Let’s have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts. Keep in mind that these rankings are based on how people rated individual episodes of the current
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© 2020 フライングドッグ／サイダーのように言葉が湧き上がる製作委員会 Flying Dog‘s original anime film Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (Cider no Yō ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru) aired on NHK Educational on Sunday, April 28 at 3:30 p.m., and it earned a 0.5% rating. The episode of the live-action series adaptation of Kana Ozawa‘s Blue Moment manga that aired on Fuji
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This is the largest batch of Slam Dunk episodes that I’ve reviewed thus far. Originally, I wanted to review the show in more even seasons, but given its overall pacing and release, it wasn’t easy to find a moment where it felt right to stop and start again. However, as we approached the final third
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Back when Funimation was still its own company and not owned by Sony, long before its in-house streaming service was terminated in favor of Crunchyroll‘s streaming platform, it owned a TV channel. Legal streaming had yet to dominate the Western anime scene and satellite competed with cable for TV audiences. My family had a satellite
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Image via Studio Ghibli website © 2002 Aoi Hiiragi/Reiko Yoshida/Studio Ghibli, NDHMT Hiroyuki Morita and Studio Ghibli‘s The Cat Returns film aired on NTV on Friday, May 3 at 9:00 p.m. and earned a 6.8% rating. The Kaiketsu Zorori: Lalala♪ Star Tanjō anime film aired on NHK Educational on Friday, May 3 at 8:50 a.m.
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Stellar Blade debuts at #1, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes at #2/3 Japan’s Game Ranking: April 22-28 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 PS5 Stellar Blade Sony Interactive Entertainment April 26 48,998 48,998 2 NSw Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes 505 Games April 23 41,009 41,009 3 PS5 Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
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Image courtesy of Azuki Los Angeles-based Web3 anime-styled brand Azuki and advertising conglomerate Dentsu debuted the first nine-minute episode of their joint anime endeavor, Enter The Garden, on April 30. The episode, which has already racked up a quarter of a million views, is an experiment following previous NFT-promoting attempts in the anime-sphere. Singer Tove
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Project first announced in 2021 Nintendo reported on May 7 during its financial results briefing that the company will open its museum in Uji City, Kyoto in fall 2024. Image via Nintendo The company first announced its Nintendo Museum project in June 2021 under the tentative “Nintendo Gallery” name, and it originally scheduled the museum
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Endless Ocean Luminous debuts at #1 Japan’s Game Ranking: April 29-May 5 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw Endless Ocean Luminous Nintendo May 2 28,345 28,345 2 PS5 Stellar Blade Sony Interactive Entertainment April 26 18,133 67,131 3 NSw Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo April 28, 2017 13,572 5,825,584
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