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The earlier Rascal Does Not Dream television series and films are streaming free across TVer and ABEMA, timed to the Japanese release of the new film on 16 October.

Kadokawa's Dengeki Bunko livestream debuted the first full promo video for The Kept Man of the Princess Knight, with MYTH & ROID on the opening theme and a January 2027 premiere.

The official KonoSuba anniversary site has published its report on Colorful, the July concert that marked ten years of the anime, with separate write-ups for the daytime and evening performances.

Bandai Namco has postponed the Minneapolis openings of its Bandai Namco Cross Store and THE GUNDAM BASE at the Mall of America, moving both shops off a planned 30 September date with no replacement set.

ABEMA will run all 26 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion free across two marathons on 4 and 5 October, marking the date the series first aired in 1995.

Koyuki and Minato are back. The Ramparts of Ice has opened its second season on TBS, and Netflix is streaming an English-dubbed look at the show set to THE BEAT GARDEN's opening theme, “Escort”.

CyberAgent has cast Yūichi Nakamura as Soshiro Azami in the Kagurabachi anime, revealing the Kamunabi sorcerer in a new character trailer as the series lines up an April 2027 premiere.

Maomao is back on the palace beat. The Apothecary Diaries has put the full creditless opening for Season 3 online hours before its premiere, pairing Yorushika's new song with a sunlit title sequence — and the second cour is already pencilled in for April 2027.

A Dr.STONE collaboration with Pizza-La runs through October, pairing two themed pizzas with a drawn sleeve and a limited set of collaboration goods.

The TV anime's characters have landed in LINE's three-match puzzle game for a collaboration that runs until 30 October, with a guaranteed login companion.

Kadokawa's main promotional video reveals Riria.'s opening theme ahead of a three-episode special that airs and streams on 25 October.

Kakao Entertainment's webtoon platform Tapas closes on 31 March 2027, and the official end-of-service FAQ confirms unlocked episodes cannot be read, transferred or refunded afterwards.

Earth Star Novel confirmed the television adaptation on 1 October and published a teaser video, with the ninth volume of Yasuaki Mikami's series due on 15 October.

Netflix has confirmed a US streaming date of 17 October for the enhanced Dragon Ball Super: Beerus, days after the series begins its Japanese broadcast on Fuji TV.

Aniplex and Sony are giving two Demon Slayer Fan Sync cards to the first 20,000 people who buy an Xperia 10 VIII in Japan and apply.

The late-night anime adaptation of the viral Thunder 3 manga will return in 2027, with Fuji TV's official channel publishing a teaser to confirm the second season.

The anime of Naruki's Glasses With a Chance of Delinquent will air in April 2027 on ABC TV and TV Asahi's ANiMAZiNG!!! slot, and its first teaser has revealed the two leads' voices.

The isekai adaptation now has a first promo video, an opening theme from 310 and a confirmed 11 October start on BS Asahi.

Aniplex has opened the 2023 Production I.G film to unlimited streaming in Japan, ending a run in which it was easy to rent and harder to watch on a subscription.

TV Asahi has unveiled a teaser for Obocchama-kun Reborn, a new anime of Yoshinori Kobayashi's manga that arrives on the network in 2027 with Chie Kojiro back in the lead.

The official anime portal paired the 4th season finale with new Rem artwork and closing comments from Yusuke Kobayashi and Inori Minase.

Shogakukan's Gagaga Bunko has confirmed that the twelfth volume of Yuki Yaku's light novel series, out on 16 October in Japan, is the final one.

Ito En is putting the film's characters on 1,000 vending machines across Japan from early October, with a repost campaign for the posters running until 14 October.

Kadokawa's Kujibikido lottery uses newly drawn art of the five Nakano sisters, with five prize tiers and a weekly bonus draw through to November.

The travelling 100% Doraemon & Friends show closed its Tokyo run with more than 300,000 visitors and will take over Nagoya PARCO and the Sakae district from late April 2027.

The Walpurgisnacht Rising film hands out a strip of 35mm film in its sixth week, and marks Madoka Kaname's birthday on 3 October with a third wave of theatre goods.

The anime's travelling pop-up store starts its second lap at Aeon Mall Kawaguchi Maekawa on 24 October 2026, opening a run that will visit all 47 prefectures.

KADOKAWA will publish a 160-page memorial book for Mamoru Nagano's The Five Star Stories on 1 October, cataloguing every Mortar Headd and GTM in the series' 40-year run.

The LEGO Group and Toei Animation have announced their first partnership, a 1,764-piece LEGO Icons set that rebuilds Shenron's summoning for 4 November.

Aniplex has confirmed a Machi Asobi vol.31 stage for the Akane-banashi anime, with Anna Nagase, director Ayumu Watanabe and producer Kazuki Endo talking season one.

JA Kyosai is giving away four original SPY×FAMILY wallpapers to anyone who applies for a motor insurance quotation through its 自動車共済 campaign, which opens on 1 October.

The first episode has a synopsis and four advance cuts, the world tree spirit has a voice, and a launch-eve stream lands on 3 October.

The reincarnation fantasy has its first promotional video, a first key visual and two more cast members, and it will start broadcasting in January 2027.

Aniplex's final trailer for the ufotable film carries supercell's new song in full, with a fresh character visual and advance tickets on sale from 2 October.

New artwork of the Nekoma squad with cats leads a collaboration that runs at the Ikebukuro indoor park from 6 November 2026 to 11 January 2027.

Car 8 of the anime-themed Sanyo Shinkansen sets is being rebuilt with a photo booth, wall illustrations and hidden stickers, with the first NEXT GEAR departure due in December.

The studio's anniversary book missed the Tokyo opening of MAPPA EXPO and will now go on sale on 28 October, with a MAPPA online shop listing to follow.

Kansai TV's short anime about a high-schooler made of sushi rice has published its opening movie, narrated by First Summer Uika, a week before it starts.

The TV anime A Tale of the Secret Saint premieres on 3 October with an ABEMA pre-broadcast special, episode two streaming a week ahead of terrestrial broadcast.

Universal Cool Japan 2027 opens on 2 December with Sailor Moon back at Universal Studios Japan, a returning 4-D theatre show and the franchise's first ride attraction.

Kodansha's US arm is marking twenty years of FAIRY TAIL with a Hiro Mashima Creator Spotlight sale that drops first volumes to $0.99 until 12 October.

KADOKAWA's new Marvel imprint puts a Shibuya schoolboy behind the mask and hands Gwen Stacy a drum kit.

The hip-hop multimedia franchise has a new three-rapper unit, and ILLGATOR already has a first single and a music video.

Shueisha's digital platform has launched a hockey manga from Alpa, and its heroine arrives at the rink with nothing left to lose.

The sequel to Expelled from Paradise will publish a visual for every Japanese prefecture, pairing local landmarks with its cast before a 13 November opening.

The Atlassian Williams F1 Team's Sector Zero programme has named TWICE's TZUYU as the voice of its DAN DA DAN collaboration, with an original song due in early 2027 ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix.

MIXI's anime portal has published the key visual and promotional video for Mera×Death: Shinigami to Boku no Ijou na Koi, confirming a 5 January 2027 broadcast across ten terrestrial stations.

The Umamusume: Pretty Derby short series has entered an official challenge for the most speaking characters in a short-form animation series based on a video game, with the outcome confirmed when the final episode airs in March 2027.

Hakusensha's Young Animal Web manga about a top student who discovers a class idol's secret is getting a television anime next April, with Gekko animating.

Episode 85, Shaula / Hero, takes an extended late-night slot on 30 September, and the official site has published the synopsis and preview cuts for it.

The Dragon God is still waiting. Mushoku Tensei III has been confirmed for a second cour in 2027, and the announcement video leans on Orsted and a fresh recording from Kenjiro Tsuda.

NHK has lined up Fragments, written and sung by Tomohiro Hata, for its autumn night drama, with a key visual painted onto real Hasami porcelain.

The vampire light-novel adaptation has its first main visual, a monthly reveal campaign and a January 2027 broadcast window.

Viz Media's 'Naruto: What's Next?' panel lands on 10 October with anime updates, card-game news and the first proper look at where the franchise goes next.

Ichigo's son and Rukia's daughter finally have voices, as the anime's final cours heads for its closing episodes.

The official Iruma-kun anime site has opened a theatrical film project, released a special video and said more details will follow.

A two-part LEGO retelling of the One Piece live-action drama has begun streaming worldwide on Netflix, with Usopp taking over the narration.

The official Liar Game anime website has confirmed a second season for Madhouse’s adaptation.

The new digital comics platform now hosts eight Glacier Bay Books manga titles, with more additions promised.

BanG Dream! band MyGO!!!!! has released a cover of KANA-BOON’s “Naimononedari”.

Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! has revealed a new visual for its ongoing collaboration with Toyohashi City, including a talk stage planned for October.

The third season of Hell Mode will adapt the S-Rank Dungeon Conquest Arc, but no release date has been confirmed.

The main promotional video previews Tsukuyomi’s ending theme and confirms two new cast members ahead of the 9 October debut.

The new promotional video confirms five Gold Rank cast members ahead of the second part’s 11 October premiere.

The second season 3 trailer confirms Eve will perform the ending theme “AIYOU” before the anime returns on 2 October.

The first Japanese cinema anime of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland lands in US cinemas for a single evening on 16 November, under Crunchyroll's monthly Anime Nights banner.

The winter romance published a new main visual on 24 September and named the four detectives joining Rinna and Meishi, with the January 2027 broadcast window unchanged.

The Sekiro: No Defeat film in cinemas is an edited version of a project that began as a television series. The full eight-episode run arrives in January 2027.

The series' new official English channel has launched, with full episodes of the Chiikawa anime set to stream weekly on YouTube from 1 October.

The first full promo video for the Now That We Draw anime has landed, confirming a January 2027 broadcast and naming the rest of the production team behind it.

Pierrot's battling sisters return for a second cour on 4 October, with ILLIT performing the opening theme and a cour-one recap special airing the night before.

Neoshoco's Phantom Busters, the Kamakura exorcism manga serialised in Shueisha's Jump SQ., is being adapted as a TV anime for 2027 after passing 1.4 million copies in print.

TOKYO MX has dated a second series of Gelpiyo, the six-minute gag comedy built around Taica's gel mascot: it starts on 21 October with SILENT SIREN on the opening theme and a guest cast that includes Park Yu-chun.

The production site has dated the second cour for 1 October, with a main PV, a fresh key visual, four added cast members and theme songs from Tokoyami Towa and PompadollS.

KADOKAWA is putting the series’ score in front of a live orchestra for the first time on 20 March 2027, with footage from both TV seasons and the film — and Aoi Yūki recording lines on stage.

Happinet will release the second season of From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman as a two-volume Japanese Blu-ray set next spring, with each volume priced at 19,800 yen including tax.

A Tokyo-area AI consultancy is launching a 12-episode samurai-era anime whose character design, animation and direction were produced through a generative-AI pipeline, free on YouTube every Friday.

The official site for From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman has confirmed a third season, with new artwork of Beril in his home village and a congratulatory video from his voice actor.

COVER's tenth-anniversary anime now has a title and a teaser visual holding all 29 participating hololive talents, with Studio KAI animating.

The Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival returns to Chapter Arts Centre for its 15th edition on 26 and 27 September, with a 1976 stop-motion film and a 2025 science-fiction feature either side of two anime landmarks.

Toei Animation has begun a limited-time free run of Ashita no Nadja on its own museum YouTube channel, opening with the 2003 series' first episode.

LEGO’s Japanese account has posted a teaser for Dragon Ball sets that shows the seven Dragon Balls, and says nothing at all about prices, set numbers or a release date.

Netflix has published a 78-second Cyberpsycho sneak peek for its Night City sequel, which returns on 20 October as a standalone ten-episode story.

The October psychic-cop comedy has named M!LK for its opening theme and 至福ぽんちょ for its ending, and put both behind a second main promotional video.

The five-minute school comedy ends its late-night TV Tokyo run on 27 September and has new episodes promised for January 2027.

The Merciless Maiden's ending theme will be sung by an in-character unit of Nia, Hildetora and Reliared, with a newly drawn group visual and comments from all three actors before the 6 October premiere.

Anime Festival Asia Singapore 2026 has confirmed three nights of concerts at Suntec, opening with Yuki Kajiura's first Singapore show and closing with Hatsune Miku.

Hulu has dated Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle for 28 September, taking the first film of the trilogy from cinemas to streaming.

The anime adaptation of Grand Blue Dreaming has confirmed a fourth season, announced on the series' own site as its third season finished.

Yuika has been confirmed as the performer of the opening theme for the Promise Me the Spotlight anime, and gave the song a surprise first airing at her own concert on 21 September.

The Sekiro: No Defeat film has extended its Japanese run beyond the three-week limited engagement it opened with, adding 26 venues in five waves from 2 October, according to the film's own account.

The Star Detective Precure! film sold 357,000 tickets and took ¥440 million across its first three days in Japanese cinemas, the best start in the series' 23-film history, with the film's own site now framing a franchise-first ¥2 billion as the target.

TROYCA's adaptation of Kureha's barrier-magic romance has named five more cast members in a new teaser trailer, ahead of its January 2027 Japanese broadcast.

Toho has released a tenth-anniversary version of You Say Run with English vocals from Electric Callboy's Kevin Ratajczak and Nico Sallach. It goes out on the music platforms from 22 September.

Bushiroad has put all three episodes of the Ghost Meets Gal mini anime on the official Cardfight!! Vanguard YouTube channel with English subtitles.

The body-swap court drama is coming back for a second cour in January 2027, with a new main visual and three cast additions for its harvest festival arc.

Crunchyroll's fourth season of Haikyu!! and Anime Limited's standard edition of Devilman Crybaby both reach UK shops on 21 September, with prices, ratings and on-disc extras confirmed on the distributors' listings.

New stills from the first instalment of the Made in Abyss theatrical series introduce Nishagora, a month before the film opens in Japanese cinemas.

The anime's tenth-anniversary finale is a two-day expo at Makuhari Messe on 17 and 18 April 2027, with programme and ticket details promised for early October.

Studio Palette's adaptation of the long-lived-elf light novel gets a January 2027 broadcast window and a first look at episode one.

The Tomytec spin-off's final trailer leads with Asaka's opening theme, and d Anime Store gets the fastest stream on 8 October.

Season 2 is now a 2027 broadcast with a new director, and the first teaser puts Alya and Masachika on a beach in summer uniforms.

The remake's second trailer confirms a two-cour run from 7 October, with Mamiko Noto and Ayumu Murase joining as the knights' new enemies.

The film's first 4DX screenings open on 2 October, with a one-week Hanamaru Discovery card giveaway from 25 September and a new First Step trailer.

BLEACH FES., billed as the largest event in the franchise's history, brings fifteen voice actors to the Makuhari Event Hall on 27 and 28 February 2027.

The anime of Amara's Neko to Ryū novels will return in 2027, announced after the first season's finale, with Crunchyroll lined up to stream it.

Yomi no Tsugai, Hiromu Arakawa's supernatural manga, is getting a second anime season, announced in Japan right after the season-one finale.

Shinei Animation is making Shin Oishinbo, a new television anime of the food manga that ran for 136 episodes in the early 1990s, now set for 2027 with its three leads cast.

Shinei Animation has ordered new episodes of Atashin'chi NEXT and handed the director's chair to Taku Kimura, with the Tachibana family's original cast returning.

The Bakumatsu anime Inherit the Winds has a new trailer, a two-week Japanese cinema run from 13 November and a theme-song pairing of Quruli and Hitsujibungaku.

REMOW has dated the Nikkō Kegon Falls arc of Tougen Anki for 2 October, added three new villains and confirmed a streaming spread from Netflix to bilibili.

Juice=Juice's Karei naru Revenger is the theme song for season two of Kizudarake Seijo, which begins on Japanese television on 1 October 2026.

The Yaiba anime's second season, the Kaguya arc, starts on 9 January 2027 in the Saturday 17:30 slot on the Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV network, with a new main visual.

Kyousuke Motomi's shōjo thriller Dengeki Daisy is getting a January 2027 television anime that will run for two consecutive cours, with Studio DEEN animating.

OceanVeil has started streaming an English dub of the ghost-magnet comedy, with Diana Garnet and Jesse Inocalla leading a cast of seventeen.

Toei Animation's new Galaxy Express 999 film has unveiled its first teaser visual inside the Matsumoto Leiji exhibition in Tokorozawa, which opens on 19 September and runs to 26 October.

Titan Manga will publish a special anniversary edition of Yunosuke Yoshinaga's mecha manga Break Blade in English on 15 December.

Atsushi Nishigori's three-part anime film has been selected for the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival, with a completion screening in Shinjuku on 10 October.

A year after its Japanese cinema run, Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is streaming exclusively on Prime Video in Japan, with new key art to mark the launch.

A new key visual and promotional video for the Pokémon anime send the Rising Volt Tacklers to Kitakami, where Navi meets the legendary Ogerpon.

Viz Media and Japan Society will screen the first episode in New York on 7 October, three months before the Hirayasumi anime reaches Japanese television on NHK.

Hiroshi Kamiya and Daisuke Ono join Bai Yao Pu season 3 as a pair of demon brothers, with the Kyoshi Arc starting on Fuji TV's B8station on 7 October.

The production committee has revealed the full key visual for Magical Girl Raising Project restart, with the new series starting on TV Tokyo on 5 October and a marathon of the original three days earlier.

The French-Japanese anime dreamland has revealed Faulieu. and Ai Tomioka as its theme performers in a second trailer, ahead of its 17 October debut in Japan.

Good Smile Company's first original super-robot series Dandivine debuts in Japan on 7 October, with Muse Asia holding the licence for South and Southeast Asia.

Kazuhiro Takamura's original mecha series has a 3 October broadcast date, a two-stage streaming rollout and a ClariS opening theme, with Nana Mizuki voicing the villain.

Aniplex has confirmed a 3 October start for the adaptation of Muchimaro's Weekly Shonen Magazine comedy, with a second trailer, a Nanawo Akari ending theme and a same-day simulcast.

The 2014 compilation film that re-edits Attack on Titan's first season returns to Japanese cinemas on 23 October with Screen X, 4DX and Ultra 4DX screenings.

The Shogakukan light-novel romcom has its second key visual, a main promotional video and an AT-X slot on 6 October - with no Western streaming home announced yet.

Ryon's manga about the girl everyone warns you about gets a teaser trailer, a SynergySP production and a late-night slot on Japanese television.

Motoki Tanaka, who runs the studio behind Chainsmoker Cat, says pay and hours have improved enough to call the industry's low-wage era finished, while conceding the exceptions are still there.

Toei Video's unusual anime feature, directed by Masanao Kawajiri, joins the Animation Section of the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival.

The Netflix anime film Cosmic Princess Kaguya has gone straight to number one on Japan's Blu-ray chart, with 27,000 copies of the limited edition sold in its first week.

A new Gundam short puts Sazabi and the ν Gundam in a race to Earth, and it only shows on the wall behind the life-size statue in Fukuoka.

Fuji TV's live-action adaptation of Yamayade's manga Can You Kiss Me First? begins on 19 October, with Jin Suzuki and Gaku Oshida as the two leads and catch-up streaming on TVer and FOD.

NHK has dated Horror Collector for a 12-episode Saturday run from 10 October, with Yōsei Ishibashi and Jun Fukuyama leading the cast.

Kadokawa's teaser for Arafo Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki confirms a January 2027 broadcast and hands the lead role to Tomokazu Sugita.

Konami's adaptation of Suikoden II streamed a third promo video, pinning down a 3 October premiere, amazarashi's opening theme and Kōji Nakamura's ending song.

The butt-shaped sleuth is back on NHK E-TV from 3 October for seven episodes that introduce a younger Oshiri Dandy and a new rival called Arachin.

david production's adaptation of Oreko Tachibana's Meiji-era romance has a full trailer, a theme song from iri and a 9 October start on Fuji TV's NoitaminA block.

Twenty-four years after TAMALA2010, the punk cat is back: TAMALA2030 -a punk cat in dark- opens simultaneously in Japan and the US on 22 January 2027, with a new main visual and trailer.

Bandai Namco Filmworks has dated Witch and Mercenary for April 2027 on NTV's 30-station network, with a first full trailer and three new cast members.

Bandai Namco Filmworks has revealed the main trailer and key visual for Nijiiro no Rinne, the seventh and final film in the Yamato yo Towa ni: Rebel 3199 project, which opens in Japanese cinemas on 30 October 2026.

Kyoto Animation's A Silent Voice is back in Japanese cinemas from 30 October 2026, with the film's first Dolby Cinema presentation and a tenth-anniversary stage greeting.

Hyuganatsu and Modomu Akagawara's supernatural school manga has a television anime, a teaser visual and congratulations from both creators.

NHK's Pan Dorobō anime begins on E-Tele on 2 October, with Kyary Pamyu Pamyu singing the ending theme and Atsumi Tanezaki voicing a French bread with a grudge.

Re:ZERO has named the voice behind Volcanica, the legendary Divine Dragon of Lugunica, in the same episode that finally put him on screen.

The Tank Chair anime has finally cast Sensei, the masked ruler it had kept hidden, with Megumi Ogata voicing the role and a 4 October broadcast now confirmed alongside same-night Prime Video streaming in Japan.

Reki Kawahara's mixed-reality death game has filled out the classroom: Devils' Crest has cast four of Yuma Ashihara's schoolmates, led by Yūsuke Kobayashi and Maaya Uchida, ahead of its worldwide Prime Video debut on 6 November.

Ankama, the French group behind DOFUS, is behind an original Japanese TV anime: Aoki Denshō Welsh & Shedar arrives on Tokyo MX on 2 October, animated at Studio Massket with Rikuya Yasuda and Yūki Kaji in the leads.

Shangri-La Frontier season 3 arrives on 10 January 2027 for a six-month run, with a new key visual, the returning cast and C2C back on animation — and Crunchyroll streaming as it airs.

KADOKAWA's reader-voted Next Manga Award has crowned Yamanoei's さむわんへるつ and おかえり水平線 for 2026, chosen from 7,952 entries and 382,581 votes.

The 46th Doraemon film, Nobita's Steam Time Locomotive, opens in Japan on 5 March 2027 and sends Nobita and friends back to Victorian London.

Shueisha is asking Manga Plus readers how they feel about AI translation, including whether machine-translated manga would hurt quality or take work away from human translators.

The anime adaptation of Akiko Abe's novel has released six character videos focused on what each character is hiding, ahead of its 9 October opening in Japan.

Kadokawa has listed the seventh volume of Momose Handa's Even a Replica Can Fall in Love as the manga's last, with the final book due on 27 October.

Konami and original writer Ryukishi07 are supervising a two-part manga adaptation of Silent Hill f, beginning with the Fox Mask's origin story in late 2026.

The film’s official trailer arrives with a new track, “A Song of Romance”, ahead of its 16 October premiere.

Konami animation’s short film for the first Kazuki Takahashi art exhibition arrives ahead of its Tokyo run from 12 December.

Yokoyama’s calligraphy-club romance is running on Shonen Jump+, with MANGA Plus publishing it in English simultaneously.

Dreams’ posture-support plush series becomes a two-minute short on 3 October, made with a hybrid 2D and AI production process.

Saka Mikami’s first large-scale exhibition tours Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka from October, with seven new illustration boards for visitors.

Kinema Citrus' mermaid anime lands a manga adaptation from Citrus creator Saburouta, with the first chapters due on KadoComi in October.

Aki Shimizu’s adaptation of the mobile RPG closed its run in Comic Flapper, with the game still Japan-only for now.

Comic Flapper’s adaptation of the A-1 Pictures anime closes with two chapters, ending a run that began in September 2022.

Chapter 420 closed the current batch on 6 September and opened a fresh hiatus, with Hisoka back on the page for the first time in almost two years.

Kadokawa's adaptation of Eiko Mutsuhana's light novels arrives on 5 October with a main trailer, a fresh key visual and two more cast members.

A third trailer confirms the new season's opening and ending themes and a returning voice cast, with episodes streaming on Netflix right after Japanese broadcast.

Bandai Namco's cooking management sim puts you in the kitchen under Sanji, and a new trailer shows the cooking, decorating and 400-plus characters on offer.

The second season of A Returner's Magic Should Be Special begins on 7 October, with a new promo video previewing FLOW's opening theme.

Norio Sakurai's BokuYaba closed on 15 September with its final chapter on Champion Cross and more than seven million copies in print — with a third anime season still due in 2027.

Takara Tomy has revealed a new key visual for the Bey Kingdom Arc and dated its debut on the series’ official BeyTube channel, alongside a campaign aimed at players who have never spun a bey.

Sunrise has opened the English site for Kenji Kamiyama’s reimagining of Gundam, introducing pilot Ray Azumi and the experimental XARX-0 machine ahead of an April 2027 launch in North America.

The official site has begun streaming a teaser for the second season of Katsuhisa Minami’s manga adaptation, with the cast and production team returning.

The teaser places Nobita and his friends in Victorian London, with a script from The Tatami Galaxy writer Makoto Ueda.

The October anime has a new main promotional video, a fresh key visual and two more cast members, with the official site confirming its Japanese broadcast and streaming dates.

Crunchyroll has confirmed the anime heading to its service this autumn, led by The Apothecary Diaries season 3, Black Clover season 2 and Magic Knight Rayearth.

Straight Edge has launched Straight Edge Comic, a horizontal-format manga label with former STUDIO ZOON editor-in-chief Kento Kaji as an editorial adviser.

The 20th-anniversary music project has released the creditless “last cross” opening, performed by Masami Mitsuoka.

GLAY and OxT provide the new opening and ending songs as the baseball anime’s second cour approaches its 11 October Japanese premiere.

A new non-verbal Naruto live show has revealed its Team 7 key visual and character visuals for Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi.

Kodansha has announced a television anime adaptation of the geopolitical manga Funsō Deshitara Hatta made.

The new Sgt. Frog anime reveals five more cast members and its opening and ending songs in a second main trailer.

The third trailer and key visual arrive ahead of the 2 October premiere, with two new cast members and the ending theme ‘Ray of Emotion’ previewed.

The 20th-anniversary music project has published the creditless seventh ending, W-inds.’ ‘Ameato’, which originally ran across Episodes 77–89.

The second season’s new trailer previews THE BEAT GARDEN’s opening theme ‘Escort’ ahead of the anime’s 1 October premiere.

The anime’s 20th-anniversary music project adds CHERRYBLOSSOM’s “CYCLE” to its official archive of creditless theme videos.

Kyo Shirodaira and Yuri Kimura will launch Vampire Jūjikai: Inu ni wa Inu no Uta, a new series set in The Record of a Fallen Vampire world, in Shonen Gangan on 9 October.

The Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3 anime has added Kaede Hondo as Charlotte and released a new climax promotional video.

Kodansha has not set a return date for Kei Urana’s Gachiakuta, whose latest chapter appeared on 5 August while the creator carries out research.

Yona Etou has announced that the manga adaptation of The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power will conclude in its next collected volume.

Mika Yamamori’s In the Clear Moonlit Dusk has reached 8.2 million copies in circulation and will conclude with its 12th volume next spring.

Uoto will launch Hallucination Meat in Weekly Big Comic Spirits and co-create Test Taker/Cheaters with Kyō Yoneshiro for Monthly Afternoon.

Kyoto Animation’s final Sound! Euphonium film opens in Japan with a new video featuring fresh footage and performances.

Aniplex revealed new character visuals for Mitsuki Koga and Aya Osawa during its One Focus event, ahead of a January 2027 premiere.

Re:ZERO returns to Marui for Emilia’s birthday with new artwork and an exclusive short story by Tappei Nagatsuki.

Psyren adds Yūko Kaida and Nobuyuki Hiyama to its cast, with CLAN QUEEN performing the opening theme ahead of the 4 October premiere.

Neguse. takes over the opening theme for the anime's second part, with Aniplex also releasing a special promo video.

Kosuke Takioto gets the spotlight in a new official trailer before Magical Explorer premieres in Japan this October.

TV Asahi’s second English-subtitled trailer adds Daisuke Namikawa to Magic Repo Man and confirms its opening and ending theme artists.

The anime’s 20th-anniversary music project adds Lead’s ‘STAND UP!’ ending to its official archive of creditless theme videos.

The anime’s official 20th-anniversary music project adds LM.C’s ‘88’ opening to its growing archive of creditless theme videos.

The anime’s second cour begins in Japan on 13 October with a new promotional video and theme songs from Cider Girl and aruma.

BLACK TORCH previews Episodes 11 and 12 in a new final trailer as the anime heads towards its concluding episodes.

A Certain Item of Dark Side reveals a new key visual ahead of its 9 October premiere, spotlighting Academy City’s covert ITEM squad.

Yūsanchi! from Yū-hachi adapts three manga into a short anime airing from 5 October, with Fanworks revealing its cast and promo video.

Romelia War Chronicle will stream first in Japan on 3 October, with a new trailer previewing its opening and ending themes.

Melty Blood: Type Lumina launches on 22 April 2027 with White Len and a six-platform release spanning PlayStation, Switch, Xbox and PC.

CTW’s free-to-play Shakugan no Shana: Blaze Edge browser game launches on 14 September with four language options and in-app purchases.

Rakuen Tsuihō -Expelled from Paradise- Kokoro no Resonance brings back Angela Balzac for a 13 November Japanese release.

Aniplex has revealed a new trailer and visual for Walpurgisnacht: Rising, the sequel to Rebellion that opened at No. 1 in Japan.

The live-action Sins of Kujo film adds six cast members ahead of its 8 January 2027 cinema release in Japan.

Koei Tecmo’s new Atelier alchemy RPG gets a worldwide release date and a second trailer packed with cast and combat.

The dark fantasy anime reveals six new cast members, two theme songs and an October 10 Japanese premiere in its latest trailer.

Maaya Sakamoto voices Wasu, a Homura lookalike whose identity remains one of the film’s biggest unanswered questions.

Yukino Sonoyama’s fashion-focused manga heads to Fuji TV’s Noitamina block, with Tomohiro Ōno and Chiyuki Miura leading the cast.

MAPPA’s 2027 shojo adaptation has cast Nao Ojika and Taito Ban as its two apparently perfect — and secretly sharp-edged — leads.

Episodes 49 and 50 of The Calamity will now air in Japan on 19 and 26 October as the production committee gives the finale more time.

The returning fantasy anime gets a new trailer, a fresh staff lineup and an opening special on 7 October 2026.

The fantasy anime’s second season adds new cast members, previews its ending theme and begins early streaming in Japan on 26 September.

A new trailer previews the “Yoroshiku★Girl” segment of Atsushi Nishigori’s three-part anime film, which opens in Japan on 6 November.

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Masashi Ebara returns as Bolt Crank in EAT-MAN The Over Order, with Shunji Ōga directing at Studio Cab.

Ryōhei Kimura , Aoi Koga , Konomi Kohara join cast of 2nd season debuting on October 8

Chiikawa's film returned to number one in its seventh weekend, as Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- slipped to third.

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Crunchyroll will stream the adaptation worldwide outside Asia when the web novel and webtoon's anime premieres in January 2027.

The adaptation of Nazuna Miki and Tsukasa Araki's manga has its main promo video, two theme songs, a fourteen-strong goblin cast and an October 5 premiere.

Nineteen life-sized legendary statues and more than 100 Pokémon in the app arrive across Tokyo's Nihonbashi and Yaesu districts until 29 November.

ODK Media's free platform has added both later seasons of Hiromu Arakawa's farming memoir, with English subtitles and no subscription needed.

Crunchyroll and Sony's 4K and IMAX re-release of Katsuhiro Ōtomo's 1988 landmark earned an estimated US$3.2 million across its opening holiday weekend.

Naoki Azuma's Kodansha series is set in Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell world, with the original creator credited for the concept.

Hotel Inhumans returns on 4 October, with GAN performing the opening song 'Rasen' and Phantom Siita handling the ending theme.

Koushi's romantic suspense manga about a bullied student and the first love who returns years later is getting an anime adaptation.

Dengeki Bunko has announced Black Bullet: New World Order, bringing Shiden Kanzaki’s light-novel series back after 12 years with a story that will eventually diverge from the original and deliver a different ending.

KADOKAWA plans to create Studio One Base in November 2026 by integrating five anime studios while retaining their names, production lines and creative identities.

The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a Second Lease on Life has confirmed its Japanese broadcast date, additional cast, opening theme and the report simulcast.

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The Chiikawa film has passed ¥15.84 billion after 59 days and taken the top spot in Japan's 2026 release rankings, its production committee says.

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Black Clover's second season will stream simultaneously across platforms from 3 October, with new cast comments and an episode-one preview.

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Shōjo manga Fukakōryoku no I Love You is going on hiatus while creator Mizuki Hoshino prioritises her health, with a return date not yet announced.

The Uta Macross rhythm game is the subject of a new project seeking to rebuild it as an offline release after the mobile service ended in 2022.

Coffee’s hip-hop dance manga is becoming Wandance on Stage, with a Tokyo run scheduled for 19–28 March 2027.

Abrams ComicArts’ Kana imprint has moved the English-language short-story collection to 4 March, after originally scheduling it for November.

Imagineer is bringing the mobile RPG to iOS and Android worldwide, with its App Store listing pointing to a 21 January 2027 release.

The Star Detective Precure! film reveals future forms for Cure Mystic, Cure Éclair and Cure Arcana ahead of its 18 September Japanese cinema debut.

From Episode 47, listed Japanese SVOD and TVOD platforms will release BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War on Tuesdays at 6pm JST instead of Sundays at noon.

Grow Up Show: Sunflower Circus previews its Circus Collection arc in a new official video, but international availability remains unconfirmed.

Boichi’s post-apocalyptic western manga resumes on Shonen Jump+ after a hiatus that began in December 2025.

A new Detective Conan special, 30-go Murder Case, airs in Japan on 25 September and invites viewers to deduce the culprit.

The romantic fantasy anime has revealed its opening and ending performers alongside three new cast members and a 4 October Japanese debut.

The Atra-produced fantasy anime will air for two cours from October, with the report streaming it as it airs.

New official preview images send Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli into the Devil’s Palm ahead of the 2nd and 3rd STAGE’s 25 September Netflix premiere.

The new Kochikame anime reveals its principal cast, Gallop-led staff and first character PV ahead of its 2027 Fuji TV broadcast.

Mamoru Oshii directs two new Armored Trooper Votoms films, with Miyuki Sawashiro and Mabuki Andou joining the cast.

Pony Canyon has confirmed a second season and revealed a visual centred on the spirit of A Dam.

Frontier Works has revealed the first footage and cast for Atamoto mountain friendship manga.

The Noragami creators’ new manga, translated as The Inn’s Dog, begins in Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Magazine on 6 October.

The spy-family comedy unveils its second-cour trailer, theme songs and a new key visual.

The fantasy romantic comedy confirms its Japanese television premiere and theme songs.

Kadokawa’s returning assassin fantasy reveals its first main promotional video and two additional cast members.

The third season reveals more cast, theme songs and a new animation studio ahead of its Japanese premiere.

Ayaka Katayama’s Fungus and Iron manga is getting a television anime directed by Keitarō Motonaga at Yokohama Animation Lab.

Toworu Miyata’s boys-love manga Aoharu Once More is becoming the third light-anime project from BALLOON, with no release date or cast announced yet.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising has overtaken Rebellion as the series' biggest earner and adds 4DX and MX4D screenings from 3 October.

Magazine Pocket is launching a new manga series by Ten Kashiwa and Kai Noshigami on 4 September 2026.

Viz Media is collecting all 24 Pokémon films in a 16-disc Amazon-exclusive Blu-ray set arriving on 24 November 2026.

Sunao Katabuchi’s Fukushima-set anime short Fukufuku no Chizu is now available with English subtitles on YouTube.

Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will premiere in Japan on 11 October with new footage, redrawn scenes, reconstructed story material and two newly announced theme songs.

A new anime episode and worldwide in-game event bring Friede’s goggle-wearing Charmander to Pokémon GO.

The classic shōjo fantasy adaptation sets its Japanese broadcast date and introduces its musical lineup.

The anime adaptation of Ikyō no Tsumenuri Minarai will be directed by Daiji Iwanaga at Zero-G, with Tomoko Konparu and Michiko Yokote handling the scripts.

Muse Asia has picked up Magic Repo Man, A Tale of the Secret Saint, season 2 of A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special and season 2 of Sasaki and Peeps.

Chihiro Yuzuki’s manga about Mari and the beastfolk student Tsunagu will conclude with its 13th collected volume, with no release date announced yet.

Luffy and SpongeBob SquarePants share the screen in a new McDonald’s Happy Meal commercial that somehow makes perfect chaotic sense.

Yūji Yanase, the director and animator known for series including In Another World With My Smartphone and In the Land of Leadale, has died aged 59, according to the report.

The football anime returns on 4 October in Japan, with TMS Entertainment taking over animation and new themes from 10-FEET and Ai Higuchi.

The 31st Busan International Film Festival will screen 13 Japanese animated films, pairing landmark works with four anticipated new releases from 6 to 15 October.

The 12-minute Optimus Prime: Awakening short will screen with anniversary showings of The Transformers: The Movie in additional territories from 17 September.

Toshiko Machida’s Hanako-gari has reached its final chapter on Magazine Pocket, with the third and final collected volume due on 9 September.

The WHITE FOX anime has confirmed its Japanese broadcast date, unveiled a second PV and named ASCA as performer of both theme songs.

The official account says chapters 50 and 51 will arrive on 13 and 20 October, with chapter 51 marking the manga’s conclusion in Japan.

The short-form Sirotan anime has an exact Japanese broadcast date, but no overseas streaming deal yet.

Nana Mizuki joins Red River as Ursula, while new opening and ending themes accompany the anime’s next cour.

Kadokawa has renewed Victoria of Many Faces and announced a new special episode, but there is no release date yet.

The fifth film in the six-part Girls und Panzer das Finale project reaches its Winter Continuous Track Cup showdown in Japanese cinemas on 9 October 2026.

TV Tokyo’s Oha Suta is turning its Identity V school gaming segment into a short anime starring Emma Woods, Jack and other familiar characters.

The first TV anime adaptation of LIAR GAME is getting two Blu-ray BOX releases in Japan on 23 December 2026, with each set containing 13 episodes.

KADOKAWA has dated volume five of The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy for 13 January 2027, ahead of the manga’s January TV anime premiere.

Pluto TV is expanding its US anime line-up in September with new English dubs, more than 1,300 hours of programming and two new channels.

FX Fighter Kurumi-chan will premiere in Japan on 1 October, with Aina Suzuki voicing Kurumi and performing the opening and ending themes.

The second season of Spice & Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf will arrive in 2027, with key staff returning at Passione.

The Strongest Man, Born From Misfortune reveals its 2027 anime debut, two characters, a promotional video and a new image.

Pokémon: Wild Card follows a Pokémon Trading Card Game player and Mimikyu in the franchise’s 24th anime film, due in 2027.

Burger King has teased six Dragon Ball Super figures featuring Goku, Vegeta, Beerus and Piccolo, but availability and pricing remain unannounced.

Ikkado Ito’s time-bending manga is heading for television twice, with SHAFT producing an anime and a separate live-action series also in development.

Season 3 of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You spotlights Kishika Torotoro with a new visual and cast announcement.

Reports point to an October premiere for Tokyo Revengers: War of the Three Titans Arc, but the official site was inaccessible during verification.

A manga adaptation of Yutaka Kōno’s Sayonara no Iikata Nante Shiranai has been reported, but no accessible publisher or creator announcement currently confirms the details.

The BAKI GAIDEN: KAIOH RETSU Doesn’t Mind Getting Isekai’d manga is heading to television, with TMS Entertainment handling animation and no release date announced yet.

The concluding Rascal Does Not Dream anime film gets a second trailer, a new theme song and a Japanese theatrical release on 16 October 2026.

BLEACH: Mirrors High has opened pre-registration for its planned 2026 mobile launch, with rewards, a new trailer and a customisable Soul Reaper avatar.

BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity has quietly turned its ending credits into a weekly character showcase, and Episode 6 puts Uryu Ishida front and centre.

Haruhi Suzumiya has apparently decided that reality was not quite noisy enough, so the S.O.S.

The Idolm@ster SideM franchise has found a new voice for Kanon Himeno, with Kōki Inō (伊能 幸輝; also rendered Koki Ino) taking over from Ayumu Murase after an audition process.

Director and screenwriter Izuru Narushima has died aged 65, leaving a wide-ranging body of work across Japanese cinema and anime.

Yuta Okkotsu and Rika are getting one more spotlight moment — and this time it comes straight from Jujutsu Kaisen creator Gege Akutami.

Kaiju No. 8 THE GAME adds a five-star Kikoru Shinomiya unit with Numbers Weapon 4 and a limited-time story event.

The ice is calling again: Medalist is getting a theatrical anime film, and a fresh official teaser has put a hard date on its Japanese debut.

Pokémon is sending two very different heroes on a very small, very noble adventure.

Kotobukiya’s Arcanadea anime adds four cast members, confirms its main staff and sets a January 2027 broadcast across Japan.

Miku Itō voices Hinao and Miyari Nemoto plays Char Kyonagi as the sword-fighting manga adaptation builds towards a worldwide launch.

The Chiikawa film holds the top spot for a fifth weekend, while the latest Crayon Shin-chan movie climbs and live-action manga adaptations trade places.

The four blacklight-reactive PVC figures range from $69.99 to $79.99 and are due to arrive between March and May 2027.

Yoshifumi Kondō’s Studio Ghibli classic arrives in IMAX from 16 September, followed by a wider UK release on 18 September.

The relationship drama returns with new emotional complications, a 1 October Japanese broadcast and a 2 October global Netflix launch.

Sekina Aoi and Ryō Tsuzura’s romantic comedy turns a chain of unrequited feelings into a television anime adaptation.

Kōhei Kadowaki’s friendship drama opens in Japan on 25 September after festival screenings at Cannes and Annecy.

The development near Cergy-Pontoise is expected to include a manga-themed park, with reports pointing to Dragon Ball Z.

Yotsuba Succession Arc brings Tatsuya and Miyuki’s family power struggle to UK cinemas on 4 and 5 November 2026.

TV Tokyo is expanding the illustrator’s character project into a new television anime, with further details still to come.

The fantasy anime about a girl with an online strategy guide premieres in Japan on 7 October 2026.

Melissa Molano leads the English cast for HIDIVE’s historical anime about the origins of Noh theatre in 14th-century Japan.

The second season gets a new main PV, two theme songs and a 4 October premiere on Netflix and Japanese television.

One Piece and Nike have announced a Devil Fruit collection: three Air Max Plus colourways plus apparel, Japan-first pop-ups in September, and a global rollout trailing behind.