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My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked Volumes 1-7 Manga Review

My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked is a frothy confection of a series, and consuming it a little at a time will help to allow its sweetness to come through. ― It's a story that's been around for millennia: a girl is thrust into a terrible situation after her mother's death, when her father remarries and her new stepmother and stepsisters resent her for the crime of merely existing. Sometimes...
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This Week in Anime - Touhou Fever Forever

This week in anime, Chris and Sylvia discuss the long lasting impact of Touhou on the gaming world, manga world, and beyond. ― This week in anime, Chris and Sylvia discuss the long lasting impact of Touhou on the gaming world, manga world, and beyond. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussio...
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Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope Anime Review

It’d take a heart of stone to come out of this not feeling sad, but at times it felt scientifically engineered to do so. ― There are two tropes in anime that never get old: humanoid robots and dying girls. Whether it's Astro Boy or Apocalypse Hotel, there's something innocent about seeing metallic dolls learning what it means to be human. Not even the AI apocalypse could ruin this concept, though som...
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Answerman - What's Actually Happening at Kadokawa?

With everything from an oversaturation of isekai stories in the market to activist investors trying to decide the future of FromSoftware, a lot is happening over at one of Japan's biggest multimedia companies. ― DeliciousDungeonMaster25 asks: Dear Answerman, I keep seeing headlines saying Kadokawa is in trouble because of isekai. Now I am reading that an activist shareholder is getting involved and ...
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This Week in Mobile Games - Seeking Summer Smartphone Succor

This week, we take a look at the mobile game news coming out of the Summer Game Fest and other similar showcases. ― This week's This Week in Mobile Games is being sponsored again by our friends at Grand Summoners! Find out more about their current collaboration with Solo Leveling further down in this week's column! Hello, and welcome once again to another installment of the column! Despite the rainy ...
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Red River Omnibus 2-5 Manga Review

Red River is a work of epic fiction, shoujo manga style, and it's still worth reading thirty years after its original publication. ― Historical fiction doesn't always owe history fidelity, but Chie Shinohara absolutely gives it more than its due in Red River. Although she fudges history a bit – the inspiration for Yuri was likely the wife of one of Kail's successors, a woman named Puduhepa – and chan...
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Dara-san of Reiwa Volume 1-3 Manga Review

Dara-san of Reiwa feels like two manga stitched together, not unlike its monstrous central character. ― How should readers approach Dara-san of Reiwa, a story that feels like two manga stitched together, not unlike its monstrous central character? Creator Haruomi Tomotsuka shared at the end of volume one that the story originated as a web manga and was, at least at first, an outlet for his own fetish...
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Just Like Mona Lisa Manga Gets TV Anime by SHAFT

1st trailer, main cast to be unveiled at AnimagiC panel on August 1 ― CyberAgent announced on Wednesday that it is producing a television anime adaptation of Tsumuji Yoshimura's Just Like Mona Lisa (Seibetsu "Mona Lisa" no Kimi e.) manga. SHAFT is animating the television anime.Yoshimura drew the below illustration to celebrate the anime's announcement.The announcement noted that the manga will have ...

Fox Corporation to Acquire Roku

Transaction to close in 1st half of 2027 ― Fox Corporation and Roku, Inc. announced on Monday that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Fox to acquire Roku for US$160.00 per share, in a combination of cash (US$96.00 per share) and FOX Class A common stock (0.9693 shares), for about US$22 billion in enterprise value. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2027. Through ...
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CLAMP's xxxHOLiC: Rei Manga Teases Plan for 'Final Battle'

CLAMP launched xxxHOLiC sequel manga in 2013 ― This year's 29th issue of Kodansha's Young Magazine teased on Monday that Watanuki, the protagonist of CLAMP's xxxHOLiC: Rei manga, is planning a strategy for the "final battle."xxxHOLiC: Rei is the latest manga in CLAMP's xxxHOLiC series, and it launched in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine in 2013 after an initial delay. The series went on hiatus in Jul...

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CloverWorks' Omnibus Anime Film Grotesqqque Reveals 35 Musical Contributors

-otoha-, Reol, Junna, Hashimero, more provide music for 2026 film ― Anime studio CloverWorks announced on Wednesday the 35 musical acts who are contributing to its original anime film Grotesqqque (previously titled Grotesque).The 35 musical acts are:ASCAAkkiMika IchinoseVaVaeba-otoha-Ken KamikitaKotoko Satō (from yutori)sabio/Futa TakamuraSEEKanon ShizakiAyato ShinozakiJunnaSuisōSuriiTaku InoueRyosuk...
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Psyren Anime Streams 1st Teaser With Anime Footage

Anime premieres in October ― Anime distributor REMOW began streaming the second teaser promotional video for the television anime of Toshiaki Iwashiro's Psyren manga with subtitles in multiple languages on Wednesday. Although it is the anime's second teaser overall, it is the first one with animated footage.REMOW describes the anime:One day, high schooler Ageha Yoshina picks up a mysterious “red phon...
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The Insipid Prince's Furtive Grab for The Throne Anime Unveils 2nd Video, Theme Songs, July 6 Debut

Dance-vocal group BUDDiiS performs "Script" opening song, idol group Kurawan performs "Suteki na Kanchigai" ending song ― The official website for the television anime of Tanba and Yuunagi's The Insipid Prince's Furtive Grab for The Throne (Saikyō Degarashi Ōji no Anyaku Teii Arasoi: Munō o Enjiru SS-Rank Ōji wa Kōi Keishō-sen o Kage kara Shihai Suru) light novel series unveiled on Wednesday the anim...
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Trapped in a Dating Sim 2 Anime's New Video Reveals Theme Songs

Music unit Ando performs opening song, girl band MEISHOHIKOKAI performs ending song ― Kadokawa started streaming the second promotional video for the second television anime season based on Yomu Mishima's Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs (Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai Desu) light novel series on Wednesday. The video announces and previews the opening the...
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Sazae-san Chief Director Hiromitsu Morita Dies

Morit began working on Sazae-san in 2005, became chief director in 2011 ― Animator and director Hiromitsu Morita died on June 4.Animation studio Eiken announced of his death on Monday. The announcement did not mention the cause of his death, and it noted that Morita had voluntarily retired in March 2024.Morita joined the production of the long-running Sazae-san anime beginning with its 5,648th episod...
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Just Like Mona Lisa Manga Gets TV Anime by SHAFT

1st trailer, main cast to be unveiled at AnimagiC panel on August 1 ― CyberAgent announced on Wednesday that it is producing a television anime adaptation of Tsumuji Yoshimura's Just Like Mona Lisa (Seibetsu "Mona Lisa" no Kimi e.) manga. SHAFT is animating the television anime.Yoshimura drew the below illustration to celebrate the anime's announcement.The announcement noted that the manga will have ...

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Magic Repo Man Anime's Video Unveils Cast, More Staff, October TV Debut

Reiji Kawashima, Emiri Katō, Daiki Hamano, Akira Sekine, Yū Kobayashi join cast ― TV Asahi unveiled the first promotional video for the television anime of Masakichi and Shingou Iijima's Magic Repo Man: Dumped by My Party, I'll Cash In With a Cute Support Fairy to Become the Strongest!  (Kashita Maryoku wa [Ribo Harai] de Kyōsei Chōshū ~Yōzumi to Party Tsuihōsareta Ore wa, Kawaii Support Yōsei to Iss...
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Yuruyuru Zukan Children's Books Get TV Anime in October

"Gentle" books tell facts, trivia about animals with "cute" art, 4-panel manga ― Publisher Gakken announced on Wednesday that its Yuruyuru Zukan (Gentle Picture Book) children's book series will have a television anime that will premiere within the Sunday program Animori! on TV Tokyo and 5 affiliated channels in October. The announcement noted that the anime will be in a "short format."The book serie...
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Bandai Namco Filmworks Reveals 'Sunrise 50th Anniversary' Project Including 6 Short Film Projects

"Mirai e no Kōro" short film project reveals 1st 2 short films "Dice with Demon," "Metafear" ― Bandai Namco Filmworks launched on Wednesday the "Sunrise 50th Anniversary" project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Muteki Chōjin Zambot 3, the first work under the Sunrise brand, in 2027. The "Sunrise 50th Anniversary" project will run from 2026 to 2028. The project also revealed its key visual, and...
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Live-Action 'Tonight, I Have a Date with a Serial Killer' Series' Trailer Reveals Theme Song

Super Eight performs "Saisaku" theme ― The official X/Twitter account for the live-action series of Kon Iguchi and Yūji Nakamura's Tonight, I Have a Date with a Serial Killer (Konya mo Serial Killer to Machiawase) manga began streaming a new trailer for the series on Wednesday. The trailer reveals and previews the series' theme song "Saisaku" (Second Blooming) by the idol group Super Eight (formerly ...
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Isabella Bird in Wonderland - Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Manga Ends on September 15

Manga launched in January 2018, had bilingual ed ― The 135th issue of Kadokawa's Harta magazine revealed on Monday that Taiga Sassa's Isabella Bird in Wonderland - Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (Fushigi no Kuni no Bird) manga will end with its next chapter in the magazine's 137th issue on September 15.The manga entered its final arc in April 2024.The manga offers a look at Japanese culture from the eyes o...
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MAO ‒ Episodes 10-11

Same, Otoya. Same.
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Samurai Deeper Kyo's Akimine Kamijyō Launches New KILLER+SITTER Manga

KILLER+SITTER debuts on June 24 ― Kodansha's Shonen Magazine announced on Wednesday that Akimine Kamijyō will launch a new series titled KILLER+SITTER in this year's 30th issue on June 24.The magazine teases the series as a "new era family drama" involving the strongest ex-soldier.Kamijyō launched a four-chapter spinoff manga of Midori Yūma's The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride (Kizumono no Hanayome)...
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Eden of Witches Manga Ends in Next Chapter on August 12

Manga launched first in France in 2021, then in Harta in Japan in 2022 ― The 135th issue of Kadokawa's Harta magazine revealed on Monday that Yumeji's Eden of Witches (Majo no Eden or L'Éden des sorcières) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on August 12.Abrams ComicArts publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:In a world devastated by humankind and forsaken by plants and an...
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Witch Hat Atelier ‒ Episode 12

We are all our own worst enemies sometimes.

Persona 4 Revival Game Announces New English Voice Cast

Nazeeh Tarsha, Paul Castro Jr., Anne Yatco, Brianna Knickerbocker, Ari Thrash join cast of February 18 game ― Sega announced on Tuesday the English cast for Persona 4 Revival, a remake of its original 2008 role-playing game.Nazeeh Tarsha plays the Protagonist, previously voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch in the franchise.Paul Castro Jr. plays Yosuke Hanamura, previously voiced by Yuri Lowenthal in the seri...
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Komi Can't Communicate Manga Gets New Chapter

1st new chapter since manga ended in January 2025 shows Tadano, Komi's college life ― The official X/Twitter account for Tomohito Oda's Komi Can't Communicate (Comi-san wa Comyushō desu.) manga announced on June 10 that the manga is getting a new chapter in year's 29th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine on Wednesday. The chapter shows Tadano and Komi's college life.This is the first ...
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Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke ‒ Episode 10

This is a noticeably lopsided episode with pacing choices I can't help but question, which is also marred by odd technical issues.
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My Clueless First Friend's Taku Kawamura Launches New Manga on July 30

Kawamura to launch Roku-nensei to Shitai Koto romantic comedy manga ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine announced on June 11 that Taku Kawamura will launch a new manga titled Roku-nensei to Shitai Koto (Things I Want to Do with a 6th Grader) in the magazine's 35th issue, which will ship on July 30. The romantic comedy manga tells the pure and ...
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The World is Dancing Anime Streams Early on June 29 on Prime Video Japan

The official website for the television anime of Kazuto Mihara's The World Is Dancing manga announced on Tuesday that the series will start streaming on Amazon Prime Video in Japan on June 29 at 10:00 p.m. JST, ahead of its July 2 television broadcast. The anime will debut on Tokyo MX and KBS Kyoto in Japan on July 2 at 10:00 p.m. JST, then on Sun TV at 24:00 JST (effectively, July 3 at 12 midnigh...
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My Ribdiculous Reincarnation #11 [rate]
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GKIDS to Screen Cocoon Wartime Anime on September 4

GKIDS to screen N. American premiere at July's JAPAN CUTS, release anime on home video ― GKIDS announced on Tuesday that it has acquired the North American rights to cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood (cocoon Aru Natsu no Shōjo-tachi Yori), the anime of Machiko Kyō's Cocoon manga. The company will begin screening the anime in theaters on September 4 in Japanese with English subtitles and with an English...
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Pardon the Intrusion, I’m Home! #11 [rate]
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My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked Volumes 1-7 Manga Review

My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked is a frothy confection of a series, and consuming it a little at a time will help to allow its sweetness to come through. ― It's a story that's been around for millennia: a girl is thrust into a terrible situation after her mother's death, when her father remarries and her new stepmother and stepsisters resent her for the crime of merely existing. Sometimes...
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Death Note the Musical Announces Cast for London Run

Xander Pang, Colin Ryan, Stephanie Zaharis, Telly Leung, more star in London run from July 30-September 12 ― The staff for Frank Wildhorn's Death Note the Musical, a stage version of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's supernatural manga Death Note, announced the full London cast on Tuesday. The cast includes: Xander Pang as Light Colin Ryan as L Stephanie Zaharis as Misa Amane Telly Leung as Ryuk Grace...

Kiki's Delivery Service Novels Get Live-Action TV Series from BBC Studios, Wheel in Motion, Kadokawa

Irena Brignull to write series of 10 1/2-hour episodes ― BBC Studios Kids & Family annonunced on Monday that it is partnering with U.K. production company Wheel in Motion and Kadokawa to develop a live-action television series based on Eiko Kadono's Kiki's Delivery Service (Majo no Takkyūbin) 6-volume novels. The companies are planning to create 10 half-hour episodes based on the first novel volume. ...
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Eren the Southpaw #11 [rate]
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Even a Replica Can Fall in Love #11 [rate]
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I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class #11 [rate]
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This Week in Anime - Touhou Fever Forever

This week in anime, Chris and Sylvia discuss the long lasting impact of Touhou on the gaming world, manga world, and beyond. ― This week in anime, Chris and Sylvia discuss the long lasting impact of Touhou on the gaming world, manga world, and beyond. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussio...
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MARRIAGETOXIN #11 [rate]
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I Want to End This Love Game #10 [rate]
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Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior #11 [rate]
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You Can Become a Hero in My Hero Academia's 10th Anniversary Video

Relive Izuku's 10-year journey to become the Number 1 Hero ― The My Hero Academia franchise released a special video to mark the anime's 10th anniversary on Tuesday. The “My Hero Academia The Animation 10th Anniversary PLUS ULTRA MOVIE 'You can be a Hero'” video follows the story's lead Izuku “Deku” Midoriya on his journey to become the Number 1 Hero. The video is set to My Hero Academia song “You S...
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New Ghost in the Shell Anime's Prime Video Trailer Unveils July 7 Net Debut

Amazon Prime to exclusively stream series in over 240 countries excluding mainland China, Russia, Vietnam ― Bandai Namco Filmworks presented on Tuesday the Amazon Prime Video trailer and July 7 streaming premiere for Science SARU's The Ghost in the Shell (Kōkaku Kidōtai THE GHOST IN THE SHELL) television anime series. The anime will stream on Prime Video Japan starting on July 7 at 11:30 p.m. JST (10...
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I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand Anime's Video Reveals Theme Songs, July 3 Debut

sajou no hana, MEISHOHIKOKAI perform opening, ending themes ― The staff for the television anime of Ezogingitune and illustrator DeeCHA's I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand (Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Ittekara 10-nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita.) light novel series presented a new promotional video for the anime on Tuesday. The video announces the anime's July 3 premie...
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Cyborg 009: Nemesis Anime Casts Kazuhiro Yamaji, Tōru Nara

Yamaji, Nara voice Cyborgs' mentor, nanotech expert who modified Nemesis group ― The staff of Ishimori Production's Cyborg 009: Nemesis, a new anime based on Shōtarō Ishinomori's Cyborg 009 manga, revealed two new cast members on Tuesday. Kazuhiro Yamaji as Dr. Isaac Gilmore, a leading expert in bioengineering who became the father figure to Cyborg 009/Joe Shimamura and the other 00 Cyborgs Tōru Nara...

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Magical Sisters Lulutto Lilly, Wistoria: Wand & Sword Start Crossover Week With Flying Cats

Lulutto Lilly's Azuki & Uguisu, Wistoria's Kiki get scolded by Moja Cookie's Shikaruneko ― The Magical Sisters Lulutto Lilly and Wistoria: Wand and Sword franchises announced on Sunday that they are partnering for a week of collaborations on social media. The campaign will showcase Magical Sisters Lulutto Lilly's “cat-like creatures” Azuki and Uguisu and Wistoria: Wand and Sword's cat familiar Kiki i...
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1st U.S. Store for Ghibli Goods Opens as Pop-Up in Southern California

Pop-up opens on June 23-December 31 in Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance ― Viz announced on Monday that Donguri Republic, the store chain in Japan which carries official merchandise from Studio Ghibli and other studios, is opening its first pop-up store in the United States. The store will open at the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, California and will run from June 23 to December 31. The pop-u...
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The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System Anime's New Video Unveils ReoNa's Ending Song

Series airing for half year debuts on July 2 ― The staff for the television anime of Brocco Lee's manga adaptation of Nekoko's The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System (Tsuihō Sareta Tensei Jū Kishi wa Game Chishiki de Musō Suru) light novel series announced in its second full promotional video on Tuesday that ReoNa is performing the ending theme song "Lv. 1 Shokugyō: Ningen" (Level 1 Occ...
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Sword Art Online's Echoes of Aincrad Game's Trailer Previews Demo

Playable demo launches on PS5, Xbox X|S, and PC on Monday with 5 missions ― Bandai Namco Entertainment America began streaming a demo trailer for Echoes of Aincrad, the new action RPG based on Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online franchise, on Monday. The demo launches on Monday, and it includes five missions and the different weapon types.   The game is set in the world of Aincrad, the setting of the or...
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'Harlequin Original' Magazine Ends Publication

Magazine originally launched as Monthly HQ Comic in 2008 ― The Japanese arm of the Canadian romance publisher Harlequin Enterprises announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday that its monthly Harlequin Original magazine has ended its publication with this year's July issue, which shipped on June 11. The company will continue to publish titles under the Harlequin Comic label in print and digital.   T...
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TV Asahi Announces New Short Anime Programming Block 'PicoAni'

New short anime block will debut 4 new anime in October 2026, January 2027 ― TV Asahi announced its new short anime programming block "PicoAni" on Monday, and revealed its lineup of titles, including Koupen-chan, Sirotan, Pop Pap Polters, Momomo! Ninimo, and Josemaru.Koupen-chan, the short television anime based on Rurutea's illustrations of the character of the same name, is currently airing on TV A...

Fox Corporation to Acquire Roku

Transaction to close in 1st half of 2027 ― Fox Corporation and Roku, Inc. announced on Monday that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Fox to acquire Roku for US$160.00 per share, in a combination of cash (US$96.00 per share) and FOX Class A common stock (0.9693 shares), for about US$22 billion in enterprise value. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2027. Through ...
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Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun ‒ Episodes 9-11

Aoteru wields his wisdom and his words with the deadly precision of a warrior armed with the sharpest blades.
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Exclusive: 3rd American Manga Awards Announces Nominees

Billy Bat, Bug Ego, The Credits Roll Into the Sea, The Horrors of Noroi Michiru, Love Bullet manga nominated ― Japan Society and Anime NYC announced the nominees for the third American Manga Awards on Monday. The award categories and their respective nominees are as follows: Best New Manga Billy Bat by Naoki Urasawa (Kana/Abrams ComicArts) Bug Ego by ONE and Kyoto Shitara (VIZ Media) The Credits Roll...
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Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA ‒ Episode 10

The adaptation sings when it depicts Emi's subsequent isolation from the rest of her class with unsettling surreality.
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HIDIVE to Stream I'm Dating a Dark Summoner Anime

Anime premieres in October ― HIDIVE announced on Monday that it will stream the short anime of Shaoh's I'm Dating a Dark Summoner (Dark Summoner to Dekiteiru) manga beginning this October for the fall 2026 season. The anime will premiere in October. The main cast members are: Rei Takano as Amona Yūki Nishiyama as Roni Hōden Tei Senmai as Imp Seiya Miyajima (Umayon, BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico)...
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Daemons of the Shadow Realm ‒ Episode 11

There is an unspoken question looming over this whole episode—one that no one seems to be considering. Is Ken telling the truth?
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2025 Spy×Family Stage Musical Gets Paid Streaming Outside Japan With English Subtitles

Stream on July 6 features play's Nagoya run from December last year ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the stage musical based on Tatsuya Endō's SPY×FAMILY manga announced on Monday that the play's Nagoya run on December 29-30 last year will stream outside Japan with English subtitles on July 6. Performance replay will be available from July 7-20.Ticket sales for the stream started on Mo...
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Liar Game Anime Casts Jun Fukuyama as Nearco

Nearco appeared in 11th episode on Monday ― The official website for the television anime of Shinobu Kaitani's Liar Game manga announced on Tuesday that Jun Fukuyama plays Nearco, who oversees the "Contraband Game." The game and character appeared in the 11th episode on Monday: The anime premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo and its affiliates on April 6 at 24:00 (effectively April 7 at 12:00 a.m.). The ani...
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Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope Anime Review

It’d take a heart of stone to come out of this not feeling sad, but at times it felt scientifically engineered to do so. ― There are two tropes in anime that never get old: humanoid robots and dying girls. Whether it's Astro Boy or Apocalypse Hotel, there's something innocent about seeing metallic dolls learning what it means to be human. Not even the AI apocalypse could ruin this concept, though som...
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Akane-banashi ‒ Episode 11

Only excellence can cut deep enough to make a lasting impact, and what was once an acceptable performance may no longer be finely honed enough to break through.
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School of Horns' Mito Aoi Launches New Manga

Aoi, Meza Tōno launch Koko ni Fukuen Flag ga Tatteimasu manga ― Manga creators Mito Aoi and Meza Tōno launched a new manga titled Koko ni Fukuen Flag ga Tatteimasu (Here is the flag of reconciliation.) in Kodansha's Comic Days app on June 6. Tōno is writing the story, and Aoi is drawing the art.The manga centers on Marina and Haruto, who married each other at 22 but divorced soon after, largely due t...
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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend Film's Trailer Previews Song by Tōko Kirishima

Video previews "Turn the World Upside Down" for October 16 film ― The official website for Seishun Buta Yarō wa Dear Friend no Yume o Minai (Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend) film, the latest anime of Hajime Kamoshida's Rascal Does Not Dream (Seishun Buta Yarō or Aobuta) novel series, began streaming the film's main trailer on Monday. The video previews the song "Turn the World Upside Down" by ...
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Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2 ‒ Episodes 8-10

I think the best thing about this string of episodes is that Wistoria is finally putting Will's relationship with Elfaria front and center.
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Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt #11 [rate]
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Ameku M.D.'s Mikito Chinen Launches New Manga

Prometheus Taisen launched on June 10 ― Mikito Chinen launched a new series with artist Kiyo Hasui on Kadokawa's ComicWalker platform titled Prometheus Taisen (Prometheus War) on Wednesday.The story is set in the year 2045, after a calamity has struck humanity. Monsters dubbed "insects" descended from the sky and have since invaded major capital cities of the world. Ten years later, humanity is fight...
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Farming Life in Another World 2 #11 [rate]
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Answerman - What's Actually Happening at Kadokawa?

With everything from an oversaturation of isekai stories in the market to activist investors trying to decide the future of FromSoftware, a lot is happening over at one of Japan's biggest multimedia companies. ― DeliciousDungeonMaster25 asks: Dear Answerman, I keep seeing headlines saying Kadokawa is in trouble because of isekai. Now I am reading that an activist shareholder is getting involved and ...
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Needy Girl Overdose ‒ Episode 11

Even knowing OMGKawaiiAngel/Ame’s crashout was coming, this episode still managed to be visually striking and emotionally affecting social commentary.
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Jun Nishikawa's Maken no Deshi wa Munō de Saikyō! Manga Adaptation Ends

Manga adaptation launched in 2021 ― Square Enix's Manga Up! platform published the final chapter of Jun Nishikawa's manga adaptation of Sametarō Fukada's Maken no Deshi wa Munō de Saikyō! Eiyū-ryū no Shugyō de Bannō ni Naretanode, Saikyō o Mezashimasu (The Demon Sword Disciple is Incompetent and the Strongest! I Will Aim for the Top After Becoming All-Powerful Through Hero Training) novels on Saturda...
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This Week in Mobile Games - Seeking Summer Smartphone Succor

This week, we take a look at the mobile game news coming out of the Summer Game Fest and other similar showcases. ― This week's This Week in Mobile Games is being sponsored again by our friends at Grand Summoners! Find out more about their current collaboration with Solo Leveling further down in this week's column! Hello, and welcome once again to another installment of the column! Despite the rainy ...
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Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring ‒ Episodes 10-12

For Agents of the Four Seasons, all of this juvenile trauma pornography is itself the end by which all means are justified.
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SuBLime Licenses 2 New Manga for Physical, Digital Release

Mayuharu's Bursting with Love, Fumi Tsuyuhisa's Palace of the Omega: A Snowflower's Tale for release early 2027 ― Viz Media's SuBLime imprint for boys-love manga announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday that it has licensed Mayuharu's Bursting with Love manga, and Fumi Tsuyuhisa's Palace of the Omega: A Snowflower's Tale manga for English digital and physical release in early 2027. Title: Bursting...
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Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun Season 4 ‒ Episode 11

Azz has at least a basic concept of "friendship," but as you can see, his Azzpedia doesn’t have the most…current definitions.
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Splatoon Raiders Game Gets Manga on July 15

Splatoon, Splatoon 3: Splatlands manga artist Sankichi Hinodeya works on new manga ― The July issue of Shogakukan's Coro Coro Comics magazine revealed on Monday that Splatoon Raiders, a new single-player spinoff game in its Splatoon series, will get a manga in the magazine's next issue on July 15. Sankichi Hinodeya, the writer and artist for the Splatoon and Splatoon 3: Splatlands manga, will also wo...
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Sasaki and Peeps 2nd Season Anime Reveals October Debut, More Returning Staff in New Promo Video

1st season's episode, assistant director Yūshi Ibe now helms new season at SILVER LINK. ― Kadokawa revealed on Monday a new promotional video, new visual, additional returning staff members, and the October debut for the second season of the television anime of writer Buncololi and illustrator Kantoku's Sasaki and Peeps (Sasaki and Pichan) novels. First season episode and assistant director Yūshi Ibe...
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The Apothecary Diaries Palace Chronicles Browser Game Launches

Browser game is playable on smartphone, tablet, PC ― Online gaming platform G123 launched its The Apothecary Diaries Palace Chronicles browser game based on author Hyuganatsu and illustrator Touko Shino's The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) light novel series on Sunday. The company streamed a video for the release.  In the simulation game, players train Maomao and take on various cases ar...

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One Piece's Luffy Joins NBA Champions, New York Knicks

Luffy may not be the King of Pirates yet, but he can now lift the O'Brien Trophy ― Minutes after the New Your Knicks team were crowned the 2026 National Basketball Association (NBA) Champions on Saturday, Bandai's Tamashii Nations celebrated by noting that it will release a New York Knicks version of its S.H.Figuarts figure for One Piece lead character Monkey D. Luffy. The figure will ship this Octob...
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Black Clover Anime Season 2 Unveils Director, October TV Debut

Ayataka Tanemura returns as director from last 1st season episodes, Sword of the Wizard King film ― TV Tokyo announced on Monday that the second anime season based on Yūki Tabata's Black Clover manga will premiere on TV Tokyo in October. TV Tokyo also announced that Ayataka Tanemura, the director of episodes 153-170 of the first Black Clover anime and the film Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, ...
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Within the Villainess Anime Casts Ayane Sakura as Star Maiden

Sakura plays in-story otome game's heroine, who also has reincarnated soul within her ― Kadokawa presented a new "heroine" promotional video and another teaser visual for the television anime of author Makiburo and illustrator Mai Murasaki's Within the Villainess (Akuyaku Reijō no Naka no Hito) light novel series and Nazuna Shiraume's manga adaptation on Monday. The video announces that Ayane Sakura ...
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CLAMP's xxxHOLiC: Rei Manga Teases Plan for 'Final Battle'

CLAMP launched xxxHOLiC sequel manga in 2013 ― This year's 29th issue of Kodansha's Young Magazine teased on Monday that Watanuki, the protagonist of CLAMP's xxxHOLiC: Rei manga, is planning a strategy for the "final battle."xxxHOLiC: Rei is the latest manga in CLAMP's xxxHOLiC series, and it launched in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine in 2013 after an initial delay. The series went on hiatus in Jul...
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Ingoku Danchi: Deviant's Apartment Complex #11 [rate]
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Japanese Animation TV Ranking, June 1-7

Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3 earns 3.2%, Demon Slayer rebroadcast earns 2.3% ― The 2022 live-action film based on the Mr. Osomatsu (Osomatsu-san) anime aired on TV Tokyo on Saturday, June 6 at 11:40 a.m. and it earned a 0.8% rating. Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV June 7 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 7.7 Detective Conan NTV June 6 (Sat) 18:00 30 min. 6.1 Chibi Maru...
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Red River Omnibus 2-5 Manga Review

Red River is a work of epic fiction, shoujo manga style, and it's still worth reading thirty years after its original publication. ― Historical fiction doesn't always owe history fidelity, but Chie Shinohara absolutely gives it more than its due in Red River. Although she fudges history a bit – the inspiration for Yuri was likely the wife of one of Kail's successors, a woman named Puduhepa – and chan...
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One Piece #1166 [rate]
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Food Diary of Miss Maid #12 [rate]
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Ghost Concert: missing Songs #11 [rate]
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Kikori Morino's Shōkan Skill wo Keishōshita node Kiwamete Miyō to Omoimasu! Manga Ends

Manga launched in November 2024 ― Bushiroad Works' Comic Growl (formerly Comic Bushiroad Web) manga website published the second and final part of the final chapter of Kikori Morino's Shōkan Skill wo Keishōshita node Kiwamete Miyō to Omoimasu! ~Mofumofu Mahō Seibutsu to Isekai Life wo Mankitsu-chū~ (I've Inherited Summoning Skills, So I'm Going to Try to Master Them! ~Enjoying Life in Another World w...
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Do You Like Big Girls? #11 [rate]
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Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch #10 [rate]
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Kickstarter to Launch for Princess Ai Manga's 20th Anniversary Collection

New edition to include manga's original trilogy, "rare vault material," extras ― 247 Comics is launching a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a 20th Anniversary Collection of Misaho Kujiradou's Princess Ai manga. The new edition will include the manga's original trilogy, "rare vault material," and extras. 247 Comics has not yet announced a launch date for the campaign. The Kickstarter page describ...
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K Manga Adds Onijoroku's Twisted Devotion Manga

Onijoroku launched manga in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shonen Magazine magazine on December 9 ― K Manga released Onijoroku's Twisted Devotion manga in English on Monday. K Manga describes the story: Delinquent Tanaka is feared by all and nicknamed the Mad Dog. He fought every day, and rumors and whispers about him filled the school halls. That is, until a gloomy-looking, ordinary girl in glasses suddenly ap...
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Manga Up! Global Adds Venus in December, Paranormal Agent Adashino Manga

The Morose Mononokean manga creator Kiri Wazawa launched Paranormal Agent Adashino in 2024 ― Manga Up! Global released Haru Ogawa's Venus in December manga in English on Thursday and Kiri Wazawa's Paranormal Agent Adashino manga in English on Friday. Manga Up! describes Venus in December: When 29-year-old illustrator Kei quits his job to rethink his future, his editor friend gives him a bizarre reque...
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Tokyo Revengers: War of the Three Titans Arc's 3rd Trailer Reveals October 2 Debut

Exclusive worldwide streaming on Disney+ outside China also confirmed ― The staff for Tokyo Revengers: War of the Three Titans Arc (Tokyo Revengers: Santen Sensō-hen), the latest arc of the Tokyo Revengers anime, presented its third trailer on Sunday. The video announces the arc's October 2 premiere, and it also confirms that the arc will stream worldwide (excluding China) exclusively on Disney+. The...
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Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun #11 [rate]
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The Ogre's Bride Anime's New Video Unveils Theme Songs, More Staff, July 4 Debut

ClariS perform "Hitokoto" opening, Ikusaburō Yamazaki performs "Shinboshi" ending ― The staff for the television anime of Kureha's The Ogre's Bride (Oni no Hanayome) light novel series presented the anime's full promotional video and a new key visual on Sunday. The video announces and previews the anime's theme songs, and it also announces additional staff members and the July 4 premiere for the anim...
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Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season #11 [rate]
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Mission: Yozakura Family #10 [rate]
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Sakanaction's 'Kaiju' Song Wins Song of the Year at Music Awards Japan 2026

Mrs. Green Apple wins Artist of the Year for 2nd straight year; Kenshi Yonezu's "IRIS OUT" wins multiple awards ― The Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA) announced the major award winners during the Grand Ceremony of its Music Awards Japan event on Saturday. The awards event launched last year. The major award winners are: Artist of the Year Mrs. Green Apple Song of...
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Wistoria: Wand and Sword #10 [rate]
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Sparks of Tomorrow Anime Reveals New Promo Video, 5 More Cast Members

New visual also revealed for series debuting worldwide on Netflix on July 5 ― The staff for the television anime of Hiro Yūki's Sparks of Tomorrow (20 Seiki Denki Mokuroku) novel revealed a pre-broadcast promotional video on Sunday.  The staff also revealed a new visual and more cast.The new cast includes:Hiroshi Yanaka as Jinemon Momokawa, Inako's fatherMayumi Asano as Naeko Momokawa, Inako's mother...
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