Toei will release Girls Band Cry the Movie on May 21, 2027. A teaser and key visual debuted Tuesday, while the anime’s website confirmed returning cast and staff and announced a stage production.
Orange Inc. announced eight exclusive manga releases for emaqi in November, saying five will join its monthly Premium subscription. Naruto and four other Viz Media series have also joined Premium.
Mari Okada and Makoto Ojiro's Sistar Resistar manga will end in two chapters. The finale is set for November 23 in Big Comic Spirits, if there are no delays.
A fan book for Kōcha Agasawa's The Ramparts of Ice will ship on January 4, featuring an exclusive new epilogue chapter set after the manga's final chapter.
Square Enix's Manga UP! began publishing the final chapter of I'm Not Even an NPC In This Otome Game!, written by Gyokuro and illustrated by Meno Himeno, on Tuesday.
Five more cast members have joined the second season of The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World. Announced on Tuesday, they will appear in the fifth episode on Thursday.
Quiztopia, Netflix's eight-episode live-action adaptation of Reiichi Sugimoto and Shinkichi Kato's National Quiz (Kokumin Quiz) manga, premieres on December 17. Netflix Japan unveiled its main trailer and key art on Tuesday.
Emi Ishikawa's manga adaptation of Urban Myth Dissolution Center ended in the December issue of Shueisha's Ribon magazine, released on Monday.
Kuraku Ichikawa's Drama Queen manga will conclude in four chapters. MANGA Plus publishes the series in English.
Trigun Manuscript, a new novel by series creator Yasuhiro Nightow and Trigun Stampede writer Takehiko Oxi, is due this winter. It will draw on the world of Trigun Stampede and Trigun Stargaze.
Television producer and distributor Sandy Frank died on October 20 at age 97. His company brought the anime adaptation Battle of the Planets to U.S. audiences in 1978.
Takarazuka Revue’s celebrated all-female theater company will bring Akumi Agitogi and Tsukiho Tsukioka’s My Happy Marriage light novels to the stage, with Flower Troupe performances in Hyōgo and Tokyo.
Yoshio Obara, a recording engineer and sound mixer whose anime credits include Summer Wars and Neon Genesis Evangelion, died on October 28.
Crunchyroll added an English dub for the first season of Gunma-chan last Wednesday. The television anime is based on Gunma Prefecture's mascot.
Kōhei Kadowaki and NOTHING NEW's anime film We Are Aliens (Ware Ware wa Uchūjin) won the Kau Ka Hōkū (Shooting Star) Award on Sunday at the 46th Hawai'i International Film Festival in Waikiki.
The new Nippon Anime Awards aims to build a lasting anime award that represents Japan. Its launch was announced during Tokyo Anime Next.
Voice actor Ryūji Nakagi died of pneumonia on October 20 at age 89. His credits included Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl, Master Keaton and The Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
NTT Solmare announced on Thursday that Comic CMOA had partially reopened after almost two weeks of maintenance following unauthorized external access. Members must reset their passwords to use the restored features.
Kyūri Yamada’s The One-Seventh Survivor (Nanabun no Survivor) launches on Monday. It follows a high school student whose difficult daily life is interrupted by a catastrophic earthquake.
Writer Toshimichi Uzō and artist Yuitsu will launch I Want to Kill My Bride in a Dungeon (Yome wo Dungeon de Koroshitai) on Shogakukan's Manga ONE platform on Tuesday.
The Bloodthirsty Bride Devours the King will receive a television anime in 2027. Its dark romantic fantasy follows a princess with vampiric powers whose arranged marriage is threatened by her attraction to her husband's blood.
Nico Nicholson's new manga, Yosojito Konkatsu, will launch in Kodansha's Be Love magazine on December 1.
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s new Resident Evil film has reached US$400 million worldwide, Variety reports, becoming the highest-grossing entry in the live-action horror franchise.
Voltage and Toei Animation are developing the otome game Kakan Ruirui: The Caged Lantern of Yomi for a digital Nintendo Switch release in 2027 under Voltage's AmuLit console brand.
Nagoshi Studio Inc., founded by Yakuza/Like A Dragon creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, has been officially dissolved. NetEase had previously confirmed plans to stop financing the studio.
TOMOO will sing "Fūmizekka," the ending theme for Hirayasumi. The television anime will debut in Japan in January 2027 on NHK General.
Claymore creator Norihiro Yagi launched BARTLET FAIRY BASSLET on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ on Monday. English editions are available through MANGA Plus and Viz Media's Shonen Jump service.
Akaneshinsha's Opera manga magazine will move to digital publication, with its first digital-only issue scheduled for spring 2027.
The five winners of the 2026 Today's Korean Comics awards will each receive 7 million won (about US$5,000). The ceremony is scheduled for November 3 during the annual Comics Day celebration.
Young King Ours has indicated that Nobuyuki Takahashi's Parallel Leap Syndrome manga will end in two chapters.
Attack on Titan 3 will adapt the anime's entire story and launch on December 10 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
Shun Saeki, the artist behind Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, has ended a longstanding exclusive contract with Shueisha and is accepting inquiries about new projects.