Merry Christmas 2024 From Around the Anime World, Part IX

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posted on 2024-12-25 15:59 EST by Ken Iikura-Gross

Aoashi Manga to End in 40th Volume

Soccer series launched in January 2015
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Yūgo Kobayashi’s Aoashi manga announced on Wednesday that the series will end in two more volumes with the 40th volume. The story will conclude with the current Barcelona arc. pic.twitter.com/l4gQNzYuSn— 【アオアシ】公式／アニメ好評配信中&単行本38集12/26発売！ (@aoashiofficial) December 25, 2024 Kobayashi launched the manga in Shogakukan’…

Scars Volume 1 Manga Review

Between Kyonosuke’s past trauma, trouble at school, and zero support at home, Scars is a story about the world’s worst coming-of-age.
― Based on the cute character designs, I didn’t expect this comic to get so dark so fast. Between Kyonosuke’s past trauma, trouble at school, and zero support at home, Scars is a story about the world’s worst coming-of-age. The title refers to scars both physical and p…

The Big Holiday 2024 Giveaway

Dec 25, 12:00

It’s the holiday season, and our friends at Jazwares are in a giving mood. No lumps of coal here, only great presents for you to win, ANN reader. Check out what they’re giving away from their Total Anime collection!
― It’s the holiday season, and in the spirit of giving, our friends at Jazwares have a range of goodies from their Total Anime brand to giveaway to our ANN readers! Their lineup of 6.5-i…

Most Anticipated Anime of Winter 2025

New year, new anime season! Anime News Network’s critics scanned the nearly fifty new shows coming in January for the most promising picks, and the answer is clear: you can’t have too many girlfriends.
― New year, new anime season! Anime News Network’s critics scanned the nearly fifty new shows coming in January for the most promising picks, and the answer is clear: you can’t have too many girlfrien…

Merry Christmas 2024 From Around the Anime World

Featuring JoJo’s, Sgt. Frog, Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister, Odekake Kozame, Pui Pui Molcar, & more!
― Christmas time is here, and for many that means giving and receiving gifts — and the anime and manga world has plenty of illustrations, greetings, and more to give to fans. Earth Defense Force メリークリスマス＆ハッピーホリデー！地球を守るいい子のもとには上空を飛行し贈り物をくれる生物がくるとかこないとか…。#クリスマス #HappyHolidays #EDF6 pic.twitter.co…

This Week in Anime – SonyFuniCrunchyKadoRoll

Lucas and Coop dissect the SONY/Kadokawa deal and try to sort out what’s going on with Crunchyroll.
― Lucas and Coop dissect the SONY/Kadokawa deal and try to sort out what’s going on with Crunchyroll. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. @RiderStrike @BWProwl @Luca…

Macross 7 Episodes 1–26 Anime Streaming Review

This lighter, sillier tone feels like the entire series was made as a prolonged shitpost poking fun at the seriousness of the prior Macross franchise entries, and I am absolutely here for it.
― This is the series I’ve been waiting thirty years to watch officially in English, and it’s finally here (at least if you live in non-U.S. English-speaking territories). I’m more than a little sad that it’s me …

Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Anime Gets 2nd Season

1st season’s 13th, final episode aired on Tuesday
― The staff for the television anime of Tsukikage and Chyko’s Let This Grieving Soul Retire! (Nageki no Bōrei wa Intai Shitai: Saijaku Hunter ni Yoru Saikyō Party Ikusei-jutsu) light novel series announced in a video on Wednesday that the anime will get a second season. Chyko also drew an illustration to commemorate the anime’s second season: J-Novel …

The Worst Anime of Fall 2024

They can’t all be winners, anime fans, but this season has a clear “worst” winner from ANN’s critics: Uzumaki.
― They can’t all be winners, anime fans, but this season has a clear “worst” winner from ANN’s critics: Uzumaki. The four-episode series catastrophically imploded after multiple delays and a PR campaign that conveniently focused on its premiere episode; the only one truly helmed by director…

Optimus Prime Actor Garry Chalk Diagnosed with Cancer

Actor takes himself off Cameo service following Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma diagnosis
― Actor Garry Chalk revealed on Facebook on December 4 that he has been dealing with health issues over the last few months, which resulted in him taking himself off the Cameo service, dropping most social media, and canceling convention appearances for at least the next seven months. On a video posted on Friday on P…

Tasokare Hotel – Episodes 1-3 Review (Press Screening)

This is a series that will live or die based on how interesting the “mysteries of the week” are—and how invested we become in the overarching mysteries of those working at the hotel.
― Without question, the biggest thing Tasokare Hotel has going for it is its fantastic setting. It’s full of the outright supernatural—i.e., bedrooms changing shape when no one is looking to help jog the memories of thei…

The Best Anime of Fall 2024

It was another packed season of anime, but nothing could stop Science SARU’s DAN DA DAN from rocketing to the top of critics and fans’ lists.
― It was another packed season of anime, but nothing could stop Science Saru’s DAN DA DAN from rocketing to the top of critics and fans’ lists. Still, the series was in good company even if it dominated conversation. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Du…

Mamoru Hosoda Reveals Scarlet Anime Film for Release in Winter 2025

Sony Pictures to release film outside Japan
― Studio Chizu and director Mamoru Hosoda (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, The Boy and The Beast, Mirai) revealed on Monday a new anime film titled Scarlet (Hateshi naki Scarlet in Japanese, literally “Scarlet Without Limits”) for release in winter 2025. This will be the first new work for Hosoda in four years, since Belle. The …

Vinland Saga Season 2 Blu-ray Anime Series Review

While this Blu-ray release is incredibly lacking, Vinland Saga season 2 is as good as it gets.
― I haven’t seen a lot of anime/read a lot of manga that hit me even half as hard as Makoto Yukimura’s Vinland Saga. And season 2—often called the farm arc, slave arc, and/or Ketil’s Farm arc—is arguably the strongest part of that punch. Or—actually, it doesn’t feel thematically right to call it a “punch” i…

‘As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill’ Anime Gets 3rd Season

Season 2 ended on Sunday with announcement
― The television anime of Miraijin A’s (also known as Jinei Mirai’s) As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World (Tensei Kizoku Kantei Sukiru de Nariagaru – Jakushō Ryōchi o Uketsuidanode, Yūshūna Jinzai o Fuyashite Itara, Saikyō Ryōchi ni Natteta) light novel series ended its second season on Sunday with a promotional vide…

MF Ghost Anime Gets 3rd Season

Announced after season 2 ended on Monday
― The second television anime season based on Shuuichi Shigeno’s MF Ghost manga ended on Monday with a teaser promotional video announcing a third season: The series takes place in the 2020s, when self-driving cars are ubiquitous in Japan. The manga centers on Kanata Livington, a Japanese driver who goes back to Japan after graduating at the top of his class a…

Puniru is a Kawaii Slime Anime Gets 2nd Season

Announced after episode 12 on Monday
― The television anime of Maedakun’s Puniru is a Kawaii Slime (Puniru wa Kawaii Slime) web manga series ended its 12th episode on Monday with an announcement of a second season. The romantic comedy manga tells the story of Kotarō, who created a slime and named it Puniru. Seven years pass, and Puniru transforms into a beautiful young lady. The anime stars: Yū Sasah…

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Spinoff Manga Gets TV Anime in April 2025

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s Kenichi Suzuki directs series at BONES FILM
― The Jump Festa ’25 event on Sunday announced that Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court’s My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals) manga is getting a television anime series that will debut in April 2025. Kenichi Suzuki (Cells at Work!, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) is directing the anime. BONES’ newly …