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Get ready for a real concoction of cute thanks to a new chibi anime titled Kaginado, which brings characters together from Key visual novels like Kanon, Air, Clannad, Little Busters!, Rewrite, and (apparently) more. The crossover fun begins in Japan this October, and the announcement …Read more »
Jun Maeda—co-founder of visual novel brand Key and writer of beloved stories like CLANNAD and Angel Beats!—has something new in the works. During a recent Genron Café live stream on Nico Nico Douga, Maeda revealed plans to announce a new slate of projects on May …Read more »
You may know Clannad as an anime series, but the franchise got its start as a visual novel from the folks at Key. Now that visual novel is getting a new release on Nintendo Switch—with English-language support. If that isn’t enough to tempt you, listen …Read more »
If you're one of the people that picked up copies of Sentai Filmworks' DVDs—whether it happens to be Clannad , Blue Drop , Ghost Hound , Legends of the Dark King - A Fist of the North Star Story , or Tears to Tiara —sub-only …Read more »
If you haven’t noticed, the results are in…Spotify Wrapped is here. Which song and artist topped your Spotify Wrapped list? It’s probably not hard to imagine our most listened-to songs include some of anime’s greatest hits from this year, as well as a few classics. …Read more »
Short-form crossover anime KAGINADO has a second season on the way, and it’s officially set to premiere in Japan and abroad starting on April 12. The first season was simulcast via Funimation, and ran from October to December 2021. KAGINADO brings in various characters from …Read more »
The chibi fun of Key’s Kaginado anime is getting ready to continue next year. The official Twitter account and website updated with some new plans, which have the series returning with a second season in April 2022. Kaginado brings beloved characters from Key series like …Read more »
TW: Bullying, War, Death Anime has the power to uplift us and provide an escape from our realities for 23 minutes at a time. It also has the ability to rip our hearts out and leave us crying for hours. For much longer than I’d …Read more »
It’s a wish fulfillment trope that’s made it into almost every anime genre, from romantic comedies to scif-fi and fantasy. Plot circumstances drop an ordinary average guy into a close living/working situation with a group of attractive women, and inexplicably they all fall for him …Read more »
Key, the visual novel studio and Visual Arts brand, is planning to reveal multiple anime projects within the year. That’s the word from Visual Arts boss Takahiro Baba in a recent blog entry. Baba writes: In a flash, animation has become a representative form of …Read more »
Since last year, news around Kyoto Animation often stems around the horror it experienced in its arson attack and how it’s working to rebuild. But here’s a story that’s a bit more cheerful: A Japanese survey sought to figure out fans’ most beloved KyoAni works, …Read more »
Last week we asked our readers to vote on what they felt was the best romance anime series and films. We’ve compiled a ranked list of the top 20 choices out of the 60+ candidates which were in the running. The results were as follows: …Read more »
Tearjerkers are the subject of the latest poll by Japanese site Anime Anime, which asked its readers to rank the anime that made them cry the most. Sure, we’ve seen ranking sites ask this question before, but it’s always interesting to read the answers. We …Read more »
This past year Kyoto Animation has been through a number of trials and tribulations. When the company was attacked by an arsonist last year, more than 30 of its employees were killed, and a similar number were injured. The good news, though, is now it’s …Read more »
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, a lot of companies have come forth to make their content available for free to give folks stuck at home something to do, especially in Japan. While they don’t specifically mention COVID-19, one such company is Kyoto Animation, …Read more »
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