Interest - April 2012
- Voice Actress Masumi Asano Pens Column With Art by Azumanga's Azuma ()
- Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed Announced, Trailer Posted ()
- K-ON! Luggage, Puppets, Jerseys, Tracksuits Offered ()
- Stage Recitation Adaptation of Summer Wars Announced ()
- Hatsune Miku Goes Realistic in New Music Videos ()
- Etrian Odyssey IV Game's Promo Video Streamed ()
- Tiger & Bunny's Lead Actors Reprise Roles for Stage Play ()
- Life-Size Gundam Statue's Tilt-Shift Video Posted ()
- Space Bros./Uchū Kyōdai Postage Stamps to Be Issued in May ()
- Doll Model Venus Palermo Interviewed on Daily Mail Website ()
- Gantz's Omnibus Edition Puts Hatsune Miku on the Cover ()
- Actress Emily Blunt Discusses All You Need Is Kill Film ()
- .hack//The Movie+Versus Hybrid Pack's Ad Streamed ()
- New Crane Game Lets You Win Prizes Through Your Web Browser ()
- Kana Hanazawa, Yumi Uchiyama Lead Binbō-gami ga! Cast ()
- Brina Palencia, Patrick Seitz Lead English King of Thorn Cast ()
- Next Hatsune Miku Project Diva's Gameplay Videos Posted ()
- Yūichi Nakamura Joins Love, Election, & Chocolate Cast ()
- Gundam AGE's 3rd Generation Cast Partly Revealed ()
- Lollipop Chainsaw Game's Story Promo Streamed ()
- Nayuta no Kiseki PSP Game's 2nd Promo Streamed ()
- Biglobe Poll: Most Popular Winter 2012 Anime (Updated) ()
- Life-Size Macross Valkyrie — or Part of It — Unveiled ()
- Nyarko-san Anime Gets Nendoroid, Figma Figures ()
- Nana Mizuki, Yui Horie Sing 2nd Dog Days Season's Themes ()
- Funimation Announces Panty & Stocking English Dub Cast ()
- Kokoro Connect's Opening Theme by Eufonius Listed ()
- Kannagi Manga's Takenashi Reveals Ailment Behind Her Hiatus ()
- Yoko Kanno's March 11 Quake Anniversary Music VIdeo Previewed ()
- Yuruyuri Anime's 1st Girls-Only Event ()
- MangaGamer Releases EVE Burst Error PC Game ()
- Evangelion Smartphone's Teaser Video Streamed ()
- K-ON's Ayana Taketatsu, Minako Kotobuki Join Hyouka Cast ()
- Macross Frontier Underwear Asks 'Which Do You Eat?' ()
- Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time RPG's Opening Animation Posted ()
- AKB0048's Themes Sung by AKB48 Spinoff Unit 'No Name' ()
- Devil May Cry HD Collection Promo Video Streamed ()
- Nisemonogatari Items Offered in Pangya United Game ()
- AKB48 Scratch-&-Sniff Photos Bundled with Shonen Sunday ()
- Dragon Quest X Game's Promo Video Streamed ()
- Ring Horror Films' Sadako Tosses 1st Pitch at Ballgame ()
- Accel World: Ginyoku no Kakusei Game's Teaser Posted ()
- Ohranger's "Oh Red" Ranger Starts Tokyo Tokusatsu Bar ()
- Ayumi Hamasaki Song Chosen as Helter Skelter Live-Action Film's Theme ()
- Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Heads to 3DS with New Satelight Opening ()
- Persona 2: Eternal Punishment PSP RPG's Promo Streamed ()
- Blue Exorcist Stage Play Cast Photographed in Costume ()
- Sengoku Basara Mobile Phone, Browser Games Revealed ()
- Capcom/Sega/Namco Bandai's Project X Zone Cast Expands ()
- Schick Razor Ads with Evangelion Cast Streamed ()
- Fist of the North Star's Kenshiro Stars in Gum Commercial ()
- MyNavi Poll: Most Androgynously Attractive Characters ()
- New Trailer for Level-5's Guild 01 Posted ()
- New Persona 4: The Golden Promotional Movies Posted ()
- Level-5's Guild01 Game's Promo Video Posted ()
- Aoi Yūki Joins Dog Days Anime Cast in 2nd Season ()
- Madoka Magica Kyubey G-Shock Watch to Be Sold ()
- Patlabor/RahXephon's Izubuchi Designs Stride Gum Heroes ()
- Doraemon DVDs Recalled Due to 'Condom' Written Onscreen ()
- Senran Kagura Burst Game Tissues to Be Offered ()
- New Gundam Entertainment Complex's Tour Video Posted ()
- Evangelion's Rei Ayanami Appears in Guide Dog Poster ()
- 'Kokoro' Vocaloid Song, Stage Play Adapted Into Light Novel ()
- Gundam's Yasuhiko Joins Manga Creators to Draw Charity Art ()
- Kyoto Animation Airs New Commercial Advertising Studio ()
- Idolmaster Cinderella Girls's 5 Character Singles Rank in Top 10 ()
- Life-Size Gundam Rises Again at Tokyo's Odaiba in Video ()
- Evangelion's Gendō, Schick Razors Join Forces ()
- Akihabara Maid Café to Host Code Geass: Nunnally in Wonderland Theme ()
- Moe Rice Reveals Summer Mascot Bags ()
- Guild 01, Etrian Odyssey IV's Nintendo Direct Trailers Posted ()
- Pokémon Black 2/White 2 Games' New Trailer Streamed ()
- Capcom/Sega/Namco Bandai's 1st Project X Zone Promo Streamed ()
- Editor: Shakugan no Shana Has 1 More Book Coming ()
- Gainax Co-Founder Okada Shares Thoughts on Illegal Copying ()
- Inazuma Eleven Fans Offered Chance to Appear in Anime ()
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Ported to iPhone/iPod touch Next Friday ()
- My Ordinary Life's Arawi Draws Cover for Mai Aizawa's 1st Single ()
- K-ON Film's London Taxi Recreated as Plastic Model ()
- FMA: Brotherhood Anime Items Offered on Gaia ()
- Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City's Coldrain Promo Streamed ()
- English-Subbed ef ~The First Tale~ Demo Video Posted ()
- Diana Wynne Jones Commemorated ()
- Aki Toyosaki Charity Bag Sold at Auction for 1.12 Million Yen ()
- Cast Members for Nagareboshi Lens, Marimo no Hana Anime Revealed ()
- Kuji City Rest Stop Holds Naming Contest for Shell-Diver Character ()
- Lollipop Chainsaw's English Starling Sisters Trailer Posted ()
- Official To Love-Ru Darkness Buttocks Mousepad Offered ()
- NIS Celebrates 20th Year with Game Designed by Haruhi's Ito ()
- Video of Tetsuya Komuro Performing at Life-Size Gundam ()
- One Piece Creator Oda Designs Next Film's 'Z' Character ()
- AKB48+Me 3DS Game Lets Player Join the AKB48 Idol Group ()
- Akagi Gambling Manga Inspires 'Zawa' Necklace ()
- MyNavi Poll: When Fans Are Let Down by Foreign Live-Action Adaptations ()
- Persona 4: The Golden Gameplay Clips Streamed ()
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors English Trailer Streamed ()
- Color of Earth Manhwa Was #2 in Most Censoring Attempts in U.S. ()
- Level-5 CEO Discusses More Professor Layton, Ni no Kuni ()
- Applications for Masquerade at May London Expo Now Open ()
- Dragon Ball Z for Kinect Game Previewed in 1st Trailer ()
- Steins;Gate's 'Satellite,' K-ON Train Inspire Model Kits ()
- Idoling Idol Group's Videos Streamed for Free Worldwide ()
- Italian Lupin III Board Game Translated for U.S. Release ()
- New Trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Posted ()
- Natsuiro Kiseki's Lawson Bench Offered as Signed Prize ()
- Nayuta no Kiseki Cast Members Revealed ()
- Hanasaku Iroha Credited with 7.4% Rise in Hot Spring's Visitors ()
- Actress Emily Blunt in Talks for All You Need is Kill Film ()
- Toriko Gourmet Tour Event Revealed ()
- Unofficial K-ON! Android App Secretly Leaked Personal Data ()
- Infinite Stratos Author Yumizuru Works with Fans on Kimi P! ()
- Newspaper: Jin Akanishi Forced to Leave GTO Show Remake ()
- School Days Voice Actress Shiho Kawaragi Reveals Marriage ()
- Absolute Boyfriend Manga Gets Stage Play Next March ()
- Mirai Nikki/Future Diary's 'Next Project' Launches ()
- Dance Unit 'me to me' Folds Due to Gemaga Magazine's End ()
- Elisa Plans Compilation Album After Taking Break from Music ()
- France's Shibuya Int'l Plans 'Birth' Short with Final Fantasy's Amano ()
- Fate/Zero's Saber Poster to Be Given to Blood Donors in May ()
- Angel Beats! Singer Lia Expecting Her 2nd Child ()
- Pokémon Black 2/White 2 Games' Latest Promo Streamed ()
- France's Louvre Museum Offers Interactive Tours on 3DS (Updated) ()
- Waterproof K-ON!, Yuruyuri Mini Posters to Be Sold in Japan ()
- Akiba's Trip Plus' Voiced Events Promo Streamed ()
- Lollipop Chainsaw Game's Action Promo Streamed ()
- Gothic Lolita Exhibit at Victoria and Albert Museum ()
- Ring Horror Films' Sadako Possesses Sgt. Frog in Crossover ()
- One Piece Kaizoku Musou Sells 771,000 to Top March Game Sales ()
- PSP Phi Brain Game's Trailer Streamed ()
- Rondo Robe Streams Three Stop-Motion Shorts Featuring Yotsuba's Danbo ()
- Approval Sought for Manga-Centric University in Osaka, Japan ()
- Newest The Idolm@ster Gravure For You! Game Offers Eyeglasses Mode ()
- Commercial, Trailer for Detective Conan: Prelude from the Past Game Streamed ()
- Funimation Announces Shangri-la English Dub Cast ()
- New Trailer for Spike Chunsoft's Conception RPG Streamed ()
- K-ON Partly Credited for Historic Electric Guitar Sales ()
- AKB48's Rino Sashihara, Aya Hirano Star in Muse no Kagami Film ()
- Hatsune Miku -Project Diva- Series Reaches 1 Million Units Shipped ()
- Asteroid Named After Manga Creator Moyoco Anno ()
- Video: Go! London! Short Anime Celebrates Olympics ()
- Idol Tomohisa Yamashita Sings 1st Solo Anime Song for Toriko ()
- Ni no Kuni Game's English-Dubbed Trailer Streamed ()
- .hack//The Movie+Versus Hybrid Pack's New Promo Streamed ()
- 'Next Project Diva,' Miku Flick Game Promos Posted ()
- Pokémon Black 2/White 2's Details Revealed ()
- Namco Bandai Reveals Dragon Ball Z Kinect Game ()
- Capcom/Sega/Namco Bandai's Project X Zone Characters Confirmed ()
- One Piece Kaizoku Musou Game Gets Western Release in November ()
- Akai Katana's North American Trailer Streamed ()
- TMS Animates Promo for Johnsen's Kubbe Picture Book ()
- Resident Evil 6 Jacket Offered in $1300 Game Set ()
- Mitsuru Adachi's New Mix Manga Set in Touch's World ()
- PS Vita Street Fighter X Tekken's 'New Episode 1' Short Posted (Updated) ()
- Vote for Good Smile Company's 10th Anniversary Figures ()
- Resident Evil 6 Horror Game's New Trailer Posted ()
- Little Busters! Anime to Reprise Visual Novel's Songs ()
- Moving Cat Ears to Be Sold in Japan This Month ()
- Tiger & Bunny On Air Jack! Game Headed to PSP This Fall ()
- Capcom, Sega, Namco Bandai's Project Cross Zone Revealed ()
- 'Next Hatsune Miku Project Diva' Revealed for PS3, PS Vita ()
- Key's Tonokawa: Only Two Voice Roles Will Change for Little Busters! Anime ()
- CG Starship Troopers: Invasion Film's Powered Suit Previewed ()
- Level-5's Guild01 Game's TV Ads Streamed ()
- Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Game's Trailers Streamed ()
- Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin Masks Going on Sale ()
- Bandai to Launch "Strict-G" Gundam-Inspired Men's Apparel Store ()
- Steins;Gate's Nae to Appear in Robotics;Notes Game ()
- Type-Moon's Mahō Tsukai no Yoru Visual Novel's TV Ad Streamed ()
- Kyoto Animation Posts New K-ON! Stop-Motion Figure Sequence ()
- New Time-Lapse Video Shows Life-Size Gundam in Motion ()
- Akiba's Trip Plus Game's 4 Intro Videos Streamed ()
- Akira's Katsuhiro Otomo Remembers French Artist Moebius ()
- Megumi Nakajima to Sing Lagrange's 2nd Season Opening Theme ()
- Live-Action Space Brothers' MSG Seasoning TV Ad Posted ()
- Live-Action Mirai Nikki/Future Diary's Promo Streamed ()
- Rumiko Takahashi's Live-Action Rumic Theater Show Cast ()
- Minori Chihara Sings Horizon's 2nd Opening Theme ()
- Hello Kitty Crosses Over with Ring Horror Films' Sadako ()
- Sphere Voice Actresses Get 3D Poster as Kuji Raffle Prize ()
- One Piece Anime's Luffy Sells Life Insurance in TV Ad ()
- Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas PC Game's 2nd Promo Streamed ()
- Sakura Miku Gets Full-Sized Nendoroid Figure ()
- Video: London Public in Japan Stop-Motion Charity Film ()
- Video: TV Argument Over Doll Fashion of 15 Year-Old London Girl ()
- Japan's Anime, Manga, Game Creators Celebrate April Fools' Day: Part IV ()
- Niigata Plans 'Manga/Anime Information Hall' ()
- Ad for Kirin Soft Drink to Star Tsubasa from Captain Tsubasa ()
- Tokyo Plans Flower Gundam Event with Life-Size Gundam ()
- Akira's Kaneda Bike Goes on Road Trip Throughout Japan ()
- Japan Underground and Neo Magazine Throw London Party May 26 ()
- One Piece's Luffy, DB's Goku Top Fuji TV's Anime/Tokusatsu Hero Poll ()
- K-ON!'s Real-Life School to Screen K-ON! Film ()
- Rinne no Lagrange Original Video Anime Bundled with Game ()
- Akiba's Trip Plus Promo Posted ()
- Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa Cast in Hosoda's Ame & Yuki ()
- Killer Is Dead Game to Go Worldwide Like Lollipop Chainsaw ()
- XSeed to Release Way of the Samurai 4 Game in N. America ()
- Pokémon Conquest Game Gets North American Release ()
- Akiba's Trip Vampire-Hunting Game to Get Updated Release ()
- Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny Game's Promo Streamed ()
- Madoka Magica Spawns Live-Action Comedy with Shokotan ()
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 Cast Poses for Prada in Fashion Mag ()
- Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero's English Card Games Listed ()
- Kenshin to Fight Live-Action Film's Characters in New Manga ()
- Hello Kitty Character To Host Her Own Radio Program ()
- Miyazaki Watches Mini Porco Rosso Planes Take Flight ()
- 27 Stars Sing Kamen Rider × Super Sentai Film's Theme ()
- Adult Swim Gauges Interest in Bringing Back Toonami ()
- Club Nintendo Offers Made-to-Order Polo Shirts in Japan ()
- Kinect Allows People to Play Shooting Game Demo with Tongue ()
- Japan's Anime, Manga, Game Creators Celebrate April Fool's Day: Part III ()
- Atelier Ayesha Teaser, Screenshots Posted by Gust ()
- Japanese Military Recruiters Make New Anime-Inspired Poster ()
- More Code Geass: Akito the Exiled Characters, Staff Revealed ()
- Akira's Otomo Reveals More About New Manga Series, New Film ()
- Pop Duo PuffyAmiYumi's Yumi Yoshimura Reveals Pregnancy ()
- Maaya Sakamoto, Fans Give 1.9 Million Yen to Quake Charity ()
- Game Group Retailer Partly Bought by Opcapita ()
- Nana Mizuki to Sing Blood-C The Last Dark Film's Theme ()
- Japan's Anime, Manga, Game Creators Celebrate April Fool's Day: Part II ()
- Japan's Anime, Manga, Game Creators Celebrate April Fool's Day: Part I ()
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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...