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- Sakura-Con: Hiroshi Nagahama & The Reflection ()
- Living Swords and Pretty Boys: What Is Touken Ranbu? ()
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- Q&A: Legendary Mangaka Kenichi Sonoda ()
- Digimon World: Next Order's Kazumasa Habu ()
- Legendary Anime Producer Masao Maruyama ()
- Tales of Berseria's Yasuhiro Fukaya ()
- Hunter x Hunter Voice Actress Erica Mendez ()
- Director Keiichi Hara on Miss Hokusai ()
- Pop Idols Momoiro Clover Z ()
- Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization's Yosuke Futami ()
- Dragon Ball Super's Toyotarou ()
- Assassination Classroom's Yusei Matsui ()
- Aniplex of America President Henry Goto ()
- Nami Sano, Author of Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto ()
- Knights of Sidonia Mangaka Tsutomu Nihei ()
- Love Live Sunshine - Aqours ()
- Okayado, The Father of Monster Musume ()
- 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 ()
- Animator Henry Thurlow on Judgment and Justice ()
- The Pilot's Love Song director Toshimasa Suzuki ()
- VAMPS' HYDE and K.A.Z ()
- Koji Morimoto ()
- Mangaka Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi ()
- 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 ()
- Satoshi Kon ()
- Hiro Mashima ()
- Square Enix's National Manager of Merchandise, Kanji Tashiro ()
- Gainax on Gurren Lagann ()
- Liyin Liang, Anime Expo Convention Chairperson ()
- T.M.Revolution ()
- Crunchyroll's Vu Nguyen ()
- 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 ()
- Charlie Campbell & 009-1 ()
- John Ledford ()
- Shinichi "Nabeshin" Wantanabe ()
- Seiji Horibuchi, Chairman of Viz Media ()
- Fuyumi Ono, Author of The Twelve Kingdoms ()
- Trinity Blood Interview ()
- Steven Foster and Le Chevalier D'Eon ()
- Milton Griepp and the American Anime Awards ()
- Hellsing Ultimate: The Interview ()
- ANN Exclusive Interview: Mike Bailiff, ADV's Senior VP of Sales and Marketing ()
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- Charles Campbell ()
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- Sunday Spotlight: Kunihsa Sugishima, Al Khan, Nobuteru Yuuki ()
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The Summer 2017 Anime Preview Guide
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The Summer 2017 Anime Preview Guide has begun! Check back daily for fresh previews of every new show this season. Available Now: Altair: A Record of Battles - Vatican Miracle Examiner - Made in Abyss - 18if - Welcome to the Ballroom - Convenience Store Boy Friends - Saiyuki Reload Blast - DIVE!! - Fastest Finger First - Love and Lies - Restaurant to Another World - Knight's & Magic - Katsugeki! Touken Ranbu - and much more!
Answerman - Why Doesn't Netflix Simulcast?
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Netflix has some of the biggest titles of this season like Fate/Apocrypha and Kakegurui, so why don't they release each episode weekly?
― Alexandre asks: Lately, people are upset at streaming services such as Amazon and Netflix and their lack of weekly streams. This causes people to pirate their "exclusive shows" as opposed to waiting to watch them later in one sitting. Why exactly do these services...
What the Heck Happened to Berserk?
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Thanks to its truly bizarre CGI animation efforts, fans often came away from Berserk's recent TV series revival disappointed, but what went wrong with this production behind the scenes? Callum May has the answers.
― “I want to see what will happen if we make a Berserk TV anime mainly with 3DCG animation.” - Tetsuro Satomi (LIDEN Films) To call Berserk's new adaptation “divisive” would be an understat...
Little Witch Academia Episodes 1-13 Streaming
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Little Witch Academia's first TV season is finally available on Netflix, and it's definitely worth the wait. Rebecca Silverman digs into the details.
― After the usual gap that comes of Netflix licensing a series for streaming, Little Witch Academia's TV series is at last legally available to North American audiences – and it's worth the wait. Loosely based on the two short films of the same name, Li...
Anime Spotlight - In Another World With My Smartphone
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15-year-old Mochizuki Touya ends up dying due to a mistake by God, and starts his new life in another world. All he has in this new world is his body that God powered up for him and his smartphone.
― In Another World With My Smartphone Official Website: http://isesuma-anime.jp/ Twitter: @isesumaofficial Story Characters Cast & Staff Gallery On air starting July 11th, 2017 Key Staff Director: Takeyuk...
Tokyo Ghoul (Live-Action)
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The live-action version of Tokyo Ghoul premiered in the U.S. at Anime Expo, and Gabriella Ekens has the scoop on whether it's worth watching for newcomers and Ghoul fans alike.
― Tokyo Ghoul has been one of the biggest manga hits of the past few years. As these big hits often do, the franchise recently received a live action film adaptation. These types of movies have been a mixed bag in the past, so...
This Week in Games - Breath of the Wild: The Master Trials
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The first DLC pack for Breath of the Wild is out - is it just filler material, or is it worth the price of admission? PLUS: Code Vein, Gundam and much more!
― Fun personal fact about me, the guy who runs a column about Japanese games: last week's coverage of Tokyo Xanadu was my very first experience with a Nihon Falcom game. Given its regard as one of the weaker games in their catalog and how much I ...
The Best and Worst of the Spring 2017 Season
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The final chart of the Spring 2017 season is here - find out which of your favorite spring anime made it to the top of the charts 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 t...
Mobile Suit Gundam MS Igloo Blu-Ray Collection
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Lauren Orsini finds out if the Gundam franchise's first foray into full CGI is worth checking out for casual or hardcore Gundam fans and comes away with two very different answers.
― You won't see any dwellings made of ice blocks in Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO, but it turns out that's not the only meaning of the word. In military terms, an “igloo space” is a structure for storing ammunition and explo...
Interview: Sally Forth Creative Team Talk Anime, Kaiju in Latest Arc
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Francesco Marciuliano and Jim Keefe rundown their favorite anime series, the best kaiju films, and putting pop into newspaper serials
― Last month, the long-running newspaper comic serial Sally Forth caught anime fans' attention when Cowboy Bebop character Spike Spiegel appeared in character Hilary Forth's anxiety dream. The appearance wasn't a one-off occasion for artists Francesco Marciuliano and J...
Anime Expo 2017 Cosplay Gallery
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Four days' worth of incredible cosplay photos from the biggest anime convention in the United States.
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How to Get Into Fate/Grand Order
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The Fate universe expands to the world of free-to-play mobile games, and Gabriella Ekens is here to shepherd you through this strange - and fun - new world.
― From a business perspective, cell phones are the future of gaming. Mobage (short for “mobile games”) is the Japanese term for this genre of video games that can fit in your pocket. While its usage there is pretty expansive, in the West it refer...
Anime Expo 2017: Fullmetal Alchemist Live-Action Film Panel + Q&A
live-action
The Elric Brothers are coming to the silver screen this December, and Anime Expo 2017 had the goods (and some exclusive footage!) Our full report, plus Q&A with the stars!
― Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist franchise remains one of, if not the most popular anime series in the last 15 years alongside Death Note and Shōnen Jump staples. The last anime film, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of ...
Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn BD+DVD
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This odd combination of Ghost in the Shell and Excel Saga finds itself torn between two flavors that just don't mix. Theron Martin explains what went wrong.
― Ever imagine what a series would look like if it combined cyberpunk trend-setter Ghost in the Shell with wacky comedy series Excel Saga? This Winter 2016 series is the answer in both figurative and literal senses, as it is based on a concept by...
Anime Expo 2017 News Complete Roundup
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Did you miss any of the massive headlines from Anime Expo 2017? Don't worry, we've got you covered - here's everything in one place.
― July 1-4 2017, Los Angeles, California Click here for live photos from our correspondents on the show floor! Day Four Headlines NIS America Licenses Penny Punching Princess, Demon Gaze II Games Day Three Headlines ISLAND Visual Novel's TV Anime, English Release Revea...
Anime Expo 2017: World Premiere of The Ancient Magus' Bride TV
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The first three episodes of this breathtaking fantasy, based on the smash manga, premiered at Anime Expo 2017 - we've got the full report, plus comments from legendary producer George Wada!
― Studio Wit brought out the red carpet for the three episode premiere of its enchanting adaptation of Kore Yamazaki's The Ancient Magus Bride. It isn't the studio's first foray into the hidden corners of Pagan E...
Final Fantasy XV: Episode Prompto
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This short - but engaging - Final Fantasy XV side story might not fill you up, but it's much more satisfying than the game's previous DLC. Dustin digs in.
― Final Fantasy XV's DLC didn't get off to a great start. Coming off a tremendously flawed launch where certain aspects of the game—you already know which ones—felt anywhere from “half-baked” to “completely unfinished,” the notion of turning around...