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Though I Am an Inept Villainess TV Anime Premieres in 2026, Main Cast Revealed with New Teaser Visual and Voice Clips

Though I Am an Inept Villainess anime airs in 2026 with Manaka Iwami and Natsumi Kawaida in the lead. New t...

[Final] The All-devouring Whale: Homecoming Episode 13 Story & Preview Images Revealed

Episode 13 of The All-devouring Whale: Homecoming produced by China’s bilibili has released its synopsis a...

Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc Claims No.1 Spot at Japanese Box Office, with $8.46M in 3 Days

Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc opened in Japan with ¥1.251B ($8.46M) in 3 days, debuting at No.1 in the weekend box...

Dusk Beyond the End of the World Episode 0 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Prologue to the Tale

Episode 0 of Dusk Beyond the End of the World airs September 27, revealing the prologue to Akira and Towasa...

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Novel Concludes with Volume 23 and Special Edition Release

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime concludes with Volume 23 on Nov 29, 2025, with a special edition an...

Perfume to Perform Opening Theme for To Your Eternity Season 3; New PV Reveals Song “Fumetsu no Anata”

Perfume performs the opening theme “Fumetsu no Anata” for To Your Eternity Season 3. New PV teases dramatic...

SAKAMOTO DAYS Live-Action Film to Be Released in Late April to Early May 2026, First Look at Taro Sakamoto Revealed

SAKAMOTO DAYS live-action film hits theaters in Golden Week 2026. First visual of Taro Sakamoto revealed, c...

SAKAMOTO DAYS Live-Action Film Adaptation Confirmed

The hit manga SAKAMOTO DAYS will be adapted into a live-action film, following its anime success and 15 mil...

Hanamori san Wants to Have a Fight Even If She Reincarnates TV Anime Adaptation Announced for 2026: An Unconventional Romantic ...

Hanamori san Wants to Have a Fight Even If She Reincarnates by Hekaru Hikawa receives a TV anime in 2026. F...

New Cast Members Announced for You and I Are Polar Opposites TV Anime with Character Introductions and Comments

You and I Are Polar Opposites reveals new characters Azuma and Taira, voiced by Miyuri Shimabukuro and Wata...

New The Prince of Tennis Anime Announced: Japan’s U-17 Team Battles for Final Spots Ahead of the Spain Match

New Prince of Tennis II U-17 World Cup Final Selection Match anime announced, depicting Japan’s fierce inte...

ABEMA Anime Festival Day 1 Report: Voice Actors from My Hero Academia, Blue Lock, and Chainsaw Man Gather on Stage

ABEMA Anime Festival 2025 kicks off with voice actors from My Hero Academia, Blue Lock, and Chainsaw Man on...

Kaiju No. 8 Voice Actors Feature in Special Program Recap

Official report from the Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 ABEMA special! Voice actors share highlights, memories, and i...

Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 5 Announced! Set for 2026 Broadcast with New Key Visual by Character Designer Kanna Hirayama

Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 5 (Hawaiians Arc Part 2) will air in 2026 with a new key visual by Kanna Hirayama....

Ninja vs. Gokudo Episode 1 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Ninja vs Yakuza Battle Begins

The story and preview images for Episode 1 of the TV anime Ninja vs. Gokudo have been revealed. This episo...

Kana Hanazawa Joins Princession Orchestra as the White Queen, Hinting at a Connection with the Red Queen; New Princesses Viola ...

Princession Orchestra unveils a new key visual with Viola and Neige, while Kana Hanazawa voices the White Q...

Why Osamu Akimoto Set KochiKame in Kameari Instead of Asakusa or Ueno

Osamu Akimoto shares why KochiKame was set in Kameari and reflects on its early days, creative philosophy, ...

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 The Movie Revival in Japan: MAPPA-Illustrated Clear File Giveaway Announced

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 The Movie returns to theaters in Japan on Oct 17. First admission bonus is a MAPPA-illustr...

My Hero Academia Spinoff “Vigilante” Season 2 Premieres in January 2026: Shuichiro Umeda Says, “Deku’s Story Reaches Its Climax...

Vigilante: My Hero Academia ILLEGALS Season 2 will premiere in January 2026. Shuichiro Umeda comments on De...

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc Starts Strong at the Box Office: 2.84 Million USD on Day One

On September 20, a stage event was held in Tokyo to celebrate the release of the film Chainsaw Man: The Rez...