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My Dress-Up Darling Manga Puts 1 Million More Copies in Circulation Since Anime Premiered

Feb 3, 17:25

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Manga now has 4.5 million total in circulation ― Aniplex announced on Thursday that Shinichi Fukuda's My Dress-Up Darling (Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru) manga has 4.5 million copies in circulation. The manga has 1 million more copies in circulation compared to the start of the year, before the manga's television anime premiered on January 8. The numbers above are not sales statistics. The manga ha...

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Backflip!! Episodes 1-12

Feb 3, 12:00

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On the surface, Backflip!! might look like another entry in a boys sports team series. Caitlin Moore discusses what makes it something special. ― To be honest, Backflip!! is a tough show to review. Written out, the story sounds like a cookie-cutter post-Free! sports anime, with a young man stumbling into a team of quirky but talented underdogs determined to finally make it to the Big Sports Competiti...

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This Week in Anime - Did Den-noh Coil Predict the Future?

Feb 3, 10:00

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TWIA continues its week revisiting the works of Mitsuo Iso with a look at Den-noh Coil. Long regarded as underrated, the lauded sci-fi series is available again via streaming. ― TWIA continues its week revisiting the works of Mitsuo Iso with a look at Den-noh Coil. Long regarded as underrated, the lauded sci-fi series is available again via streaming. Steve and Jean-Karlo look at the first half of t...

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Alice in Kyoto Forest GN 1

Feb 2, 12:00

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We can tell very quickly that she's no longer in our world, not just because most of the people are gadding about in kimono and hand-drawn carts, but because the tails that some people have are clearly not a fashion accessory. ― If the name Mai Mochizuki sounds familiar, that's because this is her second English-language release: she's also the author of the Holmes of Kyoto light mysteries. But even ...

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Waifu Watching: What I've Learned from Joining a VTuber's Pack

Feb 2, 09:00

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You'd be surprised at the kinds of people you'd meet in these kinds of circles. In my time, I've met electricians, veterans, geologists, musicians. There are also people old enough to have watched Max Headroom back when it was new. ― Losing a friend doesn't just mean losing a beloved companion. It can also mean having to deal with the plain old minutiae of their absence. In my case, the loss of a clo...

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The ANN Aftershow - Eren Jaeger: Natural Born Killer?

Feb 1, 14:30

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Lynzee, Jacki, and James travel through time as Attack on Titan is set to reveal the true history of the Eren and Zeke's father, Grisha. ― The ANN Aftershow - Eren Jaeger: Natural Born Killer? Lynzee, Jacki, and James travel through time as Attack on Titan is set to reveal the true history of the Eren and Zeke's father, Grisha. Make sure to tune into the ANN Aftershow live on YouTube on Mondays at 6...

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World Trigger Season 3

Feb 1, 12:00

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Lack of a concrete ending notwithstanding, this is still an excellent season overall, and definitely worth watching if you've previously enjoyed World Trigger. ― It finally happened. After a six-year hiatus, a split cour, and at least two weather-related delays, World Trigger has finally been able to conclude the Rank Wars arc. It feels like forever ago that Daisuke Ashihara took his sci-fi battle se...

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This Week in Anime - The Deep Themes of Orbital Children

Feb 1, 10:00