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A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero Anime Unveils July Debut

The official website for A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero, the television anime of Kaito's Mob kara Hajimaru Tansaku Eiyūtan light novel series, revealed on Friday that the anime will premiere on Tokyo MX and BS NTV in July. The light novels' story centers on Kaito Takagi, a high school student with a mob character and low status. He's an ordinary explorer who hunts slimes everyday in dung...
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Former Crunchyroll Executive Miles Atherton Joins Anime Trending Site's Board

― The anime news and statistics website Anime Trending announced on Thursday that Miles Atherton (formerly Miles Thomas) has joined the site's board of directors as an advisor. Atherton joined Crunchyroll in 2013 as a sales consultant. He eventually became a content analyst, brand manager, and then the senior manager of social media and editorial programming before becoming the director of audience ...
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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga Goes on 1-Month Hiatus

This year's 16th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine revealed on Wednesday that Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe's Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Sōsō no Frieren) manga will go on hiatus until the magazine's 21st issue in mid-April. Viz Media has licensed the manga, and it describes the story: The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living...
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The Boy and the Heron Film's English Dub Opens in Japan on March 20

― Toho announced on Monday that it will screen the English dub of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's latest feature film The Boy and the Heron (Kimi-tachi wa Dō Ikiru ka) in Japan on March 20. The Boy and the Heron film won Best Animated Feature Film in the 96th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday. This is Miyazaki's second film to win after Spirited Away in 2003. He also received nominations for Howl...
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'Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included' Anime Reveals March 30 Streaming Debut, 1 Week Before TV

― The official website for the television anime of matoba's Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included (One Room, Hi Atari Futsū, Tenshi Tsuki.) manga announced that the anime will exclusively begin streaming in Japan on the ABEMA service on March 30, one week before its television premiere. The anime will then premiere on Tokyo MX on April 6 at 10:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. EDT), on BS NTV later that...
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Chainsaw Man, Dragon Ball Super, More Manga Rank on NYT March Bestseller List

― Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man, Akira Toriyama and Toyotarō's Dragon Ball Super, and Kentarou Miura's Berserk Deluxe manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early March. Chainsaw Man volume 14 ranked at #3, Dragon Ball Super volume 20 at #10, and Berserk Deluxe volume 1 at #11. The 13th volume of Chainsaw Man ranked at #9 on February's list....
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The Irregular at Magic High School Anime's 3rd Season Debuts on April 5

― The official website for the third television season of the The irregular at magic high school anime revealed on Friday that the series will premiere on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11 on April 5 at 11:30 p.m. The show will also air on TV Aichi, MBS, an AT-X. The show will have an advanced screening event on March 31. The season's new cast members include Kikunosuke Toya as Minoru Kudou, ...
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Date A Live V Anime Premieres on April 10

The official website for the Date A Live V television anime announced on Tuesday that the series will premiere on April 10 at 11:30 p.m. JST on AT-X. The anime will then air on Tokyo MX, BS11, KBS Kyoto, and Sun TV. The show will also stream on d Anime Store. The anime features a returning cast and staff. The new cast includes Aya Endo as Mio Takamiya, a beautiful young girl who is a mysterious e...
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KessCo to Release One Piece, Digimon Tabletop Games

― Los Angeles-based game company KessCo announced on Thursday that it has entered into a licensing deal with Toei Animation on the 25th anniversary of the One Piece and Digimon franchises. The company will release tabletop games based on both franchises as well as a collection of "outdoor spring/summer toys" between 2024 and 2025. The Egg Head Arc of the One Piece anime debuted on January 7. The new...
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Kumarba Kids' Anime Premieres on April 6

― The staff of the television anime based on the Kumarba animation YouTube channel for kids revealed on Saturday that the anime will premiere on TV Tokyo and other channels on April 6. The anime will air within the eeny meeny miney mo program that airs on Saturdays starting at 7:00 a.m. The cast from the YouTube channel will reprise their roles in the anime, including Fairouz Ai as Kumarba, Mai Satō...
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Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Game's PS5, Xbox Series X|S Versions Launch on May 24

Bandai Namco Entertainment America announced on Friday that it will release the Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 game for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on May 24. The game will get a PS5 release in Japan on May 23. PS5 and Xbox Series X|S players will be able to upgrade their PlayStation 4 and Xbox One games, respectively, and transfer saved data. The company released Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for PlaySt...
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'Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You' TV Anime Confirmed

Kodansha confirmed the television anime for Haruka Mitsui's Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You. (Dōse, Koishite Shimaunda. or KoiShima) manga on Thursday. Mitsui drew the below illustration to celebrate the announcement. Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story: Mizuha's seventeenth birthday is the pits. Her parents totally forgot, and the senpai she ...
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Motion Picture Academy Splits Short Films, Animation Branches

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Monday that it has voted to make two new branches: a Short Films Branch and Animation Branch, both derived from the formerly combined Short Films and Feature Animation Branch. The Short Films Branch will have 200 Academy members and one governor overseeing live-action short films, while the Animation Branch will have 700 Academy members ...
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'Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You' Shōjo Manga Listed With TV Anime

The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the artist group CLAMP posted the cover for the April issue of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine on Monday. The image of the magazine (which will ship on Friday) indicates that a television anime adaptation of Haruka Mitsui's Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You. (Dōse, Koishite Shimaunda. or KoiShima) manga has been green-lit. Kodansha USA Publishing is r...
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'Tadaima, Okaeri' BL Anime Premieres on April 8

― The official website for the television anime of Ichi Ichikawa's Tadaima, Okaeri (I'm Home, Welcome Back) boys-love manga announced on Sunday that the anime will premiere on April 8. The anime will debut on the Tokyo MX channel on that day at 24:30 (effectively, April 9 at 12:30 a.m. or April 8 at 11:30 a.m. EDT), and it will also run on MBS, BS NTV, and Animax. The manga's story tells the daily l...
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Laid-Back Camp Anime's 3rd Season Debuts on April 4

― The cast for the third anime season of Laid-Back Camp based on Afro's Yurucamp (Yurukyan△, Laid-Back Camp Δ) manga announced during an advanced screening Saturday that the season will debut on April 4. The animation studio is changing from C-Station to 8-Bit. Shin Tosaka (Infinite Stratos 2) is the new director, and Masafumi Sugiura (Uma Musume Pretty Derby) is now in charge of series composition...
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Sword of the Demon Hunter TV Anime Premieres in Summer

― Amazon is showing a preview of the cover of the final issue of Futabasha's Monthly Action magazine, which reveals that the television anime of Moto'o Nakanishi's Sword of the Demon Hunter Kijin Gentosho novel series will premiere this summer. The issue will ship on Saturday. Nakanishi published the first novel volume, titled Suihō no Hibi (Days of Nothing), in June 2019 with art by Tamaki. The ser...
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Chainsaw Man, Kaiju No. 8, More Manga Rank on NYT February Bestseller List

― Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man, Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8, Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen, and Kentarou Miura's Berserk Deluxe manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early February. Chainsaw Man volume 13 ranked at #9, Kaiju No. 8 volume 9 at #12, Jujutsu Kaisen volume 21 at #13, and Berserk Deluxe volume 1 at #14. The eighth volume of C...
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Reports: Nintendo Switch Successor to Launch in 1st Quarter 2025

Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe reported on Friday in a video that, citing five sources, Nintendo recently told publishers that its successor to the Switch console would launch in the first quarter of 2025. After the report, Video Games Chronicle (VGC), Eurogamer, and Bloomberg also cited sources who corroborated that report. Bloomberg said a Nintendo spokesperson said the company ...
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Love Live! Superstar!! Anime Season 3 Slated for October

The final performance of the "Love Live! Superstar!! Liella! 5th Love Live! ~Twinkle Triangle" concerts announced on Sunday that the third Love Live! Superstar!! anime season will premere in October on the NHK E Tele (NHK Educational TV) channel. The first season of the Love Live! Superstar!! television anime premiered on NHK Educational in July 2021 and aired for 12 episodes. Funimation streamed ...
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My Hero Academia Manga Takes 1-Week Break Due to Author's Health

― The official Twitter account for Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga revealed on Saturday that the manga will not have a new chapter in this year's 11th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine as originally planned on Tuesday due to the author's "sudden illness." The manga is planned to return in the 12th issue of the manga on February 19. Horikoshi launched the manga series in Weekly...
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Kinnikuman Perfect Origin-Hen Anime Premieres in July

The official website for the upcoming Kinnikuman Perfect Origin-Hen (Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc, or literally, Kinnikuman Perfect Chо̄jin/Superhuman Origin Arc) anime announced on Friday that the anime will premiere in July on CBC, TBS, and 26 other affiliated networks. The anime will run in a new "Agaru Anime" programming block, which will air every Sunday at 11:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT) with t...
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Netflix Teases Live-Action Korean Parasyte Show for 2nd Quarter of 2024

― Netflix announced on Tuesday that Parasyte: The Grey (Kiseiju: The Grey), the South Korean live-action adaptation of Hitoshi Iwaaki's Parasyte (Kiseiju) manga, will debut in the second quarter of this year. Netflix also shared a still from the project showing main character Jeong Su-in (played by Jeon So-nee). Parasyte: The Grey brings the beloved manga by Hitoshi Iwaaki to life in an all-new sett...
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Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate Game's PC Version Launches on March 27

MyDearest, Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will release DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate - Dual Edition, a new version of it and IzanagiGames' DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate virtual reality (VR) game, on PC via Steam on March 27. The game will be featured in the Steam Next Fest February Edition livestream on February 6 at 4:00 a.m. EST. The release will include all three episodes in both VR and no...
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Fate/Samurai Remnant Game's DLC Launches on February 9

Koei Tecmo revealed on Monday that it will release the first "Record's Fragment: Keian Command Championship" DLC for the action RPG Fate/Samurai Remnant on February 9. The first DLC features a fighting tournament in a strange arena owned by the boss of Babyloni-ya. Players who purchase the DLC season pass will receive the Hallowed Relic Sword Mountings bonus item. The game launched in Japan on Sep...
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Square Enix Absorbs Tokyo RPG Factory

― Square Enix reported in the National Printing Bureau's Kanpō publication on Wednesday that the company will absorb the the video game developer Tokyo RPG Factory, dissolving the subsidiary in a merger. Square Enix will assume all rights and obligations. The developer was behind video game titles such as 2016's I Am Setsuna, 2017's Lost Sphear and the 2019 game ONINAKI (Japanese title: Oni no Naku...
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MyAnimeList Partners with 33 Inc. to Form MAL33 Industry Marketing Service

― Entertainment marketing agency 33 Inc. and anime database website MyAnimeList announced a new partnership on Thursday to form MAL33, a marketing service targeted toward the anime and manga industry. The company will offer services for PR, brand development, social media marketing, advertising, and creative. MyAnimeList launched in 2005, and DeNA purchased the site in 2015. Media Do Holdings later ...
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Omdia Analyst: Nintendo Switch Successor to Launch This Year With 8-Inch LCD Screen

BNN Bloomberg reported on Thursday that according to analyst Hiroshi Hayase from the technology research and advisory group Omdia, Nintendo will launch a new game console this year with an 8-inch LCD screen. Hayase said that the new device would be responsible for a doubling in shipments of "amusement displays" this year. A Nintendo spokesperson told BNN Bloomberg it had nothing to comment on. Acc...
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Rob Pereyda Launches Henshin Anime Consulting Practice

Former Crunchyroll, Viz Media, and Netflix executive Rob Pereyda announced on Friday that he is launching his company Henshin as the first dedicated management consulting practice for the anime industry. Henshin (Japanese for "transformation") aims to strategically help organizations with anime industry insights, business growth, and content innovation with a focus on the intersection of anime, ga...
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Sk8 the Infinity OVA Reveals 1st Visual

The official twitter account for the Sk8 the Infinity anime project revealed the first visual for the new original video anime (OVA) for the franchise. The main staff from the first season that aired in January 2021 is returning for the OVA. Hiroko Utsumi (Banana Fish, Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, Free! Eternal Summer) is returning to direct the original anime at BONES, and Ichiro Okouchi (Code Geas...
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Space Brothers Author: Anime Planned to Continue After Manga Ends

― Manga creator Chūya Koyama revealed during his appearance on the Odoru! Sanma Goten show on Tuesday that the anime adaptation of his Space Brothers (Uchū Kyōdai) manga is planned to continue after the manga ends. He explained during the program that the previous anime had caught up with the manga at the time. Koyama previously revealed in January 2022 that he planned to start the final arc of the ...
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Death Stranding: Director's Cut Game Comes to Mac, iOS, iPad on January 30

Original Death Stranding game shipped for PS4 in November 2019 ― 505 Games announced on Tuesday that Kojima Productions' Death Stranding: Director's Cut game for iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and all iPads and Mac computers with M-series chips will launch on January 30. The original Death Stranding game shipped for PlayStation 4 in November 2019. The game launched on PC via Steam in July 2020 af...
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Aniplex Teases New Anime with 'M'

More details to come on Thursday ― Aniplex continues to tease its new anime works, and released an image of the letter "M" on its website on Tuesday. On Monday, Aniplex teased a new anime work with the codename "O" image on its website. Aniplex will reveal more details on January 18. Sources: Aniplex, Comic Natalie
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Chainsaw Man, My Hero Academia Manga Rank on NYT January Bestseller List

Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man and Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early January. Chainsaw Man volume 13 ranked at #5 and My Hero Academia volume 36 at #11, respectively. The 21st volume of Jujutsu Kaisen ranked at #5 in December's list. That month, the 104th volume of One Piece ranked at #7, the 12...
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The Idolm@ster Shiny Colors Anime Reveals Key Visual

― The television anime based on Bandai Namco Entertainment's The Idolm@ster Shiny Colors browser game revealed on Saturday a new key visual. It also reaffirmed that it will debut on television in April. The anime will air on TV Tokyo, BS11 and BS Nippon TV. Before the television premiere, the 12-episode anime is screening in theaters as three films. The first film ran in Japan from October 27 throug...
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BanG Dream! Ave Mujica Sequel TV Anime Slated for January 2025

― The Bushiroad New Year's Big Announcement 2024 event reported on Saturday that the previously announced BanG Dream! Ave Mujica sequel anime will premiere on television in January 2025. 【速報】TVアニメ「BanG Dream! Ave Mujica」の放送が2025年1月に決定🎊詳細は続報をお待ちください🌙#バンドリ #ブシ新春2024— バンドリ! BanG Dream! 公式 (@bang_dream_info) January 6, 2024 Saturday's event also announced two compilation films of the earlier BanG Dream!...
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Netmarble Appoints Byung Gyu Kim as New Co-CEO

― South Korean game developer and publisher Netmarble announced on Wednesday that it has appointed Byung Gyu Kim as co-CEO alongside Young-sig Kwon. Kim will be formally appointed at the company's shareholders' meeting in March and was previously the company's vice president. Gi-wook Do, the company's former co-CEO, will now serve as CFO (chief financial oficer). The company's Seven Knights game ins...
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Live-Action Teasing Master Takagi-san Show Premieres on March 26

TBS announced on Thursday that the live-action adaptation of Sōichirō Yamamoto's Teasing Master Takagi-san (Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san) manga will premiere on March 26. TBS also unveiled screenshots: IMG takagi-show-2.png ©TBS IMG takagi-show-1.png ©TBS IMG takagi-show-3.png ©TBS An international release is planned. The show will stream on Netflix on Tuesdays. The series will also air in the TBS c...
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Overwatch 2 Gets Manga 1-Shot About Kiriko

― Sugimitsu launched a manga one-shot based on Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch 2 first-person shooter game titled Overwatch 2 -Kanezaka no Moribito- (Overwatch 2 -Protector of Kanezaka-) on Shogakukan's Coro Coro Online website on December 22. The manga centers on the character Kiriko, as she protects her hometown of Kanezaka. Overwatch 2 debuted as an early access game in October 2022, and fully...
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Muv-Luv, Muv-Luv Alternative Games' Switch Version Launches on March 28

Retailers Biccamera and Neowing are listing Muv-Luv 20th Odyssey Box, the combined physical Nintendo Switch release of the Muv-Luv and Muv-Luv Alternative games, for release in Japan on March 28. The visual novel's story follows humans who wage a long battle against the extraterrestrial species BETA, with humanoid weapons known as Tactical Surface Fighters. After creating Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (Rumb...
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Digimon Trading Card Game Gets Digimon Liberator Webcomic Adaptation in Spring 2024

― Bandai Card Game's YouTube channel revealed on Saturday the Digimon trading card game based on the franchise is getting a webcomic in spring 2024 titled Digimon Liberator. The next update about the webcomic will be in January. Bandai also launched a website teasing the new project. Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning, the second film in the Digimon Adventure 02 anime, opened in Japan on October 27 ...
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Promised Neverland Writer Kaiu Shirai Pens New 1-Shot Manga With Shiki Hamada

― The fourth and fifth combined 2024 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that the magazine will release a new one-shot for storywriter Kaiu Shirai (The Promised Neverland) and artist Shiki Hamada (Buster Sweet) in the magazine's combined sixth and seventh issue on January 6 (a Saturday). The 47-page manga titled "Kubigeshō" will have a center color page. The manga will...
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Film Studios Reveal Plans to Lobby for Anti-Piracy Site Blocking

― Deadline reports that a top executive with the Motion Picture Association (MPA) urged lawmakers to pass legislation for site-blocking piracy sites in a hearing Wednesday. The hearing took place before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. The MPA is suggesting legislation that would require internet providers and third-party intermediaries to blo...
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Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, One Piece, Spy x Family Manga Rank on NYT December Bestseller List

― Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen, Eiichiro Oda's One Piece, Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man, and Tatsuya Endō's SPY x FAMILY manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early December. The manga on this month's list includes: #5: Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 21 #7: Eiichiro Oda's One Piece volume 104 #10: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volu...
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Black Clover Manga Resumes on December 25

― The first 2024 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine confirmed on Monday that Yūki Tabata's Black Clover manga will continue serialization in the winter issue of Jump Giga, which goes on sale on December 25. Shueisha published the last Shonen Jump chapter in the 38th issue in August, announcing at the time that the manga will move to Jump Giga. Shueisha publishes four issues of Jump Gig...
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Chained Soldier Anime Reveals January 4 Debut

― The official Twitter account for the television anime of writer Takahiro and artist Yōhei Takemura's Chained Soldier (Mato Seihei no Slave or literally, Slave of the Magic Capital's Elite Troops) manga revealed on Sunday that the anime will premiere in Japan on January 4. The show will air on AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS-Asahi, and MBS. The series was previously slated to premiere this year. HIDIVE will str...
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Classroom of the Elite Anime's 3rd Season Slated for January 3

Kadokawa announced on Saturday that the third season of the Classroom of the Elite anime will premiere on January 3. It will first premiere on the AT-X channel on that day at 10:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. EDT), before running on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, Sun TV, TV Aichi, and KBS Kyoto. The anime was delayed from its slated 2023 premiere due to "various circumstances." Crunchyroll will stream the season as it air...
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Crayon Shin-chan Manga Tops 148 Million Copies in Circulation Globally

The news website Lasisa reported on November 13 that the Crayon Shin-chan manga franchise has over 148 million copies in circulation (but not all sold) worldwide. Lasisa does not indicate if that number includes digital copies. Yoshito Usui launched the original Crayon Shin-chan manga in Futabasha's Manga Action magazine in 1990. Usui passed away on September 11, 2009. The manga inspired a long-ru...
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Yen Press Opens Job Listing for Freelance Light Novel Translators

Yen Press revealed on Tuesday it is looking to hire freelance Japanese-to-English translators for light novels. Those interested can submit an application with a resume attached to [email protected]. The position is 100% remote. Information regarding start date, length of position, and pay will be provided once a candidate makes initial contact. Yen Press was founded in 2006 and aside from ma...
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Pole Princess!! Anime Film to Get International Release

― Avex Pictures confirmed during its panel at Anime NYC on Friday that the upcoming anime film in its and Tatsunoko Production's original Pole Princess!! pole dancing anime will get an international release. The film will open in Japan on November 23. The movie's story centers on the "Pole Dance Japan Cup" competition, where protagonist Hinano Hoshikita and her friends will compete as the Galaxy Pri...
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Sushio, Mai Yoneyama Return to Work on New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Anime Project

― Studio Trigger staff members confirmed at a panel for the studio at Anime NYC on Friday that both Sushio and Mai Yoneyama are returning to work on the new Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt anime project. Hiromi Wakabayashi, Hiroyuki Imaishi, and Shigeto Koyama attended the panel, and Yoneyama attended the end of the panel. Yoneyama worked as a key animator on the previous Panty & Stocking with Gart...
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Sengoku Youko TV Anime Premieres on January 10

The official website for the television anime of Satoshi Mizukami's Sengoku Youko manga announced on Thursday that the anime will premiere on the Tokyo MX, ABC TV, and Nagoya TV channels on January 10, and on BS Asahi on January 12. It will air on Tokyo MX on Wednesdays at 24:00 (effectively, Thursdays at midnight JST or Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. EST). The anime will have two arcs — the "Yo Naoshi ...
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Comic Market 104 Slated for August 11-12

The official Twitter account for the Comic Market (Comiket) event announced on Friday that Comiket 104, the next summer iteration, will take place at the Tokyo Big Sight venue on August 11-12, 2024. Comiket 103, the next winter iteration, will take place at the same venue on December 30-31. Comiket 102 was held at Tokyo Big Sight on August 12 to 13. The event drew about 130,000 people in each of i...
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Resident Evil 4 Game Remake Launches for Mac, iPhone, iPad on December 20

― Capcom announced today that it will release the Resident Evil 4 game remake on Mac, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and all iPads with the M1 chip or later on December 20. A demo will also be available at launch. The company first announced the release of the game, as well as "The Mercenaries" update and the "Separate Ways" DLC, for those platforms during the Tokyo Game Show in September. The R...
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Bocchi the Rock! Compilation Project Reveals Film Titles

― The official Twitter account for the Bocchi the Rock anime revealed the titles of the upcoming compilation films on Monday. The first film is titled Bocchi the Rock! Re: and will open in Japan in spring 2024, while the second film is titled Bocchi the Rock! Re:Re: and is currently slated for a summer release. The anime adapts Aki Hamaji's four-panel manga Bocchi the Rock!, which follows Hitori "B...
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Chainsaw Man, Spy x Family, 2 More Manga Rank on NYT November Bestseller List

Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man, Tatsuya Endō's SPY x FAMILY, Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8, and Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early November. The manga on this month's list includes: #1: Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 12 #6: Tatsuya Endo's Spy x Family volume 10 #9: Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No....
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Pokémon Scarlet/Violet Games' DLC Part 2 Launches on December 14

The official Twitter account for the Pokémon franchise revealed on Thursday that "The Indigo Disk," the second part of the new "The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero" DLC for the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet games, will launch on December 14. "The Teal Mask," the first part of the games' DLC, launched on September 13. Part 1: The Teal Mask features the new legendary Pokémon Ogrepon, and the story will re...
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Deadman Wonderland Duo Work on New Manga

Manga creator Jinsei Kataoka announced on Sunday on X (formerly Twitter) that they and Kazuma Kondou are currently preparing for a new manga series. Kataoka did not reveal any other details for the new manga. The duo recently ended their Retropolis SCratch manga (image right) on September 8. The duo launched the manga in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in July 2022. Kodansha published the thir...
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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Game Delayed to December 14

Cygames announced on Wednesday that its Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising fighting game for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam has been delayed from November 30 to December 14. Early access for customers who have preordered the Deluxe Edition begins on December 11. There will be a second open beta from November 9-12 on all systems. This beta test will feature cross-platform multiplayer a...
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Crowdfunding Campaign for Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Visual Novel's New Edition Launches

Game developer aNCHOR launched its crowdfunding campaign on Friday for a "redevelopment project" for Age's Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (KimNozo) game (the campaign was originally scheduled to start a week earlier on October 21). The campaign aims to raise 30,000,000 yen (about US$201,000) by December 29 at 11:59 p.m. JST, and it has raised 21,030,170 yen (about US$141,000) as of press time. The campaign h...
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Netflix Debuts My Daemon Animated Series on November 23

― Netflix revealed on Tuesday that it will debut the My Daemon animated series on November 23. Netflix revealed the below visual for the series. Hidetaka Adachi aka Otsuichi (Exception, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror, Summer Ghost) is writing the animated series at the Thai animation studio Igloo Studio. Nat Yoswatananont is directing the series. The series takes place in the near futu...
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Akira Manga Creator Katsuhiro Otomo Teases New Manga Again

Akira manga creator Katsuhiro Otomo and his staff hinted again at a new manga on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. He shared a photo of the prophetic character Kiyoko drawn on a whiteboard with the text, "I had a dream Otomo-sensei drew a new manga." The photo was tweeted with the sentence, "Kiyoko's prophetic dream will become reality." キヨコの予知夢は現実になります。 pic.twitter.com/O3eT1jO0J4— 大友全集 (@otomo_zen...
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Monthly Mōsō Science Anime Reveals 2nd Visual, 2-Episode December 2 Advance Screening

The official website for the Monthly Mōsō Science (Gekkan Mōsō Kagaku) original television anime unveiled its second key visual on Tuesday. The anime's staff also announced the advance screening for the first two episodes on December 2 at the TOHO Cinemas Ikebukuro in Tokyo. The anime will premiere in January. The original anime's story is set in a certain country in Most City, where the handsome ...
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Sentenced to Be a Hero Anime Not Yet Confirmed for a 2025 Release (Updated)

― Update: The article originally listed a 2025 release date for the anime, but Kadokawa reached out to ANN, saying that the anime is not yet confirmed for a 2025 release. ANN's original article is shown below. Kadokawa revealed on Monday that the television anime adaptation of Rocket Shokai's Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 (Yūsha-kei ni Shosu: Chōbatsu Yūsha 9004-...
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Best Buy Announces End of Blu-ray Disc, DVD Sales

― Electronics retailer Best Buy revealed on Friday it is ending sales of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs both in-store and online in early 2024, citing changing media consumption models. Sales will be discontinued in the new year. The outlet will continue sales of video games. DVD and Blu-ray Disc sales have been gradually shrinking over the years. According to data from the trade association DEG: The Digit...
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Demon Lord 2099 Anime Airs in 2024

― Kadokawa revealed at the "Fantasia Bunko Daikanshasai Online 2023" livestream event on Saturday that the anime of author Daigo Murasaki and illustrator Kureta's Demon Lord 2099 (Maou 2099) light novel series will air in 2024. ══════════   #魔王2099 2024年|放送決定!══════════🌐#ファンタジア文庫大感謝祭にて発表となりましたhttps://t.co/QKwQJZpO1rhttps://t.co/S99m1XlBRw pic.twitter.com/q65NVNOeeU— アニメ 魔王2099 公式|2024年放送 (@2099_anim...
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Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash Game Listed With February 2 Launch

― The PlayStation Store is listing Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash (Jujutsu Kaisen Senka Sōran), a 2-on-2 fighting game based on Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga, with a February 2, 2024 release date in Great Britain. The game will launch on PC via Steam, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. Byking Inc. is developing the game. Playable characters include Yuji Itadori, ...
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Akissa Saiké Gives Update on Ghost Reaper Girl Manga Hiatus

Latest manga from author of Rosario + Vampire launched in July 2020 ― Akissa Saiké revealed on Twitter on Monday that he intends to resume his Ghost Reaper Girl manga from its hiatus in the near future. The artist is still recovering his physical condition, which he clarifies later as depression. https://twitter.com/GRG_RV_official/status/1711324385934803004(@GRG_RV_official)October 9 Shueisha first ...
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2nd Jujutsu Kaisen Stage Play Unveils New Visual of Cast in Costume

The official website for the stage plays of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga unveiled a new visual for the second stage play on Tuesday. The visual features Ryūji Satō (center in visual below), Kazuaki Yasue (right), and Nonoka Yamaguchi (left) in costume as their characters Yūji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, and Nobara Kugisaki, respectively. The second stage play will run in Hyogo and Tokyo from...
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Adult Swim's Jason DeMarco: 'We Won't Be Making Any More' FLCL

Jason DeMarco — senior vice president in the anime and action series/longform department at Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) and Cartoon Network Studios (CNS) — stated on Twitter on Friday that while Adult Swim "considers [FLCL: Grunge] and [FLCL: Shoegaze] ratings successes and is very happy with their performance," the company "won't be making any more." DeMarco thanked fans who helped make the two ...
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My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, Dragon Ball Super Rank on NYT October Bestseller List

Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia, Toyotarō and Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball Super, and two volumes of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early October. My Hero Academia volume 35 ranked at #3, Dragon Ball Super volume 19 ranked at #11, Jujutsu Kaisen volume 20 and volume 1 ranked at #9 and #14, respective...
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AlphaPolis' Alpha Manga App Now Available in European Region

― AlphaPolis Co., Ltd. announced on Twitter on Monday that its Alpha Manga app service is now available in the European region on iOS and Android. AlphaPolis launched Alpha Manga, a new manga comic app service for iOS and Android devices, for "English-speaking users (excluding Europe)" in July 2021. The service offers English versions of AlphaPolis' manga series. The service launched with 30 manga, ...
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The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor TV Anime Premieres in 2024

― Updated: The Twitter account stated the anime will premiere in 2024, not in January 2024 as this article previously stated. ANN regrets the error. The official Twitter account for the anime adaptation of Sarasa Nagase's The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor (Yarinaoshi Reijō wa Ryūtei Heika o Kōryaku-chū) novel series revealed on Friday that the anime will air on television in 2024. Cross...
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Goro Taniguchi, Polygon Pictures' Bloody Escape Anime Film Opens in January 2024

― The official website for the original anime film Bloody Escape -Jigoku no Tōsōgeki- revealed on Thursday that the film will debut in Japan in January 2024. The film's announcement video teased a premise of "androids vs. vampires vs. yakuza." The film follows the android Kisaragi. He is being chased by an organization of immortal vampires who aim to conquer a divided Tokyo. The yakuza vow to avenge...
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New Zenryoku Usagi Anime Premieres on October 7

The official website for the "Reiwa-era" anime project for Kei Ikeda's Zenryoku Usagi manga announced on Wednesday that the series will premiere on TV Saitama on October 7 at 5:55 p.m. JST before airing on TV Kanagawa and Chiba TV. The anime will also stream on DMM TV and d Anime Store on October 8. As previously announced, Atsushi Nigorikawa is directing the new anime at Rising Force, and Misa Mo...
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Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5 Ends With 'To Be Continued'

The 11th and final episode for the fifth season of the anime based on Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa's Bungo Stray Dogs manga ended with the words "To Be Continued" on Wednesday. Technically, the episode's ending caption in Japanese mistakenly stated that the work was "finished," but the anime's official website addressed on Friday that the text was a mistake, and the text should indeed actually...
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Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Anime's 9th Episode Delayed on Some Streaming Services

The official website for the anime of Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata's Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto) manga announced on Thursday that the anime's ninth episode will be delayed by 24 hours from Sunday to Monday on some streaming services due to production circumstances. The anime's ninth episode will still air during its regular schedule in Japan ...
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My Next Life as a Villainess Game Launches in West on November 28

Idea Factory International announced on Tuesday that it will release the My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! -Pirates of the Disturbance- game physically and digitally for Nintendo Switch in North America and Europe on November 28. The game will get a Limited Edition exclusively on the company's store website. The company will reveal the contents at a later date. Idea Factory In...
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Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis Manga Has to 2 More Chapters Left to Draft

― Hideki Tsuji reported on X/Twitter on Saturday that he has now completed the draft layouts for the remaining Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis (Sōten no Ken: Re:Genesis) manga chapters except for the final two chapters. Tsuji's post does not necessarily mean that the manga has two chapters remaining to publish, as Tsuji may be starting the draft layouts for the last chapters well in advance. For ex...
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Precure Franchise Gets New Anime Film in 2024

― Screenings of Eiga Precure All Stars F, the 20th anniversary film in the Precure All Stars crossover anime film series, revealed at the end of the film that a new Precure film will open in 2024. Eiga Precure All Stars F opened on Friday, and features all 77 Precure magical girls, from the franchise's first installment in Futari wa Pretty Cure, to the latest ongoing installment Soaring Sky! Precure...
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The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 Anime Premieres on October 6

The staff for the The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 television anime announced on Wednesday that the season will premiere on October 6 at 9:00 p.m. JST on AT-X before airing on other stations. The anime had its world premiere screening at Anime Expo earlier on July 3. The anime is also holding world tour premiere screenings in Paris and Austin in July; in Mannheim, Germany and Toronto in Augu...
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The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash Anime Unveils New Visual, January 12 Debut

Aina Suzuki, Mutsumi Tamura star in Studio Massket anime ― The official Twitter account for the television anime of Honobonoru500 and Nama's The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash (Saijaku Tamer wa Gomihiroi no Tabi o Hajimemashita.) light novel series unveiled a new visual for the anime, as well as the anime's January 12 premiere date on Thursday. The anime will premiere on the Tokyo MX ...
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'Welcome Back, Alice' Author Shūzō Oshimi Plans New Manga

― This year's 19th issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine revealed on September 8 that manga author Shūzō Oshimi's next manga is currently in the planning stage. The magazine did not reveal other details about the new manga. Oshimi recently ended his Welcome Back, Alice (Okaeri Alice) manga (image right) on August 9. The manga launched in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in April 2020....
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Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Ranks on NYT September Bestseller List

― Two volumes of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books and Manga bestseller list released in early September. Jujutsu Kaisen volume 20 ranked at #3 and Jujutsu Kaisen volume 0 ranked at #15 on the list. The 103rd volume of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece ranked at #4 in August. That month, the seventh volume of Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 ranked at #11, t...
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Love Live! Superstar!! Anime Season 3 Slated for 2024

The final performance of the "Love Live! Superstar!! Liella! 4th Love Live! tour ~brand new Sparkle~" announced on Sunday that the third Love Live! Superstar!! anime season will air in 2024. Sunday's performance also announced that the group's fifth live concert tour will start in Fukuoka on January 20 and 21 before going to Tokyo on February 10 and 11. The first season of the Love Live! Superstar...
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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid Film Reveals New Visual

― The Aniplex Online Fest 2023 livestream event on Sunday revealed a new visual for Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid, the second of two films in the sequel anime project for the Seishun Buta Yarō (Rascal Does Not Dream) light novel series. The film will open in Japan on December 1. The sequel anime project adapts the eighth and ninth novels in the franchise: Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister ...
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'Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World' Anime's 2nd Season Delayed to 2024

― Kadokawa announced on Friday that the second season for the television anime of Kei Sazane and Ao Nekonabe's Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World (Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjō, Arui wa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen) light novel series is delayed to 2024. The anime was previously slated to air this year. The first season will re-air on BS11 starting on October 2. Crunchyroll will stream the new...
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Dog Signal TV Anime Premieres on October 22

NHK revealed on Thursday that the television anime of Saya Miyauchi's Dog Signal manga will premiere on the e-tele (NHK Educational) channel on October 22 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 a.m. EDT). Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Spy×Family, 1996 Rurouni Kenshin) is directing the anime. The manga centers on a rookie dog trainer named Miyu Samura. Miyu's ex-girlfriend left him with a dog that he didn't really know how to t...
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Hoshikuzu Telepath Anime Premieres on October 9

The official Twitter account for Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazine announced on Friday that the television anime of Rasuko Ōkuma's Hoshikuzu Telepath (Stardust Telepath) manga will premiere on October 9 on AT-X at 9:00 p.m. JST. The series will then air on Tokyo MX at 10:00 p.m. JST, and then broadcast on other networks. The story follows a shy girl named Umika who is afraid of speaking with ...
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Gintama Anime's 'Baragaki' Arc Also Gets Compilation Screenings on November 10

Bandai Namco Pictures announced on Monday that the "Baragaki" (Thorny) arc of the Gintama anime will also have compilation screenings. The "Gintama on Theater 2D: Baragaki-hen" compilation will open with a three-week limited engagement in Japanese theaters on November 10. The anime's X (formerly Twitter) account reports that the screenings will have "new bonus video content," but did not specify i...
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Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Anime's 7th Episode Delayed on Some Streaming Services

The official website for the anime of Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata's Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto) manga announced on Thursday that the anime's seventh episode will be delayed by 24 hours from Sunday to Monday on some streaming services due to production circumstances. The services affected include Netflix, Hulu, and Crunchyroll. The anime's se...
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MF Ghost Anime Debuts on October 1

The official Twitter account for the television anime of Shuuichi Shigeno's MF Ghost manga revealed on Friday that the anime will premiere on October 1 on Tokyo MX, BS11, and RKB Mainichi Broadcasting. The anime will also air on Animax, TV Aichi, Shizuoka Broadcasting System, TV Setouchi, Tochigi TV, and YTV. Tomohito Naka (Initial D Legend 2: Racer, Initial D Legend 3: Dream, Sword Gai: The Anima...
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I Shall Survive Using Potions Anime Schedules October 7 Premiere

― The official website for the television anime of FUNA's I Shall Survive Using Potions! (Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!) light novel series announced on Sunday that the anime will premiere on October 7 at 26:00 (effectively, October 8 at 2:00 a.m. or October 7 at 1:00 p.m. EDT). The anime will run in the "Animazing!!!" programming block on ABC TV and TV Asahi's 24-affiliate network and later on BS F...
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Mary Skelter Finale Game's PC Version Launches on September 12

Idea Factory International announced on Thursday that it will release Compile Heart's Mary Skelter Finale game on PC via Steam on September 12. The PC version will include all the DLC from the original game, including the Mary Skelter: Locked Up in Love - True End visual novel. The game will get a deluxe edition that includes a character art collection, rough art collection, original soundtracks a...
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Suzume Film Returns to Cinemas in Japan from September 20 to October 5

The official website of Makoto Shinkai's Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) film announced on Thursday that the film will have a special "Okaeri Jōei" (Welcome Back Screening) in 100 theaters in Japan from September 20 until October 5. The special screening will commemorate the release of the film on Blu-ray Disc and DVD, also on September 20. The film's special screening scheduled on September 25 to 29 ...
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Yen Press Opens Job Listing for Freelance Translators

Yen Press revealed on Friday that it is looking to hire freelance Japanese-to-English translators. Those interested can submit an application with a resume attached to [email protected]. Yen Press stated to ANN that it is accepting applications from anyone who is fluent in Japanese. The translators will be freelancers for Kadokawa World Entertainment. Yen Press was founded in 2006 and aside fr...

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