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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 ()
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- 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 ()
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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 ()
- 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 ()
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- 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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- Sunday Spotlight: Kunihsa Sugishima, Al Khan, Nobuteru Yuuki ()
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How to Get Into Fate/Grand Order
games
Now that the hit mobile game is finally free to play in English, Gabriella Ekens has all the best tips for new players and spoiler-free info on how F/GO connects to the rest of the Fate universe.
― 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...
Answerman - Why Are So Many Anime's English Titles Total Nonsense?
anime
Justin explains the process by which some of our favorite anime have some of the strangest English titles.
― Yen asks: What group usually originates a show's English title? Some shows seem to have indecipherable word salad titles that almost too obviously come from the original Japanese team. And while truly graceful titles sound like they're the product of native English speakers (Kids on the Slope...
The Best and Worst Anime of Spring 2017
anime
One of the biggest anime seasons in recent memory comes to a close - here are our team's picks for the best and worst shows of the Spring!
― The Spring 2017 anime season saw sequels to some of the biggest anime of this generation - Attack on Titan and My Hero Academia - alongside some incredibly promising newcomers like Re:Creators. Now that the season is wrapping up, we asked our crew to tell us the...
Shonen Maid BD+DVD
anime
This slightly unusual dramedy about a boy who becomes a maid has much more heart to it than you might think. Theron Martin unearths the hidden charm of Shonen Maid.
― Anime comedies have proven time and again that they can still be successful without purely being lighthearted, and some comedies can even adeptly turn their serious aspects into achingly deep exercises in sentimentality. In that vein, t...
CONTEST: Enter to Win Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Goku Figure
merch
― If you like the figure I've built today, stay tuned. You will have a chance to win it! Everyone's getting their own Anime Expo exclusive—even Goku! Meet Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Goku, the newest addition to the Figure-rise Standard line. Bluefin, the official North American distributor for Bandai toys, will be bringing this model to Anime Expo for $32 and tax, the first time it will be avail...
This Week in Games - Tokyo Xanadu
games
Dustin finds warmth, comfort, and a surprising amount of fun in the action-RPG Tokyo Xanadu. PLUS: The SNES Classic rears its head, Final Fantasy XV goes off-road and much more!
― I bought a New 3DS XL last week. I'd hoped to ride out the remainder of the 3DS' life on my original XL, and assumed that Nintendo would be dropping the handheld-only brand like a hot potato once it became clear the Switch ...
Interview: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Creator Hirohiko Araki
manga
The legendary artist behind one of the most beloved manga in history shares his secrets in a fascinating new book - we had a few questions for him!
― You may know him best as the creator of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, but there's more to Hirohiko Araki than that one series. Araki began actively attempting to publish manga in high school, pursuing his chosen career relentlessly before finally breaking t...
Review: In This Corner of the World
anime
Justin Sevakis offers his take on this ambitious and heartfelt film about the daily life of a young artist in a port city near Hiroshima during WWII.
― When I first heard about In This Corner Of The World, I was not excited. Another tear-jerker WWII anime? I thought. We'd already had two Barefoot Gen films, Giovanni's Island, Who's Left Behind?, Rail of the Star and a handful of others, to say nothin...
Anime Spotlight - Hina Logic - from Luck & Logic
anime
This is the story of the energetic and adorable days the Logicalists-in-training spend together. It's time to Trance!
― Hina Logic - from Luck & Logic Official Website: http://hinalogic.com/ Twitter: @HinaLogic Introduction Characters Cast & Staff Gallery On air starting July 1st, 2017 Streaming available at: Crunchyroll Key Staff Director: Hiroaki Akagi ("Hetalia The Beautiful World" (TV) as Episod...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of June 17-23
anime
Natsume's Book of Friends climbs to the top of the charts, and the middle of the pack begins a mad shuffle as the spring season enters its last couple weeks.
― 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 th...
Answerman - How Do You Get Over Anime Burnout?
anime
It can strike when you least expect it: absolute anime burnout! Justin shares his tips for getting out of an otaku slump.
― Michael asks: For about three years, I watched a lot more anime than I ever had before. It was pretty much the only media I was consuming and it wouldn't be uncommon for me to be watching eight to ten shows at the same time. Well, as it happens when you overdo it, I got burned ...
Our Most Anticipated Summer 2017 Anime
anime
The summer anime season is right around the corner - from Welcome to the Ballroom to Made In Abyss, here are the shows our reviews crew is most excited for!
― After a blockbuster spring, the summer season is right around the corner, so we asked our reviews crew which shows they're most looking forward to. Keep an eye out for our Best & Worst of Spring 2017 on Friday June 30th, and then the Summer 201...
STARMYU Sub.Blu-Ray + DVD
anime
Is this under-the-radar idol boy show from last year worth a second look? Nick Creamer explains just what's so special about Starmyu.
― Starmyu offers a fairly unusual premise among musical anime. In a sea of shows focused specifically on idols, Starmyu instead presents a high school and special division focused on musical theater, where a student's ability to dance, sing, and also present a characte...
This Week in Anime - Hugs for the Good Boys
anime
As This Week in Anime changes gears for the next season, Nick and Micchy say their goodbyes to all the good boys in Attack on Titan, Berserk, and Love Rice, as other shows soldier on into the summer!
― Previous Weeks in Anime Week 1 - Week 2 - Week 3 - Week 4 - Week 5Week 6 - Week 7 - Week 8 - Week 9 Nicholas Dupree got into anime in high school, and manga even earlier. From One Piece to The Promised...
Valkyria Revolution
games
This spinoff of the beloved tactical RPG series Valkyria Chronicles tries to live up to the sterling reputation of its predecessors, but Dustin finds it might fall a little short.
― Valkyria Revolution is told through the pages of history books. A young historian sets out to find the truth about the Five Traitors who led the nation of Jutland to revolution for their own selfish ends, and with the hel...
Vice & Luna - Here Comes Mr. Goodtimes
just for fun
He's the rowdiest convention goer the Enchanted Grove Comic-Con has ever seen, and he might be in really big trouble...
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Gangsta. BD+DVD
anime
Gangsta's dark story gets off to an intriguing start before things start to go wrong. Rebecca Silverman digs deeper.
― In ancient Rome, ergastula were pits specifically meant to hold unruly slaves or to punish misbehaving ones. In Gangsta., Ergastulum (the singular form of the word) is a city in an unnamed country that may as well be a pit trap intended to punish the wicked. The world that Worrick, A...