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From Swords, to Cat Girls, Boy Love, and Fairy Tail: An Interview with Shinji Ishihara and Yosuke Shimada

Nov 2, 12:39

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With a delicate balance of high-stakes action and wacky comedy, this new season of Reincarnated as a Sword has Ishihara doing what he does best. ― Just a few short years after he took a detour into BL and omegaverse territory, Reincarnated as a Sword finds Fairy Tail's own Shinji Ishihara going back to his fantasy roots. With a delicate balance of high-stakes action and wacky comedy, this new season ...

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The Forsaken Saintess and Her Foodie Roadtrip in Another World Anime Series Review

Nov 2, 12:00

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It seems appropriate that a show with “foodie” in the title should try to have its cake and eat it too. ― It seems appropriate that a show with “foodie” in the title should try to have its cake and eat it too. The Forsaken Saintess and Her Foodie Roadtrip in Another World seems unsure as to whether or not it can pull off just being the cozy, food-centric adventure it wants to be, throwing in more and...

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Devils' Crest Episodes 1-2 Anime Review (Premiere Screening)

Nov 2, 10:00

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When real life and the game merge into one, a group of elementary schoolers is left to survive without any adult supervision. ― When it comes down to it, these first two episodes of Devils' Crest are almost all setup. They are most concerned with providing context to the audience so that the ongoing plot, what little we get of it here, makes sense. For example, the first episode is basically a single...

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This Week in Mobile Games - Smilegate Devs Speak on Epic Seven's Steam Debut and Chaos Zero Nightmare's Anniversary

Nov 2, 09:00

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TWIMG is chock full of interviews this week! Find out what's ahead and behind the scenes in Epic Seven and Chaos Zero Nightmare! ― Hello and welcome once more to another edition of This Week in Mobile Games, your twice-monthly look at the wild world of games on your phone and other mobile devices (and more, these days). Today's installment is a bit special, as I've been learning a bit more about Chao...

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Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Game Review

Nov 2, 09:00

games

Twenty years later, Godzilla and his kaiju pals return to beat each other up on modern platforms, but is there anything here but nostalgia? ― A straight-up, earnest remaster of something is always a tad difficult to review; are you looking at it from the lens of someone who has never encountered it before, are you looking at it from the perspective of modern design and sensibility, or are you looking...

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The Bloodthirsty Bride Devours the King Manga Gets TV Anime in 2027

Nov 2, 07:59 anime

Imagica Infos/Imageworks Studio animate "forbidden dark romantic fantasy" about vampire princess ― A website opened on Monday to announce that a television anime of writer Shiki and artist Yū Shinonome's The Bloodthirsty Bride Devours the King (Chi ni Ueta Hanayome wa Ō o Kurau) manga will air next year. The "forbidden dark romantic fantasy" is set in an era of war. Kate, a princess maiden with vampi...

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Lego One Piece Animation Review

Nov 1, 12:00 anime

Lego One Piece is a rare marriage of form and function that is downright pleasant, if not the fullest extent of what would be possible. ― Lego One Piece has a lot of different audiences to try to please. The potential viewers here might be LEGO fans, One Piece anime/manga fans, One Piece live-action fans, and within all of those groups there might be a pretty wide gamut of ages. I don't think it woul...

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Bocchi the Rock! Manga Gets Anime Film in 2027

Nov 1, 09:11

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Film adapts manga prologue story about Nijika Ichiji's older sister Seika ― A teaser trailer announced on Sunday that a film adaptation of Aki Hamaji's four-panel manga Bocchi the Rock! will open next year. Eiga Bocchi the Rock! Hoshi no Ashiato (Bocchi the Rock! the Movie: Footprints of the Stars) adapts "Hoshi ni Tamukeru Ai no Hana," the special story from the end of the fifth manga volume which r...

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Shiba Inu Rooms Manga Gets TV Anime in Summer 2027

Oct 31, 22:44

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Niina Nakabayashi, Mutsumi Tamura star in series at TMS Entertainment ― Wright Film announced on Sunday that Esu Omori's Shiba Inu Rooms (Shiba-tsuki Bukken) manga is getting a television anime series that will debut in summer 2027. The staff said the anime was announced on Sunday as November 1 was "Wan Wan Wan Day" ("Wan" being the sound of a dog barking in Japanese). The anime will star: Niina Naka...

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Murciélago Volumes 1-3 Manga Review

Oct 31, 12:00

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Kuroko Koumori is an unrepentant womanizer and serial killer, and when the Tokyo Police offer her freedom in return for killing the worst of the worst, she can’t say yes fast enough! ― Murcielago is unapologetic trash; the main character is a serial killer and predatory lesbian, her sidekick-slash-implied “best for last” target is god's dumbest soldier, and the gory deaths go beyond shock value and w...

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Sanrio's Kuromi Character Gets 1st Film in 2027

Oct 30, 20:42 anime

Announced on Kuromi's birthday, Halloween, after 3 net anime series ― Sanrio announced on Saturday that its Kuromi character will star in her first film, which the distributor Gaga open in Japan next year. The company made the announcement with an English-subtitled video message from Kuromi on Halloween, which is also Kuromi's birthday. The film's website location indicates that the film will have th...

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KAMUI: He's Behind You Anime Series Review

Oct 30, 12:00

anime

What I ended up getting…was an over-the-top sex comedy. ― When I read the description of KAMUI: He's Behind You, my immediate thought was that this was going to be an over-the-top sex comedy. What I ended up getting…was an over-the-top sex comedy. The series was very formulaic: Shizuka attracts a new supernatural creature, and then Kamui comes in like a JoJo character to exercise them with pelvic thr...

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Anime Market Grew 15.8% to Record 4.45 Trillion Yen in 2025

Oct 30, 10:45

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Domestic anime market grew by 14.1% while overseas market grew by 17.2% ― The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA), the industry group headed by anime production companies, presented a summary of its Anime Industry Report for this year during the TIFFCOM trade event in Tokyo on Thursday. AJA reported that the global anime market grew to a record level of 4.45 trillion yen (about US$28.2 billion) ...

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This Week in Games - Do They Know its Halloween?

Oct 30, 10:00

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Happy Halloween! TWIG celebrates with a "demonic" creator interview and a list of the five scariest anthropomorphic personifications of death in games! ― Welcome back, folks! By the time this column goes live, it'll... not quite be Halloween! But it is tomorrow, and that's good enough for us. I unfortunately always miss Halloween; I haven't really dressed up for Halloween in over a decade. I didn't e...

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Fall 2026 Manga Guide

Oct 30, 09:00

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October's releases start on a high note with the print release of My Journey to Her and a new The Apothecary Diaries manga! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2026 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs at the beginning of a season. Now, doing something like that for manga is tricky ...

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Fall 2026 Light Novel Guide

Oct 30, 09:00