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My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending Volumes 1-2 Manga Review
Kazuki is a very boring, nothing character that is strictly driven by his survival and he needs to spend most of the story riding a very thin line.
― On the one end, I do appreciate a series that really likes to just cut out all the fat. When Death Flags starts, we don't get any set-up or preamble about our protagonist's past life or how he found himself in the circumstances that he does. He just wak...
The Greatest Wolf of My Life Volume 1 K-Comic Review
The Greatest Wolf of My Life is an immensely entertaining story in its first volume.
― In any other manhwa, or manga or light novel, a pop star moving into the apartment next door would be the first sign of a budding romance for an ordinary young woman. Not in Ran's The Greatest Wolf of My Life - for Eunbyul, having Kang Bin show up in the shabby rooftop studio next door to hers, it's the beginning o...
This Week in Anime - Drama Over Anime
Sylvia and Lucas seek to remedy a shared blindspot with an exploration of shoujo anime and live action series.
― Sylvia and Lucas seek to remedy a shared blindspot with an exploration of shoujo anime and live action series. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. Crunc...
A Wild Last Boss Appeared! Anime Series Review
In an anime landscape where video game isekai are standard issue, A Wild Last Boss Appeared! is easily one of the more ambitious—and certainly better animated—such titles.
― We never technically learn the name of the protagonist of A Wild Last Boss Appeared! (henceforth WLB). In fact, we only catch brief glimpses of what he actually looks like. Still, we do learn that he's one of the all-time best pl...
Answerman - How many light novels that got official publication originated on Narou?
What does the Narou-to-anime pipeline actually look like? Jerome has answers.
― A reader asks asks: “How many light novels that receive an 'official' publication originate on the Shōtetsuka ni Narō (“Narou”( web-publishing platform)?” First off, what the hell is Narou? It's short for Shōsetusuka ni Narō, the massive Japanese website where amateur authors publish free web novels. The English translat...
Drops of God Season 2 Live-Action Series Review
Sometimes the only way to save something you love is to destroy it utterly. Sometimes, destroying what you love doesn't save anything at all.
― Drops of God, Season 2, has some of the absolute finest acting I have ever seen. Which is both wonderful and devastating, as this sequel to the live-action television series on Apple TV is a difficult and very tightly wound sequel to the live-action televisio...
My Awkward Senpai Chapters 1-104 Manga Review
What starts as comedic social awkwardness soon becomes an example of someone that is a workaholic and plagued by a deep fear of emotional dependency.
― I always find it at least a little bit funny when a series portrays an incredibly capable person in a field that requires a lot of social interaction only for the twist to be that they actually have no social skills whatsoever. Maybe there are some pe...
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Bushiroad Reveals Zero Rise Basketball Project With TV Anime, Stage Play
Stage play runs on May 2-17 in Tokyo
― The "Cardfight!! Vanguard 15th Anniversary: Bushiroad New Year Announcements 2026" event announced on Monday that Bushiroad's ZERO RISE cross-media project will have a television anime, as well as a stage play on May 2-17 at the Hikōsen Theater in Tokyo. The project also presented its animation and character promotional videos, and announced its cast members who...
Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight's Project Gets New Anime Sequel by Kinema Citrus
Starlight Project also marks 9th anniversary with exhibition early this summer
― The "Cardfight!! Vanguard 15th Anniversary: Bushiroad New Year Announcements 2026" event announced on Monday that a completely new animated sequel in the Starlight Project franchise is in production at Kinema Citrus. The franchise teased the production under the name "Someday, ___ will reach someone." The event also anno...
Firefly Wedding Manga Gets TV Anime by David Production in October
Urusei Yatsura's Takahiro Kamei helms anime with designs by Your Lie in April's Yukiko Aikei
― A website opened on Monday to announce that a television anime adaptation of Oreko Tachibana's Firefly Wedding manga will premiere on the Fuji TV network this October. Takahiro Kamei (2022-2024's Urusei Yatsura) is directing the anime at david production, and Yukiko Aikei (Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere, ...
Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers Novels Get TV Anime
Isle Osaki's story of minor goddess uniting with RPG player from our world
― The "Overlap Bunko All-Star Gathering Special 2026 Part I" livestream event announced on Sunday that a television anime adaptation of Isle Osaki's Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers (Shinja Zero no Megami-sama to Hajimeru Isekai Kōryaku or Clear the world like a game with the zero believers godde...
Shun Matsuena's Sora e... Manga Ends
Manga about superhuman boy living in underground world launched in January 2025
― This year's seventh issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine revealed on Wednesday that Shun Matsuena's Sora e... (To the Skies) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on January 21. The manga's story centers on Hiiro, an "Overman" superhuman boy who lives in an underground world. He goes above ground to...
Crunchyroll Manga Adds 28 New TItles
A Wild Last Boss Appeared!, Salary Man Kintaro, more added to app
― Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it has added the following titles to its Crunchyroll Manga app:A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty GrimoiresA Wild Last Boss Appeared!An Archdemon's (Friend's) Dilemma: How to Babysit a Crybaby Knight An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf BrideBell...
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Game Reveals Dragon Ball Daima Part 2 DLC Trailer
DLC launches on Thursday
― Bandai Namco Entertainment America streamed a new trailer for its Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot game on Wednesday, previewing the upcoming "DAIMA - Adventure Through The Demon Realm Part 2" DLC ahead of its launch on Thursday. The new DLC introduces Vegeta (Mini) as a playable character, as well as battles with Tamagami Number Two and Majin Duu. Super Saiyan 4 Goku, Third Eye Goma...
Kaya-chan Isn't Scary Anime Gets Same-Day English Dub
Anime premiered on January 11
― Crunchyroll added an English dub for the the television anime of Yuritaro's Kaya-chan Isn't Scary (Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai) horror action manga on the same day as it released the first episode of the anime with English subtitles. Crunchyroll's senior English editorial producer Liam Dempsey confirmed that Kadokawa provided the dub. The anime premiered on January 11. Crun...
Unmei no Makimodo Shi, Cosmos, DAN DA DAN, More Win 71st Shogakukan Manga Awards
Also: Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole, Hirayasumi
― The judging committee of the 70th Shogakukan Manga Awards announced this year's winners on Wednesday. Each winning title will be honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$6,300). Title: Unmei no Makimodo Shi
Author(s): Fūta Kimura
Serialized in Monthly Coro Coro Comics (Shogakukan) Title: Cosmos
Author(s): Ryūhei T...
My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending Volumes 1-2 Manga Review
Kazuki is a very boring, nothing character that is strictly driven by his survival and he needs to spend most of the story riding a very thin line.
― On the one end, I do appreciate a series that really likes to just cut out all the fat. When Death Flags starts, we don't get any set-up or preamble about our protagonist's past life or how he found himself in the circumstances that he does. He just wak...
Exclusive: Gundam Premiere Night Event Screens in Canadian Theaters in February
Gundam films screen from February 2-4
― Bandai Namco Filmworks and Fathom Entertainment announced on Wednesday that they are bringing the Gundam Premiere Night event to 30 Canadian theaters from February 2-4. The event is a double feature screening for the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans – Urðr Hunt Special Edition: Path of the Little Challenger (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans: Urðr...
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Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube #15 [rate]
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o.j.o Performs Insert Song for Oshi no Ko Season 3 Anime
Video streamed for B-Komachi's insert song from season's 1st episode
― The staff for the third season of the Oshi no Ko anime revealed that 14-year-old singer and songwriter o.j.o. performed an insert song "On your side feat. o.j.o" in English in the season's first episode, the 25th episode overall, on Wednesday. The series' official YouTube channel also streamed a video for B-Komachi's "B no Revenge...
Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era Anime Film Screens in N. America on February 27
English-subbed trailer, visual unveiled
― Gaga Corporation announced on Wednesday the theatrical release of Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era (Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Shinjidai no Tobira), the latest anime film in the Uma Musume Pretty Derby franchise, in North America on February 27. The company also revealed the key visual and English-subtitled trailer for the film's North American r...
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Tamon’s B-Side #3 [rate]
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Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None #3 [rate]
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A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation #2 [rate]
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SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table #2 [rate]
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An Adventurer's Daily Grind at Age 29 #2 [rate]
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Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord #2 [rate]
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Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy Anime Unveils Theme Song Artists, April 4 Debut
Rock band Faulieu. performs "Hatsukoi Moment" opening, VTubers Asagiri Kōkō performs "Pop, Snack, Junk na HUNNY"
― The official website for the television anime of nonco's Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy (Kanan-sama wa Akumade Choroi) manga unveiled the anime's key visual, theme song artists, and April 4 premiere. Rock band Faulieu. is performing the opening theme song "Hatsukoi Moment" (First Love...
'Draw this, then die!' Anime Reveals Main Cast, More Staff
Akira Sekine stars as protagonist Ai Yasumi alongside Saori Hayami, Saya Hitomi,Kanon Fujimura, Inori Minase
― The official website for the television anime of Minoru Toyoda's Draw This, Then Die! (Kore Kaite Shine) manga revealed the main visual, main cast, and additional staff members for the series on Wednesday. The anime will star (image above from left to right): Akira Sekine as Ai Yasumi, a fi...
Pierrot's Mahō no Shimai Lulutto Lily Anime Unveils 4 More Cast Members
Hey! Say! JUMP's Hikaru Yaotome, Kōhei Amasaki, Tatsumaru Tachibana, Tomokazu Sugita join anime
― Bandai Namco Filmworks announced four more cast members for Mahō no Shimai Lulutto Lily (Magical Sisters Lulutto Lily), the new magical girl television anime that it is presenting with Studio Pierrot, on Wednesday. The cast members include Hey! Say! JUMP idol group member Hikaru Yaotome, who is making hi...
Fortnite Festival's Kizuna Ai Collaboration News Causes Apparent Confusion
Kizuna Ai fans rush to dispel any notion the VTuber is artificial intelligence
― Fans of VTuber Kizuna Ai rushed to social media to remind non-fans she is not artificial intelligence, following a January 11 announcement Kizuna Ai will appear in the Fortnite Festival game on January 16. The associated X (formerly Twitter) post includes a community note stating, “Upon seeing the letters ‘AI’, some comm...
Nintendo Switch Online Adds Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Game in Expansion Pack
GameCube game available as part of Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership
― Nintendo added Intelligent Systems' 2005 Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance game to the "Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics" app for the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership on Nintendo Switch 2 last Thursday. The company streamed a trailer on Monday: The company describes the game:This installment of ...
Hard Rock Café Japan Offers Burger Flavored With Naruto's Ichiraku Ramen
Naruto returns to the music-themed restaurant with a Ramen Burger
― Hard Rock Café Japan announced a new collaboration with popular anime series Naruto on January 9, and topping the menu are Naruto's Ramen Burger and Tropical Konoha Soda: Naruto's Ramen Burger boasts a "juicy beef patty with Monterey Jack cheese, roasted pork, veggies, and crispy fried ramen, topped with a naruto fish cake and quail ...
Re/Member: The Last Night Manga Ends in Next Chapter on January 27
Manga adaptation of August 2025 film launched in July 2025
― The 23rd chapter of Welzard and Katsutoshi Murase's Re/Member: The Last Night (Karada Sagashi THE LAST NIGHT) manga revealed on Tuesday that the manga will end with its next chapter on January 27.Shueisha's MANGA Plus service publishes the manga simultaneously in English, and it describes the manga:Karada Sagashi is back! Set in an amusemen...
Mujina Into the Deep Manga's 'Season 1' Enters Final Battle
Inio Asano's manga launched in March 2023
― Manga creator Inio Asano revealed on January 9 that his Mujina Into the Deep manga is entering the "final battle" for "season 1" of the manga as of its latest chapter, serialized in this year's third issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine on January 9.Viz Media is releasing the manga in English, and describes the story:Terumi Morgan bitterly acce...
'I See Your Face, Turned Away' Manga Ends, Announces Spinoff Story
Manga's spinoff starts on February 13
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The February issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Friend magazine published the final chapter of Rumi Ichinohe's I See Your Face, Turned Away (Kimi no Yokogao o Miteita) manga on Tuesday. The magazine also revealed that it will start publishing the manga's spinoff story in its next issue on February 13. The manga returned on December 12 from its September 2024 hiatus...
Arata Miyatsuki Launches Another New Manga on January 20
Miyatsuki, artist Masaya Tsugami to launch Kae Dama suspense manga
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Futabasha's Web Action manga website revealed on Tuesday that writer Arata Miyatsuki and artist Masaya Tsugami will launch a new manga titled Kae Dama (Substitute Spirit) on the website on January 20. Web Action teases the manga as a suspense body-swap story.Miyatsuki and artist Akeji Fuj...
Code Vein II Game's Overview Trailer Previews Characters, World, Combat
Game launches for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam on January 30
― Bandai Namco Entertainment America began streaming an overview trailer on Tuesday for Code Vein II, the sequel to the Code Vein post-apocalyptic role-playing game. The video previews character creation, partners, the world, combat, formae, weapons, Blood Code builds, and boosters: The game will launch on January 30 (January 29 in Ja...
Girl Group Philosophy no Dance Announce End of Activities
Group end activities with a live concert on June 13
― The official website of girl group Philosophy no DANCE announced on Tuesday that the group will end their activities with a live concert at LINE CUBE SHIBUYA on June 13. The announcement stated that the members and staff have come to this conclusion after repeated discussions, following the group's milestone triple anniversary last year. The group...
Publisher TO Books to List on Tokyo Stock Exchange
Light novel/manga publisher to list on stock exchange on February 13
― Japanese light novels and manga publisher TO Books announced last Friday that it has receive approval to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, starting on February 13. The company is offering 486,700 shares of common stock both inside and outside of Japan. The company's Board of Directors will determine the shares' prices on February ...
HIDIVE to Stream Oshi no Ko Season 3 Anime
Crunchyroll to also stream anime debuting on Wednesday
― HIDIVE announced on Tuesday that it will stream the third season of the Oshi no Ko anime as part of the winter 2026 season in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. The new season will debut on Wednesday at 11:00 p.m. on Tokyo MX, and will air on a total 36 channels across Japan. The anime will stream in Japan on ABEMA...
K Manga Adds Kouji Seo's Umine the Island Inn Manga
Series debuted on Wednesday in Japan
― Kodansha's K Manga service announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday that it has licensed Kouji Seo's Umine the Island Inn (Ano Shima no Umine-sō) manga for simulpub. The first chapter is available to read now. K Manga describes the story: A new series from Kouji Seo, the creator of The Café Terrace and its Goddesses! Unemployed 19-year-old Kazuma has been su...
One-Punch Man: World Game Ends Service
Access to game ends on February 27
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for One-Punch Man: World, Perfect World's online multiplayer action game based on ONE and Yūsuke Murata's One-Punch Man manga, announced on Monday that the game will end its service on February 27. Dear Players,Thank you very much for your continued support of One Punch Man: World.We regret to inform you that One Punch Man...
'Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None' Anime Reveals English Dub's Cast, January 14 Debut
Tom Aglio, Corinne Sudberg, Monica Flatley, more star in dub on Wednesday
― Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will begin streaming the English dub for Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None, the television anime of storywriter Itsuki Togami and illustrator Yuri Kisaragi's Yūsha Party o Oidasareta Kiyō Binbō (The Jack of All Trades Was Kicked Out of the Hero's Party) light novel series, on Wednesday...
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The Case Book of Arne #2 [rate]
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The Greatest Wolf of My Life Volume 1 K-Comic Review
The Greatest Wolf of My Life is an immensely entertaining story in its first volume.
― In any other manhwa, or manga or light novel, a pop star moving into the apartment next door would be the first sign of a budding romance for an ordinary young woman. Not in Ran's The Greatest Wolf of My Life - for Eunbyul, having Kang Bin show up in the shabby rooftop studio next door to hers, it's the beginning o...
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Series Season 2 Streams Teaser Trailer
Series' 2nd season premieres on Apple TV on February 27
― Apple TV (formerly Apple TV+) and Legendary Entertainment began streaming on Tuesday a teaser trailer for the second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Legendary Entertainment's series featuring "Godzilla and the Titans." The second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters will premiere on Apple TV on February 27. New episodes will debut on F...
Level 5, Aiming Announce New Inazuma Eleven: Cross Smartphone Game
Free-to-play features new soccer coach protagonist
― Level 5 and Aiming (Dragon Quest Tact) have announced a new game in the Inazuma Eleven franchise titled Inazuma Eleven: Cross for smartphones. Level 5 streamed a teaser promotional video as well as a livestream that reveals more details about the game: A closed beta test will begin on January 29 in Japan. Inazuma Eleven: Cross will be free-to-play ...
DIGIMON BEATBREAK ‒ Episode 14
While it wasn't a terrible episode, round two of the Glowing Dawn vs Tactics left me a bit underwhelmed
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The Darwin Incident #2 [rate]
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This Week in Anime - Drama Over Anime
Sylvia and Lucas seek to remedy a shared blindspot with an exploration of shoujo anime and live action series.
― Sylvia and Lucas seek to remedy a shared blindspot with an exploration of shoujo anime and live action series. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning for discussion of the series ahead. Crunc...
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There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her #2 [rate]
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Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers #2 [rate]
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Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider ‒ Episode 14
This week’s episode is about two things: character growth and world building.
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The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter #2 [rate]
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KonoSuba – God's blessing on this wonderful world! Anime Confirms Season 4
2026 mobile/PC game, 10th anniversary event, exhibit, audio drama, song box also announced
― The "KonoSuba – God's blessing on this wonderful world! Anime 10th Anniversary Livestream" confirmed on Tuesday that the franchise's previously announced sequel anime is a fourth television anime season. The staff also commemorated the anime's 10th anniversary with a new visual and announced a new mobile/PC g...
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Tune In to the Midnight Heart #2 [rate]
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Renkinō's Monster Eater Light Novels & Webtoon Get 'Light Anime' in April
Hikaru Satō helms anime at IMAGICA Infos/Imageworks Studio
― Animation ID announced on Tuesday that the webtoon adaptation of Renkinō's Monster Eater (Mamonogurai no Bōkensha) light novel series is itself receiving a television "light anime" adaptation. The light anime will premiere in April on the Tokyo MX channel. The company also revealed the anime's teaser promotional video, key visual, and main ...
Palworld Game Announces Launch of Official Card Game on July 30
Card game slated for simultaneous worldwide release in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese
― The "Cardfight!! Vanguard 15th Anniversary: Bushiroad New Year Announcements 2026" event announced with a teaser promotional video on Monday that Pocketpair's Palworld game is getting an official trading card game that will launch on July 30. The card game is planned for a simultaneous worldwide release on ...
Happy Coming of Age Day 2026 From Around the Anime World, Part II
Featuring Final Fantasy, Dragon Ball, Square-Enix, Magical Princess Minky Momo, Sakamoto Days, Noriko Hidaka, & more!
― As part of the Coming of Age ceremonies throughout Japan, young adults dress in formal hakama (ceremonial trousers), western-style suits, and kimono. To express their individuality, some young adult men dress as stereotypical delinquents with regent hairstyles and ride motorcycles. ...
Bushiroad Announces Weiß Schwarz Online Game
Game launches for Switch, PC via Steam in fall 2026
― The official YouTube channel for Bushiroad's Weiß Schwarz card game announced in a new video on Monday that a Weiß Schwarz Online game will launch for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam this fall. The game is a competitive online version of the trading card game and will include a ranking system. There will be a Weiß version of the game and a Schwar...
Happy Coming of Age Day 2026 From Around the Anime World, Part I
Featuring Naruto, Dragon Quest, Inuyasha, Gnosia, Sega, Kodansha, Televi-kun, & more!
― Every year on the second Monday of January, Japan celebrates its newest adults with Coming of Age Day. Traditionally, the day honored those who turned 20 in the previous calendar year or school year. However, a new law went into effect in 2022 that lowered the age of maturity to 18. Regardless, some people still w...
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'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess #13 [rate]
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MAPPA Animates New Video for Cardfight!! Vanguard Franchise's 15th Anniversary
Video features theme song XY performed by Roselia
― Bushiroad unveiled a new anime video on Monday to celebrate the Cardfight!! Vanguard franchise's 15th anniversary. The video features the theme song XV performed by Roselia.Mappa animated the video with other studios, Hiroko Komatsu (animation director on Attack on Titan The Final Season, Banana Fish) handled the storyboards and technical direction....
Firefly Wedding Manga Ends, Gets Spinoff Stories
2-part "Koi to Doku" spinoff story starts on February 2, 5-chapter "Hotaru no Yomeiri Gaiden -Hitokiri to Yōdō-" story starts on April 6
― Shogakukan's Manga ONE platform published the final chapter of Oreco Tachibana's Firefly Wedding (Hotaru no Yomeiri) manga for early access on Monday. The final chapter will get an official release on February 2. Manga ONE also announced that the manga will get sp...
S and X: Confession of Therapist Manga Gets Live-Action Netflix Show in 2026
Kento Nakajima stars in Kisei Tada's story about sex therapist
― Netflix announced on Tuesday that it is producing a live-action series adaptation of Kisei Tada's S to X ~Therapist Shimotori Ichito no Kokuhaku (S and X: Confession of Therapist) manga that will debut worldwide on the service later this year. Kento Nakajima (live-action Bad Boys J, Silver Spoon, Nisekoi) stars in the show as protagonis...
Inori Pens Sequel to I'm In Love With The Villainess Yuri Novels
"Furimukinasai, Watakushi ni!" debuts on January 26, focuses on Aleah
― Writer Inori revealed last week that her I'm in Love with the Villainess (Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijō) story will have a sequel titled Furimukinasai, Watakushi ni! (Turn Your Gaze Toward Me!) that is set for release digitally with its first novel volume on January 26. Hanagata returns as the illustrator for the novel. The no...
'If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die' Stage Play Replaces SKE48's Miyu Nakasaka
Idol's activities suspended due to inappropriate communications with manager
― The staff for the stage play of Auri Hirao's If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die (Oshi ga Budōkan Ittekuretara Shinu) manga announced on Thursday that Miyu Nakasaka will step down from the role of Yumeri Mizumori due to a suspension of her activities. SKE38 member Aina Suzuki will replace her in the...
All You Need Is Kill Anime Film Streams 'Invasion' Clip
Film opens in N. America on Friday
― GKIDS began streaming a clip titled "Invasion" from Warner Bros. Japan and STUDIO4°C's anime of Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Yoshitoshi ABe's All You Need Is Kill science fiction light novel on Monday. The clip shows the invasion of the monstrous creatures: The film will open in theaters in North America on Friday. GKIDS acquired the anime in multiple territories, inclu...
Yui Hanaka's Web Novel Gets Manga Adaptation
Jyanai Hō no Seijo to Yūsha ~Are, Watashitachi de Hontō ni Jyanai hō?~ manga adaptation launches on February 5
― This year's sixth issue of Akita Publishing's Weekly Shonen Champion magazine announced on Thursday that Yui Hanaka's Jyanai Hō no Seijo to Yūsha ~Are, Watashitachi de Hontō ni "Jyanai hō?"~ (The Not-Holy Saint and Not-Hero: Huh, Are We Really The "Not's"?) web novel will get a manga adapt...
Kabuo Launches Manga Adaptation of Renkinō's Web Novel
Inaka de Hajimeru Kyūkatsu Slow Life debuted last Thursday
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Akita Publishing's Champion Buzz digital outlet announced that Kabuo's new manga adaptation of Renkinō's Chotto Shigoto Yamete Jikka ni Kaeru ~Inaka de Hajimeru Kyūkatsu Slow Life (I'm Taking a Break from Work and Returning Home: Beginning My Slow Life Leisure Activities in the Countryside) web ...
The Essence of Being a Muse's Aya Fumino Launches New Manga on February 12
Fumino to launch Imawa no Kiwa no Femme Fatale manga about twisted love story
― The February issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Beam magazine announced on Friday that Aya Fumino will launch a new manga titled Imawa no Kiwa no Femme Fatale (A Femme Fatale on the Brink of Death) in the magazine's next issue on February 12. The new manga is a twisted love story of a couple who met 10 years ago and insta...
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Manga Research Company Comici Launches English Manga Platform
comici Manga offers titles from Bushiroad Works, Nihon Sha, Ohzora, Publishing, Fusosha
― Manga data science researcher Comici announced the launch of its global manga platform comici Manga on Thursday. The platform is an extension of its pre-existing Japanese ComiMaga platform, which offers titles from various publishers and titles from its Comic+ web magazine. comici Manga is available through web ...
Oscars Posts Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Film's Behind-the-Scenes Video
Video highlights hand-drawn key animation, ufotable's production process
― The official YouTube channel for the Academy Awards began streaming an English-subtitled behind-the-scenes video for the first Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle anime film on Sunday. The video shows many of the key frame drawings for the film, and highlights the production pipeline for the film and ufotable projec...
BanG Dream! Franchise Gets New BanG Dream! Our Notes Mobile Game
Game introduces millsage, Ikka Dumb Rock! bands in 2026
― The official X/Twitter account for the BanG Dream! franchise announced on Monday a new mobile game for the franchise titled BanG Dream! Our Notes, scheduled for release in 2026. The game will introduce two new bands millsage and Ikka Dumb Rock!, in addition to the MyGO!!!!!, Ave Mujica, and Mugendai Mewtype bands. The band members of millsage ...
A Wild Last Boss Appeared! Anime Series Review
In an anime landscape where video game isekai are standard issue, A Wild Last Boss Appeared! is easily one of the more ambitious—and certainly better animated—such titles.
― We never technically learn the name of the protagonist of A Wild Last Boss Appeared! (henceforth WLB). In fact, we only catch brief glimpses of what he actually looks like. Still, we do learn that he's one of the all-time best pl...
My Hero Academia: All's Justice Game Streams Opening Cinematic Trailer
Game launches for PS4, Xbox Series X|S, PC on February 6
― Bandai Namco Entertainment America began streaming the opening cinematic trailer for My Hero Academia: All's Justice game on Monday. The fighting game centers around the manga's final battle, and for the first time on consoles, features all the students from Class 1-A with their final powers and techniques. The game includes Team Up Missions ...
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Game's Video Reveals January 15 Launch for Dragon Ball Daima Part 2 DLC
Game sells 10 million copies
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming on Monday a video to commemorate 10 million copies sold for the Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot game, and it reveals that the "DAIMA - Adventure Through The Demon Realm Part 2" DLC featuring content based on the new Dragon Ball Daima anime series, will launch on Thursday. The video teases Super Saiyan 4 Goku and Third Eye Gomah: The new...
Answerman - How many light novels that got official publication originated on Narou?
What does the Narou-to-anime pipeline actually look like? Jerome has answers.
― A reader asks asks: “How many light novels that receive an 'official' publication originate on the Shōtetsuka ni Narō (“Narou”( web-publishing platform)?” First off, what the hell is Narou? It's short for Shōsetusuka ni Narō, the massive Japanese website where amateur authors publish free web novels. The English translat...
Live-Action One Piece Season 2 Unveils Teaser Trailer
One Piece: Into the Grand Line premieres on March 10
― Netflix began streaming on Monday a new teaser trailer for One Piece: Into the Grand Line, the second live-action season, based on Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga. The video previews the new cast and locations: The second season will premiere on Netflix on March 10, 2026. The second season began production in July 2024, and has wrapped up producti...
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You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! #2 [rate]
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Manga UP! Global Adds Love's Just an Act, I'll Become an Elegant Villainess!, 1 More Title
Also added: Ruby on the Cake: Feast of the Man-Eating Witches
― Square Enix's Manga Up! Global service recently added three new manga, including: Chiyoko Origami's Love's Just an Act (Shibai to Yobu ni wa Koi Sugiru) manga on January 2Chizu Kamiko's manga adaptation of Shusui Hazuki's I'll Become an Elegant Villainess! (Kareinaru Akujo ni Naritai wa! Aisare Tensei Shōjo wa, Tanoshii Nidome no Jinsei ...
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Golden Kamuy #51 [rate]
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Exclusive: Titan Manga Details The Five Star Stories Manga's English Release
New English edition of Mamoru Nagano's science fantasy manga series ships on July 7
― Titan Manga announced on Monday that it and Newtype magazine will ship the English release of Mamoru Nagano's The Five Star Stories manga on July 7. The first volume is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million in North America, and Forbidden Planet in the United Kingdom and Europe.Titan...
2025 ANN Readers' Choice Awards
The voting period is over, and it's time to announce the winners of this year's Readers' Choice Awards!
― The voting period is over, and it's time to announce the winners of this year's Readers' Choice Awards! First and foremost, we would like to thank the community for participating in this event.To start…Leading Woman of the Year: Maomao of The Apothecary DiariesOur favorite apothecary does it agai...
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My Hero Academia: Vigilantes #15 [rate]
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Bushiroad Reveals Zero Rise Basketball Project With TV Anime, Stage Play
Stage play runs on May 2-17 in Tokyo
― The "Cardfight!! Vanguard 15th Anniversary: Bushiroad New Year Announcements 2026" event announced on Monday that Bushiroad's ZERO RISE cross-media project will have a television anime, as well as a stage play on May 2-17 at the Hikōsen Theater in Tokyo. The project also presented its animation and character promotional videos, and announced its cast members who...
To Your Eternity Season 3 ‒ Episode 13
In the end, the only one that will be able to truly save Mizuha is Mizuha herself.
BanG Dream! Ave Mujica Film Project Reveals prima aurora Title, Fall Opening
Film's teaser visual also revealed
― The official website for the BanG Dream! Ave Mujica anime film project opened on Monday and revealed its title BanG Dream! Ave Mujica prima aurora, teaser visual, and fall premiere.The BanG Dream! Ave Mujica television anime premiered in Japan in January 2025. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired. Bushiroad also previously announced the sequel television se...
Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight's Project Gets New Anime Sequel by Kinema Citrus
Starlight Project also marks 9th anniversary with exhibition early this summer
― The "Cardfight!! Vanguard 15th Anniversary: Bushiroad New Year Announcements 2026" event announced on Monday that a completely new animated sequel in the Starlight Project franchise is in production at Kinema Citrus. The franchise teased the production under the name "Someday, ___ will reach someone." The event also anno...
BanG Dream! Yume∞Mita Anime's 1st Video Unveils Full Staff, Summer Debut
BanG Dream! FILM LIVE 2nd Stage director Tomomi Umetsu helms new series at NICHICALINE
― The official website for BanG Dream! Yume∞Mita, a television anime inspired by BanG Dream! project's Mugendai Mewtype (also known as YumeMita) virtual girl band, unveiled on Monday the anime's first promotional video, key visual, full staff, and summer premiere on Tokyo MX and other channels. Tomomi Umetsu (BanG ...
Drops of God Season 2 Live-Action Series Review
Sometimes the only way to save something you love is to destroy it utterly. Sometimes, destroying what you love doesn't save anything at all.
― Drops of God, Season 2, has some of the absolute finest acting I have ever seen. Which is both wonderful and devastating, as this sequel to the live-action television series on Apple TV is a difficult and very tightly wound sequel to the live-action televisio...
Final Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Anime Film Opens Next Winter
New visual, story's return to Tokyo also revealed
― The official website for Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Dōkōkai Kanketsu-hen finale trilogy announced on Monday that Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Dōkōkai Kanketsu-hen Saishūshō, the third and final film in the trilogy, will open next winter. The site also revealed the below visual for the film.While the first and second film sa...
KPop Demon Hunters Wins Golden Globes for Best Animated Film, Song
Film's "Golden" wins in Best Original Song - Motion Picture category
― Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans' animated film KPop Demon Hunters won the Best Motion Picture - Animated category at the 83rd Golden Globes Awards on Sunday. The film's "Golden" song also won the Best Original Song - Motion Picture category.Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai, the first film in the Demon...
Live-Action Sakamoto Days Film Casts Mayū Yokota, Junki Tozuka
Yokota plays Lu Shaotang, Tozuka plays Heisuke Mashimo in April 29 film
― The official website for the live-action film of Yuuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days manga announced two more cast members for the film on Monday. The film has cast Mayū Yokota (Oshi no Satsujin, Conveni Heroes) as Lu Shaotang (first image below), and Junki Tozuka (Kamen Rider Wizard, The Last Blossom, live-action Oshi no Ko, live-act...
2026 Doraemon Film Casts Airi Taira
20th Century Boys actress to voice soldier in February 27 film
― The staff for the 2026 Doraemon film, Eiga Doraemon: Shin Nobita no Kaitei Kiganjō (Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil), announced on Monday that actress Airi Taira (20th Century Boys, Ju-on: The Final Curse) is not only the promotional ambassador for the film, but is also voicing a soldier in the story....
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Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories #1 [rate]
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My Awkward Senpai Chapters 1-104 Manga Review
What starts as comedic social awkwardness soon becomes an example of someone that is a workaholic and plagued by a deep fear of emotional dependency.
― I always find it at least a little bit funny when a series portrays an incredibly capable person in a field that requires a lot of social interaction only for the twist to be that they actually have no social skills whatsoever. Maybe there are some pe...
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Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix- #1 [rate]
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The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer #2 [rate]
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Journal With Witch #2 [rate]
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Firefly Wedding Manga Gets TV Anime by David Production in October
Urusei Yatsura's Takahiro Kamei helms anime with designs by Your Lie in April's Yukiko Aikei
― A website opened on Monday to announce that a television anime adaptation of Oreko Tachibana's Firefly Wedding manga will premiere on the Fuji TV network this October. Takahiro Kamei (2022-2024's Urusei Yatsura) is directing the anime at david production, and Yukiko Aikei (Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere, ...
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Hell's Paradise #1 [rate]
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DIGIMON BEATBREAK #14 [rate]
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Noble Reincarnation: Born Blessed, So I'll Obtain Ultimate Power #2 [rate]
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The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom #1 [rate]
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Kunon the Sorcerer Can See #3 [rate]
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Hana-Kimi #3 [rate]
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Gnosia ‒ Episode 13
I suppose any shakeup of the status quo is going to be a relief, both for the audience and our heroes.
Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2's New Video Reveals New, Returning Staff & July Debut
Director Katsumi Ono, Aura Studio, Norwegian singer PelleK return for new season
― The "Overlap Bunko All-Star Gathering Special 2026 Part 1" livestream event on Sunday revealed the teaser promotional video, a new key visual, the new and returning staff members, and the July premiere for the second television anime season based on Ennki Hakari's Skeleton Knight in Another World (Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, ...
Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers Novels Get TV Anime
Isle Osaki's story of minor goddess uniting with RPG player from our world
― The "Overlap Bunko All-Star Gathering Special 2026 Part I" livestream event announced on Sunday that a television anime adaptation of Isle Osaki's Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers (Shinja Zero no Megami-sama to Hajimeru Isekai Kōryaku or Clear the world like a game with the zero believers godde...
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Kaya-chan Isn't Scary #1 [rate]
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Webtoon-Based Cashero Live-Action Series Tops Neflix's Global Non-English Shows Chart
Series recorded 6.1 million views during week of December 29 - January 4
― The Netflix series Cashero continues to gain momentum in its second week of release, climbing to No. 1 on the platform's Global Top 10 Non-English TV Shows list for the week of December 29 through January 4. The webtoon-based series, which follows a working-class hero whose superpowers increase in proportion to the money he s...
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 2nd Season Anime's Promo Video Reveals Mrs. Green Apple's Opening Theme
Kazuhiko Inoue joins cast for new season debuting on January 16
― TOHO animation started streaming the main promotional video on Sunday for the second season of the television anime of Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe's Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Sōsō no Frieren) manga. The video reveals and previews Mrs. Green Apple's opening theme song "lulu." The below video has English subtitles that can be to...
Amazon Prime Video Streams High School! Kimengumi Anime
Anime debuted in Japan on January 9
― Amazon Prime Video in North America started streaming the first episode of the new television anime of Motoei Shinzawa's High School! Kimengumi (High School! Funny-Face Club) manga on Friday. The anime debuted in Japan on January 9 and airs on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block on Fridays at 11:30 p.m.The gag comedy centers on a group of five idiosyncratic, wa...
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You and I Are Polar Opposites #1 [rate]
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Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Webtoon Season 2 Ends as Artist JIN Enlists for Military Service
Season 3 will continue with a different artist
― Season 2 of Solo Leveling: Ragnarok has officially concluded following the announcement that its artist JIN will be enlisting for South Korea's mandatory military service. JIN confirmed the news in an episode published on January 7 on Kakao Webtoon, telling readers that season 2 would be his final contribution to the series before he begins his servic...
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In the Clear Moonlit Dusk #1 [rate]
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Star Detective Precure! Anime Unveils Main Cast, Staff, Theme Song Artists, February 1 Debut
Hikari Senga, Kaede Hondo, Nao Tōyama star as new Precure characters
― The official website for Star Detective Precure! (Meitantei Precure!), the 23rd main anime entry in the Precure franchise, opened on Sunday and revealed the anime's main cast, staff, theme songs, commercial video, and February 1 debut. The anime centers on Anna Akechi, a second year middle school student who lives in Makoto Mirai ...
Naver Webtoon Halts Serialization of Web Novel After Plagiarism Admission
Author acknowledges series was published without securing formal license
― Naver Webtoon has suspended the serialization of The Warring States: Becoming Qin Shi Huang's Right Hand Man on Munpia, a web novel platform under Naver Webtoon, after its author admitted to plagiarism, the company confirmed on January 4. The web novel The Warring States: Becoming Qin Shi Huang's Right Hand Man, which had bee...
Code Vein II Game Reveals Trailer Highlighting The Blinded Resurgence Offspring
Game launches for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam on January 30
― Bandai Namco Entertainment America revealed a trailer on Friday for Code Vein II, the sequel to the Code Vein post-apocalyptic role-playing game, highlighting the boss character The Blinded Resurgence Offspring. The game will launch on January 30 (January 29 in Japan) for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. The company...
Apple, Naver WEBTOON Launch 'Made on iPad' Campaign With Top Webtoon Creators
Participants include ELECEED creators Jeho Son, ZHENA
― Apple has partnered with Naver WEBTOON to launch the “Made on iPad” campaign, featuring 10 popular Korean webtoon creators, the companies announced on December 22. The campaign highlights how tools such as the iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro, and professional drawing apps like Clip Studio function as core creative partners. Participating artists wil...