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ANNCast - Programmed To Feel Pain

Jun 15, 15:40

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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! ...

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This Week in Games - Seven E3 Takeaways

Jun 15, 11:09

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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 ...

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Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions BD+DVD

Jun 15, 10:00

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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...

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The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of June 3-9

Jun 14, 13:00

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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...

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Answerman - Is It Still Socially Unacceptable To Be An Otaku In Japan? (Revisited)

Jun 14, 12:00

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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 ...

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Your Complete Guide to the Spin-Offs of Attack on Titan

Jun 14, 11:00

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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...

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The Water Dragon's Bride GN 2

Jun 14, 10:00

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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...

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E3 2017 Trailer Roundup

Jun 13, 16:00

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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.

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Final Fantasy's 30th Anniversary Event Lives In The Present

Jun 13, 15:00

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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...

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This Week in Anime - Yutapon Cubes

Jun 13, 12:01

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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...

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Vice & Luna - Based on a True Story

Jun 13, 10:13

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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

Jun 13, 10:00

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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...

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Answerman - Why Are Hentai Characters Labeled As Being Over 18 (Even When They're Not)?

Jun 12, 12:00

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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...

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Shelf Life - Himouto! Umaru-chan

Jun 12, 11:00

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James Beckett faces off with the world's laziest and craziest otaku imouto to see if her comedy adventures are worth owning on Blu-Ray, plus all this week's new anime releases! ― I spent the better part of last week driving around the northeastern US for family stuff, so I don't really have anything interesting to talk about this week. I can compare the quality of highways and drivers from state to ...

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Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy Sub.Blu-Ray

Jun 12, 10:00

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After all these years, is this trilogy still the best introduction to the Gundam universe? Lauren Orsini explains what makes these films timeless classics, now available on Blu-Ray for the first time. ― Not long ago, I went to a sold-out showing of the first Mobile Suit Gundam movie at the Japanese Information and Cultural Center, a branch of the Japanese Embassy here in Washington DC. The theater wa...

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