Staff Picks: Our Favorite Anime of 2018
By Evan Minto, Ink
- Post
- anime
- Devilman Crybaby
- Garo Vanishing Line
- Megalobox
- Pop Team Epic
- The Night is Short Walk on Girl
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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Video Games of 2018
By Evan Minto
- Post
- video games
- 2018 Staff Picks
- Celeste
- Donut County
- spider-man
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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Manga of 2018
By Evan Minto, Ink
- Post
- manga
- 2018 Staff Picks
- CITY
- Happiness
- Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live?
- PEZ
- Wakako Zake
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #107 – Boss Baby’s First Comiket
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- conventions
- manga
- Comiket
- Japan
- Studio Trigger
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #106 – Super Smash Boys
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- video games
- Ghost in the Shell
- Netflix
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch
- Saint Seiya
- Super Smash Bros
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Secret Santa Review: Death Parade
Everybody, put your hands up.
By Evan Minto
- Review
- anime
- Death Billiards
- Death Parade
- Madhouse
- Young Animator Training Project
- Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #105 – Netflix Presents The Reappraisal of Evangelion with Tom Aznable
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- conventions
- movies
- Anime NYC 2018
- Blade Runner
- Cowboy Bebop
- Evangelion
- Gridman
- Masami Obari
- Netflix
- Studio Trigger
- The Cockpit
- Tom Aznable
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The Double Directors of Ultraman and Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Our interview with Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama from AnimeNEXT 2018
By Evan Minto, Ink
- Interview
- anime
- conventions
- AnimeNEXT 2018
- Kenji Kamiyama
- Shinji Aramaki
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Review: Mahou Shoujo? Naria Girls
The ultimate anime improv comedy experience, for better or for worse.
By Evan Minto
- Review
- anime
- gdgd Fairies
- Koutarou Ishidate
- Mahou Shoujo? Naria Girls
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #104 – Lucio Healing Manga
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- animation
- anime
- manga
- video games
- Flowers of Evil
- Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live?
- Kyoko Okazaki
- League of Legends
- Mari Okada
- Netflix
- Noboru Iguchi
- Overwatch
- Patreon
- Pink
- Super Smash Bros
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Introducing the Ani-Gamers Patreon!
By Evan Minto
- Oldtaku no Radio
- Patreon
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #103 – Three Ways To Say FLCL With Dave Cabrera
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- Adult Swim
- Dave Cabrera
- FLCL
- Gainax
- Production I.G
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #102 – Castlevania and Anime-Inspired Animation with Ink
By David Estrella, Evan Minto, Ink
- Podcast
- animation
- anime
- video games
- Castlevania
- Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan
- Fall 2018 anime
- Gridman
- Hinomaru Zumou
- Jingai-san no Yome
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
- Run with the Wind
- Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
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FLCL Progressive Designer Chikashi Kubota on Following in FLCL’s Footsteps
The animator and designer chats about the design process on Progressive and his love of 2-D animation at FanimeCon 2018.
By Evan Minto
- Interview
- anime
- Adult Swim
- Chikashi Kubota
- FanimeCon 2018
- FLCL
- Gainax
- Production I.G
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Manga Editor Yumi Sukemune on Making Princess Jellyfish and the History of Shojo
The editor discusses her decade-plus career in manga and the feminism of Sailor Moon.
By Evan Minto
- Interview
- manga
- Akiko Higashimura
- Kodansha
- Princess Jellyfish
- Sailor Moon
- Tokyo Tarareba Girls
- Yumi Sukemune
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #101 – Spider-Podcast, Radioactive Spider-Podcast
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- manga
- video games
- Bowsette
- DENPA
- Gainax
- spider-man
- Telltale Games
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Animator Shingo Yamashita Talks Influences and the Future of the Anime Industry
Our interview with the popular “web gen” animator at Crunchyroll Expo 2018.
By Evan Minto
- Interview
- animation
- anime
- Blade Smash
- Crunchyroll Expo 2018
- Naruto
- Shingo Yamashita
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RErideD’s Yoshitoshi ABe and Rie Ogura Open up About the Creative Process and Returning to Anime
An interview with the renowned artist and the producer behind the upcoming series at Crunchyroll Expo 2018.
By Evan Minto
- Interview
- anime
- manga
- Crunchyroll Expo 2018
- Despera
- Geek Toys
- RErideD
- Rie Ogura
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Yoshitoshi ABe
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #100 – Metal Gear Solid, Live from Shadow Moses Island
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- video games
- Crunchyroll Expo 2018
- Metal Gear
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Ani-Gamers Podcast: Ani-Gamers Podcast Bonus – No Need for Dippin’ Dots at Otakon 2018
By Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- conventions
- manga
- Anime World Order
- DENPA
- Otakon 2018
- Shoji Kawamori
- Studio Trigger
- Tenchi Muyo
- The Cockpit
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Studio Trigger Staff Reminisce About Gainax and Look Ahead to Co-Productions
Director Yoh Yoshinari and producers Masahiko Otsuka and Naoko Tsutsumi’s Otakon 2018 press conference
By Evan Minto
- Interview
- anime
- conventions
- Darling in the Frankxx
- Masahiko Otsuka
- Naoko Tsutsumi
- Otakon 2018
- Studio Trigger
- Yoh Yoshinari
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Review: Maquia – When the Promised Flower Blooms
Mari Okada’s directorial debut successfully merges high fantasy with a multigenerational family drama
By Evan Minto
- Review
- anime
- Bamboo
- Kazuki Higashiji
- Maquia
- Mari Okada
- P.A. Works
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Impressions: SSSS.Gridman Episode 1
A surprisingly tame Trigger reboot of the ’90s tokusatsu series
By Evan Minto
- Post
- anime
- conventions
- Akira Amemiya
- Anime Expo 2018
- Gridman
- Studio Trigger
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“Throwing Words”: Mari Okada and Kenji Horikawa Discuss Maquia
The writer/director and P.A. Works president on the importance of emotion and the challenges of making fantasy anime
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Interview
- anime
- conventions
- Anime Expo 2018
- Eleven Arts
- Kenji Horikawa
- Maquia
- Mari Okada
- P.A. Works
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Impressions: Sirius the Jaeger Episodes 1–2
Killer vampire-vs-werewolf action from Sword of the Stranger’s director
By Evan Minto
- Post
- anime
- conventions
- Anime Expo 2018
- Masahiro Ando
- P.A. Works
- Sirius the Jaeger