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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.
One of my favorite shots from the anime, I freaking love Cater's expression here.
I couldn't find the last one both in color and without the text, if anyone has it!
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?
