Crunchyroll Celebrates Valentine’s Day With Free February Programming
20 drama and rom-com titles will be available to stream the entire month; the Lovestruck Loot sale will also be available on the Crunchyroll Store from February 5-14.
Category: Anime
GKIDS and Shout! Studios to Release Mamoru Hosoda Film Catalog in 4K
The set of films from the award-winning director kicks off with ‘Summer Wars’ and ‘Wolf Children,’ coming in 4K UHD SteelBook, standard Blu-ray, and on digital download-to-own platforms on April 1 and August 5.
‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ or What is This Anime Thing Anyway?
The popular Netflix series isn’t anime, is it? AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond wades into the definition debate.
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Anime Tokyo Station Announces ‘Oshi No Ko’ Anime Series Exhibition
The free program runs from February 8 - May 6, and will include key scenes from the anime, life-sized panels of characters, photo spots, and a ‘live’ B-KOMACHI performance experience.
Anime’s Robot Titans: Weighing ‘Gundam’ and ‘Macross’
AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond dives into not one but two huge science-fiction franchises.
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GKIDS Acquires ‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-’ Feature Rights
The first-ever collaboration between the ‘Evangelion’ series’ studio khara and Sunrise, home of the ‘Mobile Suit Gundam’ animated series, hits North American theaters on February 28.
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‘The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei: He Just Solves All the Mysteries’ Anime Coming in April
The prequel series to Natsuhiko Kyogoku’s renowned ‘Hyakki Yako’ novels, based on an original spin-off manga illustrated by Aki Shimizu, follows a student, her new literature teacher, and much supernatural drama.
Crunchyroll Announces April 2025 Blu-Ray Release Calendar
Launches include ‘Shangri-La Frontier’ Season 1 Part 2, ‘Berserk of Gluttony,’ ‘One Piece’ Collection 37 and ‘Chillin’ in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers.’
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‘Zenshu’: The Superpower of Animation
AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond looks at MAPPA’s comedy fantasy, one of the best shows currently streaming, now on Crunchyroll; but first he discusses the often mis-identified universe of TV anime.
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‘Unnamed Memory’ Season 2 Now Streaming on Crunchyroll
In the series, Tinasha, previously the ‘Witch of The Azure Moon,’ now reigns as the Queen of Tuldarr; a new love story will now unfold between her and Oscar, with new episodes every Tuesday.
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Trailer, Voice Cast Revealed for ‘Solo Camping for Two’ Anime Series
Adapted from the manga of the same name, the show follows a devoted solo camper’s accidental encounter with a total novice that evolves into an unusual partnership; debuts this July.
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‘Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc’ Season 2 Coming to Netflix January 12
Watch the trailer for the sequel series, based on the original manga ‘Kinnikuman’ and 1983 anime, about the galaxy's fragile peace under the Three-Faction Treaty that is jeopardized by the sudden rise of the Perfect Large Numbers Corps, an elite group intent on overturning the accord.
Crunchyroll Updates Winter 2025 Anime Season Lineup
Highlights of the slate include ‘Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE,’ ‘Dragon Ball DAIMA,’ ‘The Apothecary Diaries’ Season 2, and more.
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‘In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World’: A Story Rethought
AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond discusses the much-extended version of Sunao Katabuchi’s acclaimed 2016 war drama film, ‘In This Corner of the World,’ now available on Crunchyroll; but first he asks, ‘When did animated films get so long?’
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Netflix Drops ‘Sakamoto Days’ Final Trailer, Names English Voice Cast
The upcoming anime series, which follows a legendary assassin who falls in love, marries, has kids, falls out of shape, but must resume old fighting ways, streams January 11.
Masaki Watanabe Talks ‘Sakamoto Days’
The director breaks down the unique and challenging animation production on his new Netflix anime series about a legendary assassin who falls in love, marries, has kids, and falls out of shape, but must resume old ways to ensure his peaceful new life, streaming January 11.
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‘Ghost of Tsushima: Legends’ Anime Series Coming to Crunchyroll in 2027
Takanobu Mizuno will helm the project, with animation by KAMIKAZE DOUGA; the anime platform is teaming with Aniplex, Sony Music, Playstation Productions to produce.
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Crunchyroll Announces ‘Crunchyroll Manga’ App
The standalone app for iOS and Android, debuting later this year as a membership add-on, will feature manga from top Japanese publishers.
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‘Attack on Titan: The Last Attack’ Coming to North American Theaters
Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment have combined into one film the final two episodes of the critically acclaimed anime series for a supersized cinematic experience on one day: February 10.
‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’: A Tokyo Take
Japan catches up with the Middle-Earth anime that most of the world has already written off as a flop – AWN’s anime columnist Andrew Osmond was there to see it.
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‘Dan Da Dan’ and the Magnificent Science SARU
Anime columnist Andrew Osmond discusses the recent smash series and how its production studio worked with ‘Scott Pilgrim’ and Naoko Yamada.
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‘Dan Da Dan’ Season 2 Debut Set
Teaser trailer released for new season of the hit sci-fi/horror anime series from animation studio Science SARU, based on the manga by Yukinobu Tatsu, which will premiere in July 2025.
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Taking a Look at ‘Look Back’
Journalist and animation expert Andrew Osmond returns to AWN’s pages after almost 20 years, explaining his reshaped attitude - from skeptic to convert – towards anime while sharing his review of Kiyotaka Oshiyama’s newest film.
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Sae Okamoto Talks Mechanical Arms and Animating Mechas
8 years after a successful Kickstarter, the first-time anime series director’s show, ‘Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms’ is now streaming on Crunchyroll; it blends traditional 2D with hand-retouched 3DCG to deliver fluid, lifelike human-machine characters.
Crunchyroll Announces Winter 2025 Anime Lineup
Highlights of the upcoming slate include ‘Solo Leveling’ Season 2, ‘ZENSHU’, ‘The Apothecary Diaries’ Season 2, and more.
