Of the all characters in Jujutsu Kaisen, Kento Nanami might be the most relatable to many older fans of the series. A former salaryman, he embodies the disenchantment with the adult …
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Chainsaw Man has been a surprise success story for Shonen Jump, and along with Jujutsu Kaisen, it’s started a wave of horror and gore previously unseen in the publisher’s usually …
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Yokohama Station SF is not the sort of light novel that usually gets translated officially into English. There’s no anime adaptation, and while there is a manga adaptation, it is …
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Idol anime Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love is set to receive a new anime film series! In addition to a teaser visual, it was revealed that the series will begin …
Netflix’s controversial English script for Neon Genesis Evangelion was actually written 25 years ago and rejected by ADV Films. Amanda Winn Lee, the ADR co-director for the ADV Films Evangelion …
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Digimon was one of the biggest anime franchises of the ’90s and was many anime fans’ first real series. It might surprise some earlier fans to learn that the franchise …
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Plot details and a new visual have been revealed for upcoming anime film My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes’ Mission! Created by original author Kohei Hirokoshi, the film’s all-new …
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Chapter #56, “Code,” of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations by Masashi Kishimoto, Mikio Ikemoto, Mari Morimoto and Snir Aharon, now available in English from Viz …
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