Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. - The Fall 2024 Anime Preview Guide

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Ltd.</a></cite></cite> manga series by <cite class="e person"><a href="/encyclopedia/people.php?id=222607">Sekka Iwata</a></cite> and <cite class="e person"><a href="/encyclopedia/people.php?id=222608">Yū Aoki</a></cite>. The anime series is streaming on <cite class="e company"><a href="/encyclopedia/company.php?id=14558">Amazon Prime Video</a></cite> on Fridays.</p> <hr> <div align="center"><h3>How was the first episode?</h3></div> <p></p> <figure class="fright"><img src="/img/spacer.gif" width="300" height="169" alt="jbpgf24-17-magilumiere-co-ltd-preview.png" border="1" data-src="/thumbnails/max300x600/cms/preview-guide/215479/jbpgf24-17-magilumiere-co-ltd-preview.png.jpg" class="lazyload"><figcaption class="credit copyright"><div class="text">©岩田雪花・青木裕／集英社・株式会社マジルミエ製作委員会</div></figcaption></figure> <b> Richard Eisenbeis<br> Rating: <span class="star_rating h20"> <span class="bar" style="width:80.0px"></span> <span class="stars"></span> </span> </b> <br><p>I was rather weary of this one going in. Over the years we've gotten a few of these “fantastical concept meets corporate hellscape” anime. A few seasons ago we had <cite><cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=26588">Bullbuster</a></cite></cite> which did the same thing as this anime only in regards to <cite class="e lexicon"><a href="/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=100">mecha</a></cite> fighting kaiju. Honestly, taking the worst things about modern life (e.g., worries about money, workplace drama, and customer-facing jobs) and mixing them with something that is supposed to be a fun escape just doesn't mesh well with me—unless, of course, the concept goes full comedy like <cite>Ghostbusters</cite>.</p> <p>However, <cite><cite class="e anime">Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.</cite></cite> managed to get me on board despite my initial trepidation. How? Can I just say how nice it is to have a hero who is not only good at her job but has fun with it? Koshigaya seems to have a blast looking cool fighting eldritch monsters. Even in mortal danger, she's smiling—full of confidence and joy at the challenge. She's not a superhero doing it for money, fame, or obligation. She's where she wants to be in life doing exactly what she wants to do—and that is a dream we should all strive for.</p> <p>On the other side of the equation, we have Kana, a recent college graduate amid job-hunting. Kana's issue is that her greatest strength is her greatest liability: her memory. This is a problem a lot of young Japanese people have. Passing the appropriate standardized test is almost always the only deciding factor for getting into high school or college—things like grades and extracurriculars are meaningless. Thus, in general, the entire Japanese school system is based around rote memorization instead of critical thinking—as that's what you need to pass the tests.</p> <p>So when Kana, with her photographic memory, is going through the job interview process, she just repeats what she has planned beforehand—what she thinks the interviewers want to hear. This makes her come off as anything but authentic. And it doesn't help that Kana saying she's good at research and preparation can also be interpreted as “unable to think on her feet and do what needs to be done in a crisis.”</p> <p>Of course, this is proven untrue as Kana alone steps in to help Koshigaya fight the monster of the week—and can use both her memory and quick thinking to turn the fight in their favor. While Kana may have never thought about going into the magical girl industry, or even a small company instead of a large one, both the job and the environment seem to be what she needs to thrive—that is if she can get past her boss crossdressing as a magical girl, anyway. </p> <p></p> <hr> <figure class="fright"><img src="/img/spacer.gif" width="300" height="169" alt="jbpgf24-17-magilumiere-co-ltd-preview-b.png" border="1" data-src="/thumbnails/max300x600/cms/preview-guide/215479/jbpgf24-17-magilumiere-co-ltd-preview-b.png.jpg" class="lazyload"><figcaption class="credit copyright"><div class="text">©岩田雪花・青木裕／集英社・株式会社マジルミエ製作委員会</div></figcaption></figure> <b> James Beckett<br> Rating: <span class="star_rating h20"> <span class="bar" style="width:90.0px"></span> <span class="stars"></span> </span> </b> <br><p>Being the jaded and cynical adult that I am, it's always fun to see a series twist the typical tales of magical action and adventure through the prism of soul-crushing capitalism and workaday mundanity. What's more fun than a Magical Girl anime? A Magical Woman Anime, where the magic BROOMS™ and fancy wands are hampered by overdesigned software interfaces and our heroines have to hustle for clients as they compete with the other 500 understaffed companies that are vying for the opportunity to earn some cash blowing up Kaii monsters that wreak havoc across Japan.</p> <p>I knew <cite class="e anime">Magilumiere Co. Ltd.</cite> was going to be a damned fun time by the time its first fun action scene wrapped up and its premiere continued to impress me with its cool world building and interesting characters. The Kaii are well designed monsters with a variety of forms and effects and I dig the ways that their menacing presence has become just another everyday worry for the adults of Japan to have to figure out in between scheduling job interviews and complaining about workplace maintenance compliance. Hitomi makes for a likeable, feisty magical heroine, while her new protégé Kana serves as an ideal perspective character. She's a recent college graduate who is tired of the job-hunt grind and just wants to find a place that won't inexplicably brush off her committed work ethic and her freakishly powerful photographic memory. It's easy to root for her to meet up with Hitomi and find her destiny as a Magical Girl.</p> <p>If you need a perfect example of the good vibes that Magilumiere is delivering, we get a surprisingly well choreographed and animated transformation sequence for Hitomi, except her transformation totem is just…her work ID lanyard. I'm literally clutching my well-worn keycard badge as we speak in solidarity with my new working-class idols. Kill those monsters, queen, and maybe even squirrel away a few more yen for that 401k. </p> <p></p> <hr> <figure class="fright"><img src="/img/spacer.gif" width="300" height="169" alt="jbpgf24-17-magilumiere-co-ltd-preview-c.png" border="1" data-src="/thumbnails/max300x600/cms/preview-guide/215479/jbpgf24-17-magilumiere-co-ltd-preview-c.png.jpg" class="lazyload"><figcaption class="credit copyright"><div class="text">©岩田雪花・青木裕／集英社・株式会社マジルミエ製作委員会</div></figcaption></figure> <b> Caitlin Moore<br> Rating: <span class="star_rating h20"> <span class="bar" style="width:80.0px"></span> <span class="stars"></span> </span> </b> <br><p>This season's second magical girl offering is <cite class="e anime">Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.</cite> In my review of the previous entry, <cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=26669">Acro Trip</a></cite>, I complained lightly about magical girl series that originate in media outlets aimed at men. I just want you to know, the whole time I was whispering under my breath, “Except for Magilumiere, which is cool.” My familiarity with the source, a <cite class="e lexicon"><a href="/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=19">seinen</a></cite> manga, is limited to one volume, but that volume was a lot of fun, okay?</p> <p>It's definitely better than this season's anime about startups, that's for darn sure.</p> <p>Magilumiere's gimmick is that magical girls are more or less exterminators dispatched by companies of varying sizes for as-yet-vaguely defined magical phenomena known as Kaii. The setting fuses the magical trappings of the genre with technology, with transformations triggered by their corporate ID badges, mechanical brooms that double as their wands, and their powers controlled by tablet apps. It's a fitting twist for a more grown-up take on a space defined by its relationship to young girls, whimsy, and magic.</p> <p>What makes Magilumiere shine, rather than feel like a cynical mockery, is it still finds space for whimsy but in a more subdued way. Hitomi, the startup Magilumiere's sole magical girl, may be a magical girl via an employment contract rather than anything supernatural, but she's still having fun with it. She banters playfully with Kaede, Magilumiere's salesman, and her broom is decked out with stickers. She dyes her hair blonde, as evidenced by the dark roots showing through, and overall comes across as an overgrown kid, if not a bastion of girlish innocence. That's fine though; experimenting with adulthood has always been a motif of <cite class="e lexicon"><a href="/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=3">mahou shoujo</a></cite>, and she's found a form of adulthood that works for her where she can still express herself. I love her.</p> <p>She's not actually the star of the show; that laurel goes to Kana Sakuragi, a recent college grad who's been struggling on the job hunt because she's memorized interview guides and company information to the point that it's off-putting to her interviewers. She's far less dynamic than Hitomi, but she's also voiced by <cite class="e person"><a href="/encyclopedia/people.php?id=215531">Fairouz Ai</a></cite>, so I'm willing to give her a fair shake nonetheless.</p> <p></p> <hr> <figure class="fright"><img src="/img/spacer.gif" width="300" height="169" alt="rhs-magilumiere-cap-2" border="1" data-src="/thumbnails/max300x600/cms/preview-guide/215479/rhs-magilumiere-cap-2.jpg" class="lazyload"><figcaption class="credit copyright"><div class="text">©岩田雪花・青木裕／集英社・株式会社マジルミエ製作委員会</div></figcaption></figure> <b> Rebecca Silverman<br> Rating: <span class="star_rating h20"> <span class="bar" style="width:70.0px"></span> <span class="stars"></span> </span> </b> <br><p>Do they have to be magical girls? I'm not objecting to the job, mind you – I love the genre and most of its permutations. But I think we can all agree that the people in question in this show aren't girls but women: fully grown adults. Unlike in <cite><cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3434">Precure</a></cite> Full Bloom</cite> or <cite class="e person"><a href="/encyclopedia/people.php?id=973">Arina Tanemura</a></cite>'s manga <cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=17264">Idol Dreams</a></cite>, both of which feature grown-up transforming ladies, they don't age down when they transform, and their transformations are for their full-time jobs. I know this is silly to get hung up on, but what can I say? I can be pedantic.</p> <p>That quibble aside, I was pleasantly surprised by this episode and am now fully convinced that I was in a bad mood when I read the manga. This adaptation seems to balance being faithful to the source material with understanding the needs of a motion-based format. Much of the imagery is taken directly from the first volume, particularly the cityscape with all the magical girl company signs and the opening fight on the motorcycles. Other elements are beautifully extended, like Koshigaya's transformation, which needed animation and sparkle. Amusingly enough, it feels more exhaustive than any of the transformations in the currently airing <cite><cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=30897">Wonderful Precure!</a></cite></cite>, which is a classic magical girl show aimed at a young audience. Still, it also isn't overtly sexualized, which is always a concern. Koshigaya's shit-eating grin during the entire thing is a lot of fun; this is a woman who loves her work, possibly because she gets to beat things up.</p> <p>I don't love the technological aspect of the way the magical “girls” fight, though. Kaii (the in-world monsters) being sucked into USB drives is inherently funny, but the technology to fight, complete with tablets linked to the magic wands, feels overly complex. Koshigaya has to yell out her commands to the tablet, which sends the attacks to her wand, but she also needs someone to hit the reload button on the tablet, which is how classic overachiever and presumptive soon-to-be magical girl Kana gets involved. It's an attempt to update something like <cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=25076">Pretty Cure</a></cite>'s group (or just duo) attacks, but it doesn't work for me. I do find their BROOMS, which look a bit like the magic drive shafts from <cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=16641">Wish Upon the Pleiades</a></cite>, to be entertaining, though; they make sense in a world where motorized transportation is the norm, and I enjoyed that Koshigaya was putting stickers all over hers.</p> <p>This fills the same niche as <cite class="e anime">Acro Trip</cite>, a different take on an old genre that's trying to reach both genre fans and those who might not be. 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The staff state the film w...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article218403 news anime"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 49.643% 62.357%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.8/218403/youandidolprecure_logo2.png.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218403">16 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-11-28/precure-franchise-announces-you-and-idol-precure-anime/.218403" data-track="id=180006&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-11-28/precure-franchise-announces-you-and-idol-precure-anime/.218403" data-track="id=180006&from=SB"><cite>Precure</cite> Franchise Announces <cite>You and Idol Precure♪</cite> Anime</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-29T08:32:33+08:00">Nov 29, 08:32</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218403">16 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">New anime marks 22nd main entry in franchise</span> <span class="full">― Toei Animation revealed on Friday that the 22nd main anime entry in the <cite>Precure</cite> franchise is titled <cite>You and Idol Precure♪</cite> (<cite>Kimi to Idol Precure♪</cite>). <cite>Wonderful Precure!</cite>, the 21st Precure (Pretty Cure) television anime series, premiered on February 4. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs in Japan. <cite>Mahō Tsukai Precure!!: MIRAI DAYS</cite>, the direct sequel...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews t-review" data-topics="article218125 reviews anime"> <div class="category-line reviews t-review"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 33.586% 73.569%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/218125/murai-in-love.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews t-review"> review </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218125">4 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/review/murai-in-love/anime-series/.218125" data-track="id=179879&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/review/murai-in-love/anime-series/.218125" data-track="id=179879&from=SB"><cite>Murai in Love</cite> Anime Series Review</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-29T01:00:00+08:00">Nov 29, 01:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218125">4 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Murai in Love is a very strange show. Its premise is strange, its characters are strange, and its animation is strange. So strange that it practically begs to be watched.</span> <span class="full">― <cite>Murai in Love</cite> is a very strange show. Its premise is strange, its characters are strange, and its animation is strange. So strange that it practically begs to be watched. I admit that I was mildly non-plussed by <cite>Murai in Love</cite> at f...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside scwwim" data-topics="article218314 sponsor merch"> <div class="category-line scwwim"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 30.375% 19.333%" data-src="/assets/e6f9f5aafd3396bfdd01dc0447f0f72a43c5ebc6.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category scwwim"> <span>a</span><font><b><font><b>d</b></font></b></font> </div> </div> <a href="/advertorial/2024-11-28/product-spotlight-the-official-y70-silver-wolf-case-bundle/.218314" data-track="id=179933&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/advertorial/2024-11-28/product-spotlight-the-official-y70-silver-wolf-case-bundle/.218314" data-track="id=179933&from=SB">Product Spotlight - The Official Y70 Silver Wolf Case Bundle</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-28T23:00:00+08:00">Nov 28, 23:00</time> <span class="topics"> <a topic="merch" href="/all/?topic=merch" target="intro-by-topic"> merch</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Last month, HYTE was nice enough to send us an early shipment of their latest product: The Official Y70 Silver Wolf Case Bundle.</span> <span class="full">― This was kind of a perfect launch event. That's what I thought to myself after I left iBUYPOWER's and HYTE's Silver Wolf Launch event. For those unfamiliar with HYTE, they are the (cool) sister brand of iBUYPOWER that as of late are best known for their unique premium pro...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article218392 news manga anime"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 58.900% 87.244%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.8/218392/me-and-the-alien-muumuu.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218392">2 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-11-28/me-and-the-alien-muumuu-manga-tv-anime-adaptation-confirmed/.218392" data-track="id=180005&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-11-28/me-and-the-alien-muumuu-manga-tv-anime-adaptation-confirmed/.218392" data-track="id=180005&from=SB"><cite>Me and the Alien MuuMuu</cite> Manga's TV Anime Adaptation Confirmed</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-28T18:23:46+08:00">Nov 28, 18:23</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218392">2 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="manga" href="/all/?topic=manga" target="intro-by-topic"> manga</a> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Momo Harumi, Etsuko Kozakura to star in series debuting in 2025</span> <span class="full">― Pony Canyon confirmed on Thursday that Hiroki Miyashita's <cite>Uchūjin MūMū</cite> manga is getting a television anime adaptation in 2025 with the English title <cite>Me and the Alien MuuMuu</cite>. The anime will star newcomer Momo Harumi as Sakurako Umeyashiki, and Etsuko Kozakura as MuuMuu. Pony Canyon describes the story: A cat-like alien from a distant ga...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article218373 news manga"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 40.996% 12.500%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.6/195697/girlfriend.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218373">5 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-11-27/reiji-miyajima-girlfriend-girlfriend-manga-creator-hiroyuki-will-launch-new-series/.218373" data-track="id=179976&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-11-27/reiji-miyajima-girlfriend-girlfriend-manga-creator-hiroyuki-will-launch-new-series/.218373" data-track="id=179976&from=SB">Reiji Miyajima: <i>Girlfriend, Girlfriend</i> Manga Creator Hiroyuki Will Launch New Series</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-28T09:43:49+08:00">Nov 28, 09:43</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218373">5 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="manga" href="/all/?topic=manga" target="intro-by-topic"> manga</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Hiroyuki finished <cite>Girlfriend, Girlfriend</cite> manga series in May 2023</span> <span class="full">― In his author's note in this year's 31st issue of Kodansha's <cite>Weekly Shonen Magazine</cite> on Wednesday, <cite>Rent-A-Girlfriend</cite> manga creator Reiji Miyajima reported that his friend, manga creator Hiroyuki, has decided this week to launch a new series. Miyajima does not indicate what kind of story Hiroyuki's new series will be, nor when it will ...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews t-review" data-topics="article218007 reviews novels"> <div class="category-line reviews t-review"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 47.600% 25.867%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/218007/bsd-another.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews t-review"> review </div> </div> <a href="/review/bungo-stray-dogs-another-story/yukito-ayatsuji-vs-natsuhiko-kyogoku/novel/.218007" data-track="id=179807&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/review/bungo-stray-dogs-another-story/yukito-ayatsuji-vs-natsuhiko-kyogoku/novel/.218007" data-track="id=179807&from=SB"><cite>Bungo Stray Dogs Another Story: Yukito Ayatsuji vs. Natsuhiko Kyogoku</cite> Novel Review</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-28T01:00:00+08:00">Nov 28, 01:00</time> <span class="topics"> <a topic="novels" href="/all/?topic=novels" target="intro-by-topic"> novels</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook"><cite>Bungo Stray Dogs: Another Story</cite> is one of the strongest novels in the franchise to date, and in many ways an homage to classic mystery fiction.</span> <span class="full">― Most of the characters in the main Bungo Stray Dogs are dead. Or at least, the authors they're (loosely) based on are, and I have to think that that makes it easier for series author Kafka Asagiri to create their characters. But that's not the case for Bung...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article218301 news manga"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 62.533% 47.911%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.8/218301/81qpzeeo5il.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218301">45 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-11-27/tennessee-school-districts-remove-multiple-manga-series-from-libraries/.218301" data-track="id=179942&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-11-27/tennessee-school-districts-remove-multiple-manga-series-from-libraries/.218301" data-track="id=179942&from=SB">Tennessee School Districts Remove Multiple Manga Series from Libraries</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-28T01:00:00+08:00">Nov 28, 01:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218301">45 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="manga" href="/all/?topic=manga" target="intro-by-topic"> manga</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook"><cite>Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Akira, Case Closed, Assassination Classroom, Fire Force,</cite> more pulled</span> <span class="full">― In the past two months, two school districts in Tennessee have listed the books, including manga series, that they have removed from school libraries. Other school districts in Tennessee are considering how to comply with a new state law this year to limit books in school libraries. The Rutherford ...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside views t-feature" data-topics="article217989 views anime"> <div class="category-line views t-feature"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 48.281% 52.361%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/feature/217989/yasuke.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category views t-feature"> feature </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/217989">32 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/feature/2024-11-27/lesean-thomas-schools-new-york-on-consumer-fans-and-uplifting-animators/.217989" data-track="id=179600&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/feature/2024-11-27/lesean-thomas-schools-new-york-on-consumer-fans-and-uplifting-animators/.217989" data-track="id=179600&from=SB">LeSean Thomas Schools New York on 'Consumer' Fans and Uplifting Animators</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-27T22:00:00+08:00">Nov 27, 22:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/217989">32 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">When someone says they wish <cite>Yasuke</cite> was more like <cite>Samurai Champloo</cite> or <cite>Vinland Saga</cite>, he responds, “Why do you want the same shit?”</span> <span class="full">― Last week, the Japan Society in New York City hosted the film series "Foreign Exchange: Anime Inspirations & Visionaries with LeSean Thomas.” Thomas, the first Black American to work as an anime director in Japan, participated in three talks hosted by Coach Mike of The I...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article218350 news anime"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 53.946% 27.750%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.8/218350/gdxibl7ayaadrji.jpeg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218350">3 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-11-27/the-invisible-man-and-his-soon-to-be-wife-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-2025/.218350" data-track="id=179910&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-11-27/the-invisible-man-and-his-soon-to-be-wife-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-2025/.218350" data-track="id=179910&from=SB"><i>The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife</i> Manga Gets TV Anime in 2025</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-27T17:16:18+08:00">Nov 27, 17:16</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218350">3 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Iwatobineko's romantic comedy of invisible detective & his bashful staffer</span> <span class="full">― A website opened on Wednesday to announce a television anime adaptation of Iwatobineko's manga The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife (Tōmei Otoko to Ningen Onna: Sonouchi Fūfu ni Naru Futari) for next year. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story: Yakō Shizuka, a quiet and bash...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside ooiwd" data-topics="article218315 sponsor merch"> <div class="category-line ooiwd"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 29.250% 8.500%" data-src="/assets/c51197cf20dbfc7354aa73f5a8d72bf37a1a3616.png"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category ooiwd"> <strong><span><span><span><span><b><b><font>a</font></b></b></span></span></span></span></strong><span>d</span> </div> </div> <a href="/advertorial/2024-11-27/total-anime-premium-collectibles-for-every-fan/.218315" data-track="id=179890&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/advertorial/2024-11-27/total-anime-premium-collectibles-for-every-fan/.218315" data-track="id=179890&from=SB">Total Anime: Premium Collectibles for Every Fan</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-27T13:00:00+08:00">Nov 27, 13:00</time> <span class="topics"> <a topic="merch" href="/all/?topic=merch" target="intro-by-topic"> merch</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Jazwares is revolutionizing the way fans connect with their favorite anime franchises.</span> <span class="full">― Anime Collecting Has Never Looked Better Jazwares is revolutionizing the way fans connect with their favorite anime franchises. By blending anime-accurate details, exceptional articulation and premium quality, their Total Anime brand truly offers a complete collectible experience that feels fresh and authentic. ...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews t-review" data-topics="article218230 reviews manga"> <div class="category-line reviews t-review"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 87.560% 20.667%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/218230/good-boy.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews t-review"> review </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218230">1 comment</a></div> </div> <a href="/review/praise-me-when-im-a-good-boy/manga/.218230" data-track="id=179804&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/review/praise-me-when-im-a-good-boy/manga/.218230" data-track="id=179804&from=SB"><cite>Praise Me When I'm a Good Boy</cite> Manga Review</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-27T01:00:00+08:00">Nov 27, 01:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218230">1 comment</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="manga" href="/all/?topic=manga" target="intro-by-topic"> manga</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">It genuinely makes me happy when I come across a story that treats BDSM dynamics with the reverence they deserve!</span> <span class="full">― I chose to review a lot of stories dealing with different types of sexual proclivities because I'm always curious about how these types of dynamics are portrayed in media. BDSM (relationship dynamics revolving around bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, etc.) in particula...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside column t-this-week-in-anime" data-topics="article218266 column anime"> <div class="category-line column t-this-week-in-anime"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 29.323% 29.815%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/this-week-in-anime/218266/lucas_02.png.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category column t-this-week-in-anime"> column </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218266">15 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/this-week-in-anime/2024-11-26/.218266" data-track="id=179819&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/this-week-in-anime/2024-11-26/.218266" data-track="id=179819&from=SB">This Week in Anime - Reheating Anime Leftovers</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-26T23:00:00+08:00">Nov 26, 23:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218266">15 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Chris and Lucas ponder how anime is rebooting old franchises like they're reheating turkey after Thanksgiving.</span> <span class="full">― Chris and Lucas ponder how anime is rebooting old franchises like they're reheating turkey after Thanksgiving. 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. Ranma...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside views t-newtype" data-topics="article215607 views anime"> <div class="category-line views t-newtype"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 44.111% 20.286%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/newtype/215607/shikanoko_900_350.gif.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category views t-newtype"> newtype </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/215607">1 comment</a></div> </div> <a href="/newtype/2024-11-26/exclusive-interview-my-deer-friend-nokotan-megumi-han-as-noko-shikanoko-saki-fujita-as-torako-koshi/.215607" data-track="id=179544&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/newtype/2024-11-26/exclusive-interview-my-deer-friend-nokotan-megumi-han-as-noko-shikanoko-saki-fujita-as-torako-koshi/.215607" data-track="id=179544&from=SB">Newtype exclusive interview: <cite>My Deer Friend Nokotan</cite> Megumi Han as Noko Shikanoko × Saki Fujita as Torako Koshi</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-26T22:00:00+08:00">Nov 26, 22:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/215607">1 comment</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Voice actors Saki Fujita and Megumi Han share the importance of a "straight man" in a comedy like Nokotan!</span> <span class="full">― Follow Your Heart, Not Your Horns! My Deer Friend Nokotan charges into chaos! The much-talked-about comedic anime My Deer Friend Nokotan first blew up a storm when its opening theme loop video dropped prior to the show's broadcast, and continues to be a topic even now well into its run. This “...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside views t-feature" data-topics="article218282 views anime"> <div class="category-line views t-feature"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 13.192% 10.000%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/encyc/A28887-2250276588.1719376576.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category views t-feature"> feature </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218282">5 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/feature/2024-11-26/a-new-saber-debuts-at-fate-strange-fake-episode-premiere/.218282" data-track="id=179832&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/feature/2024-11-26/a-new-saber-debuts-at-fate-strange-fake-episode-premiere/.218282" data-track="id=179832&from=SB">A New Saber Debuts at <cite>Fate/strange Fake</cite> Episode Los Angeles Premiere</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-26T22:00:00+08:00">Nov 26, 22:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218282">5 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Series directors Shun Enokido and Takahito Sakazume joined character designer Yūkei Yamada and Saber VA Yūki Ono to bring the America-set series to Los Angeles.</span> <span class="full">― After nearly a year and a half since the <cite>Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn</cite> special, the upcoming TV anime series premiered for fans at the Fate 20th Anniversary event in Los Angeles. Shortly after the showcase, the full English dubbed ep...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="clear:left"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> All material <a href="/copyright-policy">Copyright</a> © Anime News Network LLC. 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