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AnimeJapan ’21: KanoKano anime series drops new info

Information for the anime adaptation of Girlfriend, Girlfriend (Kanojo mo kanojo) was announced on the final day of Anime Japan 2021. Girlfriend, Girlfriend, currently serialising in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine, is a romantic comedy revolving around the love triangle between high school student Naoya Mukai and Saki Saki and Nagisa Minase. Broadcast for the anime series …

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AnimeJapan ’21: My Hero Academia movie sets release date

The title for the third My Hero Academia movie has been revealed to be My Hero Academia The Movie: World Heroes’ Mission, and its release date is set for 6 August 2021. The latest theatrical project continues to be an original story following its predecessors My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018) and My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019). Creator Kohei …

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AnimeJapan ’21: SAO movie coming Autumn ’21

Sword Art Online Progressive The Movie: Aria In the Starless Night, the latest movie instalment of the popular anime series, will be hitting theatres in Autumn 2021. A new promotional video and visual were also revealed at the announcement on 27 March. Adapted from the light novel “Sword Art Online Progressive” by Reki Kawahara, the …

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Podcast: Love It Or Weeb It – The Eccentric Family [With Transcript]

Take a flight of fancy with this under-the-radar gem. Annie (@annieothername) and Jeff (@jeffinitelyjeff) were kind enough to invite me onto their podcast Love It Or Weeb It to talk (and talk!) (and talk!!) about one of my all-time favorite anime, The Eccentric Family. Join us for a lively discussion of mythology, femme fatales, and …

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You Don’t Have to Kick Ass to Be Kickass: Shoujo fantasy and the value of the noncombatant hero

Over the decades, the number of fantastical stories starring female characters has slowly but significantly risen. As that number has gone up, so too have the number of lady action heroes. Girls and women are no longer relegated to the roles of “white mage” or “brainiac”; they can sling spells, slay vampires, and punch supervillains …