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Dragon Ball Global Character Popularity Poll Reveals Stage 3 Results as Yamcha Makes a Surprise Jump into the Top 10

The global Dragon Ball character popularity vote has unveiled the results of its third stage, revealing maj...

New Key Visual for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 7 Revealed as Jump Festa Announces Steel Ball Run Events

The new key visual for Steel Ball Run, the latest entry in the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime series coming...

Jujutsu Kaisen: Junya Enoki and Megumi Ogata Reflect on “Culling Game,” Feeling the Overwhelming Power Gap in Their Confrontati...

In the latest pamphlet for the theatrical release of Jujutsu Kaisen: Shibuya Incident Special Edition × Cul...

Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Animation S1 Episode 7 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Riddle Loses His Composure as Dorm Students...

The story and preview images for Episode 7 of Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Animation: Episode of Heartslab...

The Richest Man in Game Episode 11 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Pei Qian’s Employees Take Unexpected Action to Repay His Kind...

The story and preview images for Episode 11 of the TV anime The Richest Man in Game have been revealed. Thi...

Dusk Beyond the End of the World Episode 11 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Akira and Yugure Awaken After Seven Years of Slumber

The story and preview images for Episode 11 of the TV anime Dusk Beyond the End of the World have been reve...

This Monster Wants to Eat Me Episode 11 Preview Cuts Released: Hinako Reveals Her Darkest Feelings to Miko

Preview images for Episode 11 of the TV anime This Monster Wants to Eat Me have been revealed. This episode...

Voice Actor Tomomichi Nishimura Dies; Slam Dunk and Yu Yu Hakusho Co-Stars Pay Tribute: “He Was My Coach Anzai”

Tomomichi Nishimura, the voice actor known for roles including Coach Anzai in the anime Slam Dunk and Georg...

Johnny Depp Receives a Special ONE PIECE Noren from Eiichiro Oda at Tokyo Comic Con 2025 as a Pirate Collaboration with Hiroaki...

Hollywood star Johnny Depp appeared on the special stage at Tokyo Comic Con 2025, reuniting with Hiroaki Hi...

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Novel Concludes with Volume 23 as Special Rimuru Illustration and Celebration Ads Roll ...

The That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime novel series reached its conclusion with the release of its fin...

SAKAMOTO DAYS and SLAM DUNK Creators Draw Each Other’s Heroes in 5th Anniversary Special

SAKAMOTO DAYS celebrates its 5th anniversary with a series of special projects announced in Weekly Shonen J...

Code Geass Launches 20th Anniversary Project with New Anime “Hoshioi no Aspar” and TV Broadcast of Rozé of the Recapture

The Code Geass franchise marks its twentieth anniversary in 2026, and to celebrate the milestone, a wave of...

My Hero Academia Vigilante Season 2 Premieres January 5 with Major New Announcements and Cast Reveal

The second season of the official My Hero Academia spinoff anime Vigilante My Hero Academia Illegals will b...

Amane Tensho Transforms into Kamen Rider Eins: Second Daughter of Hiroshi Fujioka Becomes the Family’s Third Kamen Rider

Amane Tensho becomes Kamen Rider Eins in the Girls Remix finale, marking the Fujioka family’s third Rider. ...

Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 4 Premieres Next April with New PV Revealed, Creator Osamu Nishi to Make Special Appe...

Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 4 will air on NHK in Japan starting in April 2026. To celebrate t...

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk TV Anime Premieres January 11 2026 with a Youth Romance Between a “Prince-like” Girl and Boy

The TV anime adaptation of In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, based on the popular manga by Mika Yamamori, is offic...

Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2 Set for April 2026 With Chief Director Tatsuya Yoshihara, Known for the Chainsaw Man Reze Arc

Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2 has been officially confirmed for broadcast in April 2026. Alongside the ...

My Awkward Senpai Episode 11 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Kannawa struggles to find the perfect way to celebrate Kamegawa’s b...

The story and preview images for Episode 11 of the TV anime My Awkward Senpai have been revealed. This epis...

[Part2] My Hero Academia and Kagurabachi Authors Discuss: Hands Are Essential for Expressing Emotion in Manga and What Hokazono...

Manga creators Kohei Horikoshi of My Hero Academia and Takeru Hokazono of Kagurabachi sat down for a specia...

New Cast Announced for Fist of the North Star New Anime Shin Voiced by Koji Yusa and Yuria by Saori Hayami as New PV Debuts

A new PV and updated cast information have been released for the completely new anime adaptation Fist of th...