In the end, Josee, The Tiger and the Fish is a beautifully animated film about the struggles of the physically-disabled and the mindset needed to obtain your dreams.― Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, the new anime film based on the 1985 Seiko Tanabe-penned short story of the same name, premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2020 this past week. On its most surface level, it is the story of...
Even as someone who is an easy mark for Arthurian myth, I found it all rather… bland.― Let's take a page from Merlin's tome and start with the staff. Last Round Arthurs is a manga adaptation of the light novel of the same name. It comes to us courtesy of author Taro Hitsuji who has written for works like Akashic Records of the Bastard Magic Instructor. The character designs are handled by Kiyotaka H...
Need some manga to get through the weekend? The FALL MANGA GUIDE is updating twice a day! Check out EIGHTY-SIX, THE WHITE CAT'S REVENGE, THE WRITER AND HIS HOUSEKEEPER, BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL, PRINCESS LEIA, and BLUE GIANT!― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2020 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television pr...
Anime NYC is New York's anime convention, and for the first time, it's going online this year - and open to the whole world! From November 17-20, enjoy four anime-packed evenings of virtual panels, interviews, watch parties, Japanese guests, and much more.― Anime NYC is New York's anime convention, and for the first time, it's going online this year - and open to the whole world! From November 17-2...
While this might sound like typical harem antics, this series goes beyond any other series of that type in that sex – sometimes even group sex – actually does happen.― This review covers both the anime series (which aired during the Summer 2020 season) and the first two volumes of the source manga, as both are available at roughly the same time. The first four anime episodes are an almost exact adap...
So you're a princess captured by the generic RPG's Big Bad. Your cell is drafty, the stone floor is cold, and you're the type that could feel a pea beneath a mountain of mattresses. What's a princess to do?― So you're a princess captured by the generic RPG's Big Bad. Your cell is drafty, the stone floor is cold, and you're the type that could feel a pea beneath a mountain of mattresses. What's a pr...
Obviously, the BIG thing this week is the launch of the Xbox Series consoles and the PlayStation 5! Also: SEGA says 'bye-bye' to arcades? Heidi has all the gaming news you need to know this week!― Hey again, folks! You might have noticed I wasn't around for This Week in Games last week, but that's okay – everyone was too busy determining the fate of the free world. As far as gaming news goes, last w...
My Broken Mariko feels like something I'd normally encounter in Western indie comics, and in that sense demonstrates that manga has just as much potential as any other medium.― Losing the people important to you can make you feel like you're at a crossroads in life. Society encourages us to find fulfillment in the people around us, not just objects or achievements—but the problem is that people are ...
Centering on Tomoyo Shiino as she deals with the fallout of the abrupt loss of her best friend Mariko, MY BROKEN MARIKO offers a poignant and unflinching exploration of suicide and its devastating impact on those left in its wake.― Centering on Tomoyo Shiino as she deals with the fallout of the abrupt loss of her best friend Mariko, MY BROKEN MARIKO offers a poignant and unflinching exploration of s...