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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 

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Jul 4, 2020 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “How Anime Helped Save Superman”

Non-management: I’ve been getting very busy with my new full-time job. It been demanding more of my time and focus than my previous one, which has unfortunately led me…

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Feb 16, 2024 • Subscribe

The Anime News Network Holiday Gift Guide

Unlike boring catalogs, our gift guide is designed to help you find what the otaku in your life might be missing, from fancy Blu-ray sets to a Demon…

Anime News Network - Views

Nov 25, 2024 • 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…

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Jul 27, 2021 • Subscribe

Weekly Round-Up, 26 October – 1 November 2022: Marmalade Boy, Abuse in School Sports, and KADOKAWA Buys Anime News Network

AniFem Round-Up Romantic Killer – Episode 1 The clunky focus on the importance of making babies suuuuucks. Chainsaw Man’s beautiful depiction of platonic relationships At the heart of…

Anime Feminist

Nov 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Chainsaw Man, Marmalade Boy, Romantic Killer

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

[Anime News Network] “Welcome Back, Spice and Wolf”

Non-management: Spice and Wolf is such a blast from the past. It’s not the first anime I watched, but it is one of the first I enjoyed back when…

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May 16, 2024 • Subscribe

Spice and Wolf

No Yuri Network News Today

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

Okazu

Jul 24, 2021 • Subscribe

KADOKAWA Dreamin’

In this week's Please Save My Money, Krystallina takes a look at another Japanese publisher entering the English market directly: KADOKAWA.

TheOASG

Aug 11, 2021 • 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…

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Nov 29, 2023 • 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] “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…

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Jan 26, 2020 • 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…

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Apr 1, 2019 • Subscribe

Qruppo Collabs with Kadokawa to Produce Anime Adaptation for Nukitashi

Qruppo announced that Nukitashi, their debut and bombshell franchise will receive an anime adaptation in collaboration with Kadokawa. A Teaser image and 30-sec trailer has been released.

Fuwanovel

Jan 28, 2024 • Subscribe

[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…

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Sep 16, 2021 • Subscribe

Why Are Universal Studios Japan’s News A Big Deal?

USJ (Universal Studios Japan) took the world by surprise by announcing an expansion to its Super Nintendo World area. Super Nintendo World opened in early 2021 to much…

Japan Info

Oct 10, 2021 • 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

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

[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…

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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…

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Dec 12, 2023 • Subscribe

How Kadokawa is Redefining the Anime Market

Japanese publishing giant Kadokawa has its hands all over the manga, light novel, and anime industries. ANN sat down with the heads of Kadokawa's Anime Business Division to…

Anime News Network - Views

Aug 8, 2022 • 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…

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Feb 18, 2024 • 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…

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Dec 29, 2021 • 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…

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Jun 9, 2021 • Subscribe

BOOK☆WALKER Adds 3900 Viz Media Titles Available to Purchase

BOOK☆WALKER announced on Tuesday it has added over 3,900 Viz Media titles to the platform. This includes popular titles such as One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, and…

Behind the Manga

Nov 26, 2024 • Subscribe

Kadokawa invests in studios to adapt its IPs

Plus: Toei Animation to expand international market footprint; Filings reveal Studio Ghibli valuation; Predicting the trending anime of 2024; and more

Animenomics

Nov 8, 2023 • Subscribe

Answerman - Why is Sony Offering to Buy Kadokawa?

Sony has made an offer to Kadokawa to purchase the multimedia conglomerate. What does this mean for the anime industry, and why does Sony want Kadokawa in the…

Anime News Network - Views

Nov 25, 2024 • Subscribe

Kadokawa invests in studios to adapt its IPs

Plus: Toei Animation to expand international market footprint; Filings reveal Studio Ghibli valuation; Predicting the trending anime of 2024; and more

Animenomics

Nov 8, 2023 • Subscribe

Kadokawa invests in studios to adapt its IPs

Plus: Toei Animation to expand international market footprint; Filings reveal Studio Ghibli valuation; Predicting the trending anime of 2024; and more

Animenomics

Nov 8, 2023 • Subscribe

Boundaries Is Now Available For Purchase!

I am now an e-book author!

Arum Journal

Jul 15, 2023 • Subscribe

My Dear Prince Available for Purchase

My apologies for not noticing the release date announcement sooner. Hopefully readers who remembered when I first mentioned this latest Ebi-Hime title had some cash stored just in…

The Yuri Empire

Apr 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Viz Media Exclusive Gift With Purchase

Viz will be at Anime Expo July 4th to 7th and if you pop by...

sailormoonfannetwork.com

Jun 27, 2024 • Subscribe

How to Make Entertainment Translation Entertaining!

How to make entertainment translation entertaining, for experienced and aspiring translators alike. Translation tips and tricks!

J-En Translations

Dec 3, 2021 • Subscribe

How to Deal with Your Japanese Neighbors

Here's a rundown on simple ways to connect to your Japanese neighbors and how to tackle everyday challenges.

GaijinPot

Nov 21, 2023 • Subscribe

[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…

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May 31, 2021 • 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

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

[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…

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Jul 5, 2020 • Subscribe

Ascendance of a Bookworm

[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,…

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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…

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Mar 18, 2024 • Subscribe

NEWS: AMC Networks’ Sentai Filmworks and MBS Close Deal for Anime Content on HIDIVE Streaming

AMC Networks announces partnership between Sentai Filmworks and Mainiche Broadcasting System MBS for exclusive HIDIVE streaming.

The Wonder Of Anime

Mar 2, 2023 • Subscribe

Oshi no Ko Rips the Entire Entertainment World Asunder

Perfect Blue, specifically Satoshi Kon’s classic anime adaptation of the novel that no one cares about because the film is always more famous, has been long considered the…

Weeb Revues

Nov 16, 2024 • Subscribe

Perfect Blue

Demon Slayer Entertainment District Arc Episode 8: Remarkable Child — Crow’s World of Anime

The ongoing fight for the peace of the Entertainment District is raging. All …

I drink and watch anime

Jan 23, 2022 • Subscribe

What’s the Deal with Queerbait in Anime?

Have you ever had an idea that just sounds like you’re about to kick a hornets’ nest, and you just decide to do it anyway? Yeah, me neither.…

The Otaku Exhibition

Sep 12, 2022 • Subscribe

[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…

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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…

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Apr 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Log Horizon

Digital Deal Hunting

Digital sales of media continue to be a booming business, particular in the midst of a global pandemic. It allows people to get their TV, movie, game, or…

TheOASG

Jul 1, 2020 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 5, 2022

Yuri Manga We’re starting off with some truly wonderful news – Seven Seas has licensed a title from Galette magazine! Intelligently, they have picked up Morinaga Milk’s Watashi…

Okazu

Feb 5, 2022 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – July 22, 2023

Yuri Manga   Watashi no Oshi ha Akyaku Reijou. Maid Kitchen（私の推しは悪役令嬢。メイドキッチン), the food-centric spin-off of the Watashi no Oshi ha Akyaku Reijou. first chapter is up on Ichijin…

Okazu

Jul 22, 2023 • Subscribe

I'm in Love with the Villainess

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – November 14, 2020

Yuri Light Novels Manga Planet has announced an exciting new license for 7 “Super light” Yuri novels from Parsola, featuring art by popular Yuri creators Akiko Morishima, and…

Okazu

Nov 14, 2020 • Subscribe