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Shojo anime isn't always shimmery bubbles and rose petals, sometimes it's a lot darker than that, especially in how it ends.

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Fresh from the A Bit Much Dept., Anime Division, is My Hero Academia: You’re Next (now on Netflix), the latest feature-length ...

I've collected thousands of comics, but things have gone too far. Join me on my new quest: everything must go.

Check out 24 of the world’s must unusual landscapes — from the hellish Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan to the “snow ...

In Japan, most manga are divided into categories by gender and age group: boys (shonen), girls (shojo), women (josei), and men (seinen). But the readership is more fluid than those strict labels ...

Publishers are falling for yuri, or girls’-love manga featuring romance between female characters. The category’s “opening up ...

Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2025 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a ...

Clamp, the popular manga creators behind Cardcaptor Sakura, has finally released a new chappter for xxxHolic after eight years.

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