Anime
Fool Night Unveils Theme Songs and Five More Characters Ahead of Netflix Debut
Bandai Namco Filmworks released a new Fool Night trailer and visual on Thursday. Tempalay performs the opening song, while Nowlu sings the ending theme.
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AnimeGames
Senren * Banka Confirmed as TV Anime for 2027
Senren * Banka’s anime adaptation will air on television in 2027. Four game cast members will return, and KOTOKO will perform the opening theme.
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Spirit Circle TV Anime Set for December Broadcast and Global Streaming
REMOW announced that Satoshi Mizukami’s Spirit Circle manga will get a television anime in December. Kazuki Ura and Anna Nagase lead the cast.
Anime
Code Geass Star Chaser Aspal Reveals Leads, Plans January 2027 Preview Screenings
Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed the main visual, lead cast and more staff for Code Geass Star Chaser Aspal. Advance screenings will take place in January 2027 before a limited public event-screening run later that year.
Anime
Ryōta Takeuchi Joins The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom as Saturno
Ryōta Takeuchi will voice Saturno in The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom. The character debuts in episode 6 on Saturday.
AnimeEvents
Look Back Takes Teen Jury’s Top Feature Prize at Kineko Festival
The Look Back anime film won the Kineko Grand Prix Teens Feature award in Tokyo on Tuesday. It adapts a one-shot manga by Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto.
Anime
Reincarnated as a Sword Season 2 Introduces Seedrun Arc Cast Ahead of Episode 6
Reincarnated as a Sword’s second season unveiled a trailer, visual, and five cast additions for its Seedrun Arc. The arc starts in episode six.
Anime
Dan-Katsu Anime Shares Teaser, Four More Cast Members and Theme Song Artists
The Dan-Katsu anime revealed a teaser and four additional cast members on Wednesday. MindaRyn sings the opening theme, while LINKL PLANET performs the ending.
Anime
Butt Detective Sets April 2027 Premiere for New TV Episodes
New Butt Detective episodes will premiere in April 2027. The anime’s staff announced the return on Wednesday, November 4, and its website released a visual.
Anime
Promise Me the Spotlight Reveals Cast and Creative Team, Sets TV Tokyo Broadcast
Bandai Namco Filmworks released a teaser and key visual for Promise Me the Spotlight, announcing its main cast and staff. The anime will air on TV Tokyo and six affiliate channels.
Anime
Pero Pero★Sparkles Sets January TV Tokyo Premiere, Names Cast and Staff
The television anime based on Yurie Sekiya’s Pero Pero★Sparkles characters will premiere in January on TV Tokyo. Its website announced four cast members, the staff, and a new key visual on Wednesday.
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Keigo Maki to Adapt Witch on the Holy Night Film Into Manga
Keigo Maki will launch a manga adaptation of the Witch on the Holy Night anime film on November 11. The film opens in Japan on November 20, alongside the original visual novel's smartphone release.
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Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite Gets TV Anime
Julietta Suzuki’s Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite is getting a television anime. ShoPro Entertainment revealed a teaser video and visual on Wednesday.
Anime
HIDIVE Sets November 18 Launch for Nia Liston English Dub, Lists November Departures
HIDIVE will launch the English dub of Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden on November 18. The service also announced November departure dates for 10 titles.
Anime
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Releases Two New Music Videos
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 has released music videos for “Watson” and the Marlon Hoffstadt remix of “High Forever.” The anime premiered on Netflix on October 20.
Anime
Girls Band Cry’s New Film Sets May 21, 2027 Release
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.
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The Ramparts of Ice to Continue Beyond Its Finale With Exclusive Fan Book Epilogue
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.
Anime
The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World adds five voices for season 2
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.
NovelsAnime
Trigun Manuscript Novel Brings Nightow and Takehiko Oxi Together This Winter
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.
ObituaryAnimeIndustry
Sandy Frank, producer behind Battle of the Planets, dies at 97
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.
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My Happy Marriage gets a stage musical from Takarazuka Revue
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.
AnimeObituary
Anime Recording Engineer and Sound Mixer Yoshio Obara Dies
Yoshio Obara, a recording engineer and sound mixer whose anime credits include Summer Wars and Neon Genesis Evangelion, died on October 28.
Anime
Gunma-chan Season 1 Gets an English Dub on Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll added an English dub for the first season of Gunma-chan last Wednesday. The television anime is based on Gunma Prefecture's mascot.
AnimeEvents
We Are Aliens earns Shooting Star honor at Hawai'i film festival
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.
EventsAnime
Nippon Anime Awards to debut on November 21, 2027
The new Nippon Anime Awards aims to build a lasting anime award that represents Japan. Its launch was announced during Tokyo Anime Next.
AnimeObituary
Ryūji Nakagi, Voice Actor in Patlabor and Oishinbo, Dies at 89
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.
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Toshimichi Uzō teams up with Yuitsu for a new manga
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.
AnimeManga
The Bloodthirsty Bride Devours the King Heads to Television in 2027
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.
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Hirayasumi Anime Reveals TOMOO as Ending Theme Singer
TOMOO will sing "Fūmizekka," the ending theme for Hirayasumi. The television anime will debut in Japan in January 2027 on NHK General.
AnimeGames
Nintendo unveils Hello! Pikmin animated shorts
Hello! Pikmin has released its first two episodes, with another due later this month and monthly installments starting in December. Nintendo also previewed additions to Pikmin 4 and Pikmin Bloom.
AnimeLive-Action
Sazae-san tops Japan’s animation TV ratings for October 19–25
Sazae-san led the listed animated programs on Japanese television for October 19–25 with an average household rating of 7.9%, followed by Detective Conan at 6.0%.
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Bocchi the Rock! Film About Seika Set for 2027
Aki Hamaji's Bocchi the Rock! manga is getting a film in 2027. It will adapt a special prologue about Seika, Nijika Ijichi's older sister.