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The List - 7 Excellent Exorcists
anime
If you've got a demon infestation in your neighborhood, these onmyouji may be just what the doctor ordered. Plus, your rankings of the best CLAMP series!
― Something seems different about your best friend. They hardly ever sleep, they're unsettlingly flexible, their voice has changed drastically, and they have a bad habit of projecting pea soup from their face. Not to mention they keep saying really...
The Devil is a Part-Timer! Novel 8
novels
The story enters its first larger continuity arc, bringing the stakes much higher for this previously episodic series. Theron Martin has the details.
― I haven't been doing reviews on the last few volumes of The Devil is a Part-Timer! because frankly, there hasn't been much to comment on. The overall story has been creeping along as it continues to drop hints of some bigger metaphysical conflict invo...
Interview: Atsumi Tanezaki
anime
The voice of Chise in the upcoming Ancient Magus' Bride anime discusses her new starring role and recent past work.
― The odds that you've heard veteran voice actress Atsumi Tanezaki in one of your favorite recent anime are pretty high – she's appeared in Mob Psycho 100, Sound! Euphonium Season 2, Keijo!!!!!!!!, Monster Musume and even for a moment in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans. You'll ...
ANNCast - Kemono Replicants
anime
Zac and Jacob spit a whole ocean of hot takes on the Blade Runner anime, the untimely betrayal of Kemono Friends, One-Punch Man Season 2 and your Twitter questions!
― ANNCast Episode 307 - Kemono Replicants Zac and Jacob spit a whole ocean of hot takes on the Blade Runner anime, the untimely betrayal of Kemono Friends, One Punch Man Season 2 and your Twitter questions! You can listen to the show on ...
Answerman - How Can You Tell If An Anime Is Popular?
anime
Can you tell if an anime is popular by relying solely on disc sales? With so many different revenue sources, how do production committees determine "success" in 2017? Justin gets into it.
― Ricardo asked: More times than not, Anime Fans seem to take sales figures as gospel of a series's popularity, if there's a chance to hope for a sequel, etc... but I've seen some authors, among them Durarara!'s, s...
Our Most Anticipated Anime of Fall 2017
anime
The upcoming fall season is overflowing with promising new shows that our team of critics can't wait to sink their teeth into! Here are our most anticipated autumn picks.
― The upcoming fall season is overflowing with promising new shows that our team of critics can't wait to sink their teeth into! Here are our most anticipated autumn picks, and be sure to share your own most-hyped new premieres with...
The Irregular at Magic High School Novel 5
novels
Despite the usual writing issues, this volume of short stories is a nice breather between arcs for the characters. Rebecca Silverman has the lowdown.
― Chronologically speaking, this fifth novel in the Irregular at Magic High School franchise fits in-between the second and third arcs of the anime – after the Nine Schools Competition and before the Yokohama Disturbance. Skipping over it in terms of an...
This Week in Anime - Where Did "My First Girlfriend is a Gal" Go Wrong?
anime
Straddling the line between romcom and fanservice show is no easy feat, but this gal-stacked effort falls on its face. We break down where this milkshake turned sour.
― My First Girlfriend is a Gal could have straddled the line between romcom and fanservice show gracefully, but the end result was less than successful. This week in anime, Jacob and Steve suss out where things went sour for these gals....
This Week in Games - Blue Reflection
games
What if the Persona games had magical girls in them? Dustin Bailey seeks to answer this question in his first look at Blue Reflection on the PS4.
― I'm finally filling in the holes in my Yakuza series knowledge, largely thanks to that reprint earlier this year that finally made the second game affordable again. I finished Yakuza 2 this week, and it deserves its fan-favorite position in the series. De...
She and Her Cat GN
manga
Makoto Shinkai's story of a young woman's life through the perspective of the cat she rescued is uniquely poignant. Rebecca Silverman explores this heartwarming tale.
― Have you ever seen the bumper sticker shaped like a pawprint that reads, “Who Saved Who?” That is the essence of Makoto Shinkai and Tsubasa Yamaguchi's manga version of Shinkai's short anime She and Her Cat. The story is told from the...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Sep 16-22
anime
Sakura Quest makes a surprise climb up the charts as the summer season winds down in the last few weeks of our user rankings. Find out where your favorites are settling in!
― Our team of reviewers are following 28 anime series of the Summer 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 ...
Interview: The Staff Behind Yuri on Ice
anime
Director Sayo Yamamoto, writer Mitsurou Kubo, and character design/animation director Tadashi Hiramatsu discuss how their story became a phenomenon at this year's AnimeFest.
― Yuri!!! on Ice is one of the biggest anime hits of the last few years. Its messages of love and overcoming self-doubt, alongside its stirring portrayals of competitive figure skating, have reached global audiences well outside ...
The Best and Worst Anime of Summer 2017
anime
The heat of summer is beginning to die down, which means it's time for our critics to pick the best and worst shows of this past anime season!
― The public pool sits empty, theme parks are closed during the week, and school is back in session, which means the summer is officially over! So it's time to decide: which shows were the best - and the worst - from this summer's anime? We asked our critics t...
K: Return of Kings BD/DVD
anime
This second season is a slight improvement over the first, with a little more story under its flashy style. Theron Martin has the details.
― If you have seen the first TV series of K but have not seen the movie K: Missing Kings then you should not begin this sequel, as starting right after the season-opening fight scene (which is either a flashback or a dream sequence) a lot of things will not make m...
No Game No Life Theatrical Ticket Give-Away
events
We've got tickets and merchandise to give-away for the upcoming No Game No Life Zero theatrical screenings.
― Azoland Pictures, Fathom Events and Sentai Filmworks are bringing No Game No Life Zero to select theaters nationwide for an exclusive two-day event. English subtitled screenings: Thursday October 5th English dubbed screenings: Sunday October 8th The screenings will also feature an exclusive ...