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  • The events here instead entirely focus on Kuroko (and to a lesser extent Uiharu) working with Shaei Miyama to thwart various accidents predicted by Shaei's Precognition ability.

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    A Certain Scientific Railgun T ‒ Episode 17

  • Haruno is resigned to her lot in life and tortures those around her—likely because misery loves company and because she wants everyone to be as disillusioned with life as she is

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    My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax ‒ Episode 4

  • act-age is, in a lot of ways, a classic rags-to-riches sports narrative. It's in these realistic, emotionally authentic details where it really becomes something unique and special.

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    act-age Volume 1

  • he Millionaire Detective exists in a space somewhere between James Bond and Batman, with fancy gadgets, random sexy ladies, and oodles of ludicrous tech and money.

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    The Millionaire Detective - Balance: UNLIMITED ‒ Episode 3

  • We interviewed Seiichi Nakayama, head of sound engineers at the production company G-angle, to gain some insight into the voice recording process post-COVID.

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    How Is Voice Recording in Japan Adapting to COVID-19?

  • It's slimes, slimes, and more slimes as Theron checks out the first three volumes of By the Grace of the Gods before the anime premieres this fall!

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    By the Grace of the Gods vol. 1-3

  • In a story that hinges so much on Subaru dying over and over again, it seems very significant to me that what drives his biggest character moments is love from other people.

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    Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- ‒ Episode 4

  • No anime production company has declared bankruptcy yet due to COVID-19, but according to the source, it is only a matter of time, given that roughly 40% of companies are in the red.

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    Tokyo Keizai: Poor Accounting at Animation Production Studios Is the Reason Behind Low Animator Wages

  • Hackers have cracked open Nintendo's vault to discover a plethora of development materials...including carpet-bombing Yoshi?

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    This Week in Games - The Gigaleak

  • That sense of imminent escalation continues in the episodes of Kill la Kill I visited this week, moving soundly into what I consider the “Things just keep happening” zone of Trigger shows.

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    Kill la Kill ‒ Episodes 17-18

  • Resplendent with recognizable landmarks like Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto in the fall makes a brilliant backdrop for our characters' minor melodramas.

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    Fruits Basket ‒ Episode 42

  • While this is absolutely a sweet story of intergenerational friendship, what's almost more striking is the way the two women treat their enjoyment of BL manga.

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    BL Metamorphosis GN 1 & 2

  • The apocalypse draws closer with each passing moment, we still don't know what exactly Paradise even is, and still those wolves keep on running.

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    Wolf's Rain ‒ Episodes 21-22

  • The musical mind behind sci-fi works such as Love, Death & Robots, Stephen Hopkins' Lost in Space, and Agent Carter talks about his love for synth and challenging himself.

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    Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Siege Composer Alexander Bornstein

  • As Kotetsu seems to be inching closer to the truth, Maverick institutes a different plan: alter the memories of everyone who knows Wild Tiger's real identity and implicate Kotetsu as a criminal.

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    Tiger & Bunny ‒ Episodes 20-22

  • Right before the action starts however, Nami's towel drops and half of Wano's population ends up skyrocketing away due to high pressure nosebleeds.

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    One Piece ‒ Episodes 931-933

  • I tremendously like how Sheyta is being handled here, with her realization that she had to try to cut everything until she found the one thing she did not want to cut: Iskahn.

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    Sword Art Online: Alicization War of Underworld Part 2 ‒ Episode 3

  • Thankfully, there are some solid punch-em-ups to be had in “Groping through the Fire," despite its inconsistent presentation, because Shinra's fight with Charon is positively badass.

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    Fire Force ‒ Episode 28

  • Faye revisits her high school fav RWBY in Viz's newest manga release to see how it compares to the animated original series.

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    RWBY: The Official Manga Volume 1

  • Basically, this is a dream-sharing scenario, with the eponymous Dream Ranker being an individual who can create high-quality dreams for others

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    A Certain Scientific Railgun T ‒ Episode 16

  • At the end of the day there are still four Masters and four Servants left, just not entirely in the orientation that the war started in, and things are heating up once again.

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    Fate/Zero ‒ Episodes 16-17

  • Following acclaim for his directorial work on the technically impressive Garo -Vanishing Line- anime series, Sunghoo Park has continued to be the man to watch at studio MAPPA.

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    Interview with Rising Star Sunghoo Park, Director of The God of High School

  • RADWIMPS lead vocalist Yōjirō Noda has been a source of online backlash for over a week after publishing a tweet described as "Pro-Eugenics." On July 16,...

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    RADWIMPS Band's Yōjirō Noda Attracts Backlash After Pro-Eugenics Tweet

  • Haruichi Furudate's Haikyu!! manga came to a close on Monday with underdog Hinata and star setter Kageyama inspiring a whole new generation of future athletes....

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    Animate, Tobu Zoo Cheer On Haikyu!! in Collab Campaigns

  • Resident Sakura Wars expert Samantha Ferreira gives the lowdown on the anime's latest installment and whether it captures the original's steampunk musical magic!

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    Sakura Wars the Animation

  • The Attack on Titan series is collaborating with the Oita-based sake brewery Oimatsu Brewing to release two types of mugi (barley) shochu liquor: Enma...

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    Attack on Titan Releases Shochu Liquor in Collaboration with Oimatsu Brewing

  • After flitting in and out of the past two episodes like a horrible Cheshire cat, Victor's presence drives the entirety of this third installment.

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    No Guns Life ‒ Episode 15

  • The world can't get enough Animal Crossing: New Horizons and now you can bring Tom Nook, Isabelle, Timmy, Tommy, and other themed goods into your real...

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    Bring Home Animal Crossing Nooklings in August

  • Last we left our heroes they'd just won a cutting edge car in a race by turning their boat-car into a catapult to technically win by getting their engine block across the finish line first.

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    Appare-Ranman! ‒ Episode 4

  • Ah, yes, the chainsaw, that delicate instrument of true gourmet. Who doesn't have one in their kitchen cupboard for slicing brisket or carefully peeling an apple?

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    Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Fifth Plate ‒ Episode 4

  • The runaway hit manga is now available in its first physical release. Rebecca Silverman sees how this odd-family comedy took manga fans by storm!

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    SPY×FAMILY GN 1

  • In his debut on ANN's YouTube channel, Matthew Roe looks back on the techno-punk anime cornerstone Serial Experiments Lain and how its themes are just as relevant over 20 years later.

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    Serial Experiments Lain: Loving the Wired and the Weird

  • The official Kirby website has launched a personality quiz to determine which copy ability you'd have. There are 12 questions with 32 different results....

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    Official Kirby Personality Quiz Determines Which Copy Ability You'd Have

  • While many of the changes in how this event is being run come from Yukino's own evolution, there is one other major factor to consider: Iroha herself.

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    My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax ‒ Episode 3

  • Monthly Big Gangan magazine revealed on Wednesday that Itsuki Nanao and Nekokurage's manga of Natsu Hyūga's Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries)...

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    The Apothecary Diaries Manga Goes on 1-Month Hiatus

  • Scene-stealing characters Reo and Mabu get their own manga. Caitlin Moore checks out where it fits into the Sarazanmai story.

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    Sarazanmai: Reo and Mabu Volume 1

  • Mob Psycho 100 director Yuzuru Tachikawa successfully pulled a fast one on even the most seasoned anime viewers with Deca-Dence's big reveal in episode two. Nick and Steve lay out what the heel-turn means for the show's themes and why it's the "must watch" of the season.

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    This Week in Anime - What the Hell is Happening in Deca-Dence?

  • I'm not sure what I expected, starting The Twelve Kingdoms' 2nd major story arc, but it certainly wasn't a total shift to a new protagonist.

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    The Twelve Kingdoms ‒ Episode 15-16

  • A seismic shift occurs in these episodes of Kill la Kill; a status quo shake-up that significantly rocks the foundation of the series in ways signaling an undeniable change in quality.

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    Kill la Kill ‒ Episodes 15-16

  • All told, these are two very brutal episodes. While there are certainly plenty of gruesome deaths—episode fourteen is certainly a stand-out in that respect as a crazed Van squashes Dilandau's troops—the emotional toll is also high.

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    The Vision of Escaflowne ‒ Episode 13-14

  • Although these really are some solid chapters in the Wolf’s Rain saga, they are just as messy as everything that has come before it.

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    Wolf's Rain ‒ Episodes 19-20

  • The problem is that Kotetsu is too wishy-washy about all of this. Some of the tension with Kaede is her being childishly unfair, but his reluctance to share and show as little hesitation on his personal issues when being Wild Tiger are bringing a lot of the grief upon himself.

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    Tiger & Bunny ‒ Episodes 17-19

  • BANDAI SPIRITS once again returns with a Banpresto Box featuring the pink puff ball, Kirby, himself. This time, he's not alone, however.

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    Which of These Kirby Figures is the Cutest?

  • In other words, whatever God of High School is building up to for its larger plot, it sure is hard to care very much with everything still feeling so ambiguous.

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    The God of High School ‒ Episode 3

  • Episode 17 is, like 15, a more sober and introspective affair. This time the focus is (finally) on Melfina and her growing apprehension about her own identity and purpose.

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    Outlaw Star ‒ Episode 17-18

  • The climax of the second season, and its immediate follow-up, is such a stunner that a third season not eventually getting animated would be criminal.

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    Tsugumomo2

  • It is quite possible, dear readers, that trying to untangle the knots of Pokémon's canon will be what drives me off the deep end once and for all.

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    Pokémon Journeys: The Series ‒ Episodes 9-10

  • New TWIA initiate Nicky joins the crew but her first assignment is delving into the obscure reaches of Coolmic, a mobile manga service focusing on translating all that lady-targeted smut that's adapted into an anime each season.

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    This Week in Anime - Ladies Hentai Gets Short-Shafted

  • So thanks, Ouran High School Host Club, making a liar out of me when I assured my friends that their whole ‘twincest’ thing was entirely a joke.

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    Ouran High School Host Club ‒ Episodes 15-16

  • It's an interesting thing about stories that they cannot be twisted to the breaking point. Almost everything (and everyone) else can: twist and tug hard enough, and most things will snap. But a story can only change into a different version of itself

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    Princess Tutu ‒ Episode 15-16

  • One noticeable point about these new Digi-kids I've brought up before is how they all seem just a bit generally nicer than their previous iterations.

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    Digimon Adventure: ‒ Episode 7

  • Strike Witches and Girls und Panzer original character designer Humikane Shimada designed his own take on the popular DC Comics character Wonder Woman....

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    Strike Witches, Girls und Panzer Artist Designs Wonder Woman Figure

  • Following a brief foray into its lighter side, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations turns in a dark, somber installment that helps set up the show's next major antagonist.

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    Boruto: Naruto Next Generations ‒ Episode 157

  • Although the War of Underworld part of the Alicization arc has had high points prior to this point, episode 14 starts off with arguably one of the highest.

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    Sword Art Online: Alicization War of Underworld Part 2 ‒ Episodes 1-2

  • Who has the right to hold power? Despite its outward trappings of a magical education series, Kamome Shirahama's Witch Hat Atelier begins to ponder this question more fully in its third volume, building the theme up more fully in books four and five.

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    Witch Hat Atelier GN 3 - 5

  • An image of a buff man wearing a costume of Shinji Ikari's plugsuit has gone viral on Japanese Twitter. The most popular tweet featuring the image comes...

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    Buff Shinji Image Goes Viral on Japanese Twitter

  • When it comes to Ivis, it's not really his personality or motivations that are important this episode; it's how his existence deepens the series' mystery and redefines how we (and Anos) look at this world.

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    The Misfit of Demon King Academy ‒ Episode 3

  • This really cements Queen as a memorable character, given his expressive movements and the fact that we don't get a lot of villains with their own silly song and dance routine.

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    One Piece ‒ Episodes 928-930

  • This episode that is all about introducing even more tension and complications into the already twisted up fight against the Evangelist, and doing a damned fine job of it to boot.

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    Fire Force ‒ Episode 27

  • Kazuya is a real piece of work – a consummate sadsack who veers between miserable self-pity and myopic impulse near-constantly as he fumbles a balancing act of self-loathing, intense horniness, and the echoing whispers of better judgment that trail through his psyche on moonless nights

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    Rent-A-Girlfriend ‒ Episode 1-2

  • Even though I was bracing myself for the worst, I went into the second episode to like it. The good news? Episode Two managed to almost make me laugh precisely one time!

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    Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! ‒ Episodes 1-2

  • Get ready to drop all your money on those new Mario Lego sets as we continue to pass time at home. Also, there's a Dragon's Dogma anime coming out?

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    This Week in Games - I am the DANGAN (goo goo g'joob)

  • So that cat's out of the bag, along with Folken's identity and Asturia's complicity with Zaibach, or at least their total lack of care about what Zaibach does.

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    The Vision of Escaflowne ‒ Episode 11-12

  • The expansion of streaming services has helped ignite fandoms all over the world. In Zambia, original animation and comics, cosplay, and conventions are beginning to flourish.

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    A Growing Anime Fandom in Zambia

  • There is certainly a harrowing and action-packed journey to be had… much later, because outside of that one scene, “Men's Lament” is actually about Hubb and Quent driving and drinking a bunch.

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    Wolf's Rain ‒ Episodes 13-14

  • The Disney Twisted-Wonderland smartphone game released a television ad animated by CloverWorks on Wednesday. Aniplex, which collaborated with Walt Disney...

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    CloverWorks Animates TV Ad for Disney Twisted-Wonderland Game App

  • No one is immune to the potential horrors of the unfolding chaos and I doubt the Mutoh family will look the same at the end.

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    Japan Sinks: 2020 ‒ Episodes 1-2

  • This is not an anime based around “will he win?” but “how will he win?” And if you're into this kind of setup, The Misfit of Demon King Academy is incredibly cathartic.

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    The Misfit of Demon King Academy ‒ Episode 1-2

  • Nick and Steve turned to famed director Osamu Dezaki's version of the story which pits Black Jack against horrific foes...including the (not) United States.

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    This Week in Anime - Black Jack and the Gang Punch the President

  • It's a fine fight, don't get me wrong; I get a sick sense of pleasure seeing Mr. Mime kick ass by spamming Reflect like the petty, devious little trainer I used to be in my Game Boy Advance days.

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    Pokémon Journeys: The Series ‒ Episodes 7-8

  • Of all of the many scenes that I love in Princess Tutu, my absolute favorite is in episode thirteen, the season finale, when she dances a pas de deux by herself.

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    Princess Tutu ‒ Episode 13-14

  • Although little in either episode is truly unimportant, the story and characterizations probably could have managed fine without some of it.

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    Fate/Zero ‒ Episodes 12-13

  • Shinra's brief flirtation with the dark side is thrilling and genuinely chilling, thanks especially to David Production cranking up its dark and surreal flourishes.

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    Fire Force ‒ Episodes 25-26

  • The summer Daily Streaming schedule sees the return of spring series that went on hiatus due to COVID-19, ongoing reviews of fan-favorite classics, and...

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    Your Summer 2020 Daily Streaming Reviews Schedule

  • Hello Kitty is running a limited-time café at Narita Airport's Terminal 2 from July 3 to October 2. The timing may be a bit unfortunate due to airports...

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    Hello Kitty Opens Limited-Time Café at Narita Airport

  • Caitlin finds little to love in the ecchi anime full of one-note cat girl characters living as pets in Nekopara's strange world.

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    Nekopara

  • Cosplayer and Cool Japan ambassador Enako appeared in a color-page pin-up shoot inspired by the Rent-A-Girlfriend series in Weekly Shonen Magazine's 37th...

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    Enako Cosplays Rent-A-Girlfriend in Latest Weekly Shonen Magazine Issue

  • Yuhki Kamatani introduces readers to better future for LGBTQ folks, the unique kind of community where exploration of self is possible and Someone is there to listen.

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    Our Dreams At Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare Vol 1-4

  • On July 14th we will present the first of many Anime News Network Connect sessions, the online premiere of the new anime Gibiate, followed by a Q&A with production staff.

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    Announcing Anime News Network Connect

  • Baki the Grappler creator Keisuke Itagaki and Kengan Ashura artist Daromeon drew crossover art for the two series showing their main characters standing...

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    Baki, Kengan Ashura Artists Draw Crossover Art for Netflix

  • After taking nine weeks off due to COVID-19-related production delays, what do we get for the wait? One of the more lackluster non-recap episodes of the past several dozen.

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    Black Clover ‒ Episode 133

  • In preparation for the upcoming Japan Sinks manga series' debut, producer Nori Ueki discussed why the story is so relevant right now and the appreciation for "normal life."

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    Japan Sinks 2020 Producer Nori Ueki Reveals Details About Story

  • Wolf’s Rain's disparate story threads are supposed to come together, and yet the show's utter disinterest in making “sense” in a traditional way leaves me sometimes feeling as frustrated as I am enchanted by its boldness.

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    Wolf's Rain ‒ Episodes 11-12

  • Can Small Kyubey be trusted? How has Iroha changed from the mobile game to the anime? Momo Asakura and Emiri Katō discuss all things sparkly at the Madoka panel!

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    Aniplex Online Fest: Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story - Magical Talk

  • The Fire Force anime is collaborating with the Pacific League professional Japanese baseball league. To celebrate the occasion, the anime has released...

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    Fire Force Squad Gets Into Pacific League Baseball

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