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The Summer 2023 Trailer Watch Party!

by Lynzee Loveridge, Jacki Jing, James Beckett, & Geoff Thew, Jun 19th 2023

Get ready for the summer heat with another huge season of anime! Lynzee Loveridge, Jacki Jing, James Beckett, and Geoff Thew from Mother's Basement will watch all the anime trailers for the July 2023 season. Hop in the pool, bring your snacks and floaties, and watch with us! We'll be picking our favorites at the end.

Will we survive the entire stream? Will we unlock the hidden power of friendship and find our magical girl alter-egos? See for yourselves, live on Wednesday, June 21 at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern!

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Spring 2024, Apr 29-May 5

May 14, 00:00 anime

Train to the End of the World and Voice Actor Radio are getting a lot of love these last few weeks! Discover which other series stand out in 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 rankings...

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Pop Star Crystal Kay on Singing Anime Songs and Growing Up Mixed-Race in Japan

May 13, 19:00

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Crystal Kay previously sang themes for 2004's Fullmetal Alchemist and Nodame Cantabile ― Recently, Anime News Network was able to sit down with singer-songwriter Crystal Kay and talk about not only her involvement with anime over the years but also what it was like to grow up in Japan as the child of a Korean-Japanese mother and an African-American father. Anime fans likely know of Crystal Kay throug...

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The Dangerous Convenience Store Manhwa Volume 1 Review

May 13, 17:00 manga korean

The plot is excellent in the romance camp. Everything that happens is to get Eui-joon and Gunwoo together, and it works pretty well. ― You can read The Dangerous Convenience Store in English two ways. The first is to read it on the manhwa site/app Manta, which has all seventy-five chapters and four bonus stories available. The second is to read Seven Seas' print (or ebook) edition, which, as of this ...

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Made in Abyss Volumes 11-12 Manga Review

May 12, 17:00

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Some older mysteries inch closer to resolution as the true nature of the Abyss slowly comes into view, and long-posed questions start to be answered. ― Sometimes, being a fan of Akihito Tsukushi's acclaimed Made in Abyss series means acclimating to suffering. Like many Western devotees, I was introduced to this bizarre, squishy, disturbing world via the 2017 first season of Kinema Citrus' fantastic a...

news

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Odekake Kozame Anime About Young Shark Gets New Series (Updated)

May 12, 16:13

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anime

60th, final episode of previous anime streamed on YouTube on Friday ― The official Twitter account for the anime of Penguin Box's Odekake Kozame (Little Shark's Outings) manga announced on Friday that the manga will get a new anime series. Update: The staff revealed a visual for the new series in a press release on Saturday. The previous anime series debuted on YouTube last August, and its 60th and f...

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Akira Konno's Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo Comedy Manga Gets Anime

May 12, 16:08

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anime

Recently ended manga follows middle school student living with mysterious bird-looking creature ― Shogakukan announced on Friday that Akira Konno's Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo manga is inspiring an anime. The "bird(?) home comedy" manga's story starts when first-year middle school student Arata Kōda meets a mysterious bird-looking creature named Kujima in autumn. Hungry and craving Japanese food, Kujima ...

review

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Slam Dunk Anime Episodes 61-101

May 11, 17:00

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anime

As Slam Dunk reached its final stretch, I can see why this series is considered the sports classic that it is today. ― This is the largest batch of Slam Dunk episodes that I've reviewed thus far. Originally, I wanted to review the show in more even seasons, but given its overall pacing and release, it wasn't easy to find a moment where it felt right to stop and start again. However, as we approached ...

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The ANN Aftershow - Yatagarasu Gets Violent!

May 10, 18:30 anime

James and Lynzee discuss the latest episode of Yatagarsu. Plus, GoHands keeps making anime, and we don't know WHY. ― Yatagarasu Gets Violent! James and Lynzee discuss the latest episode of Yatagarsu, in which Wakamiya plays his hand to find out the truth behind his older brother's scheming to obtain the throne. Plus, GoHands keeps making anime, and we don't know WHY; Hunter x Hunter manga is on its ...

review

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Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Part 1 Anime Film Review

May 10, 17:00

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anime

Making a sequel to Code Geass is a daunting task. But with its fantastic main character and a story that doesn't undercut what came before, Rozé of the Recapture is on the right track. ― Making a sequel to Code Geass—especially one set close to the end of the series—is a daunting task. Any story that involves an ongoing war massively undercuts both the finale of the original anime and the sacrifices ...

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This Week in Games - Switchin' It Up

May 10, 15:00

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games

The Switch sequel console is finally happening! The details are scarce, but you can find out more in this week's column. Also: an interview with El Shaddai's Sawaki Takeyasu, Microsoft layoffs, and more. ― Welcome back, folks! What a wild week this has been for the gaming industry. We'll go further into it, but jeez. This past week also saw the disappearance of Capcom's Dark Void and Dark Void Zero. ...

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Creative Producer Goro Taniguchi, Director Junichi Yamamoto Talk Web3 Anime

May 10, 14:00

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anime

The Code Geass creator discusses his new project with Web3 company Azuki, Enter the Garden, and his hope that this new path could help the medium evolve. ― Los Angeles-based Web3 anime-styled brand Azuki and advertising conglomerate Dentsu debuted the first nine-minute episode of their joint anime endeavor, Enter the Garden, on April 30. The episode, which has already racked up a quarter of a million...