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- 10:00 Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter Anime's Teaser Unveils July Debut
- 07:58 Voice Actor Shiki Aoki Goes on Hiatus Due to Health
- 06:37 Though I Am an Inept Villainess Light Novels' TV Anime Confirmed
- 06:10 The Unaware Atelier Master Anime's New Video Reveals More Cast, March 30 Advance Streaming
- 05:36 Cute High Earth Defense Club Franchise Announces New TV Anime
- 00:31 Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles 2 Game Streams 3 Character Videos
- Mar 16 Authorized Serial Experiments Lain Spinoff Game Launches on April 30
- Mar 16 Chikuwa Senki Manga About Alien Spy Dog Gets Anime on April 8
- Mar 16 Webtoon-Based Live-Action Taxi Driver Series Confirms Season 3
- Mar 16 KOMACON Report: Number of Webtoon Titles Dropped by Nearly 7% in 2024
Convention reports chronological archives
- Dec 9 Getting Summoned to the Premiere of Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four!
- Dec 9 The Cat-astrophic Premiere of Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster!
- Dec 9 From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!'s Premiere Episode is Just as Funny as it Sounds
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Interest chronological archives
- Mar 14 Happy White Day From Around the Anime World, Part II
- Mar 14 Happy White Day From Around the Anime World, Part I
- Mar 14 Latest Chibi Maruko-chan Beer Ad Finally Reunites Trio in New York Bar
- Mar 13 Nue's Exorcist Tops AnimeJapan's 'Manga We Want to See Animated' Poll
- Mar 13 Shohei Otani Slides Into Fortnite Battle Royale
- Mar 12 Yamato Anime Marks 50th Anniversary With Solid-Gold Sculpture
- Mar 12 Hololive Announces 2 New Video Games
Press Releases chronological archives
- 17:03 Japanese Boys Group Wolf Howl Harmony Release Music Video for ‘BAKUON’, Lead Track from Debut Album ‘Wolf’! Epic Scale Video Shows Resolve to Go Bigger than Major
- 16:55 Koei Tecmo Releases Public Demo for Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land
- 16:50 AiNA THE END New Single ‘Peerless Flowers’ Out Now! Check Out New Music Video Too
- 16:45 Aniplex, Crunchyroll Establish Anime Production Joint Venture, HAYATE
- 16:41 Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon Coming to UK, Irish Cinemas on 16th April
- 07:29 Crunchyroll Acquires New Monster-Sized Cinematic Experience Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon and Sets India Theatrical Date
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Features chronological archives
- 11:30 I Watched It For The Story
- Mar 15 Your Anime Rankings - Best of Winter 2025, Mar 5-11
- Mar 14 Sword Art Online Illustrator BUNBUN Celebrates 20th Anniversary Exhibition
- Mar 13 Newtype Exclusive Interview with Composer Kaoru Wada: Crafting the Soundscape of Ranma ½
- Mar 12 Sailor Moon: The Super Live Cast Interview
- Mar 10 Interview: Zero Escape's Kotaro Uchikoshi on Ever 17 and Never 7 Finally Coming West
- Mar 9 Your Anime Rankings - Best of Winter 2025, Feb 26-Mar 4
- Mar 7 Getting Started with K-Comics - Tapas
- Mar 5 Hana-Kimi Exhibition Celebrates Hisaya Nakajo's 30th Career Anniversary
Reviews alphabetical archives
- 12:00 Corpse Blade Volume 1 Manga Review
- Mar 16 Men of the Harem Volume 1 K-Comic Review
- Mar 16 Mr. Mega Man Manga Review
- Mar 15 Mononoke The Movie: The Ashes of Rage Anime Film Review
- Mar 14 Welcome to Ghost Mansion Manga Volume 1 Review
- Mar 14 Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land
- Mar 13 The Obsessed Mage and His Beloved Statue Bride Novel Review
- Mar 12 The Revenge of My Youth Manga Review
- Mar 11 I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Manga Review
Columns chronological archives
- 10:00 Answerman - Do Cultural Differences Justify Watsuki's Punishment?
- Mar 13 This Week in Anime - Anime Strike Out
- Mar 8 This Week in Games - Suikoden Returns
- Mar 4 The ANN Aftershow - Happy Late Cat-Day Stream!
- Feb 28 The Anime Backlog - Yu Yu Hakusho Season 1
Newtype... chronological archives
- Mar 13 Newtype Exclusive Interview with Composer Kaoru Wada: Crafting the Soundscape of Ranma ½
- Feb 11 Newtype Exclusive Interview with Creators Behind ONE PIECE FAN LETTER - Part 2
- Feb 4 Newtype Exclusive Interview with Creators Behind ONE PIECE FAN LETTER - Part 1
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- Aquarion: Myth of Emotions
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- Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga
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- Even Given the Worthless "Appraiser" Class, I'm Actually the Strongest
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- From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!
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- Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective #9
- Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast - #11
- Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! #12
- Blue Box #22-23
- Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga #11
- Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE #10
- Flower and Asura #10
- From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! #10
- Honey Lemon Soda #10
- I May Be a Guild Receptionist #10
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V #15
- Medalist #11
- Momentary Lily #10-11
- My Happy Marriage Season 2 #24
- One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga #18
- Orb: On the Movements of the Earth #25
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 #64
- Sakamoto Days #10
- Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 #48
- Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- #23
- Tasokare Hotel #11
- The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 2 #22
- The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 #34
- The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World #9
- Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Season 2 #10
- Übel Blatt #10
- Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! #9-10
- Witchy Precure! -MIRAI DAYS- #10
- ZENSHU. #10
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