sound of the Sky opens with new soldier Kanata Sorami heading off to her first post, a guard post at the border city of Seize. Stark cliffs and cozy tiled roofs introduce us to her new city, a rustic town that's currently in the middle of a festiva...