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B Factory
B Gata H Kei Production Team
B Music Corp.
B&B Sound
B&M Productions
B&T
B&Y
B's Studio
B-Box
B-Boy Zips
B-Factory
B-Fairy Records
B-Frame
B-Line
B-STACK
B-Wing
B. Wahlströms Bokförlag AB
B.B.D
B.E.M
B.S.P
B.U.G.
B.Wahlström
Baalbeck Studio
Babies Music Publishing
Babilla Ciné
Baboo Project
Baby Baachan Production Comittee
Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
BabyFirst TV
Babylon
BAC Films
Baca the Bacca
BACKBONEWORKS
Backstage
Badhan Entertainment
BAEK KOO
BAGUS
Bahan Entertainment
BAIKKOO ANIMATION
Baitoru
Bakayaro!
Baker & Taylor
Bakery Orphen
Baku Enterprise
Baku Production
Baku Star
Bakuon!! Production Committee
Bakusei
Balcázar
BALCOLONY
BALCOLONY.
Balcony Records
BALDEAUX
Balena Musica s.r.l
BALKOLONY
Balloon Planning
Bamboo
Bamboo Mountain
Bandai America
Bandai B-Club
Bandai Books
Bandai Channel
Bandai Co., Ltd.
Bandai Entertainment
Bandai Group
Bandai Hobby Division
Bandai Hobby Products Department
Bandai Music Entertainment
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Bandai Namco Games
Bandai Namco Live Creative
Bandai Namco Pictures
Bandai Namco Rights Management
Bandai Namco Rights Marketing
Bandai Namco Studio
Bandai Networks
Bandai Visual
Bandai Visual Company
Bandai Visual Corporation, Inc.
Bandai Visual USA
Bang Bang Animation
Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Banipal Witt Production Commitee
Banjo
Banneko Dash Committee
Banpresto
Banshanmen Animation
Bantorra Library
Banzaï
Banzai!
Barakamon Production Committee
Barcelona 103 - Todo Ao
Barcelona TV
Barn Storm Design Lab
Barnsteiner Film
Barnstorm Design Labo
Barnum Studio
Barque Inc.
Bartender Production Team
Baruck Films
Basara
BaseSon
Basic Pictures
BASiLiCA
Basilico
Basiscape
Bastyr University
Baucis Multimedios
Bay Bridge Studio
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayern 3
Bayonetta Film Club
Bayside Studio
Bayview Entertainment
Bazu
Bazuca Films
BB Studio
BB2 Project
BBB Partners
BBC (-)
BBC2
BBD
BBE
BBG Division
Bbmf Magazine
Bbo Subtitulado
BCI Eclipse
BD erotix
Bdérogène
Be Beautiful Manga
Be Boy Comics
Be Factory
Be Loop
Be x Boy
Be-Boy
Be-Boy Gold
Be-J
Be-Loop
BEACH WALK
Beagle
Beam Comics
BEAM Entertainment
Beam Studio
Beam TV Center
Beams
Bean Pod Corp.
Beanjam Co., Ltd.
Beat Club Studio
Beat Frog
Beat on Beat
BeatNix Inc.
Beatstreet Studios
BeBeautiful
Bebow
Beck Studios
Bee Com
Bee Media
Bee Train
Bee Train Digital
Bee-Craft
Bee-Kett-Style
Bee-Pee
BeeBee
Beekett Style
BEEP
Bees Factory Entertainment
BEET Production Committee
BeeTV
BeeWorks
Beez Entertainment (-)
Beez Entertainment (DE)
Beez Entertainment (french division)
BEFREE
Beggars Japan
Beginners Label
Beijing Glorious Animation Co.
Beijing Golden Pinasters Animation Company
Beijing Sharaku Art Bureau
Beijing Sharaku Art Co., Ltd.
Beijing Taile International Culture Development
Beijing World Publishing Corporation
Beijing Xe Lie Art Co., Ltd.
Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.
Being
Being Music Factory, Inc.
Beisia Denki Co., Ltd.
Bell Sound Studios
Bellagio Corporation
BELLE MAISON
Bellevue Pathé
Bellezza Studio
Bellz Whistles
BeLoop
Ben'J Productions
Bench Comics
Benchcomix
BenderSpink
Benesse Corporation
BenJ Productions
Berke Sound
Berlin 1
Berlin Cameron/Red Cell
Berliner Synchron AG
Bernie Malejana
BERSERK FILM PARTNERS
Bessatsu Margaret
Best Digital
Best Field Inc.
Best Video
BeSTACK
Beta-Technik Film GmbH
Betelgeuse Productions
Betop
Betop Japan
Betsu Friend KC
BeWitch
Beyond C.
BF Entertainment International
BFRAME
BGB Company
BGI
BHAIN Cartoon
BHI - By Hervé Icovic
BI.G SRL
Bibel TV
Bible Black Animation Production Committee
Bible Black Production Committee
Biblos
Biboo
BIC Studio
Bideri Comunicazione SRL
BIG
Big Animation
Big Apple
Big Apple Pachinko
Big Balloon
Big Bang
BIG Channel
Big Comic Original
Big Comic Superior
BIG FACE
Big Fighter Project
Big Frog
Big Owl
Big Pan
Big River Studio
Big Shot
Big Star
Big Star Plus
Big Studio
Big West
Big Wing
BIGBANG
BigFace
BIGLOBE
BigOwl
Bigumon 8
Biho Digital Works
Bihou Thailand
Bihou, Inc.
Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha
Bikers Station Sox
Bikini Studios/Kuraoka Entertainment Berlin
bilibili
Bill & Ted's Excellent AD Ventures, Inc.
Bim Bum Bam Video
Binary Graphics Japan
Binbogamiga Production Committee
Bincho-tan Production Team
Bintan Junaka Carton Film
Bionia LDC
Biotide
BioWare
Bird
Bird Studio
BIRTHDAY
Birthday Song
Birz Comics
Birz Comics Girls Collection
Bischoff's Taxidermy and Animal FX
biscotti
Bisen
Bishal Design
BISHOP
Bism
BISTY'S
Bit Promotion
Bit-Lab
Bitol Entertainment
Bitter Films
Bitztream
Bivision srl
BIWA Records
Biwa Studio
Biwako Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Biweekly Manga Allman
Bizen Osafune Japanese Sword Museum
BJ
BJ Korea
BJCF
BKS
BL School Support Team
Black Bones
Black Box
Black Box Éditions
Black Bullet Partners
Black Butler OVA Project
Black Cat Production Committee
Black Jack Committee
Black Jack: The Movie Production Commitee
Black Lagoon Production Team
Black Package
Black Rainbow
Black Thunder
black-box
Blackbones
Blacktan
BLADE
Blade Comics
Blademaster
BLAME! Production Committee
Blanca
Blast Books
BlazBlue Alter Memory Production Committee
Blink Digital
Blink Digital, Santa Monica
Blizzard Entertainment
Blood Lad Production Committee
Bloomsbury
BLT Productions, Inc.
Blu
Blu Shine
blue
Blue 105
Blue Cat
Blue Cats
Blue Exorcist Movie Production Partners
Blue Eyes
Blue Gale
Blue Impact
Blue in Green
Blue Water Studios
Bluebird
BLUECAP
Blues Interactions, Inc.
blues interection, inc.
BluFocus, Inc.
Bluth Video Systems
BMF
BMG Ariola
BMG Japan
BMG Records
BMG Records Pilipinas
BMG Victor
BMG Video
BNN
Boa '83
Boar 83
Bobby Planning
Bodacious Space Pirates Production Committee
Boder Line
Bohachi
Bohbot Kids Network
Boing (-)
Boing (France)
Boing (Italy)
Boing (Spain)
Bokkasha
Boku H Production Partners
Boku no Imōto wa "Ōsaka Okan" Production Committee
Boku Production
Boku Wa Tomodachi Ga Sukunai Productions Partners
Bokumachi Anime Production Committee
Bolivision
Bom Bom Comics
Bon Bon
Bond Planning
Bond Productions Mexico
BONES
Bones Animation Dept.
Bones Photography Club
Bones Photography Dept.
Bong
Bonita Comics
Bonita Comics Deluxe
Bonita Comics Special
Bonnier Carlsen
BonnierCarlsen
bonobo
Bonus Track Inc.
BookWalker
Boomerang
Boomerang Art Room
Boomerang Australia
Boomerang Brasil
Boomerang Espana
Boomerang France
Boomerang Italia
Boomerang Latin America
Boomerang Studio
bootUP!
Boram Animation
Boran Animation
Border Line
Borderline
Born Digital
Borsalino
Borsu
Boruto the Movie Production Committee
Boruto to Nazo-gakure no Sato
BOSS
BOST Digital Entertainment
Bottle Fairy Production Committee
Bouken Ou
Boukyaku no Senritsu Project
Boulevard Entertainment
Boumelan
Bouncy
Bouquet
Bovaland
Bowel Familiars
Box Brazil
Box-1
BOXSS MOVIE
Boxtree
Boy's Love IDP
BPS Production Committee
BR3
Brahman
Brain Navi
Brain's Base
Brains Base Animation Dept.
Brains Base Digital
Brains Base Editing
Brains Base Editing Room
Brainwoods
Bramp International Ltd HK
Brando Records
brandt Film Berlin
BraveHearts
Bravo Studio
Bray Studios UK
Brazil Home Video
BRB internacional
Break Blade Production Committee
Brethren Asia
Bridge
Bridge Entertainment
Bridgestone Cycle
Bright Angel Distribution
Bright Way Productions
Brilliant Casting
British Broadcasting Corporation
BRKDOLL Studio
Broad Form Entertainment
Broad Media Studio
Broad Motion Entertainment
Broadcast:
Broadcasting System of Niigata Inc.
Broadcasting System of San-in
Broadmedia Studios Corporation
Broadway Video
Broccoli
Broccoli Books
BROSTA TV
Brother Noppo
Brownie
BRS on TV
BRS Project
BRT
Bruno Gmünder Verlag
Bruno Meyere
Brynhildr in the Darkness Production Committee
BS Animax
BS Asahi
BS Fuji
BS Japan
BS Nippon Corporation
BS Premium
BS Project
BS-Fuji TV
BS-i
BS-Japan
BS-TBS
BS10
BS12
BS2
BSP
BTI Studios
BTO
BTO China
BTO Korea
Btooom! Production Committee
Buddy
Buddy Complex Production Committee
Buemon
Buena Vista Foley
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (-)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Japan)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Buena Vista Imaging
Buena Vista International
Buena Vista Negative Cutting
Buena Vista Sound Services
Buena Vista Sound Studios
Buena Vista Television
BUF
Bug Corporation
BugBug
Buggin Media
Build Base
Build Up Studio Sigma
Buildup Entertainment
Bukedde TV
Bulls (Sweden)
Bulls Eye
Bullseye Post
Bunendo
Bungeishunju
Bunka Housou
Bunkamura Studio
Bunkasha
Bunkasha Comics Horror-M Series
Bunkyo Civic Hall
Bunkyōdō
Bunsei Animation
Bunsei Doga
Bunshun
Burlyman Entertainment
Burn-In Pro
Burning Productions
BUSAN DR
Buseidouga
Bushiroad
Bushiroad Music
Business Technology Co. Ltd.
Busou Shinki Production Committee
Butaiya
Buttons Sound, Inc.
Buyou
Buyu
Buyu Digital
Buyuu
BUZZ
Buzz Channel
Buzzer Beater Project
BVI Communications Inc.
Byakuya-Shobo
BØY Production Committee
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Making First Contact with KADO: The Right Answer
anime
While it's not rare to find space aliens in anime, KADO The Right Answer takes a unique approach to extraterrestrial encounters. Paul Jensen explores the history of first contact with the unknown in anime past and present.
― When visitors from another world show up in an anime series, it's usually not a good sign for the inhabitants of Earth. The typical chain of events involves a sudden burst of vio...
your name. [Hardcover] Novel
novels
The movie may be a phenomenon, but how does Shinkai's novelization of his film hold up? Theron Martin finds out.
― In 2002 Makoto Shinkai effectively shouted his name to the anime industry and fandom with the release of Voices of a Distant Star, an OVA that caught attention both for nearly one-man production team and its simple, potent story about teenage lovers trying to stay in contact even as the ...
ANNCast - Programmed To Feel Pain
games
Friends from the Internet Dave Riley and Graziella Mattie join Zac to stare longingly into the void with Nier: Automata. PLUS: Persona 5 and our most anticipated games from E3!
― ANNCast Episode 299 - Programmed To Feel Pain Friends from the Internet Dave Riley and Graziella Mattie join Zac to stare longingly into the void with Nier: Automata. PLUS: Persona 5 and our most anticipated games from E3! ...
This Week in Games - Seven E3 Takeaways
games
Dustin has seven major takeaways from this year's E3, and we promise they aren't all about Dragonball FighterZ. PLUS: next week's new releases, including Nintendo's ARMS!
― E3 sure did happen. As always, it was a rough combination of the celebratory creativity of an entire medium and the cynicism its marketing and business has cultivated over the years. But look: video games are cool, the people who ...
Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions BD+DVD
anime
This unusual take on isekai stories sees its adventurers struggling to take down even one goblin in exchange for a decent meal. Theron Martin takes a look at the special edition release.
― This 12-episode series from the Winter 2016 season debuted just three days before fellow isekai light novel adaptation Konosuba. These two series were diametrically opposed in their differing approaches to the same...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of June 3-9
just for fun
Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul makes a daring break for the top spot, but it has some tough competition on the way! Find out how your favorite shows fared 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 seas...
Answerman - Is It Still Socially Unacceptable To Be An Otaku In Japan? (Revisited)
anime
Justin takes another crack at his answer to a question from last week - is the social stigma around being an otaku in Japan still prevalent?
― Today we're gonna revisit a question we published last Friday, submitted by James: 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 ...
Your Complete Guide to the Spin-Offs of Attack on Titan
anime
From prequels to spoofs to even coloring books, we've got you covered when it comes to picking the best Titan side materials from the pile. Theron and Rebecca run down what's worth checking out and what you should skip.
― In a franchise as titanic as Attack on Titan, where is the line drawn between canon and fanfiction? With spin-off media from anime to manga to light novels to choose from, some adhe...
The Water Dragon's Bride GN 2
manga
The Water Dragon's conflicted feelings for Asahi lead him to enact his wrath in the second volume of Rei Toma's take on a tragic mythical story. Rebecca Silverman dives in.
― Tales of girls sacrificed to water gods exist world-wide, although the story seems to have particular appeal to creators of manga and manhwa. Rei Toma's The Water Dragon's Bride combines with the ever-popular isekai genre to bri...
E3 2017 Trailer Roundup
games
ANN's got you covered for all of the trailers coming out of E3 2017 for Japanese games. Available now: Ni no Kuni II, Ever Oasis, Final Fantasy XIV, Code Vein, Lost Sphear, Gundam Versus, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star, Super Mario Odyssey, Metroid: Samus Returns, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Fire Emblem Warriors, Monster Hunter: World, Yakuza 6, Yakuza Kiwami, and many more.
Final Fantasy's 30th Anniversary Event Lives In The Present
events
Projection-mapping and Amano artwork descend on Yokohama for the 30th anniversary of Final Fantasy, but the series' past is conspicuously absent.
― Full disclosure: I'm a retro Final Fantasy fan. I haven't played any Final Fantasy game past FFVI. So I've teamed up with Callum May, who hasn't played any Final Fantasy game before FFVII. Hopefully, we've covered all the bases between us. The Final Fanta...
This Week in Anime - Yutapon Cubes
anime
My Hero Academia steals the show with a jaw-dropping battle, but the shockwaves just keep coming with dark twists in Attack on Titan, Re:Creators, and even Anonymous Noise. Nick and Micchy have their hands full for this week in anime!
― Previous Weeks in Anime Week 1 - Week 2 - Week 3 - Week 4 - Week 5Week 6 - Week 7 Nicholas Dupree got into anime in high school, and manga even earlier. From One Piec...
Vice & Luna - Based on a True Story
just for fun
Vice is confronted with the full Comic-Con outdoor line waiting experience, and he may never be the same again.
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Gosick Part One BD+DVD
anime
This mystery series starring a gothic lolita Sherlock is finally available on Blu-ray after lingering in licensing limbo for over five years! Rebecca Silverman finds out if it's still worth watching.
― The year was 1924. Waistlines were low and hemlines were high, Koshien Stadium was built, the Prince of Wales visited Japan, and Calvin Coolidge made the first-ever presidential radio address. The worl...
Answerman - Why Are Hentai Characters Labeled As Being Over 18 (Even When They're Not)?
anime
Justin explains what might be the oldest trick in the hentai industry localization book.
― Yousef asks: I noticed most DVD and Blu-ray releases of hentai contain a message stating that all participants in the work are 18 years of age or older; however, this seems to be incredibly subjective and in many cases not true (I've heard interesting stories first hand from one licenser on how this has been w...