Corporate revenge meets cosplay coding lessons in this back-to-basics critique of modern working culture. ― Fired? But I Maintain All the Software! is unabashedly a corporate revenge fantasy. Ai has witnessed her department be decimated beyond operational ability for years, and now she gets to watch from the outside as the company's ignorant CEO reaps what he has sown. For any reader who has suffered...

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Interview: The Massive Manga Subgenre You've Probably Never Heard Of

Oct 14, 09:00

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English speakers have a major blind spot when it comes to the sheer scope of a certain manga genre: mahjong. ― If you're reading this, you don't know manga as well as you think you do. There is a huge subset of manga of which English translations have barely scratched the surface. English speakers have an enormous blind spot when it comes to the sheer scope of a certain existing manga genre: mahjong....

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Kou Sawada's Risque Comedy Manga Yumeneconnect Gets TV Anime

Oct 14, 00:39

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Yūsuke Kobayashi, Yū Sasahara star in anime by Sōta Yokote, Studio Massket ― Shochiku announced on Wednesday that Kou Sawada's Yumeneconnect manga is inspiring a television anime adaptation. The cast members include: Yūsuke Kobayashi as Yūhi Takamiya Yū Sasahara as Nano Sōta Yokote (To Your Eternity season 3) is directing the anime at Studio Massket. Gigaemon Echikawa (Nia Liston: The Merciless Maide...

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Time to Choose Your Fall Daily Anime Reviews!

Oct 13, 17:05 anime

Run, don't walk, to the Daily Anime Review poll to decide which series you want our editorial team to cover this season!

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Hirayasumi Anime Promises a Cute Slice of Ordinary Life

Oct 13, 15:30

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Keigo Shinzō's award-winning manga's soft line work and rounded designs, along with the watercolor backgrounds of its cover art, translate perfectly to animation. ― When the Japan Society announced it would be screening “a preview version” of the first episode of Hirayasumi “still undergoing finishing touches,” my mind leapt to the legendary work-in-progress screening of Beauty and the Beast at the 1...

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Manga Creator Masako Watanabe Dies at 97

Oct 13, 13:00

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Watanabe's works include Glass Castle, Hitori Matsuri, Himegoto ― The X/Twitter account for manga creator Masako Watanabe announced on Tuesday that Watanabe died on October 3 at 12:38 a.m. JST. She was 97. Watanabe was born in Tokyo on May 16, 1929. She debuted in 1952 with the story "Suama-chan." She launched the Himegoto manga in 2020 at the age of 91. Watanabe specialized in shojo and josei during...

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Akane-banashi Volumes 4-6 Manga Review

Oct 13, 12:00

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manga

How does Akane fare in her debut as a true working woman in the rakugo world? Spoiler: Badly. ― Volume four is where I truly fell in love with Akane-banashi, for one specific reason: Issho Arakawa. As much as I love Akane as a protagonist and have grown to love her growth and journey over the run of the series, Issho is equally important and valuable to the strength of the series for how unique a “vi...

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The Fall 2026 Anime Preview Guide

Oct 13, 10:28

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The episode 2s are rolling in! Check out our reviewers' takes on over 50 series as the Preview Guide, sponsored by Crunchyroll, continues! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2026 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it works: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, and we post them here as they go. Each critic will cover as many shows as they can handle, giving you alternate takes ...

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Dramatic Road: the origin of wind Game Review

Oct 12, 12:00

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games

Dramatic Road isn't just a modern-day Fire Emblem. It's specifically a high school delinquent saga inspired by classics like Bari Bari Densetsu. ― Dramatic Road: the origin of wind has a brilliant high concept: it's a Fire Emblem-style strategy RPG set in modern-day Kanagawa rather than medieval times. Every archetype you remember from those games is therefore remixed. Archers are tennis players; arm...

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Part of Her World: Anime and Manga Visions of The Little Mermaid

Oct 12, 09:00

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Rebecca swims through anime and manga history to reach the depths of its mermaid fascination. ― Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 literary fairy tale wasn't necessarily a natural fit for Japan. Japanese mermaids, as readers of Rumiko Takahashi know, are more likely to grant immortality if you consume their flesh than to fall in love with a human. But the strange metamorphosis of storytelling can always ...

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Pokémon Horizons: Season 3 - Rising Hope Part 4 Anime Series Review

Oct 11, 12:00

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What makes this final batch of episodes so strong is that almost everybody gets a moment to shine or a moment of introspection. ― It's wild how far Pokémon Horizons has come. This final batch of episodes feels like the climax of this time skip and the entire Pokémon Horizons series. While some things are glossed over or could've received more focus, I genuinely believe this might be one of the strong...