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This includes:</p> <ul> <li>To set up your account, establish, and maintain a relationship with you;</li> <li>To verify your identity or contact you;</li> <li>To administer contests and other promotional opportunities we offer;</li> <li>To process payments;</li> <li>To connect with you if you have an inquiry; </li> <li>To monitor, protect and secure our systems, including against fraud; </li> <li>To better understand how you use our Services and Website;</li> <li>To meet audit, legal, and regulatory processes and requirements; and</li> <li>Otherwise with your consent or where permitted by law. </li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;">We may use your personal information to send you newsletters and other communications about the Services. You can opt-out of receiving promotional communications from us by following the opt-out or “unsubscribe” instructions provided in your email. Please note that upon unsubscribing, you will continue to receive transactional and account-related electronic messages from us.</p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a name="2"></a>INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Visiting our Website:</strong> We collect the IP (Internet protocol) addresses of all visitors to our Website and other related information such as page requests, browser type, operating system and average time spent on our Website, browser type, operating system and average time spent on our Website. We use this information to help us understand our Website activity and to improve our Website.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Cookies:</strong> Our Website uses a technology called "cookies". A cookie is a tiny element of data that our Website sends to a user's browser, which may then be stored on the user's hard drive so that we can recognize the user when they return. We use cookies to remember your preferences and to authenticate you. You may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to not accept certain cookies. However, if you decide not to accept cookies from our Website, you may not be able to take advantage of all of the Website features.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Analytics</strong>: We may use third party service providers like <cite class="e company"><a href="/encyclopedia/company.php?id=14117">Google</a></cite> Analytics to collect information about your use of the Website, such as the features used and time spent on the Website, to help us better understand our users and improve our Website. The information we gather is used in an aggregate, non-identifiable form. For information about how information is processed in connection with <cite class="e company">Google</cite> Analytics please read the <cite class="e company">Google</cite> Analytics Policy <a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en-GB&gl=uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">here</span></a>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Ad Networks:</strong> We may use advertising networks to serve advertisements on our Website and on third-party websites or other media (e.g., social networking platforms). This enables us and these third parties to target advertisements to you for products and services in which you might be interested based on your browsing and purchase history. These third-party advertising services may use cookies and other tracking technologies to measure the effectiveness of ads and to personalize advertising content for you. These third-party services are governed by each third party's privacy policy, not this Policy.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">All or partial advertising on this Website or App is managed by Playwire LLC. If Playwire publisher advertising services are used, Playwire LLC may collect and use certain aggregated and anonymized data for advertising purposes. To learn more about the types of data collected, how data is used and your choices as a user, please visit <a href="https://www.playwire.com/privacy-policy"><span class="-wrap">https://www.playwire.com/privacy</span>-policy</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">You may go to the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (“DAAC”) <a href="https://youradchoices.ca/choices/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Opt-Out Tool</span></a>, for information about opting out of targeted advertising and the choices you have regarding information circulated among <a href="https://youradchoices.ca/participating-companies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">DAAC companies</span></a>. You may also go to the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) <a href="http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Consumer Opt-Out Page</span></a> for information about opting out of targeted advertising and the choices you have regarding information circulated among NAI members. Please note that when using these ad industry opt-out tools, you may need to execute the opt-out on each browser or device that you use.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Opting out from one or more companies listed on the DAAC Opt-Out Tool, or the <a href="http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #195d8d;">Consumer Opt-Out Page</span></a> will opt you out from those companies’ delivery of targeted content or ads, but it does not mean you stop receiving ads through our Website or on other websites. You may continue to receive ads, for example, based on the particular website that you are viewing. Also, if your browsers are configured to reject cookies when you opt out on the DAAC or NAI websites, your opt-out may not be effective.</p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a name="3"></a>DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Affiliates</strong>: We may transfer personal information to our related companies to make it easier for customers to use services provided on various platforms by entities with which information is jointly used; to announce information related to products, services, or the like that is considered to be helpful to customers; and to process each customer's Personal Information and create statistical reports that cannot be used to identify an individual.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Service Providers:</strong> In connection with our Services, we may transfer (or otherwise make available) personal information to third parties who provide services on our behalf (including affiliates acting in this capacity). For example, we may use service providers to host our Website, store data and provide back-up (including cloud-based service providers), process payments, or provide data analytics. Our service providers are given the information they need to perform their designated functions, and we do not authorize them to use or disclose personal information for their own marketing or other purposes. For more information about the way in which our service providers treat personal information, please contact us as set out in the “Contact Us” section below.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Sale of Business:</strong> We may transfer personal information as an asset in connection with a prospective or completed merger, acquisition or sale (including transfers made as part of insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding) involving all or part of the Website or as part of a corporate reorganization or other change in corporate control.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Legal:</strong> The Website and its service providers may disclose your personal information in response to a search warrant or other legally valid inquiry or order (which may include lawful access by US or other foreign governmental authorities, courts or law enforcement agencies), to other organizations in the case of investigating a breach of an agreement or contravention of law or detecting, suppressing or preventing fraud, or as otherwise required or permitted by applicable US or other law.</p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a name="4"></a>INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Personal information may be maintained and processed by us or our third party service providers outside of Canada or the United States. In these circumstances, the governments, courts, law enforcement, or regulatory agencies of that country may be able to obtain access to your personal information through the laws of the foreign country, which may have different privacy and data protection laws that may or may not be as comprehensive as in your jurisdiction. By providing us with your personal information, you acknowledge such transfer of information out of your jurisdiction.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">To the extent we sell your personal information as the term “sell” is defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information by us to third parties at any time. You may submit a request to opt-out by e-mailing your request to our privacy officer at the email provided on the “<a href="/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Contact Us</a>” page with attn: “CCPA Request”.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">In addition, exercising your right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information does not mean that you will stop seeing ads or that you will stop seeing interest-based ads. To learn more about interest-based advertising across sites and additional opt-out choices, you should visit one or more of the following industry opt-out links: <a href="https://optout.aboutads.info/#/"><span class="-wrap">http://optout.aboutads.info/#/</span></a>, <a href="https://optout.networkadvertising.org/#"><span class="-wrap">http://optout.networkadvertising.org/#</span></a>, and <a href="https://www.aboutads.info/appchoices"><span class="-wrap">http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices</span></a>). Where you opt-out of the sale for purposes of the CCPA, but do not opt-out of interest-based advertising more generally, you may continue to receive ads tailored to your interests based upon personal information not sold by us or sold by other sources from which you have not opted out.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">If you are a California resident, you also have the right, under California Civil Code Section 1798.83, to view a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed Personal Information for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year. Please click <a href="https://animenewsnetwork.com/PII_shared" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> to view the list.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a name="5"></a>LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Depending on your jurisdiction, we rely on one or more of the following legal grounds (as appropriate) to process personal information:</p> <ul> <li>To enter and perform a contract with you or to perform any steps you require from us before entering into a contract.</li> <li>To pursue our legitimate business interests in establishing, managing or concluding our relationship with you.</li> <li>Where you have specifically consented to us processing your personal information.</li> <li>To comply with our legal obligations and establish, exercise or defend our legal rights.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;">For more information on what our legal basis for processing is in relation to your personal information please reach out to us using the methods outlined in the <a href="/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Contact Us</a>section</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Where personal information is processed with consent, you may (subject to contractual and legal restrictions) refuse to provide your consent, or choose to withdraw your consent, to our processing of your personal information by <a href="https://animenewsnetwork.com/contact/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contacting us</a>. Note that if you refuse to consent, or withdraw your consent, to certain processing of your personal information, we may not be able to provide certain of our services and this may result in the deletion of your account. To delete your account, please click <a href="/account/delete" rel="nofollow">here</a>. </p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a name="6"></a>THIRD PARTY SITES</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Third Party Links:</strong> Our Website may contain links to other websites that Website does not own or operate. We provide links to third party websites as a convenience to the user. These links are not intended as an endorsement of or referral to the linked websites. The linked websites have separate and independent privacy policies, notices and terms of use. We do not have any control over such websites, and therefore we have no responsibility or liability for the manner in which the organizations that operate such linked websites may collect, use or disclose, secure and otherwise treat personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Social Media</strong>: We may offer you the opportunity to engage with Website content on or through third-party social networking websites, plug-ins and applications. When you engage with us or our content on or through third-party social networking websites, plug-ins and applications, you may allow us to have access to certain information associated with your social media account (e.g., name, username, email address, profile picture, gender). We may use this information to personalize your experience on the Website and on the third-party social networking websites, plug-ins and applications, and to provide you with other information you may request.</p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a name="7"></a>SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">We have implemented reasonable physical, technological, and administrative security measures designed to protect the personal information in our control against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. We limit access to personal information to our employees and service providers who require access in connection with their role or function. Despite these measures, since no system or security measure is completely secure, it is possible that personal information may be lost, stolen or accessed without authorization.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of the Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Services like message boards, which any visitor can view.</p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a name="8"></a>RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Personal information is maintained on our servers or those of our service providers and is accessible by authorized employees, representatives and agents who require access for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">We retain personal information for as long as necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes for which it was collected, in accordance with prudent business practices on general document retention, professional obligations or as otherwise required by law.</p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a name="9"></a><cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=33704">CHILDREN</a></cite>'S PRIVACY RIGHTS</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Our Website and Services are targeted to individuals older than 13 years old, and we do not willingly collect personal information from minors under 13 years old.</p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a name="A"></a>YOUR RIGHTS</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">You may request access to or correction of your personal information in our custody or control, by writing to us as described below. You may also have the right, in specified circumstances depending on your jurisdiction, to object to our use of your personal information, to request the deletion of your personal information or restrict its use, to request a copy of the information you have provided to us be transferred to another person. You also have the right to withdraw your consent to our collection, use or disclosure of your personal information. Please note that if you withdraw your consent we may not be able to provide you with a particular product or service. We will explain the impact to you at the time to help you with your decision.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Your rights are subject to applicable legal restrictions and we may take appropriate steps to verify your identity before responding to your request. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us in writing using the contact information in the “Contact Us” section below.</p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a name="B"></a>UPDATES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes to our personal information practices. The revised Privacy Policy will be posted on our Website. 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WATANABE MULTIVERSE How ...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article218263 news novels anime"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 96.735% 45.850%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.8/218263/shabake-teaser-visual.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218263">3 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-11-25/shabake-novels-get-tv-anime-in-2025/.218263" data-track="id=179809&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-11-25/shabake-novels-get-tv-anime-in-2025/.218263" data-track="id=179809&from=SB"><cite>Shabake</cite> Novels Get TV Anime in 2025</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-25T19:00:00+08:00">Nov 25, 19:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218263">3 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="novels" href="/all/?topic=novels" target="intro-by-topic"> novels</a> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Daiki Yamashita stars in adaptation of historical fantasy novel series</span> <span class="full">― Aniplex announced on Monday that Megumi Hatakenaka's <cite>Shabake</cite> historical fantasy novel series is inspiring a television anime series that will debut in 2025. The novels' story is set in Edo, and centers on a sickly but kind-hearted young man, and the mysterious spirit that watches over him. Daiki Yamashita will star in the anime ...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article218264 news novels anime"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 40.208% 29.337%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.8/218264/dinner-table-detective-key-visual.webp.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218264">1 comment</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-11-25/the-dinner-table-detective-novels-get-tv-anime-in-2025/.218264" data-track="id=179808&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-11-25/the-dinner-table-detective-novels-get-tv-anime-in-2025/.218264" data-track="id=179808&from=SB"><cite>The Dinner Table Detective</cite> Novels Get TV Anime in 2025</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-25T17:31:41+08:00">Nov 25, 17:31</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218264">1 comment</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="novels" href="/all/?topic=novels" target="intro-by-topic"> novels</a> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Anime to feature original character designs by <cite>Firefly Wedding's</cite> Oreko Tachibana</span> <span class="full">― Shogakukan opened a website on Monday to announce that Tokuya Higashigawa's <cite>The Dinner Table Detective</cite> (<cite>Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de</cite>) novel series is getting a television anime that will debut in 2025. Manga creator Oreko Tachibana (Firefly Wedding, Promise Cinderella) is designing the original characters for the anime...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article218243 news anime"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 91.089% 6.700%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.6/195256/visual.jpeg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218243">7 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-11-24/highspeed-etoile-anime-has-new-anime-project-in-the-works/.218243" data-track="id=179769&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-11-24/highspeed-etoile-anime-has-new-anime-project-in-the-works/.218243" data-track="id=179769&from=SB"><cite>Highspeed Étoile</cite> Anime Has New Anime Project in the Works</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-25T08:42:46+08:00">Nov 25, 08:42</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218243">7 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">Designer Takuya Fujima posts after event for original TV anime about future motorsport</span> <span class="full">― Illustrator and manga creator Takuya Fujima reported in a post on their X (formerly Twitter) account on Sunday that the original television anime <cite>Highspeed Étoile</cite> has a new anime project in the works. Fujima did not reveal the format or any other details of the new anime project. The artist had taken part in the ...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article218217 news anime industry"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 52.891% 20.972%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.8/218217/bf6de3a74296c1bd3a902e9ef7f9f078d3be8b66.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218217">17 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-11-24/netflix-subpoenas-discord-in-investigation-of-post-production-partner-leaks/.218217" data-track="id=179851&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-11-24/netflix-subpoenas-discord-in-investigation-of-post-production-partner-leaks/.218217" data-track="id=179851&from=SB">Netflix Subpoenas Discord in Investigation of Post-Production Partner Leaks</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-25T02:00:00+08:00">Nov 25, 02:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218217">17 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> <a topic="industry" href="/all/?topic=industry" target="intro-by-topic"> industry</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Episodes of <cite>Ranma 1/2</cite>, <cite>DAN DA DAN</cite>; whole <cite>Mononoke</cite> film leaked on sites such as 4chan</span> <span class="full">― ANN can confirm that The Northern District of California court issued a subpoena on Thursday to compel Discord to share information that could help identify users allegedly involved in the recent Netflix leaks of anime episodes and anime films, as well as other animated and live-action works. Netflix filed the requ...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews t-review" data-topics="article217613 reviews manga"> <div class="category-line reviews t-review"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 100.000% 0.000%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/217613/my-classmate-ren-kun.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews t-review"> review </div> </div> <a href="/review/my-classmate-ren-kun-is-kinda-scary/manga/.217613" data-track="id=179494&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/review/my-classmate-ren-kun-is-kinda-scary/manga/.217613" data-track="id=179494&from=SB"><cite>My Classmate Ren-kun is Kinda Scary</cite> Manga Review</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-25T01:00:00+08:00">Nov 25, 01:00</time> <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>My Classmate Ren-kun is Kinda Scary</cite> is, in a word, frothy.</span> <span class="full">― The narrator of this story isn't the romantic lead. That's probably the most interesting aspect of the book – it's narrated by a mostly nameless girl (we learn her name in the author's afterword, but never in the story proper) as she observes the boys on either side of her in class. It works fairly well as a framing device, particularly sin...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article218235 news anime"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 43.333% 53.066%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.8/218235/seihantainakimitoboku_animekakinen.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218235">6 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-11-24/you-and-i-are-polar-opposites-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-january-2026-by-lapin-track/.218235" data-track="id=179738&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-11-24/you-and-i-are-polar-opposites-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-january-2026-by-lapin-track/.218235" data-track="id=179738&from=SB"><cite>You and I Are Polar Opposites</cite> Manga Gets TV Anime in January 2026 by Lapin Track</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-24T23:09:18+08:00">Nov 24, 23:09</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218235">6 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">Kōcha Agasawa's Shonen Jump+ romantic comedy manga ended on Monday</span> <span class="full">― A website opened on Monday to announce a television anime of Kōcha Agasawa's romantic comedy <cite>You and I Are Polar Opposites</cite> (<cite>Seihantaina Kimi to Boku</cite>). Lapin Track will animate the project for a January 2026 premiere. The manga also ended on Shueisha's Shonen Jump Plus platform on Monday. Manga Plus publishes the series in English an...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside views t-interview" data-topics="article217721 views anime"> <div class="category-line views t-interview"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 65.833% 33.946%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/interview/217721/gqpp6z_bsaajeow.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category views t-interview"> interview </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/217721">1 comment</a></div> </div> <a href="/interview/2024-11-24/from-music-videos-to-feature-film-an-with-a-few-moments-of-cheers-director-popreq/.217721" data-track="id=179601&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/interview/2024-11-24/from-music-videos-to-feature-film-an-with-a-few-moments-of-cheers-director-popreq/.217721" data-track="id=179601&from=SB">From Music Videos to Feature Film: An Interview with <cite>A Few Moments of Cheers</cite> Director POPREQ</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-24T22:00:00+08:00">Nov 24, 22:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/217721">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">Why don't I try [the art path] just once and see what I can do? And, if in the end, I find out that I don't have any talent, I will just give up. That's how I got started."</span> <span class="full">― Recently at the Tokyo International Film Festival, I sat down with POPREQ, the director of the recent film A Few Moments of Cheers. Throughout our conversation, we talked about the film's production and how much of its story com...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews t-review" data-topics="article217580 reviews korean"> <div class="category-line reviews t-review"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 47.235% 16.133%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/217580/who-made-me-a-princess-4.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews t-review"> review </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/217580">2 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/review/who-made-me-a-princess/volumes-4-6/.217580" data-track="id=179493&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/review/who-made-me-a-princess/volumes-4-6/.217580" data-track="id=179493&from=SB"><cite>Who Made Me a Princess</cite> Volumes 4 - 6 K-Comics Review</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-24T01:00:00+08:00">Nov 24, 01:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/217580">2 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="korean" href="/all/?topic=korean" target="intro-by-topic"> korean</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook"><cite>Who Made Me a Princess</cite> was good in its first three books, but it's very good in its second. The final three volumes should be excellent if things continue on this trajectory.</span> <span class="full">― It's practically narrative law that if the villainess character turns out to be good, the heroine must be bad. We've seen that play out over a plethora of series, and while there are exceptions, it happens often enough to feel...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside views t-interview" data-topics="article215374 views anime"> <div class="category-line views t-interview"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 49.531% 35.648%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/interview/215374/frnlnmdxsai7mxn.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category views t-interview"> interview </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/215374">8 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/interview/2024-11-23/directors-takahito-sakazume-and-shun-enokido-on-adapting-fate-strange-fake-to-the-small-screen/.215374" data-track="id=179599&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/interview/2024-11-23/directors-takahito-sakazume-and-shun-enokido-on-adapting-fate-strange-fake-to-the-small-screen/.215374" data-track="id=179599&from=SB">Directors Takahito Sakazume and Shun Enokido on Adapting <cite>Fate/strange Fake</cite> to the Small Screen</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-23T22:00:00+08:00">Nov 23, 22:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/215374">8 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">Learn more about their philosophy when it comes to adapting the novels into animation and the involvement of the original author, Ryohgo Narita.</span> <span class="full">― As the <cite>Fate</cite> series celebrates its 20th anniversary, Anime News Network was able to speak with Shun Enokido and Takahito Sakazume, the directors of the upcoming anime <cite>Fate/strange Fake</cite>. Together we talked about their history with the series, their philosoph...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside survey t-weekly-ranking" data-topics="article218192 survey anime"> <div class="category-line survey t-weekly-ranking"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 51.400% 86.286%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/weekly-ranking/218192/fall2024-montage-w7.jpeg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category survey t-weekly-ranking"> your score </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218192">1 comment</a></div> </div> <a href="/weekly-ranking/2024/fall/.218192" data-track="id=179679&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/weekly-ranking/2024/fall/.218192" data-track="id=179679&from=SB">Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2024, Nov 12-18</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-23T08:10:00+08:00">Nov 23, 08:10</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/218192">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"><cite>The Do-Over Damsel</cite> has been pulling herself up for the last two weeks; we'll have to see if she can keep it up from here. Find out where your favorites rank this week!</span> <span class="full">― 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 ranking...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews t-review" data-topics="article217569 reviews manga"> <div class="category-line reviews t-review"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 46.736% 7.454%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/217569/aimless-nights.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews t-review"> review </div> </div> <a href="/review/our-aimless-nights/manga/.217569" data-track="id=179492&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/review/our-aimless-nights/manga/.217569" data-track="id=179492&from=SB"><cite>Our Aimless Nights</cite> Manga Review</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-23T01:00:00+08:00">Nov 23, 01:00</time> <span class="topics"> <a topic="manga" href="/all/?topic=manga" target="intro-by-topic"> manga</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">By no means is this a deep, page-turning tale of love and lust, and it's not really meant to be.</span> <span class="full">― The risk in naming your manga <cite>Our Aimless Nights</cite> is that the adjective is already giving too much away. This two-volume manga has its narrative meandering around in certain areas, although this serves as a good thing. Teenage romances with all of their awkward tendencies are never exactly straightforwar...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside column t-this-week-in-games" data-topics="article217984 column games"> <div class="category-line column t-this-week-in-games"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 83.516% 22.050%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/this-week-in-games/217984/4400999-tga.png.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category column t-this-week-in-games"> column </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/217984">19 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/this-week-in-games/2024-11-22/welcome-back-to-the-stage/.217984" data-track="id=179609&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/this-week-in-games/2024-11-22/welcome-back-to-the-stage/.217984" data-track="id=179609&from=SB">This Week in Games - Welcome Back To The Stage</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-22T23:00:00+08:00">Nov 22, 23:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/217984">19 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="games" href="/all/?topic=games" target="intro-by-topic"> games</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">The Game Award nominees are out with contentious rule changes, like including DLC for "Game of the Year." Plus, <cite>Shenmue III</cite> finds a new home and <cite>Riviera</cite> is coming to Switch!</span> <span class="full">― Welcome back, folks! I had a fun experience this past weekend: I checked out a local game store and played a few rounds of the <cite>Digimon</cite> card game. It's really fun! I'm especially taken with the "Hatching" mechanic, where you can...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside views t-feature" data-topics="article217139 views anime manga live-action"> <div class="category-line views t-feature"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 38.667% 25.857%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/feature/217139/takakuramontage.jpeg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category views t-feature"> feature </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/217139">14 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/feature/2024-11-22/who-is-dan-da-dan-heartthrob-ken-takakura/.217139" data-track="id=179120&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/feature/2024-11-22/who-is-dan-da-dan-heartthrob-ken-takakura/.217139" data-track="id=179120&from=SB">Who is <cite>DAN DA DAN</cite> Heartthrob Ken Takakura?</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-11-22T22:00:00+08:00">Nov 22, 22:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/217139">14 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> <a topic="manga" href="/all/?topic=manga" target="intro-by-topic"> manga</a> <a topic="live-action" href="/all/?topic=live-action" target="intro-by-topic"> live-action</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">The '60s-'70s era action film star stole Momo Ayase's heart. Here's why he should steal yours, too.</span> <span class="full">― “I am an awkward fellow, after all.” These are the words that make Momo Ayase's heart swoon in Yukinobu Tatsu's romantic paranormal phenomenon <cite>Dan Da Dan</cite>. Originally uttered by the man of her dreams, classic film actor Ken Takakura, these words eventually catch her off-guard when repeated by her UFO-...</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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