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  • A shrine maiden and a tanuki take on monster hordes in this extensive remake of a classic Super NES shooter! Do Pocky and Rocky still have the magic?

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    Pocky & Rocky Reshrined

  • Sure, the anti-panty cults and commie penguin armies are…a lot, and don't think for one second that this anime isn't proud to get weird and stupid whenever it gets the chance.

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    ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape

  • She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man is a forgettable show, so much so that I found myself struggling to recall what happened in the earlier episodes by the time I reached the end.

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    She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man

  • Hit fantasy anime Jujutsu Kaisen has revealed a new visual for the rebroadcast of its Kyoto Sister-School Goodwill Event Arc!

    The visual stars Yuta as he competes with Aoi Todo, a third-year student at Kyoto Jujutsu High School. In contrast, the original visual features multiple students from each school.

    Source: Jujutsu Kaisen website

    Jujutsu Kaisen's first season is currently being rebroadcast in Japan ahead of the second season's winter 2023 debut.

    Originally a manga by Gege Akutami, Jujutsu Kaisen follows Yuji, a high school boy who chooses to join the Occult Research Club, despite his exceptional talent for athletics. When a cursed talisman is accidentally unsealed, Yuji swallows it and becomes the host of the curse, which he must carry until he is able to kill it along with himself.

    Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 will air in winter 2023.

    Gege Akutami/Shueisha, Jujutsu Kaisen Production Committee
    Adapted with permission from Anime!Anime!



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    Jujutsu Kaisen Reveals Visual For Kyoto Sister-School Arc Rebroadcast!

  • Hit comedy anime Spy x Family will be back with Part 2 this October!

    The big news was announced with a teaser video released at the end of the season's first part on June 25, 2022. The video features a new character named Keith Kepler, who is played by Hiroki Takahashi.

    Adapted from Tatsuya Endo's manga series, Spy x Family revolves around a spy codenamed Twilight, who is ordered to create a fake family to facilitate his latest mission. Unbeknownst to him, however, the woman he chooses as his “wife” is actually an assassin, the little girl he “adopts” is a telepath, and even the family dog has the ability to predict the future.

    The TV anime series premiered in Japan on April 9, 2022.

    Spy x Family Part 2 will air from October 2022.

    ©Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha, Spy x Family Production Committee
    Source: Spy x Family official website



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    Spy x Family Part 2 to Air This October!

  • We've known for a while that this whole game of who confesses first was really just a pretense that revealed a vulnerability that you could argue these two still haven't fully confronted yet.

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    Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic- ‒ SEASON FINALE

  • Yuri Espoir is an odd combination of froth and sadness. The way that the world seems hellbent on crushing Kokoro under the burden of false heteronormativity is undeniably tragic, but there is still hope.

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    Yuri Espoir GN 1

  • Watch all of this season's trailers with Lynzee Loveridge, Jacki Jing, and Geoff Thew from Mother's Basement! You'll want to stick it through to the end and maybe you'll find your next "must-watch!"

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    Summer Anime Trailer Watch Party

  • Maybe it's the Stockholm-esque relationship I cultivated in consuming so much Dropkick in only a couple of weeks, but this opening stretch of the new season was the most fun I had with the series.

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    Dropkick on My Devil!! Dash

  • Genocyber is considered by many to be one of the most hardcore animated horror experiences ever made. It's also considered to be one of the more ridiculous anime OVAs from the early 90s. Matthew Roe takes a look back at the infamous 1994 adaptation, and discusses how it tries to break you.

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    Genocyber Wants to Break You

  • aNCHOR inc. announced on Wednesday that it will release the Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse game in the West for PC via Steam on July 20. The game was...

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    Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse Game's Steam Version Launches on July 20

  • This episode ends with Eve declaring her intent to kill someone. In golf. If that moment doesn't perfectly encapsulate the appeal of Birdie Wing, then I don't know what does.

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    Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story- ‒ Episode 12

  • Based on the manga by Shinobu Ohtaka, Orient's first twelve episodes are both comfortably within shonen norms and just different enough to give it an edge.

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    Orient Episodes 1-12 Streaming

  • Hikaru in the Light! is an idol competition tale, and while its initial description and unfolding feels a little like Blue Lock but for girl idols, it's actually a bit more grounded than it wants to let on in its opening chapters.

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    Hikaru in the Light! GN 1

  • Square Enix announced on Tuesday that Dragon Quest X Offline: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku, the offline version of its Dragon Quest X game, will launch...

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    Dragon Quest X Offline Game Launches on September 15 in Japan

  • Square Enix revealed during a livestream on Tuesday for The irregular at magic high school Reloaded Memory, its upcoming smartphone game for the The irregular...

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    Irregular at Magic High School Reloaded Memory Smartphone Game Launches on June 28

  • From the creator of ERASED comes a new series about jumping through time when fifth grader Minato switches bodies with adult career criminal Tomohiro Takita – in the moment just after Takita committed murder.

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    Island in a Puddle GN 1

  • Luou's dramatic performance is the highlight of this conclusion, but overall the emotions here are messy and the results are not exactly satisfying.

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    Dance Dance Danseur ‒ Episode 11

  • Before there was Kyo and Tohru, or even Kyo and Kyoko, there was Kyoko and Katsuya. Kyoko was a troubled teen; Katsuya a student teacher with no actual interest in education. Apart, they were a pair of misfits; together, they made Tohru.

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    Fruits Basket -prelude-

  • Eldo Yoshimizu is as lively in person as he is on the page, channeling his real-life experience tussling with a yakuza into his femme fatale's fight scenes.

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    Ryuko Comic Creator Eldo Yoshimizu

  • That anxiety about what's to come thoroughly colors these two episodes, though they go about it in very different ways that inadvertently showcase both Nijigasaki's biggest strengths and weaknesses.

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    Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 2 ‒ Episodes 11-12

  • We have Shamiko desperately trying to think of a special move, which leads to the wonderful reveal that Ogura is almost certainly capable of making and distributing meth, should the needs arise

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    The Demon Girl Next Door Season 2 ‒ Episode 10

  • This finale does a great job of wrapping up the current storyline while still leaving room for lots more intrigue and tragedy down the road, which is basically everything you could ask for a season that may or may not ever get a follow up.

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    The Executioner and Her Way of Life ‒ Episode 12

  • From the creator of Chainsaw Man comes a story about the passion of artists and the tragedies that shape our life.

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    Look Back GN

  • This was a heavy one folks. I honestly wish this flashback had happened before the ascent to the mountaintop because this completely recontextualizes Leo's desire for self-destruction.

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    I'm Quitting Heroing ‒ Episode 11

  • Compared to when I was a kid, anime is so easily accessible now ;  in enormous quantities, through multiple legal avenues. It's hard enough to know where to start watching as an adolescent or an adult, but what about with children?

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    10 Great Non-Studio Ghibli Family-friendly Anime Movies

  • When it comes down to it, this episode is built around a single cliché that we've all seen a thousand times before: one of our heroes is mind controlled and is forced to fight the other.

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    Skeleton Knight in Another World ‒ Episode 11

  • An anime filled with devilish dysfunctional weirdos engaging in wanton violence is a bit dated at this point, but its filling a niche for someone, if the crowdfunding numbers are to be believed.

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    Dropkick on My Devil! Season 1

  • Jinguuji may as well be a tabby cat in the presence of lions. She's a passionate and hard worker, but she just can't measure up to the raw abilities and/or privilege that players like Eve and Aoi possess.

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    Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story- ‒ Episode 11

  • Now screening in the U.S. for the first time, Macross Frontier: The False Songstress proves its larger-than-life idol, Sheryl, is still legendary for a reason.

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    Macross Frontier: The False Songstress

  • Nick and Nicky revisit one of their favorite OAVs just in time for June. If you've put off watching this one (or haven't heard of it) now's a great time to fall in love with Kase and Yamada!

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    This Week in Anime - Celebrate Pride with Kase-san

  • Go back and watch Kamiya's reaction to Shikimori tearing up the paper. It's stunning! And it all works to make for one of Shikimori's most emotionally gripping moments thus far.

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    Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie ‒ Episode 8

  • The second volume is a step up from its debut but will a too-clingy younger sister put the brakes on Satomi and Yagyu's relationship?

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    Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love GN 2

  • What starts out as a typically lackadaisical field trip slowly grows into a more contemplative and confrontational episode than Healer Girl has ever had before.

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    Healer Girl ‒ Episode 11

  • If you find yourself missing the sci-fi shenanigans of series like Nadesico and Vandread in the seasonal line-up, why not take to the skies with Captain Tylor? Sure, he looks like a deadbeat, but he's actually really competent. Maybe. Probably.

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    This Week in Anime - Scratch Your Sci-Fi Itch with Irresponsible Captain Tylor

  • More familiar than fresh, Grant tries out this anime entry in the "a curse is really a boon" trope to see if there's anything redeeming about it.

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    The Strongest Hero With the Weakest Crest Episodes 1-12

  • After losing a leg in an accident, Shouta Kikuzato's dreams of high school soccer with his best friend Take are shattered. A new prosthetic opens the world of sports to him again, as a track-and-field sprinter.

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    Run on Your New Legs GN 1

  • Violence, nudity, and some of best BLTs on the block! Gordon Goliath's food truck gets about as many customers as you could expect for one driving around a post-apocalyptic wasteland, but it's a living.

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    Crazy Food Truck GN 1

  • Komi's default was to assume that people hated her even if that might not have been the case, and I really like how the show refrained from clarifying how her classmates actually saw her just to really get us wrapped up in her mind.

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    Komi Can't Communicate Season 2 ‒ Episode 19

  • As Shaman King enters into the back half of this reboot, the show enters into a seemingly hopeless battle on two fronts. Jairus Taylor questions if, following the show's missteps along the way, this reboot needed to happen at all.

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    Shaman King Episodes 26-52

  • Chainsaw Man is a manga known for a lot of things, but above all else, what truly impressed me about this manga is its ability to convey complex, often incredibly dark emotions while the actual dialogue says very little or even nothing at all.

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    The Silent Darkness of Chainsaw Man

  • For a show occupying a unique premise this season, Fanfare of Adolescence can't decide what it wants to focus on. One thing's for sure, it could certainly use more horses.

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    This Week in Anime - Fanfare of Adolescence Trips at the Starting Line

  • 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.

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    Revue Starlight The Movie

  • 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.

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    Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island

  • 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.

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    Forget Being the Villainess, I Want to be an Adventurer! Novels 1-2

  • 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.

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    How DARLING in the FRANXX Inspired a New York Times Bestselling YA Novel

  • This week we get a Desumi-focused episode but not quite in the way we have previously, with the focus being more on her family – particularly her father and her sister – and how they react to the changes in her life.

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    Love After World Domination ‒ Episode 9

  • It's been kind of a long road so far following ya boys and girls of Kongming, and with this episode it's finally time to taste that sweet musical fruit borne of all their efforts.

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    Ya Boy Kongming! ‒ Episode 10

  • This edgy manga comes with a slew of content warnings, but is there anything to it beyond reveling in its own darkness?

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    From the Red Fog GN 1

  • There's speculation that Ash's journey is coming to end, so let's take a look back at where it started and whether the magic is still there.

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    Does The Original Pokémon Hold Up?

  • When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace is both precisely what it claims to be and nothing of the sort. See where the anime started in our review of the novel series.

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    When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace Novel 1

  • Two great contests to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Alchemy Stars. The meme contest is super easy for anyone to enter, you don't need to be an artist or an alchemy stars player or fan. All you need is a sense of humor!

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    Grand Marshal's Gala

  • In this Anime Songs Party session, nasuo☆ showed up in style at the Nippon Cultural Broadcasting studio and gave cheery live renditions of "Honey Jet Coaster"...

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    nasuo☆ Stylishly Sings Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie, My Hero Academia Themes

  • Kadokawa unveiled the July 3 premiere and a key visual for the Renmei Kūgun Kōkū Mahō Ongakutai Luminous Witches (Allied Air Force Magical Idols Luminous...

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    Luminous Witches Anime Unveils July 3 Premiere, Key Visual

  • If you've somehow managed to remain unspoiled about the ending of The Quintessential Quintuplets, then this movie will finally resolve your burning questions...but it could have looked better while doing it.

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    Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie

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