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Welcome to Geek Native's dedicated Anime section, your portal to the latest and greatest from Japan. From action-packed shonen and fantastical isekai to slice-of-life comedies and mech-filled sci-fi, we cover the full spectrum of anime. This is the place for news on upcoming series, reviews of current seasons, and trailers for the most anticipated new releases.

Whether you're a seasoned otaku or just starting your journey, we'll help you discover what to watch next. For those ready to dive in, you can explore a huge library of series, both new and classic, over at Crunchyroll. Stay tuned for our latest recommendations and updates!

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Anime Reports

Continuing the archive of independent Anime reporting (Archive Page 149).

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha trailer

June 25, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The second movie for Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha now has a chunky trailer. This Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha movie follows the 2010 movie which reold the first TV series in a parallel history. The second movie continues new the mythos.

Filed Under: Anime, Movies Tagged With: anime, trailers

Campoine trailer

June 23, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Based on Jo Takezuki’s novel series Campione is a new anime TV series from Barnum Studios. Godo Kusanagi becomes Campione, despite just being a school boy, after killing the god Verethragna. He was helped by an Italian girl known as the Great Knight or just as Erica Brandelli by those people not part of the […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Campione

Second series of Dog Days anime trailer

June 2, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dog Days is a TV anime in which a boy from Japan finds himself transported into a fantasy world after a Princess summons a mighty hero. Izumi Shinko, just a normal kid from Japan, finds himself as the apparent champion called by Princess Millhori to defend the Republic of Biscotti from the Lion Kingdom of […]

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Win Manga loot at MCM Expo

May 21, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

May 25 to 27th at the Excel in London is MCM Expo aka Comic Con London. This is the largest pop culture festival in the UK with cosplay, a games expo and a whole comic village. Noel Clark will be there, stars from Teen Wolf, Once Upon a Time and Grimm along with C-3PO star […]

Filed Under: Anime, Comics Tagged With: comic con, competitions, k-on, manga, Naruto Shippuden, star wars, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The first 20 minutes of the Rainbow-Coloured Fireflies

May 10, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Toei have released the first 20 minutes of Rainbow-Colored Fireflies: The Eternal Summer Vacation (Niji-iro Hotaru Eien no Natsu Yasumi). They’ve said they’ll make it available until the 18th of May which is just before the cinema release. It’s not clear whether they’ll then pull this clip from YouTube. Yuta is a young boy who […]

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Hagure Yuusha no Estetica trailer

April 29, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The epic RPG anime Hagure Yuusha no Estetica adapts from the 2010 light novel series. The organisation BABEL is set up in the world of Areizaado after the hero Akatsuki Ohtorizawa defeats the Satan king. BABEL creates an academy to protect people coming back from other worlds, returning to Areizaado now it is safe to […]

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Blood-C: The Last Dark trailer

April 25, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Due for reason in cinemas in Japan this June, Blood-C: The Last Dark is an anime from CLAMP and Production I.G. Blood-C follows a group called SIRRUT as they try and oppose a politician called Fumito Nanahara who is high influential in Tokyo. Fumito is responsible for the Youth Ordinance Bill which not only has […]

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Trailer for Fairy Tale movie: The Maiden of the Phoenix

April 13, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Satelight and A-1 Pictures have brough together the original voice actors for the Fairy Tail anime series for a Fairy Tail movie. The Maiden of the Phoenix will hit the cinema in August of this year in Japan. A girl called Eclair finds the Fairy Tail wizard’s guild insisting that she’s lost all of memories […]

Filed Under: Anime, Movies Tagged With: a1-pictures, Fairy Tail, satelight, trailers

The 10 minute trailer: Space Battleship Yamato 2199

April 4, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The team behind the anime Space Battleship Yamato have released a long trailer for their sci-fi epic. We’re not talking 2, 3 or even 5 minutes long. We’re talking about a 10 minute clip from the show. The first two episodes of the series will actually air in cinemas around Japan from the end of […]

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MMORPG anime Sword Art Online gets extended tailer

April 4, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

When Geek Native wrote about Sword Art Online back in February there was some debate about the premise. The game – a “VRMMORPG” if you want – is one where you die in real life if you die in the game. How does that work? The trailer still doesn’t explain so we’re left to speculate. […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: a1-pictures, anime, sword art online, trailers

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