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Gobble Up This Naruto Shippuden Thanksgiving Bundle
merch
Gobble Up This Naruto Shippuden Thanksgiving Bundle! Combined package available to new U.S. customers through Cyber Monday includes launchbox featuring Kill la Kill and upcoming Naruto Shippuden box. The bundle also includes a free six-month digital subscription to Weekly Shonen Jump, all for $40+S/H. Black Friday comes early to OMAKASE! Viewster has gone all out for this year's Thanksgiving holid...
Anime News Network's Holiday 2015 Gift Guide Part IV: DVD & Blu-ray
just for fun
DVD and Bluray finally arrive in our week-long Christmas gift guide! We've rolled out some awesome limited editions, 2015's best and most elaborate releases and much more!
― Anime itself is a highly personal gift, and it's tough to know exactly what a fan might actually want. Some tips up front if you're buying anime for someone: Ask them what shows they like first and narrow it down. Don't ask what...
The X Button - Vanishing Point
games
This week, Todd scrutinizes some missing pieces of Mario, Sonic, and other popular series! Plus Dead or Alive controversy, Disaster Report’s rebirth, and the quest for holiday games.
― This may be the first X Button to arrive on Thanksgiving, due to the new schedule. I'd like to use the opportunity to mention Thanksgiving-themed video games, but I've noticed a problem. There aren't any. It's rare to...
Naruto: Kakashi's Story Novel
novels
Naruto's teacher Hatake Kakashi takes center stage in this light novel set one year after the Fourth Shinobi World War.
― When it comes to Naruto characters who warrant further exploration, Hatake Kakashi is at the top of the list. Team 7's cool and collected (but oftentimes aloof and nonsensical) leader is one of the franchise's most popular characters. The hidden lower-half of his face was the subj...
Anime News Network's Holiday 2015 Gift Guide Part III: Tech & Gadgets
just for fun
Today's the day for tech in our week-long gift guide! Figure out the ultimate streaming package for the otaku on your Christmas shopping list, plus a bunch of fun gadgets and weird stuff.
― The Streaming Bundle The start of any tech gift guide on a site like this is liable to give you a long list of bluray players and high-end TVs, but as any anime fan will tell you, times have changed - all we real...
A Quick, Easy Guide to the Gintama Drama
anime
At nearly 300 episodes, Gintama is most famous for its incredible comedy, but the show has a serious storyline fans love. With a big new arc starting next week, here's a quick and easy way to catch up with the show's real story before the new arc begins.
― Because Hideaki Sorachi's popular revisionist history comedy is so very wacky, it's easy to forget that Gintama has an overarching plot. With the...
Fairy Tail BD+DVD Parts 16 & 17
anime
As two arcs come to their conclusions, Fairy Tail grows increasingly intense as the characters battle to change the future.
― One of the strengths of Fairy Tail, and indeed other similar shounen series, is the way that it can go from goofy to dead serious in a matter of minutes. The most recent story arcs to receive DVD/BD releases from Funimation, the Grand Magic Games and the Eclipse Gate plotlines...
Anime News Network's Holiday 2015 Gift Guide Part II: Fashion
just for fun
Our week-long gift guide keeps on truckin' with a shockingly wide variety of anime shirts, jackets, hats, and jewelry. Who knew there was so much anime stuff you could put on your body?
― Women's Totoro Tights Within the last year, silhouette tights have become increasingly popular with many online shops stocking cat and rabbit versions. These tights are another iteration for fans of Ghibli's (argua...
K-ON! The Movie
anime
K-On! settles into a comfortable rhythm for an unremarkable but endearing final movie.
― After the surprisingly draining emotional heights of K-On!'s second season, it'd be difficult for a movie reprise to come off as a truly essential addition to the series. And possibly to its benefit, the K-On! movie doesn't really try to - cataloging the girls' pre-graduation trip to London and quest to come up w...
Answerman - What Made The Big Anime Conventions So Big?
industry
Anime conventions are bigger than ever, with the largest attracting nearly 100,000 people in 2015. How'd they get that way?
― Brandon asks: I've been able to attend a few conventions, spend way too much at some, and meet new and old friends at others. However, when I look at the conventions and the news you all cover from events like Sakura-Con or Anime Expo, I wonder “What made these specific conve...
Anime News Network's Holiday 2015 Gift Guide Part I: Art & Books
just for fun
The first part of our week-long 2015 gift guide kicks off with a menagerie of art, books and manga! Prints, collector's editions, framed art and much more! Check back every day this week for more giftgiving ideas for the otaku in your life.
― Welcome to Anime News Network's 2016 Holiday Gift Guide! We've put together a pretty extensive catalog of great gifts for the anime and manga fan in your life,...
Shelf Life - Familiar with Zero
anime
Shape-shifting dragons, love charms, talking swords, and sentient trading cards abound in this week's Shelf Life, featuring this week's releases and full-length reviews of Familiar of Zero and Wixoss! Plus: a new reviewer appears!
― After spending more than a few Saturday mornings looking up prices for the new release section of this column, I've found that I can usually guess which shows will be ch...
Sword Art Online II Blu-Ray 3
anime
The shortest arc of Sword Art Online II comes to bluray, and Theron Martin decides if it's worth the hefty price tag.
― At a mere three episodes the Calibur arc is by far the shortest of SAO's five TV series arcs. It is also the weakest in a narrative sense, as its stakes are the lowest and its motivations the most trivial of any of the story arcs. However, Calibur does have one critical factor going...