Background character who appeared in episode 2 will be replaced in rebroadcasts― The How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Ω official Twitter account posted a message from the production committee on Wednesday apologizing for episode 2's unauthorized use of a background character strongly resembling the hololive Virtual YouTuber Usada Pekora. After consulting the matter with hololive parent company Cover C...
Film has since been removed from store― The Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime was temporarily available for purchase digitally on the PlayStation Store via the PlayStation 4 console on Tuesday around 1:00 a.m. EDT. The movie was removed from the store after a few hours, and the store is now offering refunds to those who were able to purchase it before. ANN has contacted ...
Every three months close to 40 new anime series are released into the wild in hopes of finding their audience. If you're still trying to whittle down your Crunchyroll queue to the cream of the crop, here are the five series you absolutely do not want to miss based on my impeccable taste.― Every three months close to 40 new anime series are released into the wild in hopes of finding their audience. T...
Despite playing with expectations of what a historical anime should be, Thomas's Yasuke really feels like the only way I'd want Yasuke's story to be told.― Though Yasuke is only six episodes long, it manages to tell a very thoughtful story over two interconnected three-episode arcs. The first half of the series focuses on sketching out Yasuke's past, while the back half, which is more action-heavy, ...
The future of virtual idols looks bleak in Wit Studio's new original series. Diva dreams to live up to her namesake but a weird time-traveling teddybear has other ideas for her. Like preventing an impending war between AI and humans.― The future of virtual idols looks bleak in Wit Studio's new original series Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-. Diva dreams to live up to her namesake but a weird time-travel...
Show By Rock!! Stars!! brings all of the bands from the previous three seasons together, and while that does make for a crowded cast, it also gives us a very full picture of just what the Midi City music scene really has to offer.― Show by Rock!! Stars!! is the fourth season in the almost weirdly engaging Show by Rock franchise, picking up almost precisely where season three, Show by Rock Mashumaire...
Mercedez Clewis sat down with director LeSean Thomas to discuss the mystery of Yasuke, creating a new hero, and why Thomas doesn't create anime for otaku.― LeSean Thomas is known for a multitude of productions, and his latest work is Spring 2021's Netflix Original animation, Yasuke. Yasuke places the titular Yasuke – Japan's most famous and mysterious Black samurai – into a colorful world full of m...
The second match kicks off and the spotlight is on Tokoyami this week as he faces off against his Class 1-B counterpart, Vantablack. The two shadowy boys will have to outwit one another and Tokoyami has an ace up his sleeve thanks to his recent tutelage under Hawks.― The ANN Aftershow - My Hero Academia Ep 93: Emo Battle! Tokoyami's Time to Shine The second match kicks off and the spotlight is on T...
After Funimation recently beefed up its catalog with five Naruto films, Nick and Nicky decided to travel both time and space to find the true origins of Boruto's existence and how close he was to being snuffed out by a weird moon ninja.― After Funimation recently beefed up its catalog with five Naruto films, Nick and Nicky decided to travel both time and space to find the true origins of Boruto's e...
Did you catch the English release of Mugen Train over the weekend? Kim Morrissy weighs in on the crowd-pleasing smash hit.― It would be an understatement to say that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train had a lot of hype going into it. This record-breaking box office hit is, in the rawest definition of the word, a crowd-pleaser. Instead of telling a forgettable original story, it'...
For myself, where Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs excels is in how it captures youthful frustration. The primary antagonist could be said to be unfair social norms and expectations of its fantasy world.― I find myself very conflicted writing this review. Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs does so many things right, and seems to wan...
The recent discoveries of omitted paragraphs and rewrites in Seven Seas' light novel releases reignites censorship fears in the fandom community. What led to the changes and why was the negative reaction so strong?― Back in January, light novel fans on Reddit pointed out something disquieting about Seven Seas Entertainment's English version of Classroom of the Elite volume 7: Entire paragraphs from ...
In a tweet seemingly written by him before his passing, he laments that he “still had work he wanted to make,” but that someday maybe he'll be “reborn” to make good work once again.― On April 17th, 2021, acclaimed anime director Osamu Kobayashi passed away from kidney cancer at the age of 57. An extraordinary voice in the world of anime, fans and industry folks alike took to social media to lament ...