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- Legendary Anime Producer Masao Maruyama ()
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- Nami Sano, Author of Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto ()
- Knights of Sidonia Mangaka Tsutomu Nihei ()
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- Xavier Lim, Bluefin's Gundam Guru ()
- Unified Pictures and Vampire Hunter D ()
- Ray Chiang, SPJA CEO, on Anime Expo 2016 ()
- The World's Biggest Visual Novels with Visual Art's ()
- Legendary Evangelion Illustrator Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ()
- Kazuya Sasahara on Dai-Shogun VR ()
- Bluefin and the World of Anime Collectibles ()
- Akira in Color with Steve Oliff ()
- Eric Beckman, Founder & President of GKIDS ()
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- The Pilot's Love Song director Toshimasa Suzuki ()
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- Kodansha Advanced Media on the Future of Manga ()
- Mega Man Legacy Collection's Rey Jimenez ()
- International Otaku Expo Association ()
- Seiji Kishi ()
- Shinji Takamatsu ()
- GARO Producer Toru Kubo and Director Yuichiro Hayashi ()
- The Cast and Crew of live-action Attack on Titan ()
- Street Fighter V's Peter Rosas and Matt Dahlgren ()
- Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches creator Miki Yoshikawa ()
- Fullmetal Alchemist and Concrete Revolutio screenwriter Shou Aikawa ()
- Madoka Magica's Ai Nonaka ()
- The Art of Japanese Video Game Design With Suda51 ()
- Kamisama Kiss mangaka Julietta Suzuki ()
- Lauren Landa and Erica Mendez, Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus ()
- The Cast and Crew of A Lull in the Sea ()
- Unified Pictures and Vampire Hunter D ()
- Hidetaka Tenjin ()
- Aya Kanno ()
- Tow Ubukata ()
- Sword Art Online Producer Shinichiro Kashiwada & Voice Actor Yoshitsugu Matsuoka ()
- SCANDAL ()
- Under the Dog's Jiro Ishii and Koji Morimoto ()
- Jon Dobyns, Founder of Tiger Lab Vinyl ()
- Hiroshi "Bamboo" Takeuchi, OVERDRIVE Producer ()
- Steve Blum ()
- JAM Project ()
- Saori Hayami ()
- Masayuki Yoshihara, director of The Eccentric Family ()
- Diana Garnet ()
- Carlo Bernhardi ()
- Yoshiki of X JAPAN ()
- Sunao Katabuchi ()
- Takeshi Obata ()
- Yousei Teikoku ()
- Choucho ()
- Gen Urobuchi ()
- Akihiro Kanayama ()
- Shinji Aramaki ()
- May'n ()
- Thomas Sirdey, Co-Founder, Japan Expo ()
- 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 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 ()
- Bryce Papenbrook ()
- Yuma Takahashi and Koji Kitakami, Chief Producers of AnimeJapan ()
- Tomohiko Ito ()
- Masahiro Ando ()
- Michelle Lee ()
- Atsushi Ootsuki ()
- Mizuho Nishikubo ()
- Jonathan Clements ()
- Manuel Karamori ()
- Neon Alley Program Director Kevin Kleinrock ()
- Wikia's Masters of Animanga ()
- BONES Studio President Masahiko Minami ()
- Evangelion Character Designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ()
- Japan Expo USA First Impact CEO Sean Chiochankitmun ()
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Sword Art Online's Kirito ()
- Haruka Tomatsu, Sword Art Online's Asuna ()
- Shinichiro Watanabe ()
- Masahiko Otsuka and Yoh Yoshinari of Studio Trigger ()
- Shinji Takamatsu ()
- George Wada, Producer of Attack on Titan ()
- Mamoru Hosoda, Director of Wolf Children ()
- Megumi Han ()
- Kazuya Murata, Director of Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet ()
- Makoto Shinkai ()
- Kenji Yasuda, director of ARATA The Legend ()
- Sword Art Online's Reki Kawahara ()
- Satoshi Tasaki ()
- Masakazu Ishiguro ()
- Akiyuki Simbo ()
- Aniplex Inc. President Koichiro Natsume ()
- Andrew Partridge Talks About Anime Limited ()
- President of NIS Sohei Niikawa ()
- Henry Goto, President, Aniplex of America ()
- Yoshitaka Amano ()
- Yuu Asakawa ()
- Takahiro Omori ()
- Chihayafuru's Asaka Morio, Kunihiko Hamada, Takuya Tsunoki ()
- Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up: Ask A Question, Win The Show! Results Edition ()
- Ein Lee ()
- Eiko Tanaka ()
- Haruhiko Mikimoto ()
- Toshio Maeda ()
- Naoki Urasawa ()
- Kanta Kamei, Director of Bunny Drop ()
- Corp.IAM directors Toshiaki Ueno, Junji Yamada and Ryo Horikawa on Magical Dreamers ()
- May'n ()
- Razmig Hovaghimian, Co-founder and CEO of Viki.com ()
- Soubi Yamamoto ()
- Tomomi Mochizuki on House of Five Leaves ()
- Eric Khoo ()
- Koji Yamamoto, Ryo Ohyama, and George Wada on Guilty Crown ()
- Hiro Mashima ()
- Junko Takeuchi ()
- Fate/Zero Screenwriter Gen Urobuchi ()
- Atsuhiro Iwakami ()
- Blood-C's Tsutomu Mizushima and Junichi Fujisaku ()
- Makoto Shinkai ()
- Michio Fukuda, Director of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan ~Demon Capital~ ()
- Kalafina ()
- Danny Choo ()
- Taku Kishimoto, Scriptwriter for Usagi Drop ()
- Ryo from supercell ()
- What's Up Doc? Irabu's Office director Kenji Nakamura ()
- Evan Stone ()
- Berryz Kobo ()
- Stereopony ()
- Deadman Wonderland director Koichi Hatsumi ()
- Round Table: The Cast of C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control ()
- Blue Exorcist mangaka Kazue Kato ()
- with Matt Greenfield - SMASH 2010 ()
- Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Director of Gundam UC ()
- with Yūko Miyamura - SMASH 2010 ()
- with Tiffany Grant - SMASH 2010 ()
- They Live By Night - Interview with Takahiro Omori ()
- Garden of Sinners' Atsuhiro Iwakami and Hikaru Kondo ()
- A Few Minutes with Kenichi Matsuyama ()
- Michael Sinterniklaas and Stephanie Sheh on Gundam UC ()
- Tow Ubukata ()
- A Few Minutes with Takao Kato ()
- A Conversation With Moto Hagio ()
- Danny Choo ()
- From Akiba to L.A. with AKB48 ()
- Kenshi Hirokane ()
- Daisuke Ishiwatari and Toshimichi Mori ()
- Gilles Poitras ()
- Gainax's Hiroyuki Yamaga ()
- Gen Fukunaga on the status of Funimation ()
- Satoshi Nishimura, director of Trigun: Badlands Rumble ()
- Maxey Whitehead ()
- Mamoru Hosoda ()
- Shiro Sasaki ()
- Tsuguhiko Kadokawa ()
- with Kiseki Magazine ()
- Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Finalist Interview - Min ()
- Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Finalist Interview - Siera ()
- Kouji Seo ()
- Shinichiro Miki ()
- Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Finalist Interview - Jenita ()
- Yousuke Kuroda and Seiji Mizushima ()
- Fred Schodt ()
- Yoshiyuki Tomino ()
- Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Finalist Interview - Robyn ()
- Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Finalist Interview - Christie Lee ()
- 17 Minutes in Heaven With AKB48 ()
- Yoshiyuki Tomino Press Conference ()
- Toshiyuki Morikawa, voice of D.Gray-man's Tyki Mikk ()
- Riichiro Inagaki & Yusuke Murata, Creators of Eyeshield 21 ()
- Kurt Hassler ()
- Yui Makino ()
- Gen Fukunaga ()
- Yoshiyuki Tomino ()
- Funimation Discusses Leaked Episodes ()
- Five with Vic Mignogna ()
- Tony Oliver on Adventures in Voice Acting ()
- New Generation Pictures and Street Fighter IV ()
- Takashi Miike on Yatterman ()
- Lance Fensterman and New York Comic Con ()
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- Hiro Mashima ()
- Square Enix's National Manager of Merchandise, Kanji Tashiro ()
- Gainax on Gurren Lagann ()
- Liyin Liang, Anime Expo Convention Chairperson ()
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- With The Fansubber ()
- Greg Ayres and Brina Palencia, pt.2 ()
- Takehiko Inoue at Kinokuniya NYC ()
- Five Questions with Hiroaki Yura ()
- Eric P. Sherman, President of Bang Zoom! Entertainment ()
- Otakon 2007 - Con Chair Interview ()
- Arina Tanemura ()
- One-on-One with OLIVIA ()
- Anime Expo 2007 - ORESKABAND Interview ()
- Chase Wang on Anime Expo 2007 ()
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- Seiji Horibuchi, Chairman of Viz Media ()
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- Trinity Blood Interview ()
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Answerman - Will China or Korea Ever Compete With Anime?
anime
You might expect China and Korea to have their own robust slate of anime for Japan and the world to contend with - but why hasn't that happened?
― Marlon asks: It seems that the Chinese and South Koreas want to have their own equivalent of the anime/manga market. With their webtoons and such, Chinese investors seem to be putting a lot into forming their own market like Japan, even licensing or creat...
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...