Its manga will move to Comic Flapper magazine or KadoComi site The April issue of Kadokawa 's Comic Alunna magazine announced on Tuesday that the magazine will cease publication, with the April issue as the magazine's last issue. Some of the manga serializing in the magazine will either move to Comic Alunna 's sister magazine Comic Flapper , or Kadokawa's KadoComi website. Kadokawa launched Comic Alunna in July 2022 as a spinoff from Comic Flapper . The manga focused o

Shimba Tsuchiya , Maaya Uchida , Romi Park , Katsuyuki Konishi , Haruki Ishiya join anime's cast The staff for the television anime of Kazuto Mihara 's The World Is Dancing manga revealed on Tuesday the anime's teaser promotional video, additional cast and staff members, and July premiere on the Tokyo MX and BS Asahi channels. The newly announced cast members for the anime are: Shimba Tsuchiya as Ishiya Maaya Uchida as Kogane Romi Park as Zōjirō Katsuyuki Konishi as

Taito Ban , Miku Itō , Haruka Shiraishi , Jun Fukuyama join cast The official website for the television anime of Fuurou 's The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects ( Ryōmin 0-nin Start no Henkyō Ryōshu-sama ) light novel series revealed on Tuesday the anime's first promotional video, first key visual, additional cast members, and July premiere. The newly announced cast members are: Taito Ban as Klaus Miku Itō as Senai Haruka Shiraishi as Aihan Jun Fukuyama as Eld

Katsuyuki Konishi , Natsuki Hanae , Yoshimasa Hosoya , more join anime's cast The staff for the television anime of Mikihisa Konishi 's Petals of Reincarnation ( Reincarnation no Kaben ) manga unveiled on Tuesday the anime's third trailer, third key visual, 10 additional cast members, and April 2 premiere. The video previews the opening theme song "Glitch*" by eill , and the ending theme song "ZERO" by Sizuk . The newly announced cast members are: Katsuyuki Konishi as Xian

Series starts on July 4, stage play runs from December 3-13 The Eikyū Shōnen Eternal Boys original anime series is getting a live-action television series adaptation on July 4 at 9:30 p.m. JST on BS12 and a stage play running from December 3-13 at I'M A SHOW in Yurakocho, Tokyo. Each episode of the live-action series will be 15 minutes long. The casts for both adaptations are the same and include: Gaku Matsumoto as Kentaro Sanada Kōhei Nakatsuka as Daisuke Yamanaka Sōichir

Idol unit AiScReam, Yōko Hikasa , Akira Ishida , Reina Ueda , more honored The organizers of the 20th Annual Seiyū Awards announced the winners on Sunday. The winners include: Best Lead Actor Award Award for best leading performances from an actor during the year Kikunosuke Toya Shion Wakayama Best Supporting Actor Award Award for best supporting performances from an actor during the year Reina Ueda Shinji Kawada Mayumi Tanaka Best New Actor Award Award for noteworthy perform

Taichi Kusano , Daiki Hamano star in Battle Spirits [Re] Zekkai no Kū directed by Masashi Kudo A website opened on Saturday to reveal the Battle Spirits [Re] Zekkai no Kū title for the new television anime series in Bandai's Battle Spirits multimedia franchise . The website also revealed the anime's teaser promotional video, teaser visual, main cast and staff members, and fall premiere. The anime will star: Taichi Kusano as Kū Bashin, a cheerful, positive, sincere fan of

New season initially slated for July The official X (formerly Twitter ) account for the television anime of Nigojū and Umibōzu 's The Detective Is Already Dead ( Tantei wa Mō, Shindeiru. ) light novel series announced on Sunday that the second season will now premiere in October 2026 due to production issues. Kadokawa previously announced the second season would air in July 2026. Manabu Kurihara returns to direct the second season at ENGI . Deko Akao is again in charge

Hiroshi Shirokuma , Haruka Shiraishi , Yō Taichi , Rumi Ōkubo , more join cast The official website for Farming Life in Another World 2 , the second anime season based on Kinosuke Naito 's Farming Life in Another World ( Isekai Nonbiri Nōka ) light novel series, announced more cast members and the April 6 premiere for the season. The newly announced cast members are: Hiroshi Shirokuma as Doss Haruka Shiraishi as Hiterto Yō Taichi as Foosh Rumi Ōkubo as Kupid Jun Fukuya

JYOCHO performs ending theme for series debuting on April 4 The staff for the television anime adaptation of Enju 's Kusunoki's Garden of Gods ( Kami no Niwatsuki Kusunoki-tei ) light novel series began streaming a third promotional video on Saturday. The staff also revealed a new visual, and revealed that JYOCHO will perform the ending theme song "Utamahi." The below video previews Miyu Irino 's opening theme song. The anime will debut on TV Asahi 's "NUMAnimation" prog

Singer-songwriter Ako performs ending song "Harmony" The official website for the anime of Chikyu no Sakana Ponchan 's Kirio Fan Club manga began streaming its second promotional video on Saturday (the unofficial White Day holiday in Japan). The video announces and previews the ending theme song "Harmony" by singer-songwriter Ako , and it also previews the opening theme song "FANCLUB" by Skirt and ODD Foot Works . (The below video has English subtitles that can be toggled

Film's director Takashi Taniguchi composes, sings insert song for film opening on March 20 The staff for Oshiri-Mae Man ~Fukkatsu no Oshiri-Mae Teikoku! ( Oshiri-Front Man -The Movie or literally, Butt-Front Man: The Revived Butt-Front Empire), the first anime feature film from Takashi Taniguchi — the independent director behind such absurdist comedy anime as Onara Goro and Mori no Andō — began streaming on Saturday a full 3DCG music video for the film's insert song "U

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

Sonya Belousova, Giona Ostinelli, Au/Ra collaborate for "Am I Enough (Tony Tony Chopper)" The staff for One Piece: Into the Grand Line , the second live-action season based on Eiichiro Oda 's One Piece manga unveiled a new song "Am I Enough (Tony Tony Chopper)" based on the character Chopper (pictured below the video). The song is a collaboration between the series' songwriters, composers, and music producers Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli (The Witcher) and Austrian s

5-episode seriestarring Hana Sugisaki , Mikako Tabe debuts on Amazon Prime Video on June 12 WOWOW announced on Tuesday that it is producing a live-action mini-series adaptation of Tsunami Umino 's Kuroema Chole et Emma manga that will debut streaming worldwide exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on June 12. The series will have five episodes. Hana Sugisaki (left in visual above) will play Emma, while Mikako Tabe (right) will play Chloe. The manga's story begins when Emma,

Creator Shinichirō Watanabe attached to project based on Manglobe 's 2004 anime Entertainment news website Variety reported on Tuesday that Tomorrow Studios (live-action adaptations of One Piece and Cowboy Bebop ), a partnership between producer Marty Adelstein (Prison Break, Teen Wolf) and ITV Studios, is working on a live-action adaptation of Shinichirō Watanabe and Manglobe 's Samurai Champloo television anime. Series creator Watanabe (director of the Cowboy Bebop a

Video previews Rosalina, Koopalings, Bellabel Park multiplayer games Nintendo began streaming an overview trailer on Tuesday for Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park, the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of its Super Mario Bros. Wonder 2D platforming game , and it reveals the new Flower transformation and Double Badge support. The video also previews Rosalina and her elephant form, Co-Star Luma, the Koopalings, and the multiplayer games. T

3rd pack titled "Anti-ParadoX" Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming on Tuesday a new trailer for the Digimon Story Time Stranger game , and it reveals that the third DLC pack "Additional Digimon & Episode Pack 3 Anti-ParadoX" will launch on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. EDT (trailer lists Thursday, March 12, which is the release date in Japan): The game's first DLC pack "Additional Digimon & Episode Pack 1: Alternate Dimension" launched on December 8. The DLC pack include

Whisper of the Heart screens on April 21, The Secret World of Arrietty screens on May 19 exclusively in IMAX theaters GKIDS announced on Tuesday that it will screen the 4K restoration of Studio Ghibli 's Whisper of the Heart and The Secret World of Arrietty films exclusively and for the first time in IMAX theaters in the U.S. and Canada on April 21 and May 19, respectively. The films will screen with Japanese audio and English subtitles, as well as with the English dub .