Crashing Japan
- One Week in Tokyo (Sep 30)
- The Scribe (Aug 24)
- On the Road for Golden Week (May 4)
- Pop Japan Travel: Day 1 (part 2) (Jan 3)
- Pop Japan Travel: Day 1 (Jul 12)
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ANNCast - Winter Wasteland
anime
Zac Bertschy and Hope Chapman duke it out over Konosuba, gush over Lupin III and hash out the rest of the winter 2016 anime season!
― ANNCast Episode 248: Winter Wasteland Zac Bertschy and Hope Chapman duke it out over Konosuba, gush over Lupin III and hash out the rest of the winter 2016 anime season! You can listen to the show on our player here, direct-download the MP3 version here, or you can ju...
A Fire Burns in Concrete Revolutio
anime
Justice, peace, and freedom - can any one hero truly fight for them all? If your peace violates my freedom, who is right? Nick Creamer explores the themes of Shou Aikawa's Concrete Revolutio.
― Fires burn in the streets, born of anger at a system that kills those it's sworn to protect. Citizens rally to any leader that speaks in their voice, united less by pride or conviction than by an overriding fe...
The Devil is a Part-Timer! Novel 3
novels
The third novel continues the story beyond the anime adaptation, making it clearer that there is a much bigger story involved than what the anime version hinted at.
― With its third novel The Devil is a Part-Timer continues the story beyond its anime adaptation, in the process making it clearer that there is a much bigger story involved than what the anime version hinted at. Minor revelations through...
Anime Spotlight - Please tell me! Galko-chan
Galko-chan may look like a player but as they say looks can be deceiving!
― Please tell me! Galko-chan Visit the Official Site › Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery Broadcast Begins January 2016 (JST) Key Staff Director: Keiichiro Kawaguchi (Minami-ke Tadaima, Moetan) Character Design: Kenji Fujisaki (B-Daman CrossFire, Blood Lad) Introduction Is it true that Galko-chan is going to become ...
The X Button - See the Future
games
This week: Todd tells us what 2016 holds for Nintendo, Capcom, and the rest of the game industry! Plus Story of Seasons, Mario toys brought to video-game life, and a continuing contest!
― The X Button has next week off, so you'll get even more free time to enter the ongoing contest. It's all about explaining why video games are high-minded art…especially when they're not. I want your best pseudo-int...
Livingstone GN 1
manga
Livingstone adapts Tomohiro Maekawa's stage play about the way lives can veer from a soul's chosen path in a first volume that is a little too recognizable.
― There are as many different beliefs about souls and the afterlife as there are religions in the world. Some believe that to name a child after a living person will render the older person a ghost, as his soul will be transferred to the child; o...
Your Daily Streaming Reviews Schedule: Winter 2016
anime
Here's what will be reviewed and by whom for Anime News Network's Daily Streaming program over the winter 2016 season!
― This season's poll results have been tallied and we've put together the schedule for the Winter 2016 Daily Streaming Reviews! There was a much steeper drop-off this time between shows with tons of viewer interest and shows with almost no interest at all, so there's unfortunately a ...
The Winter 2016 Anime Preview Guide
anime
The Winter 2016 Anime Preview Guide has completed! Take a guided tour through this season's new shows, big and small.
Available Now: KONOSUBA, AOKANA, Schwarzes Marken, Rainbow Days, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, Dimension W, Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R, BBK/BRNK, Luck & Logic and much much more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Winter 2016 Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics write ...
Available Now: KONOSUBA, AOKANA, Schwarzes Marken, Rainbow Days, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, Dimension W, Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R, BBK/BRNK, Luck & Logic and much much more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Winter 2016 Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics write ...
Answerman - Why Does CG Anime Have Such Low Frame Rates?
anime
With BBK/BRNK airing now and more and more fully-CG anime hitting theaters and the airwaves, most folks seem to agree that it looks pretty off. What's up with that?
― Scott asks: Hello! Recently I've seen some talk about anime CGI in regards to frame rates. I've read that Japanese animators tend to cut frames leading to not-so-great-looking final products. Can you explain the mechanics of this and w...
The Rise of Masashi Ishihama: From The New World to Garakowa
anime
Kevin Cirugeda introduces you to the soaring career of Masashi Ishihama, an impressive animator whose work on the cult hit From the New World should get you pretty excited about his brand-new film, Garakowa.
― It was well over two years ago when the existence of Garakowa – Save the World was first hinted at (under the name D.backup then), as the scenario that won Pony Canyon's creative contest awarde...
Yowamushi Pedal GN 1
anime
Yowamushi Pedal's first volume takes a little while to get going, but then this story about a boy discovering the world of competitive cycling starts to fly.
― Bicycles are a part of many peoples' childhoods – learning to ride a bike is the first taste of freedom for a lot of kids as suddenly they have access to places farther away than mere walking could take them. It's a rite of passage in a lot of...
Concrete Revolutio
anime
Concrete Revolutio spins a classic examination of heroism into an exciting and sprawling treatise on power, justice, and the nature of society.
― Concrete Revolutio is packed with more superbeings than you could possibly ask for. There are traditional sentai warriors here, and child geniuses piloting giant mechas. There are massive beasts created by government experiments, and cyborg detectives sworn...
Anime Spotlight - Prince of Stride Alternative
First year students Takeru Fujiwara, Nana Sakurai and Riku Yagami are ready to take on the challenge of bringing Honan High School's stride team back to the top!
― Prince of Stride Alternative Visit the Official Site › Story Characters Trailer Cast & Staff Gallery Broadcast Begins January 5, 2016 (JST) Key Staff Director: Atsuko Ishizuka (No Game, No Life, Hanayamata) Series Composition: Taku Kishim...