
Scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano is apparently set to make a comeback as a seiyuu, having revealed that she has managed to secure no less that 4 new roles – although not everyone is convinced.
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Scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano has celebrated her 24th birthday with a live performance, vowing that she will continue her seiyuu career, such as it is.
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Bleach has been attracting attention for the wrong reasons again – in this case for managing to leave production directions scrawled all over an entire scene broadcast on TV (clearly visible in the second frame).
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Anime fans are aghast at the news that the Guangxi government has given its highest award for cultural excellence to a Chinese moral indoctrination anime widely derided as a complete rip-off of 5cm Per Second.
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If a single episode can make or break an anime, it is more often than not the ending which does so – thus anime fans have helpfully sought to rank what are in their opinions some of the least convincing finales in anime history.
Whilst the ranking itself contains no spoilers, it seems highly probable the comments might.
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Anime fans are aghast at seeing the two most controversial figures (or “biggest trolls” as some would have it) in the anime world join forces – scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano is now a follower of washed up director Yamakan.
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Anime fans take a break from onanising over the latest moeblobs to collect some of the latest (or simply most shocking) examples of what happens when animators are paid $3 an hour and have half their jobs outsourced to Korea.
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Legendary production controversy anime Minami-ke is apparently finally due a second season, much to the delight and scepticism of fans.
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Square Enix’s controversial decision to implement a “fatigue” system in Final Fantasy XIV in order to pander to casuals and the Chinese government has finally been revoked.
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Adapting manga, visual and light novels into anime is a fraught process at the best of times, and some titles have become notorious for making a mess of things – though yet others are simply notorious for having snobbish or obsessive fans who resent new arrivals or so much as the slightest change to the original story.
Anime fans supply a ranking of the original works they most strongly prefer to the anime adaptations.
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The shaky production history of Hollywood’s much reviled adaptation of post-Fukushima anime Akira just got even shakier with the news that its director has quit.
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Anime fans have lately been discussing whether anime should have a “message,” with the general sentiment apparently being that it is better off without it.
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