▲ 82 r/TwstAnime
It’s Ruggie’s seiyuu’s birthday! I made a game/anime comparison video and he had a new line in Season 1!
u/EtceteraKeen — 13 days ago
▲ 114 r/TwstAnime
The English subtitles were changed in Twisted Wonderland's Season 2 anime trailer and it's not even close
I can already imagine clapback like “But those are things Leona actually says in the game!”
And yeah, that's why this is so crazy. The English subtitles appear to be taking lines Leona says elsewhere and inserting them into scenes where he doesn't instead of translating what he actually says, which is the purpose of having subtitles: to know what a character is actually saying at the time, not to know what they are saying at different points in the same series.
Credit to Japan Anime News for an accurate English translation https://us.oricon-group.com/news/9223/
Leona saying “There are plenty of things in this world that you can't change no matter how hard you try. That's exactly why l'll use whatever means necessary" was completely changed to “Most of your life's decided for you from the moment you're born. That's why I'm not holding back."
Using a real line from the character in the wrong scene can be even more significant than just making stuff up (which they also do, re: Season 1 and Riddle's mom and other things they invented for foreign audiences and even more things) because it completely changes what Leona is communicating when he is communicating it.
The original dialogue wasn't a mistake, the original timing wasn't a mistake, those were intentional choices made by the people actually producing the story and completely dismissed by the people adapting it into English because...Disney thinks cartoons are for children, and children shouldn't be exposed to ideas like "there is no point in trying"?
u/EtceteraKeen — 2 months ago
▲ 10 r/TwstAnime
Twst Anime News Site Round Up Part 2, the Good, the Bad, and the "That's not true."
Anime news sites in English don't always know what they're talking about and they won't let that stop them. This (ongoing?) series began when multiple news sites made false claims about the protagonist of Season 2, the basis for the anime, the voice actors and more:
Round 1: Several Anime News Sites Misreported the Twst Season 2 Announcement
Round 1 Verdict: Tech Times is an excellent source of accurate, up-to-date anime industry information, with Japan Anime News and WDW News Today also scoring well. On the opposite side, readers shouldn't believe anything published to Polygon, with Anime News Network, Final Weapon and Essential Japan also reporting inaccurate information.
With the release of the season 2 trailer we've got a fresh supply of "news" articles to review.
Reminder, I can't post direct links to these sites because it makes Reddit really angry, but searching for the article titles will bring them up for anyone who wants to do independent confirmation.
TL;DR
| Rank | News Site | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IXBT Games | Excellent |
| 2 | Anime News Network | Accurate / Contradictory |
| 3 | Japan Anime News | Mostly Accurate / Inconsistent |
| 4 | Animation Magazine | Mixed / Misleading |
| 5 | Final Weapon | Misleading |
| 6 | AniTrendz | Poor / Inaccurate |
-- First, the Good
IXBT Games - This is our winning article in this round, with IXBT being the only source to accurately report that the anime is based on the manga, even listing Oda Shizuka as the artist. Extra points for translating Disney's "Most-watched anime worldwide" announcement from the trailer.
Anime News Network - Be wary of ANN, as their previous article on Season 2 of the Twst anime ("Disney Twisted-Wonderland Anime's 'Episode of Savanaclaw' Debuts in December") reporting that "Yohei Azakami voices the protagonist Yuken Enma" is still live on their site. This new article correctly states that Yuuka is the protagonist of the second season, meaning that they have two different articles published on the same series reporting two different protagonists. "The internet's most trusted anime news source"?
But this second article is correct, with extra points for listing the entire voice cast and crew. The opening even refers to Yuuka as a judo athlete, so it seems this writer referred to the first volume of the manga to give themselves context. They're not forgiven for the misinformation of the first article though, still live on the same site.
-- Bad
Japan Anime News - Japan Anime News got extra points and a glowing review last time for accurately reporting that the anime is based on the game but now they have changed their mind, publishing an article that erroneously reports that the anime is based on the mobile game. They still gets points for mentioning Yana as the creator and translating Disney's "Most-watched anime worldwide" announcement from the trailer, and for mentioning how Season 1 was nominated for "Best Isekai Anime" at the CrunchyRoll Anime Awards 2026. This article also mentions Yuuka being a judo athlete and even includes the dialogue from the trailer. This would be our top article of the group if they hadn't changed their previous, accurate reporting about the anime's source.
Animation Magazine - Extra points for referencing previous projects by the voice actors, Yana's influence, and the "Most-watched anime worldwide" announcement from the trailer, but this article falsely claims that the anime is based on the game, which it is not.
--That's not True
FINAL WEAPON - Final Weapon has earned themselves a poor rating on both round 1 and round 2. While they also report Yuuka as a judo athlete they list Yuuken's voice actor as still being on the cast, which has not been confirmed by any official sources. While it's not impossible that Yuuken will have a cameo in Season 2 it is unverified information and not something a credible news source would report as fact.
Anitrendz - They get extra points for crediting Yana but they use phrasing that makes it sound as though the anime is based on the game when it is not. The mistake that makes them the worst article of round 2 is the misspelling Yuuka's last name as "Hirasaki" instead of "Hirasaka."
u/EtceteraKeen — 2 months ago
▲ 471 r/TwistedWonderland
JP users voted for their favorite Twst character! #1 most popular character: Riddle Rosehearts
Source of the original survey here: https://spacomic.com/ques/0369
Source of the original graphic here: https://x.com/spacomic_rank/status/2087796796462645338
u/EtceteraKeen — 2 months ago
▲ 85 r/TwstAnime
Yuuken compilation video for Yuuken's seiyuu's birthday! Ah. I win.
u/EtceteraKeen — 2 months ago
▲ 28 r/TwstAnime
Several Anime News Sites Misreported the Twst Season 2 Announcement
Since Disney+ Japan announced Season 2 several English-language news sites have published articles about it. At the moment, the DisneyPlusJapan announcement is the only official source of new Season 2 information. I compared a few articles to see which English-language anime news sites stayed closest to the official announcement.
TL;DR
| Rank | News Site | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tech Times | Excellent |
| 2 | Japan Anime News | Very Good |
| 3 | WDW News Today | Very Good |
| 4 | The Magic Rain | Accurate |
| 5 | ComicBook | Accurate |
| 6 | Anime Trending | Mixed |
| 7 | Collider | Mixed |
| 8 | Anime News Network | Misleading |
| 9 | Final Weapon | Misleading |
| 10 | Essential Japan | Misleading |
| 11 | Polygon | Misleading / Editorialized |
Starting with the bad:
ESSENTIAL JAPAN - "The anime follows Yuken Enma"
If Essential Japan had added the qualifier "Season 1 of the anime" to this announcement there would have been no issue, but they didn't, instead claiming that the anime overall follows Yuuken, which has been said in no official announcements for Season 2.
FINAL WEAPON - A list of the original voice cast and dubbing cast
It is entirely possible that the voice of Yuuken, Azakami Youhei, will be returning in a flashback or cameo in Season 2 of the anime. The manga ends Yuuken's story abruptly with the Heartslabyul arc and he has never been referenced again, but it is not impossible that the anime may have prepared an extra scene to serve as a transition between Yuuken and the prefect of Season 2. In that case Final Weapon is not wrong for presenting Azakami Youhei as a (potential) returning cast member, but their issue is presenting the Season 1 cast list as if it is the decided and officially confirmed cast for Season 2, which it is not. Like Essential Japan, this could have been avoided by adding "Season 1" to the top of the list.
ANIME NEWS NETWORK - "Youhei Azakami voices the protagonist"
While the previous paragraph begins with Anime News Network explaining Season 1, this second paragraph is vague, presenting Azakami as the voice of "the protagonist," and leading to misunderstandings in the fandom and people question if Yuuken will be returning in Season 2, which is not confirmed. Anime News Network lists two sources at the end of their article, neither of which say anything about Yuuken or Azakami Youhei.
Polygon - "The series follows Yuuken Enma"
Despite presenting itself as a "news" article and not an opinion piece this article by Polygon is rife with personal opinions shaping the narrative, calling Twst "Disney's Strangest Crossover," subjectively dubbing Leona a "catboy," and also claiming that the anime is based on the gacha game, which it isn't: we received dozens of articles on Season 1 with Twst's anime team, Disney creators and the voice cast, and never once in any official release has any one of them said that the anime is based on the game, with the anime's own creators saying it is based on the manga adaptation. Script Writer Kato Yoichi is quoted in Nikkei Entertainment magazine as saying, "the anime adaptation is being produced based on the comic version."
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Continuing with the grey area:
COLLIDER - "Disney's Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation is an anime series based on the 2020 mobile game of the same name, which later received a manga adaptation."
Much like Polygon, Collider is erroneously reporting that the anime is based on the mobile game, when it is not.
Anitrendz - "The anime is based on the Disney Twisted-Wonderland mobile game"
Anitrendz gets a special thanks for both specifying that their synopsis of the game is from Season 1 exclusively, not for Season 2, and for crediting Toboso Yana as the game's creator. But much like Polygon and Collider, they are mistakenly reporting the anime as being based on the game, when it is not.
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And now the good:
Tech Times - This is maybe the best article I have seen on the anime:
>"The season adapted the first arc of the franchise's manga adaptation — not the mobile game itself, but the accompanying manga drawn by Sumire Kowono"
>The Savanaclaw arc, which ran as a manga drawn by Oda Suzuka from December 2022 through January 2026
>Overblot is the franchise's central dramatic device: a crisis state in which a mage's accumulated magical waste product — called "blot" — exceeds the capacity their magical tool can absorb, at which point it begins corrupting both body and mind.
>On the cast side, the three Savanaclaw-focused voice actors are returning
>Disney Twisted-Wonderland launched in Japan in March 2020 as a mobile JRPG developed by f4samurai in partnership with Aniplex and Walt Disney Japan. The game's original concept, main scenario, and character designs were created by Yana Toboso, the manga artist best known internationally for Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji)
Just look at this article! It specifies accurately that the anime is based on the manga, not the game. Multiple, linked sources. A shoutout to the illustrators behind both the first and second arcs of the manga. It explains blot in an amazing amount of detail, it specifies that only the Savanaclaw-focused voice actors have been confirmed as returning, and credits the game's development team and Toboso Yana. Chef's Kiss.
Thank you reporter Russel White for your excellent piece on Twisted Wonderland for Tech Times. This is what real news reporting looks like.
Japan Anime News -
Bonus points to Japan Anime News for describing the teaser visual in detail and providing an accurate translation of the tagline. Japan Anime News also specifies that the anime is based on the manga, not the game, and even provides English-language translations of the comments from the voice cast published by DisneyPlusJapan! The original voice cast has been working with these characters for 6 years now, with Ruggie's VA pointing out that he has been voicing Ruggie for over half of his voice acting career. Translations like this are extremely rare opportunities for the original cast to reach their overseas fans. Tons of love to editor Satoru Shoji for Japan Anime News for this article.
THE MAGIC RAIN -
The only article that provided a screenshot back to the original DisneyPlusJapan tweet that is serving as the base for all Season 2 anime news coverage. While short, the article does not present anything that has not been 100% confirmed by official sources, crediting Toboso Yana as the creator.
COMICBOOK -
Points to COMIC BOOK for devoting an entire paragraph to Toboso Yana's accomplishments and an acknowledgement of how amazing it is that she has achieved all that she has, and is still going strong. Like The Magic Rain this article is also short, but also does not introduce any unconfirmed information.
WDW News Today -
Like Tech Times and Japan Anime News, WDW News Today also is certain to specify that the Twisted Wonderland anime is based on the manga, not the game, providing a short but accurate article summarizing what we know as provided by official sources.
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So lets all be careful with what we source for Twst anime news! Some "news" sites out there don't seem to be above guessing and making things up to fill in the blanks in order to meet word quotas and submission deadlines.
If you want accurate news from places that accurately cite their sources Tech Times might be your best bet, with Japan Anime News, The Magic Rain, Comic Book, and WDW News Today looking like good options as well.
u/EtceteraKeen — 3 months ago
▲ 164 r/TwstAnime
Everyone: 😨😱😳😰 Cater: 😏
One of my favorite shots from the anime, I freaking love Cater's expression here.
u/EtceteraKeen — 3 months ago
▲ 274 r/TwstAnime
Bonus illustrations from the first arc. The manga really said, "Here, have a stunning piece of art. As a treat."
I couldn't find the last one both in color and without the text, if anyone has it!
u/EtceteraKeen — 3 months ago
Have been trying to categorize my childhood binder (circa 1999 ~ 2001) and recently learned that there is a "no symbol" error, but also it seems there are early cards (the "base set"?) that do not have any symbol on purpose?
Is it possible to tell the difference between them based on their numbering? The cards in the first image are all number 1 through 21 out of 102, while the cards in the second image seem to be from a different series, being number 4, 6, 12 and 16 out of 64.
Are the second image's cards maybe all symbol errors? Maybe supposed to be Jungle cards?
u/EtceteraKeen — 6 months ago
u/EtceteraKeen — 6 months ago