Film opened in Japan on Friday The official YouTube channel for the BanG Dream! franchise began streaming a second promotional video on Friday for the BanG Dream! Ave Mujica prima aurora anime film project. The video previews Ave Mujica's song "A Song of Romance." The film opened in Japan on Friday. The BanG Dream! Ave Mujica television anime premiered in Japan in January 2025. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired. The BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!!/Ave Mujica sequel tele

Kadokawa to publish portion of manuscript on Kakuyomu website on October 22 Kadokawa's Sneaker Bunko imprint announced on Friday that Ryo Mizuno's Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant (Lodoss-tō Senki: Seiyaku no Hōkan) novel series is resuming. Sneaker Bunko stated that while it will take more time until it can publish volume 2, the imprint will publish part of the manuscript on the Kakuyomu website on October 22 at 5:00 p.m. JST (4:00 a.m. EDT). Kadokawa publishe

Gintama's Shinji Takamatsu helms comedy about woman's new gig as contract killer TOHO animation announced on Saturday that Toshiya Wakabayashi's Happy Kanako's Killer Life (Shiawase Kanako no Koroshiya Seikatsu) manga is receiving a television anime adaptation next April. Shinji Takamatsu (Gintama) is directing the anime at the studio Drive and overseeing the series scripts. Yoshiyuki Ōkubo (Teppen—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing 'til you Cry) is designing the characters and serving

3rd film features theme song "Dreaming Free" The official website for Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Dōkōkai Kanketsu-hen finale trilogy began streaming a teaser video for Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Dōkōkai Kanketsu-hen Saishūshō, the third and final film in the trilogy, on Saturday. The teaser announces that the film will open on February 5, 2027. The teaser also features the theme song "Dreaming Free" by the cast as their characters. While the first

Film opened in Japan in February 2019 Crunchyroll is now streaming an English dub track for the Saga of Tanya the Evil the Movie anime. The website lists the video was added on Tuesday. Crunchyroll originally began streaming the film in September 2019. Crunchyroll previously screened the film in more than 500 theaters in the United States in May 2019. It describes the story: The time is UC 1926. The Imperial Army's 203rd Air Mage Battalion led by Major Tanya Degurechaff has w

Network test for 1st idle game in Gundam franchise will host network test in November Bandai Namco Entertainment announced the new Gundam Blitz Order "RPG-style idle simulation" mobile game on Thursday. English video Japanese video Bandai Namco Entertainment is currently accepting applications for a network test for the game that will take place from November 18-24. The company has opened an English website and X/Twitter account for the game. Bandai Namco Entertainment descri

Also: Game to hold special hands-on event in Tokyo on November 7-8 Aniplex revealed a new "RIVAL's SIDE" character promotional video for Type-Moon studio BB's Fate/Extra Record game, the remake of Marvelous Entertainment's Fate/Extra PlayStation Portable game, on Thursday. The video features the Masters and Servants of the opposing faction that players will fight during the Moon Holy Grail War. Aniplex also announced that the game will have a special 90-minute hands-on event

Chiikawa movie back at #1, Madoka Magica Walpurgisnacht: Rising at #10 Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu (Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island), the first anime film adaptation of Nagano's Chiikawa manga, rose from #4 to #1 in its 12th weekend in Japan's box office. The film sold 375,000 tickets and earned 562,647,900 yen (about US$3.56 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 12.29 million tickets, and earned a cumulative total of 17,8

Omnibus film streams music video for "TERASE" song, used in "A(E)liens" story The official website for Atsushi Nishigori's original anime film Grotesqqque (previously titled Grotesque) confirmed on Wednesday that the film will feature the song "TERASE" sung by Mika Ichinose, one of the music contributors for the "A(E)liens" story. Singer-songwriter Ken Kamikita wrote the lyrics, and he scored and arranged the music. The song is now available on various music services, and the

NextNinja develops JJK: Jū Heisōgata Joshi Kōsei Wordless Record game for iOS, Android A website opened on Wednesday to announce a smartphone game for illustrator neco's Heavily Armed High School Girls (Jū Heisōgata Joshi Kōsei) project. NextNinja is developing the JJK: Jū Heisōgata Joshi Kōsei Wordless Record game. The website is also streaming an announcement trailer, and presented the game's main cast members. JJK: Jū Heisōgata Joshi Kōsei Wordless Record is a casual idle

Game launches on November 5 Nintendo began streaming on Wednesday an overview trailer for the Nintendo Switch 2 remake for the 1998 Nintendo 64 game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and it reveals the new Hall of Fallen Foes, an area where players can view statues of enemies they have defeated. Players can rematch bosses through the statues. The game will launch on November 5. The remake adds traditional camera controls, new motion controls, a proper jump button, and a r

Kururin Paradise was never previously released in West Nintendo announced that it has added the Monster Rancher Advance, Metal Slug Advance, and Kururin Paradise games on the "Game Boy Advance – Nintendo Classics" app for the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership on Nintendo Switch 2 on Wednesday. This marks the first Western release for the previously Japan-only Kururin Paradise game. The company streamed a trailer: Eighting and Nintendo's Kururin Paradise origi

Rina Kawaguchi, Tomoya Itō star in series from feel. animation studio Kadokawa unveiled the first key visual, main cast members, and the 2027 premiere for the television anime of Enma Akiyama's Noa Is My Senior, and My Friend. (Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi.) manga on Sunday. The anime will star: Rina Kawaguchi as Noa Saotome Tomoya Itō as Rihito Ōtsuka The manga's story centers on Rihito Ōtsuka — a laid-back and unbothered guy, and an employee in a game company, whose motto in li

Sequel to Godzilla Minus One opens in Japan on November 3, N. America on November 6 TOHO began streaming the final trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero, the new Godzilla film from Godzilla Minus One's Takashi Yamazaki, on Sunday. The sequel is set in 1949, two years after the Godzilla Minus One film's story. Min Tanaka (47 Ronin, live-action Rurouni Kenshin films) plays biologist Kanji Murakami. He joins returning cast members Ryūnosuke Kamiki (Koichi Shikishima), Minami Hamabe (N

Kimura voices 3rd son Noel The staff for the television anime of Sho Kasugai's Millennium Family (Odoru Sennen Kazoku) manga announced on Saturday that Taihi Kimura voices Noel, the third son of the Benfield family. The anime will air on TBS and other stations. The anime will star: Rikuya Yasuda as Theo Katsuyuki Konishi as Hayden Ryōta Suzuki as Hugo Lynn as Eve Masato Jinbo (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!/2wei Herz!/3rei!!, Chaos;Child, The Rising of The Shield Hero S

Based on story in 27th manga volume The "Stone Fes. 2026" event announced on Saturday that production has been green-lit on Dr. Stone Terraforming, a sequel to the television anime of Riichirou Inagaki and Boichi's Dr. Stone manga. The new anime will adapt the "Terraforming" sequel story, set after the main story, from the 27th manga volume. The first television anime premiered in July 2019. Crunchyroll streamed the first season as it aired, and Funimation streamed a dub of

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 4 earns 3.1% rating A marathon re-airing of the 10th season of the live-action A Solitary Gourmet series aired on TV Tokyo on Tuesday, September 15 at 6:20 p.m., and it earned a 4.5% rating. The Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko anime film aired on NHK Educational on Sunday, September 20 at 3:30 p.m. and it earned a 0.8% rating. ☰ Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV September 20 (Sun) 18:30 30 min.

Detective Conan: The Counterfeit Crime Case of Ultra 30 special earns 8.6% rating The finale of a marathon re-airing of the 10th season of the live-action A Solitary Gourmet series aired on TV Tokyo on Monday, September 21 at 5:50 p.m., and it earned a 5.1% rating. A similar marathon re-airing of season 2 aired on TV Tokyo on Wednesday, September 23 at 5:50 p.m., and it earned a 4.7% rating. The Eiga Oshiri Tantei: Curry Naru Jiken film aired on NHK Educational on Monday, Sep

Vocalist lia's band wrote song for anime The official website for the television anime of Kyū Takahata and Yūji Kaba's Now That We Draw (Kakunaru Ue wa) manga announced on Thursday that vocalist lia's band shallm will perform the opening theme song "Kimiiro Hikari" (The Light of Your Color), specifically written for this anime. The anime will premiere in January 2027. Ayumu Murase and Sayumi Suzushiro will star as Yūki Uehara and Niina Miyamoto, respectively: Seven Seas Enter

Full-length reading showcase scheduled for October 5 at Seoul's Sowol Art Hall Live Contents Group announced on September 15 the A Mark Against Thee webtoon is being adapted into a stage musical, with a full-length reading showcase scheduled for October 5 at Seoul's Sowol Art Hall. The production was selected for the 2026 Large-Scale Musical Reading Performance Support Program, following an earlier first-act reading showcase in 2024. Serialized between 2019 and 2021, the orig