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

Aniplex of America previously released all 4 films on home video Atlus West's X (formerly Twitter) account announced on Saturday that Aniplex USA's YouTube channel is now streaming Persona 3 the Movie #1 Spring of Birth, Persona 3 the Movie #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream, Persona 3 the Movie #3 Falling Down, and Persona 3 the Movie #4 Winter of Rebirth. The four films are available in Japanese with English subtitles. Atlus West stated the films are available for a limited time,

Rhythm Heaven Groove returns to #1, Beast of Reincarnation debuts at #2 Japan's Game Ranking: August 3-9 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw Rhythm Heaven Groove Nintendo July 2 55,827 790,303 2 PS5 Beast of Reincarnation Happinet August 4 43,010 43,010 3 NSw 2 Splatoon Raiders Nintendo July 23 32,386 580,612 4 NSw Tomodachi Life Nintendo April 16 18,213 1,536,544 5 NSw 2 Pokémon Pokopia Nintendo March 5 6,447 1,104,004 6 NSw Powerful Pro

Heaven Official's Blessing novel's 6th volume ranked 2nd, 9th volume of Too Many Losing Heroines! ranks 3rd Oricon Inc. announced its Monthly Light Novel Ranking for July 2026 on August 6. The data tracks estimated print sales at retail outlets across Japan from June 29 to August 2. Writer Jun Esaka and artist Nakamaru's ONE PIECE novel ZORO ranked at #1 with 47,965 copies. Shueisha published the novel on July 3. The novel depicts Zoro's life and adventures before meeting Luf

English-dubbed trailer streamed for Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Netflix began streaming on Monday an English-dubbed trailer for Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Senkō no Hathaway - Circe no Majo), the second film of the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (Kidō Senshi Gundam Senkō no Hathaway) anime project, revealing that the film will stream on the service on August 31. Bandai Namco Filmworksscreenedthe film in

Detective Conan ranked #1 over Sazae-san last week Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Detective Conan NTV June 27 (Sat) 18:00 30 min. 7.4 Sazae-san Fuji TV June 28 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 7.1 Chibi Maruko-chan Fuji TV June 28 (Sun) 18:00 30 min. 5.2 Doraemon TV Asahi June 27 (Sat) 17:00 30 min. 3.5 Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke NTV June 27 (Sat) 17:30 30 min. 3.5 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 3 NTV June 26 (

Maximum The Hormone performs song for opening sequence The "MAPPA 15th Anniversary Lineup Reveal" livestream event on Friday revealed that the Chainsaw Man anime is getting a smartphone game. The game will feature an opening animated sequence by MAPPA featuring Maximum The Hormone's song "All the Lynch!! All the Mince!!" MAPPA is streaming the animated sequence. The game has an official English X/Twitter account. Tatsuki Fujimoto (Fire Punch) debuted the Chainsaw Man manga in

16 manga including Gachiakuta, Dandadan, One Piece, Witch Hat Atelier, Chainsaw Man, Demon Slayer, The Summer Hikaru Died, My Dress-Up Darling also rank on list The 29th volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for April. This month's list featured 16 manga volumes, including: #1 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 29 #4 — Kei Urana's Gachiakuta volume 1 #5 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 1 #6

Tomodachi Life stays at #1 for 3 weeks straight, SAROS for PS5 debuts at #7 Japan's Game Ranking: April 27-May 3 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw Tomodachi Life Nintendo April 16 150,374 894,312 2 NSw 2 Pokémon Pokopia Nintendo March 5 23,350 950,394 3 NSw 2 Mario Kart World Nintendo June 5, 2025 8,538 2,914,917 4 PS5 Pragmata CAPCOM April 17 8,050 57,306 5 NSw Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru Higashi Nihon-hen + Nishi

Pokémon Pokopia stays at #1 for 6 weeks straight; Starfield debuts at #3 Japan's Game Ranking: April 6-12 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw 2 Pokémon Pokopia Nintendo March 5 23,738 890,909 2 NSw 2 Mario Kart World Nintendo June 5, 2025 7,238 2,895,712 3 PS5 Starfield Bethesda Softworks April 8 5,368 5,368 4 NSw Minecraft Nippon Microsoft June 21, 2018 4,094 4,186,601 5 NSw Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo March 20, 2020 3,831 8,4

17 manga including Gachiakuta , Dandadan , Demon Slayer , The Summer Hikaru Died , Frieren, One Piece , more rank on list The 29th volume of Gege Akutami 's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for February. This month's list featured 17 manga volumes, including: #1 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 29 #3 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 1 #4 — Kei Urana 's Gachiakuta volume 1 #5 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kais

19 manga including Jujutsu Kaisen , Gachiakuta , One Piece , Dragon Ball Super , Demon Slayer , Steel Ball Run , The Summer Hikaru Died also rank on list The 20th volume of Tatsuki Fujimoto 's Chainsaw Man manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for March. This month's list featured 19 manga volumes, including: #1 — Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man volume 20 #2 — Gege Akutami 's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 29 #3 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen

Pokémon Pokopia stays at #1 for 5 weeks straight Japan's Game Ranking: March 30-April 5 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw 2 Pokémon Pokopia Nintendo March 5 45,484 867,171 2 NSw 2 Mario Kart World Nintendo June 5, 2025 8,131 2,888,474 3 NSw Minecraft Nippon Microsoft June 21, 2018 5,186 4,182,507 4 NSw Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection CAPCOM March 27 4,956 23,194 5 NSw Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo March 20, 2020 4,710 8,

Pokémon Pokopia debuts at #1 Japan's Game Ranking: March 2-8 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw 2 Pokémon Pokopia Nintendo March 5 541,371 541,371 2 PS5 Resident Evil requiem (Biohazard requiem) CAPCOM February 27 23,459 178,832 3 NSw 2 Mario Kart World Nintendo June 5, 2025 10,023 2,856,782 4 NSw 2 Mario Tennis Fever Nintendo February 12 9,626 75,831 5 NSw 2 Resident Evil requiem (Biohazard requiem) CAPCOM February 27 6,562 45,355 6 NS

Detective Conan tops Sazae-san for #1 this week Gisaburō Sugii 's Night on the Galactic Railroad anime film aired on NHK Educational on Saturday, March 7 at 2:40 p.m. and earned a 1.1% rating. The Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato anime film aired on Fuji TV on March 6 at 12:45 a.m. and earned a 0.8% rating. The airing celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress anime. Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Det

Film to stream subbed/dubbed Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will begin streaming Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc , the film based on the Reze Arc of Tatsuki Fujimoto 's Chainsaw Man manga, this spring in subtitled and dubbed formats. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has acquired worldwide theatrical rights the film. The company opened the film in theaters in the United States on October 24, several days prior to its originally scheduled October 29 release,

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Switch 2 version debuts at #1 Japan's Game Ranking: January 19-25 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw 2 Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Square Enix January 22 23,428 23,428 2 NSw 2 Mario Kart World Nintendo June 5, 2025 13,812 2,792,701 3 NSw 2 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo January 15 11,605 42,977 4 NSw Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo March 20, 2020 10,070 8,353,179 5 NSw 2 Dynasty

Toonami airs Blue Lock at 1:00 a.m., Tokyo Revengers at 1:30 a.m. Adult Swim 's Toonami programming block revealed on January 24 that it will air both the Blue Lock and Tokyo Revengers anime in the United States starting on February 7 (effectively, February 8). The schedule for February 7 is (all times EDT): 12:00 a.m. – Primal Season 312:30 a.m. – Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 31:00 a.m. – Blue Lock 1:30 a.m. – Tokyo Revengers 2:00 a.m. – One Piece 2:30 a.m. –

Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Switch 2 debuts at #1 Japan's Game Ranking: January 12-18 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw 2 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo January 15 31,372 31,372 2 NSw 2 Mario Kart World Nintendo June 5, 2025 17,639 2,778,889 3 NSw Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16, 2025 9,990 1,587,653 4 NSw Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo March 20, 2020 9,047 8,343,109 5 NSw 2 Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo