Staff Picks: Our Favorite Video Games of 2020
A good year to stay inside
By Evan Minto, Inaki, Patrick Sutton
- Post
- video games
- Among Us
- Animal Crossing
- Final Fantasy
- Gundam
- Hard Lads
- Picross
- Stinkoman
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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Manga of 2020
It’s the end of the world as we know it ... and I’m reading manga
By Evan Minto, Inaki, Patrick Sutton
- Post
- manga
- 2020 Staff Picks
- Chainsaw Man
- Glaeolia
- Heavenly Delusion
- JK Haru Is a Sex Worker in Another World
- Kase-san
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Secret Santa Review: Basquash!
The ambitious mecha-sports crossover that missed its shot
By Evan Minto
- Review
- anime
- Anime Secret Santa
- Basquash!
- Satelight
- Shin Itagaki
- Shoji Kawamori
- Tatsuo Sato
- Thomas Romain
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #150 – Super Mario Bros. Super Podcast
By David Estrella, Evan Minto, Patrick Sutton
- Podcast
- video games
- Mario
- Metal Gear
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #149 – Turn on That Good Netcode
By David Estrella, Evan Minto, Patrick Sutton
- Podcast
- anime
- video games
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Guilty Gear
- Kaiji
- Pokemon
- Super Smash Bros
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CG Animator Naoki Yoshibe on Effects Animation and JoJo’s Openings
The animator and director explains his process, influences, and approach to balancing 2-D and 3-D animation.
By Evan Minto
- Interview
- anime
- conventions
- Gatchaman
- Gatchaman Crowds
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Kamikaze Douga
- Naoki Yoshibe
- Otakon 2019
- Studio Orange
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #148 – Baki Brings Back the Violence and the Banging
By David Estrella, Evan Minto, Patrick Sutton
- Podcast
- anime
- Baki
- Keisuke Itagaki
- Netflix
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Mystery Box of Misery Volume 1: Boy Meets Misery
By Evan Minto
- Column
- anime
- Appleseed
- Melody of Oblivion
- Tenchi Muyo
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #147 – Happy Hells-oween
By Evan Minto, Patrick Sutton
- Podcast
- anime
- video games
- Akudama Drive
- Fall 2020 anime
- Final Fantasy
- Halo
- Hells
- Hypnosis Mic
- Madhouse
- Moriarty the Patriot
- Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #146 – The Deca-Dence of Late Capitalism with Lynzee Loveridge
By Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- Deca-Dence
- Into the Breach
- Re:Zero
- Studio NUT
- Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Genice Chan on BNA and Collaborating with Studio Trigger
The illustrator and animator discusses the pre-production process, balancing animal and human designs, and … Snuggies?
By Evan Minto
- Interview
- anime
- BNA
- Genice Chan
- Studio Trigger
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #145 – Working for the (Anime) Man with Matt Schley
By Evan Minto, Patrick Sutton
- Podcast
- anime
- Matt Schley
- Metal Gear
- Studio 4C
- Studio Trigger
- unions
- Violet Evergarden
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #144 – Blaseball! It's Baseball with an L! with Elliot Trinidad and Cassandra Lugo
By Evan Minto, Patrick Sutton
- Podcast
- anime
- video games
- Blaseball
- Gundam
- Pathologic
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Help Us Hit $100 on Patreon to Unlock a New Column: Mystery Box of Misery
By Evan Minto
- anime
- Patreon
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #143 – Bander’s Problematic Love Life with Vinnie Averello
By Evan Minto, Patrick Sutton
- Podcast
- anime
- traditional games
- One Million Year Trip: Bander Book
- Osamu Tezuka
- RetroCrush
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #142 – BNA: Brand New Anime with Kyle Cardine
By Evan Minto, Patrick Sutton
- Podcast
- anime
- books
- video games
- Anime: A History
- BNA
- Kazuki Nakashima
- Kyle Cardine
- mahjong
- Studio Trigger
- The Tale of Princess Kaguya
- The Witcher
- Yoh Yoshinari
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #141 – We Sushi Otakon Online and Tsuredure Children
By Evan Minto, Patrick Sutton
- Podcast
- anime
- conventions
- manga
- Kodansha
- Otakon 2020
- Toshiya Wakabayashi
- Tsuredure Children
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #140 – Witch Hat Appreciation Hour with Helen
By Evan Minto, Patrick Sutton
- Podcast
- anime
- manga
- Deca-Dence
- Helen (@wanderindreamr)
- Kamome Shirahama
- Witch Hat Atelier
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #139 – Streaming Anime Con-pocalypse
By Evan Minto, Patrick Sutton
- Podcast
- anime
- books
- conventions
- manga
- video games
- Anime Expo 2020
- Crunchyroll
- DENPA
- Eniale & Dewiela
- Final Fantasy
- FUNimation
- FunimationCon 2020
- J-Novel Club
- Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
- KuroCon
- Manga Planet
- Seven Seas
- Silent Möbius
- Slayers
- The World Ends with You
- Yen Press
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Review: Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man
Stories from Steve Alpert’s 15 years at Studio Ghibli.
By Evan Minto
- Review
- books
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Steve Alpert
- Stone Bridge Press
- Studio Ghibli
- Tokuma Shoten
- Toshio Suzuki
- Yasuyoshi Tokuma
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #138 – The Year of the Time Loop
By Evan Minto, Patrick Sutton
- Podcast
- video games
- Deathloop
- Demon's Souls
- Horizon: Forbidden West
- Jett: The Far Shore
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Little Devil Inside
- Playstation 5
- Pragmata
- Project Athia
- Ratchet and Clank
- Resident Evil
- Returnal
- Sony
- spider-man
- Star Wars
- Stray
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RIP Zac Bertschy, 1979–2020
Anime News Network’s Executive Editor was a voice for kindness and justice in the anime community.
By Evan Minto
- Post
- anime
- Anime News Network
- obituaries
- Zac Bertschy
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #137 – Liz, a Blue Bird, and a Golden Ticket with Natasha H.
By Evan Minto, Patrick Sutton
- Podcast
- anime
- Kyoto Animation
- Liz and the Blue Bird
- Natasha (illegenes)
- Sound Euphonium
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UNLOCKED: Oldtaku in Space Episode 1 – Feel So Moon
By Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- Oldtaku in Space
- Space Brothers
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Ani-Gamers Podcast #136 – Death Stranding Is Real Now
By David Estrella, Evan Minto
- Podcast
- anime
- video games
- Death Stranding
- Doom
- Gal and Dino
- Hideo Kojima
- Kojima Productions
- Playstation 4
- Sing "Yesterday" for Me