Manga starts break on June 27, returns on July 25― The official Twitter account for Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga revealed on Tuesday that the manga will take a break for one month while Eiichiro Oda prepares for the manga's 25th anniversary celebrations and for the manga's "final saga." The manga will go on break from the 30th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump on June 27 until the 33rd issue....
Manga continues on June 24 with 6 chapters planned to end current arc; new arc planned after― The editing department of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine and manga creator Kouji Mori announced on Tuesday that the Berserk manga by the late Kentarou Miura will continue beginning with this year's 13th issue of Young Animal on June 24. The manga will first have six chapters that will go to the end of t...
Gen Sato, Konomi Tamura star in Liden Films project― The official website for the television anime of Makoto Ojir's Insomniacs After School) (Kimi wa Hōkago Insomnia) manga debuted the anime's first promotional video and first key visual on Wednesday. The video announces the anime's main cast, main staff, and 2023 premiere. The main cast members are: Gen Sato as Ganta Konomi Tamura as Isaki Yūki Ike...
Film earns US$188,269,000 in U.S.― Box Office Mojo records Paramount Pictures' Sonic the Hedgehog 2 sequel film as earning a cumulative total of US$188,269,000, ranking #8 in its ninth weekend in the United States. The film earned approximately US$1,724,877 over the weekend, earning US$445,000 on Friday, US$710,000 on Saturday, and US$570,000 on Sunday. The film screened in 2,092 theaters, and had a...
Revue Starlight The Movie addresses and fixes nearly all my quibbles with the series by burning off the fat and violently compressing the remaining stylistic meat into a brilliant multi-faceted diamond.― Revue Starlight The Movie is a sequel in the familiar sense of the word. It follows up on the conclusion of the television series, and gives its characters another chance to soak in the limelight be...
Macross Frontier: The False Songstress and The Wings of Farewell have had official English subtitles for nearly a decade. Here's the story of a trio of fans and the team at YTV who made it happen.― Fun fact: the final scene was left out of the script of Wings of Farewell to avoid any leaks of who Alto would choose. Sheryl or Ranka? Photo credits: Sean McCann On May 20th 2022, Big West and Fathom Ev...
What goes better with an art contest than an awesome tablet?Simban has provided us with one PicassoTab XL and two PicassoTabs to give away to ANN entries in the Grand Marshal's Gala!― Anime News Network is helping the Alchemy Stars Operations Team celebrate the one-year anniversary of the hyper popular mobile game. Haven't heard about Alchemy Stars yet? Read more about it here. These two contests a...
Kaguya-sama and SPY x FAMILY both ramp up the romantic developments. Is a confession on the horizon?― Spy x Family & Kaguya-sama: Who Will Confess First? Kaguya-sama and Spy x Family both ramp up the romantic developments-- is a confession on the horizon? The ANN After Show streams live on Mondays at 6pm PDT/9pm EDT. You can find us live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Spaces or listen to the pod...
Even if the status quo is maintained at the end of the film, Cucuruz Doan still tells a satisfying adventure that fits seamlessly within the larger narrative of Mobile Suit Gundam.― The existence of this film is an oddity, being a retelling of the 15th episode of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series. Apparently, that episode had some issues on the visual production side, prompting its omission fro...
Ikkitousen, a 2000s-era series about reincarnated fighters from Romance of Three Kingdoms beating the crap out of each other with plenty of nudity is back. Prepare yourself for unabashed T&A in This Week in Anime!― Back in the early 2000s, one series was driving the fanservice caravan. Ikkitousen, a series about reincarnated fighters from Romance of Three Kingdoms beating the crap out of each other...
So many good episodes competing for the top spot. Meanwhile, Don't Hurt Me, My Healer looks like a shoo-in for the "Chaos Dragon" award. Check out our weekly user rankings!― 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 ra...
This novel series tries to mix things up a bit but ultimately is too devoted to the basic villainess story to truly achieve that, giving it that slightly stale feeling.― Forget Being the Villainess, I Want to be an Adventurer is, in its first two novels, a mix of checklist villainess isekai and something a bit more innovative. The story follows Serephione, daughter of the noble Granzeus family in a ...
In the four years since it first aired, DARLING in the FRANXX has had an unexpectedly long tail, inspiring even the likes of Kim Kardashian to dye her hair. Devout anime lover Xiran Jay Zhao found the sci-fi story a launch point for their bestseller Iron Widow.― In the four years since it first aired, DARLING in the FRANXX has had an unexpectedly long tail. According to Google Trends, the show exper...
This magical girl series is pushing towards its 40th birthday. Does it still have anything to offer to modern anime fans?― Falling between Magical Fairy Persia and Magical Idol Pastel Yumi is Magical Emi, the third of Studio Pierrot's early magical girl titles, and while the former hasn't been released in English as of this writing, Magical Emi is notably stronger than either Creamy Mami or Pastel Y...