Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that Izuku Midoriya Overlay Full Style joins My Hero Academia: All's Justice on Thursday as season pass DLC. The Switch 2 edition launches the same day, or Wednesday in Japan.
Fukushima Prefecture’s official YouTube channel began streaming Sunao Katabuchi’s Map of Fukufuku with English subtitles on Monday. The short first screened on March 5.
Crunchyroll Anime Nights will preview five fall anime on September 21, including Black Clover Season 2 and PSYREN. Crunchyroll will also stream every show in the lineup.
Chihiro Yuzuki announced on X that With You, Our Love Will Make it Through will end with its 13th volume. Yen Press publishes the manga in English.
Pocket Magazine published the final chapter of Toshiko Machida’s Hanako Hunt on August 27. The manga follows a government organization that claims to protect spirits while secretly hunting and disposing of them.
bilibili relaunched its global Android app on August 19 without the previous version’s identity checks for overseas posting. It reportedly combines Chinese and international content.
The 31st Busan International Film Festival announced a new animation section on Monday, featuring 12 Japanese films and the French fantasy cartoon The King and the mockingbird.
Boys-love manga artist Harada will launch her first seinen manga, Akuen, on September 9. Her earlier work One Room Angel received a live-action TV adaptation in 2023.
Fathom Entertainment and Hasbro revealed the poster, cast, staff and additional screening regions for “Optimus Prime: Awakening.” The short stars the late Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime and Frank Welker as Megatron and Soundwave.
Paramount Pictures released a new trailer Tuesday for Legendary Entertainment's live-action Street Fighter film. Kitao Sakurai directs the adaptation, whose Australian shoot began in August 2025.
Kadokawa announced a second season and a new special episode for Victoria of Many Faces. The anime debuted on TV Tokyo and affiliated channels on July 7.
Red River announced new theme songs and a cast addition for its second cours. Nana Mizuki will voice Ursula and sing “Akatsuki no Hoshi,” while Ryu Matsuyama performs “flow feat. Yūko Andō.”
The Summer Hikaru Died will end with two more chapters. Chapter 50 is scheduled for October 13, followed by chapter 51 on October 20.
MVM announced on X/Twitter that it will release the first TV season of Ya Boy Kongming! on Collector’s Blu-ray on November 9, with a 64-page booklet.
Pluto TV announced two September anime channels, five additions for on-demand and linear viewing, and expanded dubbed and subtitled offerings.
Kodansha Game Creators’ Lab announced Buzz or Die, a visual novel by indie creator Bon. Players compete in a prison game show where exposing another prisoner’s past can earn freedom, while losing means execution.
Rhythm Heaven Groove topped Japan’s August 17–23 game chart with 37,402 copies sold, bringing its total to 911,241. Splatoon Raiders placed second, followed by Tomodachi Life.
NBC Universal announced three additional cast members for My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked on Monday. Their characters will debut in Wednesday's ninth episode.
GungHo announced a capital and business alliance with Sony Music Entertainment Japan on Friday. SME plans to acquire shares for 28,635,502,500 yen, with completion targeted by December 30.
The Strongest Man, Born From Misfortune anime unveiled a promotional video, details on Siegbert and Gert, and an Abel Family illustration on Monday.
Ikkado Ito's The Long Summer of August 31 will receive a television anime from SHAFT and a live-action series. The manga's official X account announced both adaptations on Monday.
Pokémon: Wild Card will follow a Pokémon TCG player and his partner Mimikyu. Katsuhiko Kitada directs the CloverWorks film, with character designs by Akemi Hayashi.
All three episodes of the My Happy Marriage anime special will air and stream on October 25. M.A.O joins the cast as Kimio Nagaba, while Kashitarō Itō performs the ending theme.
BS TV Tokyo announced a 10th season of Wakako-zake. Its first two episodes were filmed at an Australian beach resort, marking the series’ first overseas setting and shoot.
Amyū announced on X on Sunday that Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life will conclude in three chapters. The manga began in August 2012.
Yumika Yano voices Rentarō’s newest girlfriend, Kishika Torotoro, in The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You season 3. The anime’s website confirmed her casting on Sunday.
TMS Anime announced a TV adaptation of the Baki spinoff about Retsu Kaioh’s reincarnation in another world. Eiji Mutsui draws the manga, with Keisuke Itagaki credited for the original concept and Sai Ihara for the story.
Kadokawa announced a February 19 opening for the Medalist anime film and released new promotional visuals and a teaser trailer. The story takes place after the television anime’s second season.
Sagrada Reset author Yutaka Kōno’s I Don’t Know How to Say Goodbye novels are getting a manga adaptation by Yukiko Seike. The manga debuts September 26 on Comic Days.
Helen McCarthy will present “The Art History of Studio Ghibli” in Exeter and Leicester, exploring the studio’s history and artistic inspirations.
Anime Limited will release the two Gurren Lagann films in a Collector’s Edition with 4K UHD and Blu-ray discs on Monday, August 31. A standard Blu-ray edition arrives the same day.
A worldwide trailer is out for Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd and Pichu. Disney+ will stream the Aardman collaboration exclusively worldwide, with a 2027 debut planned.