New season, new rankings. Come and see which series have the favor of the moment! Did Oshi no Ko manage to snag first place?― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season,
based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews
and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts. Keep in mind that these rankings are based on how people rated individual ...
Bushiroad's DJ-centric series doubles its cast and settles into a slice-of-life vibe. This lack of focus lets fans all get a moment with their favorite group, albeit at the expense of a higher-stakes plot.― Right off rip, it's apparent this assignment was handed down for D4DJ All Mix: Fully introduce all the DJ units who weren't in the first season, and do…something with them. The original D4DJ Firs...
Anime's Mugen Train Arc began streaming on January 21― The official Twitter account for the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime revealed on Monday that Netflix has begun streaming the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yūkaku-hen) television anime. Netflix began streaming Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc, a seven-episode arc that adapts the Mu...
Company to form Bushiroad Works on July 3― Bushiroad announced last week that it is splitting its consolidated subsidiary Bushiroad Creative to establish a new company Bushiroad Works on July 3. Bushiroad Works will be in charge of publishing magazines and books, planning and operating comic websites, and creating new intellectual property (IP). Bushiroad will also transfer Bushiroad Well-Be, its su...
Vice president, COO has been with company since 2014― In an email sent to Crunchyroll staff and shared with Anime News Network, anime retailer Right Stuf vice president and chief operating officer Christine Morgan has left Right Stuf and Crunchyroll as of March 31. Her LinkedIn profile lists her as working in Right Stuf from July 2014 to April 2023. ANN reached out to Crunchyroll for comment, but Cr...
Company releases film with English dub/sub this summer― GKIDS announced on Monday that it has acquired the North American distribution rights for The First Slam Dunk, the new anime film of Takehiko Inoue's Slam Dunk basketball manga. It will release the film in theaters across the United States and Canada with both an English dub and with Japanese audio and English subtitles this summer. GKIDS descr...
Mukai plays reincarnated Shokatsu Kōmei (a.k.a. Zhuge Kongming/Zhuge Liang) this fall― Fuji TV announced on Monday that it is producing a live-action series adaptation of Yuto Yotsuba and Ryō Ogawa's Ya Boy Kongming! (Paripi Kōmei) manga that will premiere on Fuji TV this fall. Osamu Mukai (seen in costume below) will play the titular Shokatsu Kōmei (Zhuge Kongming, better known in history as Zhuge ...
May is for Manga! Check out the new May releases in the guide, including SHAMAN KING FLOWERS, ELDEN RING: The Road to the Erdtree, and more!― Banner art by catfish Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2023 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs at the beginning of a season. Now, doing...
Show-ha Shoten! expands his comedy repertoire with new side-splitting characters.― Show-Ha Shoten! was a genuine surprise. I always like reading a good comedy that gets me to laugh and distracts me from the world being on fire outside my window. But I never thought I would find so much enjoyment in a series that's literally about breaking down what makes something funny. It's like reading a shonen a...
Kizuna Ai broke ground for the VTuber space when she debuted in 2016, earning worldwide recognition. As the VTuber-sphere expanded beyond her, the idol's virtual footprint shrank. The Kizuna no Allele anime looks to bring her to the forefront of the conversation again, but its approval-by-committee approach runs antithesis to the freedom that VTubing can bring creators.― Kizuna Ai broke ground for ...
With an assassin on the loose and the Queen bedridden, the Royal Family is on high alert in this second high-stakes spy romp.― If the first Crown Handler film is about Ange, this second film is about Charlotte. With an assassin on the loose and the Queen bedridden, the Royal Family is on high alert. This is especially true for those in the direct line of succession. With Richard (the third in line t...
MAN WITH A MISSION's Jean-Ken Johnny gushes to ANN about the theme songs in the newest Demon Slayer season, plus the band's upcoming international tour.― You can always count on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba theme songs to grab your attention. The opening and theme songs of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc feature a team-up between two top artists in Japan: rock band Man With a...
Concerned about the "mythologization" growing up around Ghibli British academic Rayna Denison offers several alternative perspectives on the acclaimed anime studio and spotlights its less-touted but still wildly talented staff.― It has been a decade since Studio Ghibli last released a hit film, Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises in 2013. Since then, anime films by other creators have challenged Ghibli'...