The Spring 2023 Anime Preview Guide

A new anime season is in the air! We're launching today with an early preview of Hell's Paradise episode 1!

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2023/spring/.195834

Advice and More From the TATESC Award Winning Author of LILIES

With submissions for the 1st TATESC Comics Global Awards currently open, Yuto Komiya was more than happy to give advice to those looking to win the award as well as share her experiences with the success that has come after.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/advertorial/2023-03-30/advice-and-more-from-the-tatesc-award-winning-author-of-lilies/.196571

Could Taisu Be the Ideal International Anime Collaboration?

Producer Chirying Culture gave Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichiro Watanabe the chance to fulfill his dream of creating "an animation like a picture book."

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2023-03-29/could-taisu-be-the-ideal-international-anime-collaboration/.196466

BOFURI Anime Season 2 Delays Last 2 Episodes Again to April 12, 19

The official website for the anime based on Yuumikan's Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense light novel series announced on Wednesday...

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-29/bofuri-anime-season-2-delays-last-2-episodes-again-to-april-12-19/.196567

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

What it Takes to Win the TATESC Comics Global Awards New Manga Contest

While this is the first global version of the contest, two other TATESC Comics Awards competitions were held in Japan previously. So, let's check out the winners of the last contest to see what kinds of comics the judges are looking for.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/advertorial/2023-03-29/what-it-takes-to-win-the-tatesc-comics-global-awards-new-manga-contest/.196326

Our Most Anticipated Anime of Spring 2023

What series are you most looking forward to watching? Here are the ANN Editorial Staff's picks for the most promising series for spring!

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2023-03-28/our-most-anticipated-anime-of-spring-2023/.196126

The Spring 2023 Trailer Watch Party!

Watch all of this season's trailers with Lynzee Loveridge, Jacki Jing, James Beckett, and Geoff Thew from Mother's Basement! Find out your next "must-watch" in the 48 anime series set to premiere in April. Will we survive the entire stream? Will we unlock the hidden power of friendship and find our magical girl alter-egos? See for yourselves, live on Friday March 24 at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern!

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/watch/2023-03-23/the-spring-2023-trailer-party/.196310

Crazy Food Truck GN 3

In its final volume, Crazy Food Truck hones in on a 'live fast, die young' approach that seems at odds with the mood of the previous volumes.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/crazy-food-truck/gn-3/.194911

Spy Classroom ‒ Episode 10

This episode had me invested in both the characters and the spycraft for the first time in…maybe ever?

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/spy-classroom/episode-10/.196058

ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister! ‒ Episode 11

This episode tackles makeup, an inevitable topic for a series about female gender presentation—and it genuinely is a witty snapshot into the lives of early teen girls.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/onimai-im-now-your-sister/episode-11/.196060

Sunday, March 19, 2023

Arknights: Prelude to Dawn

The first episode of Arknights: Prelude to Dawn absolutely shook me with its slick direction, ambitious cinematic vision, and gritty storytelling.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/arknights/prelude-to-dawn/.195617

My Clueless First Friend GN 1

Soon to be an anime, Taku Kawamura's My Clueless First Friend manga offers a ray of sunshine to break through Nishimura's cloudy life. One day a boy named Taiyo Takara transfers into Nishimura's class, and everything changes.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-clueless-first-friend/gn-1/.195031

Vinland Saga Season 2 ‒ Episode 10

When you compare the boy we met back in 2019 to the man we see in this episode, it feels almost impossible to recognize them as the same person, and that's exactly what's so moving about it.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/vinland-saga-season-2/episode-10/.195967

No, You Can't Make Anime with AI

Mimicking the recognizable work of skilled animators does not mean AI or its users understand the artistic decisions behind anime production.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2023-03-15/no-you-cant-make-anime-with-ai/.195921

NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a ‒ Episode 7

“[Q]uestionable actions” is another “normal” feeling episode of NieR:Automata Ver1.1a after a couple of weeks that have focused more on flashbacks and mood building.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nier-automata-ver-1.1a/episode-7/.195852

Spy Classroom ‒ Episode 9

With only a few episodes left to go, I hope that Spy Classroom can become a marginally more effective sitcom than it has been, with the occasional action scene thrown in. That can't be too much to ask for, right?

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/spy-classroom/episode-9/.195830

Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte ‒ Episode 10

Endo and Kobayashi Live hasn't really let me down yet, even as I feel my enjoyment of it has largely been of a more low-key variety. I certainly can't complain now that things have really kicked into gear here at the end.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/endo-and-kobayashi-live-the-latest-on-tsundere-villainess-lieselotte/episode-10/.195810

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale ‒ Episode 10

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale may struggle with its thematic elements, but you can't accuse this episode of not trying harder than its predecessors to put them out there.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/sugar-apple-fairy-tale/episode-10/.195807

PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

While missed opportunities keep PARANORMASIGHT from being a truly standout game, I still enjoyed the process of uncovering the story, even if it goes into some truly off-the-wall directions in its end-game content.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/game/nintendo-switch/paranormasight/the-seven-mysteries-of-honjo/.195529

In/Spectre Season 2 ‒ Episode 21

This episode did a bang-up job layering nefarious complications over an already convoluted setup. It's peak rich people drama.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/in-spectre-season-2/episode-21/.195695

Hands-on With NARUTO×BORUTO VR

Ever wanted to run around the Hidden Leaf Village to team up with Naruto and friends to fight ninjas? Then have I got the game for you.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2023-03-08/hands-on-with-naruto-boruto-vr/.195638

IDOLiSH7 Third Beat! Episodes 14-30

Ryo Tsukumo and his evil ego gets ramped up to a point that nearly qualifies it as a nineteenth-century melodrama, with everything from rumors of contest-rigging to flat-out murder on the table.

source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/idolish7-third-beat/episodes-14-30/.195374