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Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace Manga Will End in September (Aug 26, 2014)

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Summer 2025, Aug 5-11

Aug 14, 15:20 anime

If you thought food court equals boring and uninspired, See You Tomorrow at the Food Court is challenging that notion with a steady rise in the rankings. See how your favorite shows stack up this week! ― 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 simulcast...

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Fermat no Ryōri Episodes 1-5 Anime Review

Aug 14, 12:00

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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. ― Cooking is something that many people take for granted. There are so many unique combinations and ideas that go into making a single dish. Even when a meal can be prepared by anybody due to its simplicity, there are so many little details that help elevate the overa...

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Intern Annika - The ANN 25th Anniversary Special - The Blade of Michelob

Aug 14, 11:00 just for fun

In which the three elves have to do what takes some gamers 60+ hours to pull off. ― Surprise, it's a special comic celebrating Anime News Network's 25th anniversary. Artist Robin Sevakis returned to draw a short series of comics focusing on Anime News Network's mascots of the past and present and what would happen if they all met. Enjoy a new comic each Thursday for the next two weeks! In which, the...

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This Week in Anime - Physical Media Is Cool Again!

Aug 14, 10:00

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Steve and Chris find a whole underwear drawer's worth of special extras that make collecting physical media cool. ― Steve and Chris find a whole underwear drawer's worth of special extras that make collecting physical media cool. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead....

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LW Entertainment, Qubic Pictures Announce Plans for Anime Adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera Musical

Aug 13, 15:13

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Partnership is part of series of new film/TV projects based on Lloyd Webber's musicals ― LW Entertainment, formerly Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Really Useful Group, announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with Qubic Pictures and its founder Justin Leach, co-executive producer on the Star Wars: Visions anthology and showrunner of the Eden and Leviathan anime, to explore opportunities for an anime a...

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Bullet/Bullet Episodes 9-12 Anime Series Review

Aug 13, 12:00

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Even if you fail in making the world a better place, someone who sees you fail may be inspired to continue in your stead. ― The first part of BULLET/BULLET ended on a climax that would have, in most stories, led to a lower-class uprising. After all, Gear gave the working-class people proof that not only was their daily hard work being exploited by the upper class (who lived in a beachside paradise) b...

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Saint Seiya Singer Nobuo Yamada Dies at 61

Aug 13, 11:09

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MAKE-UP vocalist known as NoB was diagnosed 7 years ago with kidney cancer ― Music production and artist management agency MOJOST announced on Wednesday that singer Nobuo Yamada (also known as NoB) has died on August 9 at 1:39 p.m. JST, after a long battle with kidney cancer. He was 61. Yamada's family held a private funeral, and asked fans to refrain from visiting their home to pay their respects an...

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How The Answer Studio Breathed New Life Into a Classic With Anne Shirley

Aug 13, 09:00

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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 ― Anne Shirley, animated by The Answer Studio, joins the long-standing tradition of adapting author Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic novel Anne of Green Gables for new audiences. While the novel is near and dear t...

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I Wanna Be Your Girl Volume 1 Manga Review

Aug 12, 12:00

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This is a nuanced story that deftly explores what it means to become an ally while diving into the teenage trans experience. ― Over the years, I've seen imprints come and go—most often because they were founded on half-cocked ideas that just didn't have the opportunity to fully form. With the release of Ink Pop's first manga title, Umi Takase's I Wanna Be Your Girl, I believe this brand-new imprint h...

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This Week in Anime - Anime Just As Good As I Remembered

Aug 12, 10:00

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After breaking down the early fandom favorites that lost their luster, Coop and Lucas go back and examine the old faves that do hold up. ― After breaking down the early fandom favorites that lost their luster, Coop and Lucas go back and examine the old faves that do hold up. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoil...

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1st Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Film Casts Channing Tatum in English Dub

Aug 11, 15:34

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Rebecca Wang also joins cast of September 21 film ― Crunchyroll announced on Monday that the English dub for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai, the first film in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle trilogy, has cast actor Channing Tatum (Magic Mike, 21 Jump Street) in the film as Keizo along with Rebecca Wang as Koyuki. The English dub's returning voice cas...

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Answerman and the Case of the Phantom Dubber

Aug 11, 15:00

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I've been working these mean streets of anime distribution long enough to know when something smells fishier than a week-old California roll, and this Tai Chi Chasers business raised more red flags than a military parade on an authoritarian's birthday. ― Dear Reader, The case came to me on a Tuesday, the kind of day when the Los Angeles smog hangs over the anime industry like a cheap suit on a depar...

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Teppeki Honeymoon Volume 1 Manga Review

Aug 11, 12:00

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Sakae and Ena's relationship walks a very fine line in this book. ― Meca Tanaka is no stranger to shoujo manga – she debuted in 1998 and has been consistently creating manga ever since. Teppeki Honeymoon is the latest of her works to be translated into English; Viz released both Meteor Prince and The Young Master's Revenge, Tokyopop translated Pearl Pink back during the publisher's first incarnation,...

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How The Summer Hikaru Died Voice Actor Chiaki Kobayashi Learned a Rural Dialect

Aug 11, 09:00

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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. ― The TV anime The Summer Hikaru Died is shaping up to be one of the best anime of the season. The horror series marries small-town life, supernatural occurrences, and the human emotions of grief among the sweltering heat of a Japa...

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