Saturday, October 31, 2020

My Dress-Up Darling GN 1 & 2

The heroine of this story is just so confident in herself and comfortable in her own body that it's a delight to read about her, and creator Fukuda never lets that amazing self-confidence eclipse the need for her to still have some vulnerabilities and flaws.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-dress-up-darling/gn-1/.164421

Akudama Drive ‒ Episode 4

Akudama Drive cranks up the loud and dumb fun quotient in its high tension train heist aboard the cyberpunk Shinkansen.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/akudama-drive/episode-4/.165743

Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina ‒ Episode 5

After two weeks of absolute bummer endings of questionable efficacy, this week Elaina makes a pit stop into Royal Celesteria, where she promptly meets a pack of students now being instructed by her old teacher Fran.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/wandering-witch-the-journey-of-elaina/episode-5/.165771

Seven Deadly Sins' Nakaba Suzuki Draws 1-Shot for Manga One App

A new one-shot by The Seven Deadly Sins manga creator Nakaba Suzuki will launch within Shogakukan's "Manga One" app at midnight JST (11:00 a.m. EDT) on...

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-10-30/seven-deadly-sins-nakaba-suzuki-draws-1-shot-for-manga-one-app/.165760

Kemono Jihen Anime Premieres on January 10

Shueisha's image of the wraparound jacket band of the 12th compiled book volume of Shō Aimoto's Kemono Jihen (Monster Incidents) manga revealed on Friday...

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-10-30/kemono-jihen-anime-premieres-on-january-10/.165752

Shinji Aramaki Original Sketch of AnimeLand Crowdfunding

Anime News Network's sister publication in France, AnimeLand (Europe's longest running anime magazine), is running a crowdfunding campaign to bring in...

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/site-news/2020-10-29/shinji-aramaki-original-sketch-of-animeland-crowdfunding/.165609

This Week in Anime - My Poor Eiken Back

"I saw a lot of people trying to explain away Eiken as a 'parody.' Those people are cowards and fools. Eiken is exactly what it wants to be."

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2020-10-29/.165685

San Diego Comic-Con Will Not Sell Badges for 2021 Event

The organizers of the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) event recently updated the event's website to reveal that they will not sell badges for the 2021 event,...

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-10-29/san-diego-comic-con-will-not-sell-badges-for-2021-event/.165715

Shadows House TV Anime Unveils Teaser Visual

An official website opened and revealed a teaser visual for the television anime of two-person creator team So-ma-to's Shadows House manga on Thursday....

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-10-28/shadows-house-tv-anime-unveils-teaser-visual/.165690

Talentless Nana ‒ Episode 4

Turns out infiltrating a remote school full of superpowered students and killing them off one by one in complete secrecy is more difficult than it sounds.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/talentless-nana/episode-4/.165620

The Ancient Magus' Bride: Wizard Blue

The writer of The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II enters Kore Yamazaki's magical world with this Ancient Magus Bride spin-off.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-ancient-magus-bride/wizard-blue/volume-1/.165065

Black Clover ‒ Episode 149

Given its up-and-down nature over the course of its run, expecting Black Clover to have a strong continuation after delivering maybe its best arc to date was probably hoping for too much.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/black-clover/episode-149/.165663

How Black Creatives Are Influencing The Anime Fandom

One of the most delightful aspects of fandom is how it brings so many diverse people together to celebrate one thing. Dennis Banda interviews creators like Adorned by Chi's Jacque Aye to find out how the Blerd community is transforming fandom.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2020-10-28/how-black-creatives-are-influencing-the-anime-fandom/.162599

This Week in Anime - Is Higurashi Gou as Terrifying as the Original?

Ryukishi07's horror sound novel lives AGAIN and Hinamizawa will never be the same. Nick and Nicky settle into the desolate countryside town to see what mysteries they can uncover and somehow develop a hankering for fried chicken.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2020-10-28/.165679

Deadline: Netflix Plans Both 'Anime, Animated' Assassin's Creed Series

Entertainment news website Deadline reported on Tuesday that Netflix is looking "to build an Assassin's Creed TV universe," and is working to develop "live-action,...

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-10-28/deadline-netflix-plans-both-anime-animated-assassin-creed-series/.165670

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Interview: TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Creator Kenjirō Hata

Manga creator Kenjirō Hata spoke to Anime News Network about the inspirations for the story and its relationship with his previous work, Hayate the Combat Butler.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2020-10-27/tonikawa-over-the-moon-for-you-creator-kenjiro-hata/.165017

Roll Over and Die

Author kiki explains that the story for this novel is a mishmash of their main interests: “fantasy, lesbian romance, horror, and fight scenes.”

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/roll-over-and-die/volume-1/.165141

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations ‒ Episode 171

Having been promised a reduced sentence if he's able to defeat Boruto, Shojoji holds nothing back during his rematch with the younger Uzumaki.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/boruto-naruto-next-generations/episode-171/.165578

One Piece ‒ Episode 947

Between Big Mom collapsing from hunger and Queen hustling her out in such a rush, everything feels a little anticlimactic given all that lead up to this moment.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/one-piece/episode-947/.165577

The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc ‒ Episode 4

Yet, while Tatsuya may be showing empathy for those around him—including, supposedly, Lina—that doesn't mean he doesn't do Lina dirty to an extreme degree.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-irregular-at-magic-high-school-visitor-arc/episode-4/.165581

Jujutsu Kaisen ‒ Episode 4

“Curse Womb Must Die” jettisons our three heroes right out of the introductory arc and cranks the Danger Dial straight up to eleven.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/jujutsu-kaisen/episode-4/.165559

The Day I Became a God ‒ Episode 3

I foolishly assumed that watching more would give me a better idea of where this whole mess of ideas is heading. Thankfully Mr. Maeda was kind enough to slap me across the face with a fistful of restaurant menus for my audacity.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-day-i-became-a-god/episode-3/.165558

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club ‒ Episode 4

The relative ease with which Nijigasaki's crew has formed is definitely to its benefit, since it means we basically get the whole group together and bouncing off one another way faster than usual.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/love-live-nijigasaki-high-school-idol-club/episode-4/.165557

Assault Lily Bouquet ‒ Episode 4

The continuous drip-feed of every component of Assault Lily instead of any real attempt to focus means we're still trying to get a handle on all the characters and relationships at this point in the story.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/assault-lily-bouquet/episode-4/.165547

Haikyu!! To The Top ‒ Episode 17

Do we need to cut away from Karasuno's match right in the middle? Maybe not, but it's definitely important to see what Nekoma's up to.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/haikyu-to-the-top/episode-17/.165539

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III ‒ Episode 4

Wiene and her fellow Xenos are in a lot of trouble, having fallen into Ikelos Familia's trap, and Hestia Familia has a lot to mull over before they can even think about going back down.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/is-it-wrong-to-try-to-pick-up-girls-in-a-dungeon-iii/episode-4/.165532

Human Lost BR/DVD

While the ambitious effort here is laudable, it does not quite work because the script delves too deeply into scientific gobbledygook and gets too distracted by the movie also needing to be a visual spectacle.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/human-lost/blu-ray/dvd-combo-pack/.164536

CLAMP's Tokyo Babylon Manga Gets TV Anime in 2021 by GoHands

King Amusement Creative announced on its official YouTube channel on Monday that CLAMP's Tokyo Babylon manga is inspiring the Tokyo Babylon 2021 television...

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-25/clamp-tokyo-babylon-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-2021-by-gohands/.165573

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Blue Period. GN 1

The book is also interesting for its treatment of Yuka, a nonbinary character about whom no one really makes a fuss.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/blue-period./gn-1/.165343

Friday, October 23, 2020

Yes, No, or Maybe? Novel

The combination of brutal self-awareness and total delusion is what makes this novel work.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/yes-no-or-maybe/novel/.162866

The Twelve Kingdoms ‒ Episodes 37-39

Sitting here I'm confused as to what the remaining 6 episodes could be, but that's a question for another time.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-twelve-kingdoms/episodes-37-39/.165509

CloverWorks, Orange Animates Latest Eve Music Video

Japanese singer Eve posted the music video of his latest song "Yakusoku" (Promise) on Friday. The video was produced by CloverWorks with CG portions animated...

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-10-23/cloverworks-orange-animates-latest-eve-music-video/.165482

Mini-Interview with Master of Horror Junji Ito

Now, with an Eisner award under his belt, Anime News Network caught up with Ito to discuss pets, fashion, and the spine-tingling inspiration behind some of his most haunting tales.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2020-10-23/mini-with-master-of-horror-junji-ito/.164034

New World Trigger Anime Season Premieres on January 9

The official website for the television anime of Daisuke Ashihara's World Trigger manga revealed on Friday that the new anime season will premiere on January...

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-10-23/new-world-trigger-anime-season-premieres-on-january-9/.165515

Kojima Productions Confirms It Is Working on New Project

Game developer Hideo Kojima's Kojima Productions company confirmed on Thursday that it is developing a new project, and that it is currently seeking applications...

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-10-22/kojima-productions-confirms-it-is-working-on-new-project/.165505

Blue Flag GN 1- 4

“Figuring out” is in many ways the actual theme of the series at this point. By the time we hit volumes three and four (where the story undergoes a slight tonal change) Toma is less of the jolly fellow we've mostly been involved with in the first two books.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/blue-flag/gn-1-4/.164091

This Week in Anime - Does Dorohedoro's OVA make Hole's Dump into Dumplings?

Dorohedoro is back with a selection of wild one-off stories. Find out how Nikaido got in the gyoza business and how one ephemeral creature makes sure all those fried dumplings taste terrific.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2020-10-22/.165491

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear ‒ Episode 3

Why is Yuna respected by the adventuring guild despite being a newbie? How did she get the pet bears? And why is Lanz so caught up with her being a rival to Deborane?

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kuma-kuma-kuma-bear/episode-3/.165469

This Week in Games - Phantom Season

So, what the heck was Phantom Breaker? The game series is getting a revival in one of the most random game announcements this week!

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-x-button/2020-10-22/this-week-in-games-phantom-season/.165455

Black Clover ‒ Episode 148

Surprisingly, the weakest part of the episode is its one action component. The battle, fought primarily between the captains and the elemental creature, felt like it was inserted in there just to have some action.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/black-clover/episode-148/.165418

Mr Love: Queen's Choice Streaming

Mr Love: Queen’s Choice is the best kind of surprise – a show that you go into with low expectations based on its origins and title but ends up being good.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/mr-love/queen-choice/streaming/.164900

Golden Kamuy Season 3 ‒ Episodes 1-3

The hunt for the gold is still on but now takes our intrepid cast members to farther-flung reaches, specifically to the even colder north of Sakhalin.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/golden-kamuy-season-3/episodes-1-3/.165422

Sneak Peek: Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia

Myles takes an early look at the newest entry in the Bakugan franchise and finds a game perfect for scratching that monster-catcher itch.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2020-10-21/sneak-peek-bakugan-champions-of-vestroia/.165442

Mamoru Hosoda: Storyboards for Next Work Are 'Just About Done'

During a Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2021 press event with Wolfwalkers directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart on Monday, anime director Mamoru Hosoda revealed...

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-10-21/mamoru-hosoda-storyboards-for-next-work-are-just-about-done/.165430

Talentless Nana ‒ Episodes 1-3

There's little that's immediately suspicious about the disarmingly mundane premise, unless you count an abundance of mundanity as inherently suspect. For the record, I do—and I confess I indulged in some tiny fistpumps once the series finally dropped its façade.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/talentless-nana/episodes-1-3/.165385

Interview: Boys-Love Anime Label Blue Lynx

Boys-love anime label called “Blue Lynx” took off runing with three anime recent film titles: Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather, Given, and Umibe no Étranger.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2020-10-20/boys-love-anime-label-blue-lynx/.165234

TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You ‒ Episodes 1-3

This is where the scenario most resembles the early episodes of Ai Yori Aoshi, except that things here don't get anywhere near as sexy.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/tonikawa-over-the-moon-for-you/episodes-1-3/.165327

Digimon Adventure: ‒ Episode 20

Hollow as it is, the presentation of the last chunk of this episode is quite nice, and I like the touch of Agumon and Gabumon being the ones to reverently explain the significance of Angemon's Digitama.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/digimon-adventure/episode-20/.165344

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club ‒ Episodes 1-3

This does have the drawback of making a lot of the members feel generic right now – Kanata, Emma, and Shizuku just kind of exist in the background so far.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/love-live-nijigasaki-high-school-idol-club/episodes-1-3/.165329

The Gymnastics Samurai ‒ Episodes 1-2

The Gymnastics Samurai carrying that kind of lovable feeling amongst all its eccentricities is definitely a feature, not a bug, of its particular presentation. This is the same writer who gave us Zombie Land Saga after all.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-gymnastics-samurai/episodes-1-2/.165342

Onee Chanbara Origin

You know what you're here for, and that's cutting monsters into chunky giblets and doing sick flips.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/onee-chanbara-origin/.165330

Interview: Re:ZERO Creator Tappei Nagatsuki and Illustrator Shinichirou Otsuka

In anticipation of the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne multi-console game, we interviewed series creator Tappei Nagatsuki and novel illustrator Shinichirou Otsuka.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2020-10-19/re-zero-creator-tappei-nagatsuki-and-illustrator-shinichirou-otsuka/.165020

Moriarty the Patriot ‒ Episodes 1-2

After all, if Sherlock Holmes is the great consulting detective, then what can Moriarty be but his opposite, the great criminal?

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/moriarty-the-patriot/episodes-1-2/.165341

The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc ‒ Episodes 1-3

Lina is a character sorely needed in The Irregular at Magical High School: a person who is not only a match for Tatsuya in life or death combat but Miyuki in raw magical strength.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-irregular-at-magic-high-school-visitor-arc/episodes-1-3/.165355

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon ‒ Episodes 1-3

I don't know how much I care about Towa rescuing Setsuna's dreams from this Dream Butterfly, or whatever, but I definitely want Moroha to make some friends, and to kick some demon butt while she's at it.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/yashahime-princess-half-demon/episodes-1-3/.165326

I'm Standing on 1,000,000 Lives. ‒ Episodes 1-3

The other distinctive element is Game Master, who could be the season's poster boy with his freaky half-headed appearance and odd habit of ending his sentences a syllable short.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/im-standing-on-1000000-lives/episodes-1-3/.165316

Assault Lily Bouquet ‒ Episodes 1-3

In fact, while there were whiffs of it in the first episode, by its second Assault Lily has gone all-in on presenting itself as one of those Class-S Yuri-shipping schoolgirl shows, but also with swordfights.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/assault-lily-bouquet/episodes-1-3/.165314

Jujutsu Kaisen ‒ Episodes 1-3

I don't know who the hell that panda is from the OP and ED, but I want him (her?) to get as much screen time as possible, and also to be my best friend forever.

source http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/jujutsu-kaisen/episodes-1-3/.165315