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[Anime News Network] “How Similar is Beastars to Zootopia, Really?”

As more and more people watch, come to like, and recommend 

therefore it is

Jul 4, 2020 • Subscribe

Anime NYC 2023: Anime News Network 25th Anniversary Panel

Date: 11/17/2023 Panelists: Christopher Macdonald, Lynzee Loveridge, Jacki Jing, Alex Mateo On July 27, 1998, Justin Sevakis founded Anime News Network

Anime Herald

Dec 1, 2023 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – Yuri Network News April 30, 2022

Yuri Literature Mark Your Calendars! By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga pre-orders officially open up on May 2! I’ll launch a page…

Okazu

Apr 30, 2022 • Subscribe

No Yuri Network News Today

Beautiful summer day, I’m taking off. Be back in the office later tomorrow. ^_^  

Okazu

Jul 24, 2021 • Subscribe

How Kingdom Hearts helped me assert my gender identity

When I played Kingdom Hearts Union X Cross (then called Unchained X) for the first time in 2016, I felt pressured to play as my assigned gender (female),…

Anime Feminist

Mar 18, 2020 • Subscribe

How BL and Yuri Helped Me Face My Sexuality

It took years of consuming BL and Yuri to finally face my truth: that I am queer.

Anime Feminist

Feb 17, 2021 • Subscribe

Anime News Network Tokyo Game Show 2022 Coverage Roundup

Head on over to Anime News Network to read up on all the games I got to try out at TGS 2022!

Biggest In Japan

Sep 17, 2022 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The History Behind Osamu Tezuka’s Dororo”

Non-management: I wrote before in a previous article that I thought Land of the Lustrous had the makings of a modern Buddhist classic. Well, I got a second story…

therefore it is

Apr 1, 2019 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Everything Changes in Folktales and Frieren”

Management: Hi, it’s been another while since I’ve written something. After 5 years, I’m back from Japan and back in America. I felt melancholic about leaving, feel melancholic…

therefore it is

Nov 29, 2023 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “A Song of Refugees and Fire”

Non-management: I work at a school in Japan, at the moment of this writing. I assist in teaching English, and one of my English teaching colleagues here loves…

therefore it is

Jan 26, 2020 • Subscribe

When Anime Mirrors Real Life: How Barakamon Helped Me Find My Own Path

A story about Barakamon, slice of life anime, and a major life decision.

AniTAY-Official - Medium

Jul 5, 2021 • Subscribe

Barakamon

How Fruits Basket Helped Me Work Towards a Better Life

This will be a personal reflective piece about what this show means to me rather than analysis of some overarching significance from the creators. Fruits Basket is the…

The Illusion of Memories

Oct 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Fruits Basket

[Anime News Network] “A History of Takarazuka Revue Influences in Anime”

Non-management: I’ve always been fascinated by the intersectional synthesis of cultures, which partly explains why I find the Taisho period such an aesthetic delight. Western culture meets Ja…

therefore it is

Sep 16, 2021 • Subscribe

The 9 Interest Articles I Wrote For Anime News Network

This past week, I've been writing some of Anime News Network's Interest articles. Here they all are for your perusal!

Biggest In Japan

Feb 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Kadokawa World Entertainment agrees deal to purchase Anime News Network

Kadokawa Corporation, Japanese media conglomerate, announces the purchase of Anime News Network's media business, via their US holding compa...

Otaku News - World Edition

Nov 9, 2022 • Subscribe

The 35 Interest Articles I Wrote For Anime News Network

These past two weeks, I've been writing the vast majority of Anime News Network's Interest articles while Kim Morrissy relocates from Japan to Australia. Here they all are…

Biggest In Japan

Aug 10, 2022 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The Horror and Romance of Rural Higurashi”

Non-management: Before coronavirus really took off in Japan and everyone started taking it seriously here, I was able to manage a trip with a friend to rural Shirakawa-go in…

therefore it is

Mar 12, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Starting Over: Regrets and Redemption in Reincarnation Isekai Anime”

Management: The idea for this article has been drifting in and out of my head for a while since last year, and it’s only now that I’ve had…

therefore it is

Dec 12, 2023 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Home is the Battlefield for the Young 86”

Non-management: Scrawny as I was, then and even now, I used to fantacize a lot about playing soldier. With an escrima stick or two in hand, I’d imagine myself…

therefore it is

Dec 29, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The Ultimate Madoka Recap and Homura’s Lost Paradise”

Non-management: I know it’s been so long since the film came out (and just thinking about it gets me thinking “God damn, that was literally over a decade ago-OW…

therefore it is

Feb 18, 2024 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The Enemy Within in the War of 86”

Non-management: Japan is fairly experienced with making anti-war stories, given the sheer devastation it suffered in the Pacific War and the pacifism it adopted afterwards. It is not so…

therefore it is

Jun 9, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Vivy: a Robot Ode to Life Vividly Lived”

Non-management: I love me a good story about existentialism, and Vivy is one of the better written ones in anime. Most people don’t usually think about why they…

therefore it is

Jul 27, 2021 • Subscribe

OtakuGeneration (Show #419) Superman

  Shownotes :: (show 419) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Superman, recorded live June 16th, 2013. This week we talked about Superman…

otakugeneration's Podcast

Jun 19, 2013 • Subscribe

Gurren Lagann, Heaven's Lost Property, Kill Me Baby, Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, Saiyuki

Convention Stories: How a Cowboy Helped Us Get Out of a Mall

So this story takes place around Halloween of 2021 right after we attended both Anime Weekend Atlanta and Soda City Comic Con in the same weekend. Which was…

Getmorexp

Oct 29, 2023 • Subscribe

My Hero Academia

How My Sailor Moon VHS Tapes Helped Me Transform Into A Musician

Thanks to Sailor Moon, I discovered music was my first love. 

Anime Herald

Oct 1, 2021 • Subscribe

Sailor Moon

[Perspectives] How Dragon Ball Z helped me fight back against toxic masculinity

While Dragon Ball Z is best known for its epic battles and intergalactic power struggles, the series has meant much more to me than that. It helped me…

Anime Feminist

Aug 16, 2019 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network Article] “‘Gekokujo’ and Revolution in Ascendance of a Bookworm”

It’s a recurring trope in history and fiction: outsiders are salad tossed into a pre-established society. Due to a whole world of difference, these immigrants arrive with fresh…

therefore it is

Jul 5, 2020 • Subscribe

Ascendance of a Bookworm

[Anime News Network] “Urobuchi, History, and the Wuxia Hero of Thunderbolt Fantasy”

Non-management: “Urobutcher” is a name that’s stuck onto Gen Urobuchi, for better or worse. One of his earliest camps of detractors accuse Urobuchi of torturing idealistic hero ch…

therefore it is

May 31, 2021 • Subscribe

No, Anime News Network, Rising of the Shield Hero’s Premise Isn’t Misogynistic

After casually running an advert for a dangerous far-right Japanese cult, Anime News Network has returned to the realm of controversy with their preview guide for Rising of…

Unnecessary exclamation mark!

Jan 7, 2019 • Subscribe

AnimeNYC coverage on Anime News Network! (Gundam’s 40th anniversary & Dr. Stone interview)

Coverage of Gundam’s 40th anniversary panel and an interview with the creators of the Dr. Stone manga.

Thoughts That Move

Dec 5, 2019 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “History and Momotaro in One Piece’s Wano Country Arc”

Non-management: I think it was one of my Japanese language college courses when I first got acquainted with the actual story of Momotaro. It was told in kami shibai style,…

therefore it is

Aug 27, 2020 • Subscribe

One Piece

[Anime News Network] “Roleplaying in Re: Zero, the Dark Souls of Isekai”

Non-management: Re: Zero partially inspired that Dark Souls fanfic I wrote a while ago, an influence that lives on in all the Dark Souls comparisons I made in…

therefore it is

Mar 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Episode 60 – I’m No Superman

We are trying to survive the heat just so we can bring you a new episode of Just A Gintama Podcast. On this episode, we have some fun…

Just A Gintama Podcast

Sep 11, 2013 • Subscribe

Gintama

[Anime News Network] “Through One Piece, the Golden Age of Piracy Lives On”

Non-management: So I really did, at first, wonder why pirates were such a beloved icon in American culture. Small kids have traditionally dressed up as pirates for Halloween…

therefore it is

May 7, 2021 • Subscribe

One Piece

[Anime News Network] “Log Horizon, Undertale, and the Tales Game Mechanics Can Tell

Non-management: I really don’t have that much time for the older hobbies I enjoyed back in college, what with  newer priorities like Japanese and a full-time job. I…

therefore it is

Apr 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Log Horizon

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 7, 2020

Yuri Anime The first trailer for Yuri science fiction/horror series Otherside Picnic is up on Youtube! I’ve been really enjoying the light novels by Miyazawa Iori, which are…

Okazu

Mar 7, 2020 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 15, 2022

Yuri Events I am a guest at Women In Comics Con at the Bronx Library Center on October 29, from 11-6. Admission is free! Rica Takashima and I…

Okazu

Oct 15, 2022 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 26, 2020

Yuri Manga The OASG reports that free previews for the 20th Anniversary Revolutionary Girl Utena manga, After the Revolution, is available on Viz.com. Here’s something to pay attention…

Okazu

Sep 26, 2020 • Subscribe

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Yuri Network News (百合ネットワークニュース) – January 16, 2021

Yuri Anime YNN Correspondent Evie wants you to know that upcoming anime Aquatope of White Sand states it is “Girl-Meets-Girl”. The plots seems quite similar to Hagino Makoto’s…

Okazu

Jan 16, 2021 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – November 12, 2022

I’ll be at Table D04 in the Artist Alley at Anime NYC. Details of a con exclusive to come later this week!   Yuri Anime Watashi no Yuri…

Okazu

Nov 12, 2022 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 17, 2024

Yuri Manga Some news from Seven Seas this week. They have licenses Mochi_Au_Lait and majoccoid’s Ikemen Onna to Hakoiri Musume (イケメン女と箱入り娘) series as a 1-volume omnibus under the…

Okazu

Feb 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 9, 2022

Yuri Live Action Idol Factor has released three short trailers for their upcoming Thai Yuri live-action GAP The Series: The “cutie” trailer; the “tears” trailer, and; the &#…

Okazu

Apr 9, 2022 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 12, 2022

Yuri Web & Digital Comics Via her Facebook page, Kuru, aka Color_LES, has announced that Mage & Demon Queen will conclude this year. Of course I will miss…

Okazu

Feb 12, 2022 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 9, 2023

Yuri Manga Yamashita Tomoko’s Ikkou Nikki, about a person-avoidant woman who takes in her niece, who is queer,  has been named best manga in DaVinci magazine’s “Book of…

Okazu

Dec 9, 2023 • Subscribe

Sumiko

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 21, 2023

Yuri Anime As we’ve all been endlessly discussing I’m In Love With the Villainess here and on the Okazu Discord (where Patreon Patrons and Ko-fi Supporters now have…

Okazu

Oct 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 19, 2022

Yuri Manga My Wandering Warrior Existence, the next autobiographical comic essay by Kabi Nagata, is out from Seven Seas. This look at her relationship to sexuality, gender, and…

Okazu

Mar 19, 2022 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 16, 2023

Light Novel News Seven Seas has announced that they are doing an audiobook edition of I’m In Love With The Villainess! Click the link to pre-order and to…

Okazu

Sep 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Adachi and Shimamura

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – June 17, 2023

Event News I’m In Love With The Villainess and Aonoshimo-sensei has announced their participation at Anime Expo, July 1-4 in Los Angeles Convention Center. If you are attending,…

Okazu

Jun 17, 2023 • Subscribe