Category: Anime || Manga

The horror yuri series This Monster Wants to Eat Me held its US premiere at Otakon 2025 in Washington, DC. Anime Trending had the opportunity to speak with the manga’s creator Sai Naekawa, manga editor Takumi Kamemaru, and anime producer Ena Hamabe prior to the October 2025 debut of the TV anime adaptation.  Interview and…

Next February’s That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea has received a main trailer and a second key visual, along with some other reveals. Koichi Domoto, Saori Onishi, and Koji Yusa will be voicing the movie-original characters Zodon, Yura, and Djeese, respectively. Meanwhile, the theme song will…

An artbook for the Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! series, subtitled Imigimuru ARTWORKS, has been announced along with a Volume 8.5 for the light novels. Both will be released in Japan on January 19, 2026. Further details about the artbook weren’t revealed, but an illustration featuring Anna Yanami on a throne and wearing a crown…

Four more new additional cast members and main theme songs have been revealed for the upcoming Champignon no Majo TV anime series. The anime will begin broadcasting in Japan in January 2026.  ©樋口橘・白泉社／「シャンピニオンの魔女」製作委員会 The newest cast members joining the series (from left to right above) include:  • Jun Fukushima as Claude  • Emiri Kato as Minos …

Tokyopop announced that it has licensed the girls love manhwa webtoon series, Unnie, I Like You for English print publication. The series will be released as a full-color graphic novel book in English under the publisher’s LoveLove imprint in 2026.  Unnie, I Like You is created by Jeongussi, and debuted on the WEBTOON app on…

Book distribution company Consortium is planning the release of three manga series from AlphaPolis in English print, starting this coming Spring 2026.  The three new manga, which all have TV anime series and are adaptations of light novel series, include May I Ask for One Final Thing?, Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time, and…

The official Twitter/X account of the Assassination Classroom anime series announced the addition of several new cast members joining the upcoming Gekijoban Ansatsu Kyoshitsu Minna no Jikan anime film. It will begin screening in Japanese theaters on March 10, 2026.  The new cast members joining the film’s voice cast include:  • Kikuko Inoue as Azusa…

It feels impossible to look away from the newly released teaser trailer for We Are Aliens (Wareware wa Uchujin), a new original animated film that’s set for a 2026 release and is being crowdfunded on Motion Gallery. The movie will tell a tale of two former friends, spanning more than thirty years, and based on…

Original circus-themed anime Grow Up Show has received its second character visual from original character designer Kurehito Misaki (Saekano light novels’ illustrator). It highlights the characters Isuzu Ikazuchi (an acrobat) and Imari Agano (a clumsy illusionist). ©グロウアップショウ製作委員会 Grow Up Show (Grow Up Show ~Himawari no Circus-dan) is set to premiere in 2026. It’s produced by A-1 Pictures and…

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (Gekijoban “Kimetsu no Yaiba” Mugenjou-hen Daiisshou Akaza Sairai) has passed the US$700 million mark globally after receiving a sizeable ~US$50 million boost from China, where it opened on November 14. At the time of writing, the China Movie Database lists a total China gross of 398.18 million yuan (~US$56…