From Software's long-awaited Elden Ring has finally arrived. Fusing the punishing gameplay of Dark Souls with the storytelling of George R. R. Martin and a vast open world, Elden Ring is sure to dazzle and demolish us for many months to come. Just in time for this new dark fantasy adventure, here are a pile of anime to get you in the Elden Ring spirit!
From Bakemonogatari and its many successors to battle royales and historical epics, Nisio Isin's writing has been adapted into all manner of fascinating anime productions. With his latest adaptation arriving in just a few days, today we look back over Isin's various anime works, and try to pin down what makes his writing so compelling!
There are a bunch of awesome anime series to watch in the vein of Tower of God, and Crunchyroll-Hime used her infinite wisdom to recommend 5 shows you absolutely need to watch (when you're not watching Tower of God). Read on for more!
Viz Media revealed new licenses and updated previous announcements with details during its C2E2 panel this weekend. See what the company has cooking after the jump.
New key visuals have been published for the upcoming stage play adaptation of JUNI TAISEN: ZODIAC WAR, and now the entire cast of Chinese Zodiac-themed assassins has been revealed in full costume and make-up. Hit the jump to check them out.
A stage play based on JUNI TAISEN: ZODIAC WAR is coming soon with performances in Tokyo and Kobe, and now the production has shown off three of its killer cast in full make-up and costume. Hit the jump to check them out.
Nision Isin's Chinese Zodiac-inspired deathmatch light novel, JUNI TAISEN: ZODIAC WAR, has already been adapted into a manga and a TV anime, and now it's getting a new treatment as a live-action stage play that will run in Kobe and Tokyo in May of 2018. Hit the jump to learn more.
As the show came to a close, Juni Taisen was kind enough to give us a sneak peek into what all its various antiheroes might have wished for. Today on Why It Works, let's repay that generosity, by harshly grading all the hopes and dreams of Juni Taisen's unique stars!
A Battle Royal is a multi-competitor match where players are eliminated until only one is left standing. Made famous in the Japanese novel and movie Battle Royale, this style of storytelling has become common in anime, and is recently reflected in the Fate series and this season’s Juni Taisen. After the jump, ZeroReq011 delivers his thoughts on The Most Dangerous Game of All!
Today, we're down to "To Treat a Man to Beef From His Own Cow," the penultimate episode of zodiac deathmatch anime Juni Taisen. Looking past this to next week's final showdown, the series has published a retrospective of the fatlities that lead to this point. Check it out after the jump.