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data-track="id=115639&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-27/square-enix-legend-of-mana-rpg-gets-anime/.174429" data-track="id=115639&from=SB">Square Enix's <cite>Legend of Mana</cite> RPG Gets Anime</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2021-06-27T18:35:36-04:00">Jun 27, 18:35</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174429">9 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <span class="games">games</span> <span class="anime">anime</span> </span> </div> <div class="preview"> <span class="intro">Graphinica, Yokohama Animation Lab produce <cite>Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal</cite> anime</span> <span class="full">― Square Enix announced on Sunday during a 30th anniversary livestream for the <cite>Seiken Densetsu</cite> (<cite>Mana</cite>) game series that Warner Bros. Japan is producing an anime adaptation of Square Enix's <cite>Legend of Mana</cite> game. The anime is titled <cite>Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal</cite> (<cite>Seiken Densetsu Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Cryst...</cite></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews" data-topics="article174349 reviews novels"> <div class="category-line reviews"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 90.555% 5.800%" data-src="/web/20210628024347oe_/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/174349/goblin-slayer-11.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews"> review </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174349">3 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/goblin-slayer/novel-11/.174349" data-track="id=115538&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/goblin-slayer/novel-11/.174349" data-track="id=115538&from=SB">Goblin Slayer Novel 11</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2021-06-27T12:00:00-04:00">Jun 27, 12:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174349">3 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <span class="novels">novels</span> </span> </div> <div class="preview"> <span class="intro">“A problem” is, in some ways, a good way to define the storytelling here on the whole. It's not a bad book, and the development of the desert nation is interesting, as are the new races who are introduced. But the interlude chapters in the first person feel disjointed and detached from the rest of the novel.</span> <span class="full">― Female Merchant, who was first introduced as Noble Fencer, the sole survivor of her party w...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news" data-topics="article174479 news anime"> <div class="category-line news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 71.875% 83.056%" data-src="/web/20210628024347oe_/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/cover400x200/youtube/q15CRdE5Bv0.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174479">26 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-27/chainsaw-man-tv-anime-1st-teaser-unveils-staff/.174479" data-track="id=115626&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-27/chainsaw-man-tv-anime-1st-teaser-unveils-staff/.174479" data-track="id=115626&from=SB"><cite>Chainsaw Man</cite> TV Anime's 1st Teaser Unveils Staff</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2021-06-27T09:11:13-04:00">Jun 27, 09:11</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174479">26 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <span class="anime">anime</span> </span> </div> <div class="preview"> <span class="intro">Jujutsu Kaisen episode director Ryū Nakayama helms MAPPA anime with music by DEVILMAN crybaby's Kensuke Ushio</span> <span class="full">― Animation studio MAPPA revealed the first teaser promotional video for the television anime of Tatsuki Fujimoto's <cite>Chainsaw Man</cite> manga at its 10th anniversary livestream event on Sunday. The video reveals the main staff. Ryū Nakayama (Black Clover, Jujutsu Kaisen episode director) is directin...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news" data-topics="article174493 news anime"> <div class="category-line news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 62.833% 65.330%" data-src="/web/20210628024347oe_/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.4/174493/maboroshi_teaser-1.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174493">9 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-27/mari-okada-pens-helms-mappa-original-anime-film-alice-to-therese-no-maboroshi-kojo/.174493" data-track="id=115625&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-27/mari-okada-pens-helms-mappa-original-anime-film-alice-to-therese-no-maboroshi-kojo/.174493" data-track="id=115625&from=SB">Mari Okada Pens, Helms MAPPA's Original Anime Film <i>Alice to Therese no Maboroshi Kōjō</i></a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2021-06-27T09:10:13-04:00">Jun 27, 09:10</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174493">9 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <span class="anime">anime</span> </span> </div> <div class="preview"> <span class="intro"><cite>Maquia</cite> animators reunite with music by <cite>Her Blue Sky's</cite> Masaru Yokoyama</span> <span class="full">― The "MAPPA STAGE 2021 -10th Anniversary-" event debuted a teaser trailer on Sunday to announce that Mari Okada is writing and directing an original anime film called Alice to Therese no Maboroshi Kōjō (Alice and Therese's Illusory Factory). Okada describes the "first-love fantasia story" of youths struggling in an uncertain world...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews" data-topics="article174447 reviews anime"> <div class="category-line reviews"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 37.147% 59.100%" data-src="/web/20210628024347oe_/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/174447/anime_key_visual.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews"> review </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174447">4 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/maesetsu-opening-act/episodes-1-12/.174447" data-track="id=115535&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/maesetsu-opening-act/episodes-1-12/.174447" data-track="id=115535&from=SB">Maesetsu! Opening Act</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2021-06-26T12:00:00-04:00">Jun 26, 12:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174447">4 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <span class="anime">anime</span> </span> </div> <div class="preview"> <span class="intro">Maesetsu! is a really enjoyable show… if comedy is your thing. If it's not, then it can be a bit of a drag, especially in its early episodes.</span> <span class="full">― Maesetsu! Opening Act was a Fall 2020 series co-produced by AXsiZ and Studio Gokumi. The former, AXsiZ, is probably most known for <cite>Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles</cite> as well as its work on upcoming anime <cite>World's End Harem</cite>. The latter, Studio Gokumi, has loads of...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews" data-topics="article174321 reviews anime"> <div class="category-line reviews"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 55.469% 54.746%" data-src="/web/20210628024347oe_/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/cover400x200/encyc/A23070-1398219920.1583128406.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews"> review </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174321">11 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/pompo/the-cinephile/.174321" data-track="id=115523&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/pompo/the-cinephile/.174321" data-track="id=115523&from=SB">Pompo: The Cinéphile</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2021-06-25T15:00:00-04:00">Jun 25, 15:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174321">11 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <span class="anime">anime</span> </span> </div> <div class="preview"> <span class="intro">Pompo: The Cinéphile is the perfect showcase of anime cinema – with equal emphasis on both words. Every single frame is packed with vibrant colors and flavors, with snappy transitions between animation-like and cinematic expression.</span> <span class="full">― What a delightful, exhilarating film to watch. <cite>Pompo: The Cinéphile</cite> is the perfect showcase of anime cinema – with equal emphasis on both words. Every single frame is p...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside column" data-topics="article174411 column games"> <div class="category-line column"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 41.083% 55.991%" data-src="/web/20210628024347oe_/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/the-x-button/174411/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-the-hinokami-chronicles_2021_06-20-21_006.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category column"> column </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174411">8 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-x-button/2021-06-25/this-week-in-games-blazing-trails/.174411" data-track="id=115522&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-x-button/2021-06-25/this-week-in-games-blazing-trails/.174411" data-track="id=115522&from=SB">This Week in Games - Blazing Trails</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2021-06-25T13:00:00-04:00">Jun 25, 13:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174411">8 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <span class="games">games</span> </span> </div> <div class="preview"> <span class="intro">Heidi's favorite Nintendo DS game is getting a remaster, the Demon Slayer fighter game is coming stateside, and Falcom announced a boatload of new Trails titles! Find out about here in This Week in Games!</span> <span class="full">― Hey friends! How are you all doing? I'm currently trying to not die from heat, but other than that, I'm pretty OK! If you missed it, check out my Tales of Arise preview here on ANN! Also, by the t...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside video" data-topics="article174396 video anime"> <div class="category-line video"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 50.000% 51.759%" data-src="/web/20210628024347oe_/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/cover400x200/herald/115524/sevenv7.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category video"> watch </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174396">2 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/watch/2021-06-25/how-the-film-influenced-anime-the-seven-samurai-vs-samurai-7/.174396" data-track="id=115524&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/watch/2021-06-25/how-the-film-influenced-anime-the-seven-samurai-vs-samurai-7/.174396" data-track="id=115524&from=SB">How the Film Influenced Anime: <cite>The Seven Samurai</cite> vs. <cite>Samurai 7</cite></a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2021-06-25T12:50:20-04:00">Jun 25, 12:50</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174396">2 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <span class="anime">anime</span> </span> </div> <div class="preview"> <span class="intro">Seven Samurai is one of the most influential movies ever made, yet its anime adaptation continues to languish in relative obscurity. We take a look back at both the 1954 film by Akira Kurosawa, and the 2004 anime series by Studio Gonzo.</span> <span class="full">― The year is 1954. Akira Kurosawa, one of Japan's most prolific filmmakers releases his ronin masterwork, <cite>Seven Samurai</cite>. It quickly became one of the most criticall...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside contest" data-topics="article174401 contest games"> <div class="category-line contest"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 51.000% 47.500%" data-src="/web/20210628024347oe_/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/giveaway/174401/400x200.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category contest"> giveaway </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174401">0 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/giveaway/2021-06-25/scarlet-nexus/.174401" data-track="id=115476&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/giveaway/2021-06-25/scarlet-nexus/.174401" data-track="id=115476&from=SB">Scarlet Nexus Giveaway and Discount Code</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2021-06-25T11:45:49-04:00">Jun 25, 11:45</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174401">0 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <span class="games">games</span> </span> </div> <div class="preview"> <span class="intro">Scarlet Nexus (the game) drops today! Here's your chance to win it! Alternatively, we've got a code for 10% off Scarlet Nexus, or any other game in the 2Game store. This give-away is open world-wide!</span> <span class="full">― In partnership with Anime News Network, 2Game is giving away 5 copies of SCARLET NEXUS (PC version), the just released Bandai Namco Entertainment action role playing game tied into the highly anticipa...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box column" data-topics="article174247 column just-for-fun"> <div class="category-line column"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 50.833% 5.414%" data-src="/web/20210628024347oe_/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/azure/174247/6-herald.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category column"> column </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174247">12 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/azure/2021-06-25/.174247" data-track="id=115281&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/azure/2021-06-25/.174247" data-track="id=115281&from=SB">Intern Annika - Fin ?</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2021-06-25T00:00:00-04:00">Jun 25, 00:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174247">12 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <span class="just-for-fun">just for fun</span> </span> </div> <div class="preview"> <span class="intro">Is this the end?</span> <span class="full">― We certainly hope you enjoyed Intern Annika! Unfortunately this will not be a weekly comic strip, but Annika will be making appearances around the site in the near future, and there will be more Annika comics from time to time. Please let us know in the forum what you though of the strip, and if there's anything you would like to see from Annika in the future.</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside column" data-topics="article174355 column anime"> <div class="category-line column"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 49.688% 77.315%" data-src="/web/20210628024347oe_/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/this-week-in-anime/174355/nicky_31.png.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category column"> column </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174355">5 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2021-06-24/.174355" data-track="id=115470&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2021-06-24/.174355" data-track="id=115470&from=SB">This Week in Anime - Why ODDTAXI is Must-Watch TV</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2021-06-24T15:12:24-04:00">Jun 24, 15:12</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174355">5 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <span class="anime">anime</span> </span> </div> <div class="preview"> <span class="intro">ODDTAXI is the tightly-written noir we didn't know we needed. Nicky and Steve look into why this walrus-starring mystery cannot be missed.</span> <span class="full">― One of the most intriguing series from the last season is a slowburn mystery starring a walrus, an alpaca, and a mobster porcupine. ODDTAXI is the tightly-written noir we didn't know we needed. Nicky and Steve look into why ODDTAXI cannot be missed. This series...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews" data-topics="article174367 reviews anime"> <div class="category-line reviews"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 45.385% 58.043%" data-src="/web/20210628024347oe_/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/cover400x200/encyc/A24148-1181752782.1615856307.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews"> review </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174367">20 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/record-of-ragnarok/season-1/.174367" data-track="id=115465&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/record-of-ragnarok/season-1/.174367" data-track="id=115465&from=SB">Record of Ragnarok</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2021-06-24T13:15:22-04:00">Jun 24, 13:15</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/cms/discuss/174367">20 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <span class="anime">anime</span> </span> </div> <div class="preview"> <span class="intro">Record of Ragnarok is a show of extremes. Both within the text and beyond it, this is an anime that rapidly oscillates between highs and lows in every respect. I feel that in so many ways it says a lot about the state of the industry.</span> <span class="full">― To err is human, but to survive is divine. Record of Ragnarok is a show of extremes. Both within the text and beyond it, this is an anime that rapidly oscillates betw...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="clear:left"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> All material <a href="/web/20210628024347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/copyright-policy">Copyright</a> © 1998-2021 Anime News Network. 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