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

Boy band FANTASTICS member Yūsei Yagi, actors Keisuke Watanabe, Omi Natsuki co-star in film The staff for the live-action film based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's BLUE LOCK soccer manga confirmed three more cast members on Monday. The film's staff also announced that the film will screen in MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema starting on August 21. Additionally, cheering screenings (in which audiences are allowed to shout at and interact with the film) will be held at fiv

Magical Girl Witch Trials Switch version debuts at #2, Echoes of Aincrad at #5 Japan's Game Ranking: July 6-12 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw Rhythm Heaven Groove Nintendo July 2 126,073 519,451 2 NSw Magical Girl Witch Trials Re,AER July 9 21,283 21,283 3 NSw Tomodachi Life Nintendo April 16 20,827 1,457,949 4 PS5 Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Ubisoft July 9 17,152 17,152 5 PS5 Echoes of Aincrad Bandai Namco Entertainment Jul

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

BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai anime debuted on February 26 Netflix announced on Wednesday that BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai , the anime of Keisuke Itagaki 's first Baki-Dou manga, has ranked at #2 on its Weekly Global Top 10 for Non-English Shows list. The series had a total of 3.4 million views with approximately 18.5 million hours viewed and an average watch time of 5 hours and 29 minutes. The series is only behind The Art of Sarah: Limited Series on the list. Th

Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Interactive Movie earns US$83,276 Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era ( Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Shinjidai no Tobira ), the latest anime film in the Uma Musume Pretty Derby franchise , opened at #13 at the United States box office and earned an estimated US$900,000 over its first three days. The Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Interactive Movie opened at #27 and earned US$83,276 in its first three days at the U.S. box off

Summer film casts Ishikawa as Jingo Raichi, Iwanaga as Okuhito Iemon The official X/Twitter account for the live-action film based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura 's BLUELOCK soccer manga announced two new cast members on Monday and Tuesday. The staff announced on Monday that Raizo Ishikawa plays Jingo Raichi: The staff then announced on Tuesday that Joey Iwanaga (live-action Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Final , Tokyo Tribe ) plays Okuhito Iemon: The account has

Entertainment news website Deadline reported on Tuesday that film distribution company NEON (Oscar-winning films Parasite, Anora U.S. distributor) will begin screening the live-action film of KOTAKE CREATE 's infinite-loop horror game The Exit 8 ( 8-Ban Deguchi ) in North America on April 10. The film opened in Japan on August 29, and ranked at #2 in its opening weekend. The film sold 672,000 tickets and earned 960,867,600 yen (about US$6.46 million) in its first three days

Shō Nishigaki , Yuki Tachibana play Asahi Naruhaya, Gin Gagamaru in summer film The official X/Twitter account for the live-action film based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura 's BLUELOCK soccer manga announced two more cast members this weekend. The staff announced on Saturday that Shō Nishigaki (live-action Apollo's Song , Stella Next to Me , Romantic Killer ) plays Asahi Naruhaya: The staff then announced on Sunday that Yūki Tachibana (live-action Honeko Akaba

Nomura plays Rensuke Kunigami in summer 2026 film The official X/Twitter account for the live-action film based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura 's BLUELOCK soccer manga revealed on Thursday that Kōta Nomura will play Rensuke Kunigami. The first visual shows the character, and the second visual zooms in on his eyes. The account is unveiling a new character everyday. A previous visual showed the eyes of 12 characters, the members of Team Z. Fumiya Takahashi plays t

Film moves into post-production at Skywalker Sound with music by 70-piece orchestra Nintendo began streaming a new video for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie , the sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie , on Sunday. The video offers the first look at Yoshi in the film, and it also announces that the film will open in North America and the United Kingdom two days earlier on Wednesday, April 1. Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri added on Sunday that the animation in t

Series recorded 6.1 million views during week of December 29 - January 4 The Netflix series Cashero continues to gain momentum in its second week of release, climbing to No. 1 on the platform's Global Top 10 Non-English TV Shows list for the week of December 29 through January 4. The webtoon-based series, which follows a working-class hero whose superpowers increase in proportion to the money he spends, recorded 6.1 million views during the week. The show ranked in the Top 1