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The Strengths and Weaknesses of Miyazaki’s Anti-War Fairytale| Japanese Cinema Archives
The Strengths and Weaknesses of Miyazaki’s Anti-War Fairytale| Japanese Cinema Archives
Are Dark Elves your fetish? Are yandere girls? Well, if so, congratulations. If not… well, it’s best to simply move on and forget you saw anything at all.| Anime News Network - Review
This is one of those shows that is more than the sum of its parts. While it uses clichés left and right, it almost always goes beyond them to add an extra layer or two.| Anime News Network - Review
mono is an anime where the slice of life is done right, and makes for a worthy successor of its sibling series Yuru Camp.| Anime News Network - Review
This is an anime defined by its crazy tonal dissonance that vacillates between light-hearted/sexual comedy and over-the-top grimdark tragedy.| Anime News Network - Review
Qzil.la: “To best convey the unique appeal of the original game, we are producing it entirely with hand-drawn 2D animation, with no use of generative AI whatsoever”| Anime News Network - Interest
Godzilla Minus One, Kaguya-sama actresses star in National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives campaign| Anime News Network - Interest
As the gates of Hall 1, Nesco opened on the third day of the maiden edition of Anime India, anime lovers thronged the venue to soak in the energy of anime celebration and catch a glimpse of the eminent personalities like Tetsuro Araki, Rohan Joshi, Hideo Katsumata and so on. The Japanese culture focused confab attracted more than 29,000 anime fans over three days from 22 to 24 August. | www.animationxpress.com
Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker is the 16th film released for the franchise. Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker Directed by: Kobun Shizuno Written by: Kazunari Kouchi Starring: Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Rikiya Koyama, Wakana Yamazaki, Megumi Hayashibara, Naoko Matsui, Yukiko Iwai, Ikue Ohtani, Wataru Takagi, Kenichi Ogata, Atsuko Yuya, Kazuhiko Inoue, Toshio Furukawa, Chafurin Runtime: […]| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
Over at AeschTunes, my music blog, I’ve been posting reviews of anime theme songs. I started with the Winter 2024 season, took a break for the Spring and Summer 2024 seasons due to extenuating circumstances in my life at that point, and then resumed starting with the Fall 2024 season. Over time, I’ll be working […]| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
DMM.com LLC has announced the long-awaited anime adaptation of KILL BLUE, the smash hit manga by Tadatoshi Fujimaki (Kuroko’s Basketball, ROBOT×LASERBEAM), has officially been confirmed. Set to air in 2026, the series combines razor-sharp action with offbeat comedy in a premise unlike anything else: the world’s most fearsome assassin is forced to relive his youth, […]| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
Kaiju No. 8 THE GAME, co-produced by Akatsuki Games Inc., TOHO CO., LTD., and Production I.G, Inc., is proud to announce its official global launch as a Kaiju-Slaying Battle RPG on the App Store and Google Play, on August 31, 2025 JST. Crush Colossal Kaiju with a Game-Changing Blow! Kaiju-Slaying Battle RPG Kaiju No. 8 […]| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
It’s the time of year for the Japanese schools to host their festivals or fairs or whatever and open their stalls and whatnot. At least, at the time this episode of Food for the Soul takes place. Look, I’m an American who grew up around anime and manga. That’s not the same as someone who […]| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
This weekend at Anime NYC, The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity bloomed on U.S. soil with a premiere that left the hall filled to capacity and ringing with thunderous applause. Both longtime original manga readers and new fans experienced the world premiere of the English dub of Episode 1, marking the anime’s very first screening […]| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
Quick Announcement: The list of links for my reviews of Fall 2024 anime season theme songs at my music blog (AeschTunes) will be going live on Sunday, August 31, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. PDT/1:00 p.m. EDT. Here are the anime, manga, and light blog posts that grabbed my attention this week: Apocalypse Hotel – Episode […]| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
It has been announced that singer and voice actress Nao Toyama will be singing “Namida no Recipe,” the ending theme song for Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi: Ni. This news comes weeks after it was announced that her single “Tooryanse” was chosen as the opening theme song. It will be released November 5, 2025 on the same […]| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
Sideshow has teamed up with The Pokémon Company International for an exciting new lineup of officially licensed collectible statues celebrating the iconic Pokémon world. The range launched with an …| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
One might scoff at the notion: “Influencers are making anime now?” Such reductive thinking conflicts with the reality that the lines between industry professionals and content creators have been steadily blurring.| Anime News Network - Interview
We talked at length about the adaptation process, potential influences, and how the politically fraught world of Leviathan resonates with our own.| Anime News Network
We break down everything we know about the highly anticipated second season of the live-action adaptation of the legendary manga, including new characters, story arcs, the release date, and more.| Articles – Rotten Tomatoes
There’s been a lot of talk recently about Hollywood’s inability to get men to watch what it’s been producing. It’s … Continue reading "One Form Of Entertainment Is Flourishing While Hollywood Fails, And It’s Using LEGO Science"| GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT
We’ve been waiting for this one! After a few teasers, including as recently as gamescom - featuring a very hot anime man, MiHoYo has finally lifted the veil off the major upcoming Genshin Impact chapter. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
The latest game in the grand HoYoverse has been unveiled. This morning, Chinese developer MiHoYo announced a new entry in the Honkai series - Honkai: Nexus Anima. The game was initially teased during Honkai: Star Rail’s anniversary concert back in May, but it’s been officially revealed today. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
I am a big Game Jam Doer - in the early 2010s I believe I once did eight in one year. I've fallen off pretty hard over the last few years - game jams eat a weekend, and I'm gaining more and more weekend responsibilities that make it hard for me to spend three days in a row desperately making a game.| Laura Michet's Blog
Star Wars' upcoming animated anthology series will break new ground for the sci-fi franchise.| Inverse
If I was in Texas, I would (possibly) be going to prison for watching Please Put Them On, Takamine-san. In my quest to expand my exposure to stories I| Japan Powered
Based on the garage kit sculpted by Shibi, this completed PVC figure has been fully redesigned and painted! It has been crafted with meticulous attention to detail, making it a must-have item for all fans.| Anime News Network - Advertorial
The most successful movie of 2025 isn’t a comic book movie; it’s animated, and it’s not in theaters. KPop Demon … Continue reading "The Most Successful Movie Of 2025 Skipped Theaters For Netflix"| GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT
Over the last 40/50 years, we have witnessed the rise of anime on major television channels and the spread of anime and manga […] L'articolo Giappone, l’ossessione dell’hentai, anime e manga pedopornografici. Che spopola anche in Italia<br /><span class='post-summary' style='font-size: 17px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; display: block; font-family: source sans pro; padding-top: 10px;'>La legge giapponese punisce la vendita e la distribuzione ma non il possesso. Ed è spesso aggi...| FeministPost
Genshin Impact’s big annual update is not far off. Thanks to this year’s gamescom, we’ve got our first look at one of the new characters joining the game’s roster with the upcoming expansion: Flins, the latest in Genshin's long line of eligible-and-they-know-it husbandos — and if you’re a longtime player, you’ve probably been expecting him. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
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Adam and Hilary return for the Johnny Arc of "To Be Hero X," which offers both familiar comforts and unexpected surprises. The post Anime Review: TO BE HERO X reveals Big Johnny’s secret appeared first on K-Comics Beat.| K-Comics Beat
Get ready for comedic hijinks when "Dragon Girl" launches on LAFTEL. The post DRAGON GIRL animation announces October premiere appeared first on K-Comics Beat.| K-Comics Beat
This anime had me eating good in more ways than one.| Anime News Network - Review
The story continues strong in the second half of the series, and central to that is the idea that being a team is a major facet of the way these Cures function.| Anime News Network - Review
If you have a little Sanrio fan in your home who wants to watch this, I’d suggest watching it with them, because there are some genuinely scary elements to what at first looks sickly-sweet.| Anime News Network - Review
How do you recommend media that is so soaked in tragedy, shock value, and inherently horrific subject matter?| Anime News Network - Review
This show has all the tools it needs to be great; it just needs to find the best way to utilize and bring the most out of those tools.| Anime News Network - Review
Even if you fail in making the world a better place, someone who sees you fail may be inspired to continue in your stead.| Anime News Network - Review
This anime is a failure on pretty much every conceivable level.| Anime News Network - Review
This show left me with a certain type of anger.| Anime News Network - Review
It simply could be that it’s not meshing with me personally as much as nearly every other season of Precure, but something about this simply isn’t working as well as it ought to, and that’s a shame.| Anime News Network - Review
Thematically, this story asks the question: Does the world need the likes of Lupin III and the gang? Would things be better without them?| Anime News Network
Genshin Impact will undergo some major changes starting next month, which will make it unplayable on a number of older devices. This, unfortunately, includes the PlayStation 4, where the game is no longer going to be supported, or available to download. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
Over the weekend, HoYoverse delivered some big news for Honkai: Star Rail enjoyers. The latest special program livestream spells all the beans on the game’s next update, version 3.5. Dubbed Before Their Deaths, the update kicks off the second half of the Amphoreus Journey story, and it goes live on August 13. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
The Genshin Impact Special Program has come and gone, and it brought us the news we’d been expecting about the game’s next major release. Version 5.8 - dubbed Sunspray Summer Resort - will arrive on July 30. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
Today is a big day for Honkai: Star Rail, and everyone who’d been looking forward to the game’s first (and long-teased) collaboration event. The free-to-play RPG welcomes the world of Fate/stay night as part of this new event. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
The big Honkai: Star Rail version 3.4 livestream took place earlier today, right on schedule. As with every major new iteration of the incredibly popular HoYoverse game, the main thing people have been looking forward to has been, of course, the new characters. The livestream did, indeed, show off the new characters that will be arriving in the free-to-play RPG soon. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
Rock is a Lady's Modesty sits in the girl-band subgenre of the greater yuri genre. The anime has overt lesbian tones to it, but with a twist. In order to| Japan Powered
I know what some of y’all may be thinking, either by watching the series yourself or reading my write-ups: “If they have this much food so often, shouldn’t they be gaining weight?” This episode con…| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
Producer Yoshiko Nakayama and voice actor Honoka Inoue share their affinity for Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved heroine and how they tackled bringing her tale to a new generation of anime fans| Anime News Network - Interview
Kobayashi shared how he became familiar with his character Yoshiki's unique rural dialect used in The Summer Hikaru Died, and his friendship with co-star Shūichirō Umeda.| Anime News Network - Interview
It was no small feat taking Gachiakuta from the pages of the manga to screens in full animated glory, and the results speak for themselves.| Anime News Network - Interview
A couple of weeks ago, in July 2025, Ironmouse, the face of the Western hemisphere’s largest Vtuber company, VShojo, severed her contract with the company. It quickly became clear that the re…| Eiri Sanada
If you haven’t seen Takopi’s Original Sin, stop reading this and go watch this anime–unless you struggle with mental health and suicidal thoughts. Takopi’s Original Sin is a rough watch with beautifully ugly, deceptively difficult animation. It has 6 episodes on Crunchyroll. I will have to spoil the story to discuss the many layers...| Japan Powered
I grew up reading high and dark fantasy, such as The Wheel of Time, Conan the Barbarian, Shannara, and so on. As a 1980s-1990s kid/teen, I consumed cheesy sword-and-sandal films like Ator: The Fighting Eagle, hair-metal music videos like Dio’s Holy Diver, Choose Your Own Adventure books, and other fantasy. I never got into Dungeons...| Japan Powered
Osamu Tezuka is considered by consensus as the “father of manga” and the pioneer of the medium. However, he didn’t invent manga or its offshoot anime. Manga as a medium dates back into history, beyond the Edo period, with comedic scrolls of various sorts, including “fart scrolls“. Tezuka took all of these elements along with...| Japan Powered
Robotech is a classic mashup anime, dating well before moe became the dominate style. The anime is actually a combination of several anime spliced into a single story. This was fairly common in American anime releases back in the day. Robotech comes from an era when television anime had a more limited budget and fewer...| Japan Powered
Anime and manga’s harem subgenre doesn’t share many links with historical harems once you get under the surface. The genre features a group of love interests which surround the protagonist. More specifically, a harem story features a male who is surrounded by females, and a reverse harem features a female who is surrounded by males....| Japan Powered
The strength of outward courage is like fire; the strength of inner courage is like water. Fire is forceful yet weak, while water is yielding yet so powerful nothing can oppose it. One with outward courage, like fire, has a weakness; one with inner courage, like water, is extremely powerful. –Adachi Masahiro The most common...| Japan Powered
To this day, Star Wars has been a big influence on pop culture as we know it. One of those major influences that inspired George Lucas to make franchise was| FandomWire
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera stage musical is being adapted into an anime which will combine two vastly different industries.| FandomWire
The new Fortnite season started about three weeks ago and Epic Games are now adding its first anime collaboration of the season. Popular shonen anime, My Hero| FandomWire
The new arcade games just keep on coming with Bandai Namco, as today they have sprung a surprise announcement on us – a new video punching/boxing arcade game based on the huge One Piece anime and manga series, One Piece Dawn Strike. Let’s take a look at the information on it out there so far… [&hellip The post Bandai Namco Announces One Piece Dawn Strike – New Punching Arcade Game appeared first on Arcade Heroes.| Arcade Heroes
The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Suikoden: The Anime, the adaptation of Konami's Suikoden II game's story, launched on Tuesday, and announced...| Anime News Network - Daily Briefs
I share what I've been into during December 2024, including Elden Ring and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure!| Adventure Rules
What have I been up to (and not writing about) in November?| Adventure Rules
This review contains spoilers for both the Attack on Titan series and The Last Attack film. Attack on Titan has reached critical success as one of the most popular anime series since its debut in 2013, with its masterful world-building, soundtrack, animation, and voice acting. The creator Hajime Isayama’s skillful storytelling reveals no more than […] The post The Last Attack and a Grand Finale: Reviewing the Attack on Titan Film appeared first on The Triton.| The Triton
This is a show where the first half definitely stands out more to me because of its found family theme and the fact that the character dynamics were put more front and center. But unfortunately, we began to lose steam by the second half.| Anime News Network - Review
The real secret sauce of Maebashi Witches is that it fearlessly tackles thorny topics with an uncommon degree of sensitivity.| Anime News Network - Review
Discover the best fan-made KPop Demon Hunters crochet patterns! From Huntrix amigurumi dolls to Derpy Tiger plushies. Free and paid designs available.| www.onceuponacheerio.com
Exploring the Cultural Connections in A Silent Voice| JCA
We spoke with director Yusuke Suzuki about adapting Sai Naekawa's manga to the screen, casting the perfect voice actors for the main character trio, and how he set the stage for this supernatural human drama.| Anime News Network - Interview
The lead voice actors for Marin Kitamura and Wakana Gojo share their favorite costumes, their favorite moments from the series, and more.| Anime News Network
Et c’est parti pour le bilan culturel et créatif du mois de Juillet, toujours sous le signe de l’Imaginaire : lectures, films, K-Drama, anime, écriture et crochet… it’s raining, alleluia ! Les nouveaux venus dans la PAL Pour le mois : Entrées = 5 ; Sorties = 3 ; Différentiel 2025 : +9 (A ma … Lire la suite de Les Symphonews inachevées – Juillet 2025| L'Imaginaerum de Symphonie
Mamoru Hosoda has delivered countless incredible films that blend character driven narratives with magical realism. Here we rank his best.| But Why Tho?
Genuine industry advice on how to join a Vtuber talent agency, and a story of how I failed to learn how to join a Vtuber agency.| Eiri Sanada
My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 Episode 4 sees Marin chosen to represent their class in a pageant that requires her dress as a man.| But Why Tho?
A familiar villain returns in the dull yet action-heavy Kaiju No 8 Season 2 Episode 2 as Narumi continues to prove why he's a standout character.| But Why Tho?
7th Prince has some cool ideas that I desperately wish it pursued to any meaningful extent. But instead, we got a royal snooze fest.| Anime News Network
The first season of the story of Oguri Cap stands apart from its previous Uma Musume brethren—and arguably stands above many of them.| Anime News Network
The problem with this film is not the story being told but rather how that story is being told| Anime News Network
We need to find the remaining of Lucius' Pokémon, including the Black Rayquaza. All of that sounds really exciting, right? So why is half of this batch of episodes so boring?| Anime News Network
The uncensored version of the cult anime film Fist of the North Star has recently been found.| SAKURA CENTRAL
Well. Here we are. The 4th of July was last week, which hasn’t been one of my favorite holidays for a while—my cats do not approve of fireworks—but feels especially bleak this year since thin…| My Geek Blasphemy
On its most basic level, this first arc of episodes is a story of the rich exploiting the poor, and the poor accepting it.| Anime News Network
"Detectives These Days Are Crazy!" Episode 1 is off-the-wall fun with sharp comedy and a dose of millennial pain.| The Beat
"When I'm watching Hollywood movies with car chases in the theater, I get so excited by the speed that I feel like I can't breathe."| Anime News Network
Top WEBTOON creators explored how fights in East Asian media blend emotion, philosophy, and pacing to create impactful storytelling.| K-Comics Beat
Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. has announced its lineup of Gundam-related activities at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC), one of the world’s largest pop culture and entertainment conventions. The event will…| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
Anime talents behind Frieren, The Elusive Samurai, & Your Name reflect on industry hardships and whether unionization could be the key to lasting reform.| Anime News Network - Interview
If there's a director who embodies the childlike wonder of believing that a man can fly, look no further than Hiroshi Nagahama.| Anime News Network
After an impressive start, this period supernatural show is hampered by terrible action scenes and squandered potential, but it's still watchable and interesting.| Anime News Network
Kotono Mitsuishi joins cast as Hikaru Shinomiya; OneRepublic returns for new ending song "Beautiful Colors"| Anime News Network
I would put this in my top three Detective Conan movies.| Anime News Network
Virgin Punk is the most gorgeously animated 35 minutes of ultraviolent anime I've ever seen.| Anime News Network
Blood Blockade Battlefront's Rie Matsumoto helms anime at Bones Film| Anime News Network
Shirohiyo manages to glide to a stop, like a sled on a hill that’s not quite steep enough for good sledding.| Anime News Network
Mako Hisamaku's story of girl living, working at manga café for free tuition| Anime News Network
