Yūma Uchida , Sora Amamiya star in series about youths traveling to find book about electricity Kyoto Animation announced during its "KyoAni no Sekai-ten" ("Meet the Worlds of KyoAni") event on Saturday that its planned anime adaptation of Hiro Yūki 's 20 Seiki Denki Mokuroku (20th Century Electricity Catalog) novel will be a television anime that will air in 2026. The anime will be titled 20 Seiki Denki Mokuroku Eureka Evrika (romanization not confirmed). The below vid

Yen Press releases series in English about boy who inherits power from witch Kadokawa announced on Saturday during the " Fantasia Bunko Hōsōkyoku Aki no Dai Kanshasai" livestream event that author Koushi Tachibana and illustrator Tsunako 's King's Proposal ( Ōsama no Propose ) light novel series has an anime adaptation in the works. The event did not reveal any further details about the anime. Tsunako drew the below celebration illustration. Yen Press is releasing the li

More details to be revealed on November 20 Kadokawa announced on Saturday during the " Fantasia Bunko Hōsōkyoku Aki no Dai Kanshasai" livestream event that Full Metal Panic! light novel author Shoji Gatoh is launching a new project with Kadokawa's Fantasia Bunko imprint. Kadokawa will reveal more details on November 20, the same day the third volume of Full Metal Panic! Family will ship. The original Full Metal Panic! light novel series debuted in 1998, and Fujimi Shobo

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Switch version debuts at #1, Switch 2 version at #2 Japan's Game Ranking: October 13-19 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16 872,552 872,552 2 NSw 2 Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16 612,905 612,905 3 NSw 2 Mario Kart World Nintendo June 5 55,996 1,931,393 4 PS5 Ghost of Yotei Sony Interactive Entertainment October 2 18,930 165,902 5 NSw Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario G

Spy×Family season 3 ranks at #6 with 2.6% rating Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV October 19 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 7.5 Chibi Maruko-chan Fuji TV October 19 (Sun) 18:00 30 min. 6.4 Detective Conan NTV October 18 (Sat) 18:00 30 min. 6.0 My Hero Academia final season NTV October 18 (Sat) 17:30 30 min. 3.5 One Piece Fuji TV October 19 (Sun) 23:15 30 min. 2.8 Doraemon TV Asahi October 18 (Sat) 17:00 30 min. 2.6 Spy×Family season 3 TV Tokyo

WEBTOON hosts panels featuring editors, producers behind Lore Olympus, The Mafia Nanny, unOrdinary WEBTOON is making its debut at LightBox Expo 2025, which is being held from October 24-26 at the Pasadena Convention Center in California. At the event, WEBTOON is hosting a lineup of creator- and editor-led panels aimed at helping both aspiring and professional artists expand their opportunities in digital storytelling. Featured WEBTOON creators Purpah ( Suitor Armor ), GRAVE

Masahito Soda , Kuro Tomiyama 's Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange went on hiatus earlier this month This year's 22nd issue of Shogakukan 's Big Comic Superior magazine announced on Friday that Masahito Soda and Kuro Tomiyama will launch a new as-yet untitled motorsports-themed manga in the magazine this coming spring. Soda and Tomiyama launched the  Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange ( Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange ) manga (seen right) in  Kodansha 's Monthly Sh

All titles are 90s to early 2000s titles WWWave Corporation 's new anime streaming platform OceanVeil announced on Thursday that it is partnering with Softgarage to release a number of anime titles from the 1990s to early 2000s, with all the titles except for one available now. The titles include: I’m Not Going Back Now  ( Boku wa Konomama Kaeranai ) Description: The story follows a love triangle between two male friends, Ritsuro and Ken, and Ritsuro's girlfriend. One deli

"Spot the difference" game launches in spring 2026 Konami and ADK Emotions announced on Friday Konami will release the first arcade game in the Sazae-san franchise, titled Sazae-san Machigai Sagashi (Sazae-san Spot the Difference). The arcade game is slated to launch in spring 2026. The game features a single-player mode, a versus mode for two people, and a challenge mode. In the game, players find the differences between two presented pictures. Konami will exhibit the ga

Series reveals new visual, 2 more cast members The official website for the television anime adaptation of Suisei 's Yūsha Party ni Kawaii Ko ga Itanode, Kokuhaku Shite Mita ( There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her ) light novel series and Kairi 's manga adaptation revealed the show's January 6 debut, as well as a main visual and two more cast members on Friday. The anime will debut on January 6 at 11:00 p.m. JST on Tokyo MX , HBC , RKB Main

"Song battle series" franchise created by Noriyasu Agematsu originally launched in 2017 Kadokawa announced on Friday that it, Elements Garden , and anime studio ENGI are collaborating on the Ghost Concert: missing Songs television anime, which will debut in 2026. The project revealed a teaser visual and teaser promo video, as well as the main cast, staff, and plot. Kadokawa stated the project is a new entry in the "song battle series" following the Symphogear franchise.

POKÉTOON short stars Yūma Uchida , Kana Hanazawa The Pokémon Company began streaming a new " POKÉTOON " anime short on Friday. The short is titled "Ashita mo Sirnight to" (Tomorrow With Gardevoir Too). The short stars Yūma Uchida as Yūgo and Kana Hanazawa as Gardevoir. The short focuses on Yūgo, a deliveryman who spends his days lively at work every day. His partner Gardevoir is always at his side, watching over him. At some point in their past, they worked to become a ch

Atsumi Tanezaki , Mitsuho Kambe , Akio Ōtsuka star in series debuting in January 2026 The official website for the television anime of Shun Umezawa 's The Darwin Incident ( Darwin Jihen ) manga revealed the show's first promotional video on Friday, along with the three main cast members and a key visual. The anime will star: Atsumi Tanezaki as Charlie Mitsuho Kambe as Lucy Eldred Akio Ōtsuka as Rivera Feyerabend The anime will debut in January 2026 and will air on TV T

Magical girl series launched in U.S. on October 20 K-pop girl group ILLIT's original webtoon Summer Moon: The Quprids is expanding beyond Korea to six global regions, including the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, and France. According to HYBE , localized versions of SUMMER MOON debuted on WEBTOON 's global platforms. The series launched on October 20 in the U.S., Taiwan, and Thailand; and on October 21 in Japan and Indonesia. The series will launch in Fra

The Unbelievable Cinema was recognized in print category, while other 4 winners were webtoons The Korea Cartoonist Association and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced the five winners of the 2025 “Today's Korean Comics” awards on October 22. The honored works are Yard for Two , Rhythm and Baseball , The Long Way of the Warrior , The Unbelievable Cinema , and On the Way to Meet Mom . Among them, The Unbelievable Cinema was recognized in the print-comic categ

New arc featuring Blueberry Academy begins on October 31 The staff of the Pokémon: Horizons anime began streaming on Friday a trailer for the new arc "Rising Again." The trailer previews the new opening theme song "Iolite" by Eve . The video is not available outside of Japan: The anime will enter its new arc on October 31. In the new arc, the characters will go to Blueberry Academy, originally introduced in "The Indigo Disk" DLC from the Pokémon Scarlet/Violet games. New

Anthology series adapts short stories created by Chainsaw Man creator The official website for the Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 anthology anime series posted eight promotional videos on Wednesday. Each video previews one of the eight shorts in the project and the unique vision each short's director had. The anthology series includes the following titles, cast, and staff: Title: A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin' in the SchoolyardStory: A tale of two survivors' bond in

Ad-free plan rises from US$16.99 to US$18.49 on Tuesday The HBO Max streaming service revealed on Tuesday that it has increased the monthly price for the basic plan with ads from US$9.99 to US$10.99 per month, the ad-free plan from US$16.99 to US$18.49, and the premium plan from US$20.99 to US$22.99, effective immediately. The yearly plans have risen from US$109.99, US$184.99, and US$229.99, respectively. The service is also available in a bundle with Disney+ and Hulu for

Anime screens early on October 30 in Italy, gets stage event with Jun Fukushima in S. Korea on December 7 Kadokawa revealed on Tuesday that the television anime of Rocket Shokai 's Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 ( Yūsha-kei ni Shosu: Chōbatsu Yūsha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku ) light novel series will get a premiere screening for its 60-minute first episode at the Lucca Comics & Games 2025 event in Italy on October 30 at 12:00 p.m. The anime

May Tachibana , Nao Ojika star as magical sisters Lily & Lulu Bandai Namco Filmworks unveiled on Tuesday the "pilot film," teaser visual, main cast, staff, and April 2026 premiere for Mahō no Shimai Lulutto Lily (Magical Sisters Lulutto Lily), the new magical girl television  anime  that it is presenting with Studio Pierrot .  The anime will star:  May Tachibana as Fū Nonoyama (left in image below), a cheerful, naive elementary school girl and the younger of the Nonoyama