Category: Anime || Manga

Manga Mavericks Books has announced the license acquisition of three new manga titles during its panel at Anime Expo 2026. All three titles will be released in print and digital format throughout the first half of 2027. Here are the details on the publisher’s newest licenses:  Motionless © Quick Obake/TWO VIRGINS Co., Ltd. Story and…

Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 AKIRA anime film is returning to select theaters in the United States and Canada for 4K and IMAX screenings on September 4, 2026. A key visual and trailer have also been released.  ©1988 MASH・ROOM / AKIRA COMMITTEE All Rights Reserved. The anime film will be distributed by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment,…

Five more voice cast members have been announced for the upcoming Mebius Dust TV anime series, with four of them voicing members of Diavolic Ghost. The anime will begin broadcasting in Japan on July 9, 2026.   The new voice cast members include:  • Kanon Amane as Sora • Kensho Uesugi as Haoyu  • Shota Hayama…

Japanese rock band SPYAIR remains a powerhouse in delivering catchy tracks for anime theme songs. This four-member group, currently consisting of UZ, MOMIKEN, KENTA, and YOSUKE, is known globally for their original rock music and several anime series, including Blue Miburo, Haikyu!!, and the upcoming The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System….

With “Chaos Origins”, Konami has released the latest core booster set for the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” TRADING CARD GAME released. In addition to bringing new support for popular decks «Chaos Origins» an innovation that can be particularly interesting for collectors: The Starlight Rares are receiving a revised design for the first time since their introduction. Starlight Rares…

Titan Manga has unveiled an exclusive preview of the front cover and art of the upcoming second volume of Eko Eko Azarak Reborn. The second volume of the horror manga series will be released in bookstores and comic shops on September 8, 2026.  Titan Manga describes the second volume as:  The occult darkness intensifies as…

The opening animation for Noh-themed anime The World is Dancing has been released on the SHOCHIKU anime YouTube channel. The show began airing on July 2. Shuhei Fuchimoto (The World is Dancing assistant director, Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era co-unit director) storyboarded and unit directed the opening, which features the series’…

Monogatari Off and Monster Season is resuming in the Winter 2026 anime season with Wazamonogatari: Karen Ogre, a tale involving Karen Araragi. According to the Monogatari Off and Monster Season website, the arc will see Karen, currently a high school first-year, going on a mountain retreat in order to further improve herself. ©西尾維新／講談社・アニプレックス・シャフト The first Karen…

A main visual for Black Clover 2nd Season has been unveiled. The visual’s release comes shortly ahead of the anime’s first episode premiere at Anime Expo 2026 on July 4. ©田畠裕基／集英社・テレビ東京・ブラッククローバー製作委員会 Black Clover 2nd Season will begin airing in October, with Crunchyroll set to stream it. The first season aired from 2017 to 2021 as…

A TV anime adaptation of the Witch and Hound light novel series, which features illustrations by LAM, has been announced with a teaser trailer and teaser visual. Takanori Tsujimoto (Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- movie, Ultraman Arc) is directing the show at TriF Studio. Other staff include TriF Studio’s Okamoto as assistant director, Jun Sugita…