With a lack of stakes and conflict, the villainess charm in this anime doesn’t quite work the second time around. ― There was a lack of action in this season of The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior, and I quite welcome it. It's all just a big swell of melodrama for a straight twelve episodes where physical violence is replaced with emotional violence, the former always lurkin...

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Kingdom Hearts 'Anime' Announced for Disney+, Kingdom Hearts IV Game Launches in Late 2027 Including Coco World

Aug 14, 23:32

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New trailer streamed for Kingdom Hearts IV featuring Coco world ― The D23 event's "Deep Dive into Kingdom Hearts" panel presented an extended four-minute trailer for the Kingdom Hearts IV game on Saturday. This trailer expands upon the 90-second version shown at D23 on Friday evening, and it highlights the Coco world, as well as familiar and new faces: The trailer introduces a new world in which a pa...

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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Summer 2026, Aug 5-11

Aug 14, 23:00

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Though I Am an Inept Villainess takes the top spot this week, with Goodbye, Lara a close second. Find out how your favorite shows fared in our weekly user rankings. ― 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 simulcasts. Keep in mind that these rankings a...

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Sweet Hamster Days Game Review

Aug 14, 12:00

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You've reincarnated into the body of your childhood friends' pet hamster. Does this live-action visual novel have more to offer than its unusual premise? ― I have played a lot of visual novels before, but this is the first time I've played one structured like Sweet Hamster Days. Unlike others that use stock art or animations to set up interactive scenes with the player, this game is 90% live-action, ...

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This Week in Games - Lots of Leftover Battle Bikinis

Aug 14, 10:00

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Jean-Karlo remembers the classic aesthetic of Valis and Battle Skin Panic. ― Welcome back, folks! I'm quite stunned at how well last week's column did! We've been racking our brains for a bit regarding topics to cover on This Week in Games and little subsections I can throw up. I appreciate readers' openness to covering more than just the most recent news. Like I said in the comments, be sure to send...

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See Ghost in the Shell's Reach Across Decades at Official Exhibition

Aug 14, 09:00 anime manga events

Want to experience Ghost in the Shell: The Exhibition yourself? The exhibition is currently at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art until August 30. ― Following the 30th anniversary of Mamoru Oshii's iconic anime film adaptation and closing in on the 40th anniversary of Masamune Shirow's original manga, Ghost in the Shell remains a stalwart sci-fi franchise. Starring Major Motoko Kusanagi, she and her...

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My Sword Saint Master Is Too Cute to Live With! TV Anime Confirmed, Reveals Visual

Aug 14, 07:08

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Deregula to produce anime ― An official X/Twitter account confirmed on August 7 that author Kennoji and artist R_ringo's My Sword Saint Master Is Too Cute to Live With! (Dōkyo Shiteiru Kensei no Onna Shishō ga Kawaisugite Mainichi Shiawase Desu) manga will get a television anime adaptation. Deregula is producing the anime. The staff revealed a teaser visual. Kadokawa's listing of the manga's second v...

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This Week in Anime - Are These Yuri Anime Poisonous?

Aug 13, 14:00

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Christopher and Sylvia go on a yuri deep dive to uncover that dangerous age that can make yuri romance so appealing. Starting with the toxic queens in Dear Brother to the new era in I Want To Love You Till Your Dying Day ― Christopher and Sylvia go on a yuri deep dive to uncover that dangerous age that can make yuri romance so appealing. Starting with the toxic queens in Dear Brother to the new era ...

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Splatoon Raiders Game Review

Aug 13, 12:00 games

As the first single-player-focused entry in the franchise, Splatoon Raiders hopes to bring in a new player base, but it may have lost some of its identity in the process. ― Splatoon was always a series that I had a fleeting interest in. With each new entry, I'd play it for a week or two before never coming back again. Granted, it's mainly because I'm not a multiplayer person, not because the games we...

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Exploring the Character Dynamics Between Ritsu and the Band in BanG Dream! YUME∞MITA

Aug 12, 22:00

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It's official! As of the sixth episode of BanG Dream! YUME∞MITA, Ritsu will be joining her childhood friend Arale and the other members of MewType in the band. It was a rocky road to get here, and there is no doubt that everything from now on will also not be smooth sailing. Ritsu is, after all, leaving behind an extremely dangerous dynamic with her previous group Fairy Bouquet and chief series antagonist Viola.

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The Archduke's Adopted Saint Volume 1 K-Comics Review

Aug 12, 12:00 korean

It's a good thing that the book opens with a “chapter 0” that shows readers that things will, in fact, get better, because Dinah's life is pretty bleak. ― By this point in pop culture, we've all read about or watched time loops. The usual method for handling them (with, of course, some exceptions) is that the looping party eventually uses their knowledge to break the cycle or just becomes inured to t...

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Truly Outrageous: MARRIAGETOXIN Director Motonobu Hori and Bones Film Producer Tatsuya Saitō

Aug 12, 09:00 anime

"Part of the manga's appeal is that there are moments where you're not entirely sure what's happening between one panel and the next." ― MARRIAGETOXIN director Motonobu Hori and BONES Film producer Tatsuya Saito took to the stage at Anime Expo for an exciting panel celebrating the action-romcom MARRIAGETOXIN. The series, adapted from the manga by Joumyaku and Mizuki Yoda, follows an assassin named G...