Yamashita's Tatsumaki manga launched on Sunday; Robico to launch new manga in March The official X (formerly Twitter ) account of Shodensha 's Our Feel web manga site announced three new serializations on Sunday. A new manga titled Tatsumaki (Tornado, top in below image) by Tomoko Yamashita ( Ikoku Nikki ) launched on the website on Sunday. Manga creators Kinoshi Wata (middle in bellow image) and Robico ( My Little Monster creator, bottom in below image) will each launch

Kaede Hondo returns to voice new dialogue for teaser The GA Fes 2026 event announced on Sunday that Jougi Shiraishi 's Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina ( Majo no Tabitabi ) light novel series is inspiring a new anime film. The teaser below features Kaede Hondo recording new dialogue as the title character Elaina, as she had done in the previous television anime: Original character designer Azure drew a new illustration to celebrate the news: SB Creative published

Miyu Irino , Saori Hayami , Konomi Kohara , Yōhei Azakami star in MAKARIA anime The GA FES 2026 livestream on Sunday unveiled the teaser promotional video, first key visual, main cast, staff, and July premiere for the television anime  of  Nanigashi Shima  and  raemz 's  Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky  ( Tōmei na Yoru ni Kakeru Kimi to, Me ni Mienai Koi wo Shita. ) novel. The anime stars: Miyu Irino as Kakeru Sorano, a shy college freshman who avoids social intera

Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback ranks at #26; Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc at #27 According to Box Office Mojo, the first film in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle trilogy earned US$718,491,762 worldwide in 2025, making it the seventh top-grossing film worldwide in 2025. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle was also the #2 animated film in the U.S. in 2025 (ranking #18 overall in the U.S. with US$134,487,320), and the #3 animated film

Manga franchise passed 100 million copies in circulation in September 2024 The official X/Twitter account for the Jujutsu Kaisen franchise revealed on December 20 that the manga franchise has 150 million copies in circulation worldwide, including digital copies sold. Shueisha had announced in September 2024 when the manga ended serialization that the manga had 100 million copies in circulation (not sold, but including digital copies). Shueisha did not specify at the time

A Silent Voice 's Naoko Yamada , DAN DA DAN season 2's Abel Góngora helm Science SARU anime The official website for Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia , the television anime of Tomato Soup 's A Witch's Life in Mongol ( Tenmaku no Jādūgar ) manga, posted the anime's teaser promotional video and teaser visual on Saturday. Both announce the anime's main staff and July 2026 premiere. The anime will run in the "IMAnimation W" programming block on TV Asahi and 23 of its affiliate

Blue Miburo season 2 premiere episode earns 4.1% rating The French live-action City Hunter movie, Nicky Larson et le Parfum de Cupidon , aired on TV Tokyo on Saturday, December 20 at 3:05 a.m., and it earned a 0.6% rating. Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV December 21 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 6.4 Detective Conan NTV December 20 (Sat) 18:00 30 min. 6.4 Chibi Maruko-chan Fuji TV December 21 (Sun) 18:00 30 min. 5.0 Blue Miburo season 2 (pre

Mario Kart World stays at #1 Japan's Game Ranking: December 15-21 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw 2 Mario Kart World Nintendo June 5 115,729 2,573,736 2 NSw Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16 72,820 1,470,354 3 NSw 2 Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16 54,096 957,286 4 NSw 2 Kirby Air Riders Nintendo November 20 49,220 377,044 5 NSw 2 Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru Higashi Nihon-hen + Nishi Nihon-hen Kona

Shiono plays up-and-coming 19-year-old storytelling pupil Kaisei Arakawa The staff for the anime of writer Yūki Suenaga and illustrator Takamasa Moue 's Akane-banashi manga announced a new cast member on Saturday. Gekidan Exile actor Akihisa Shiono (Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, Golden Kamuy : Assault on Abashiri Prison) plays Kaisei Arakawa, an up-and-coming 19-year-old pupil of Isshō Arakawa in rakugo , the traditional Japanese art of storytelling. The anime will air on TV

Announced after finale on Sunday The sixth anime series based on Yasuhisa Hara 's Kingdom manga ended on Sunday with an announcement that the series will have a sequel. The sixth anime series premiered on October 4 on NHK General at 24:10 JST (effectively, October 5 at 12:10 a.m. JST). . In the series, the battle between Qin and Zhao begins, and Xin takes up Wang Yi's spear and charge onto the battlefield. The first television anime adaptation premiered in 2012, and a seco

THE ORAL CIGARETTES performs opening theme for new part debuting on January 7 REMOW revealed the creditless opening theme sequence on Saturday for the second cours (quarter of a year) of the television anime adaptation of Takeshi Okano and Shō Makura 's Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube ( Jigoku Sensei Nube ) manga. THE ORAL CIGARETTES perform the opening theme song "ERASE." The new cours will debut in Japan on January 7 at 11:45 p.m. JST. The new cours will stream i

My Hero Academia finale ranks at #4, earning 4.5% rating; The Concierge earns 0.7% rating The Concierge , the anime film of Tsuchika Nishimura 's The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store ( Hokkyoku Hyakkaten no Concierge-san ) manga aired on NHK Educational on Saturday, December 13 at 3:30 p.m. and earned a 0.7% rating. Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV December 14 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 7.1 Detective Conan NTV December 13 (Sat) 18:

Mario Kart World continues its streak at #1 Japan's Game Ranking: December 8-14 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw 2 Mario Kart World Nintendo June 5 103,861 2,458,007 2 NSw Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16 50,292 1,397,534 3 NSw 2 Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16 40,813 903,190 4 NSw 2 Kirby Air Riders Nintendo November 20 39,206 327,824 5 NSw 2 Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru Higashi Nihon-hen + Nishi

1st key visual also presented The staff for the Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Yotsuba Keishō-hen ( The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE - Yotsuba Succession Arc - ) anime film presented its first teaser trailer and first key visual on Saturday. Both announce the film's May 8 premiere. Jimmy Stone is directing the anime at 8-Bit . Taku Iwasaki is composing the music. Tsutomu Satou is credited for the original story and Kana Ishida is credited for the original characte

Kensuke ushio to compose series' music The staff for the television  anime  adaptation of  Kana Akatsuki 's  Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring  novel series started streaming a promotional video on Monday, which revealed the anime's "Winter visual" and spring 2026 debut. The anime's staff also revealed that kensuke ushio is composing the music. The below visual features the Agent of Winter Rōsei Kantsubaki and his Guard Itechō Kangetsu: Ken Yamamoto  ( Uma Musume

Manga launches on January 13 Akita Shoten announced on Tuesday that the new full-fledged direct sequel manga Hiroshi Takahashi 's Crows and Worst manga will be titled Dustland. The publisher shared an illustration of the characters Hibari and Sanzо̄, who live in Toaru City, and the logo, which also features the words Crows x Worst ." Dustland will launch in the third 2026 issue of Akita Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Champion magazine on January 13. The sequel marks Takahashi'

"Additional Digimon & Episode Pack 2: GAKU-RAN" introduces new Digivolution routes, Hiroko questline Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming on Monday a new trailer for the Digimon Story Time Stranger game , and it reveals the second DLC pack "Additional Digimon & Episode Pack 2: GAKU-RAN," which will launch in January 2026. The new DLC pack will introduce new Digivolution routes for Mega Digimon and a questline centering on Hiroko Sagisaka. The game's first DLC pack

Game ends service on March 30 with offline version update available until April 29 The official website for CAPCOM and GungHo Online Entertainment 's Teppen smartphone game announced on Monday that the game is ending service on March 30 at 11:00 p.m. EDT. The game will get an offline version available through an update following the end of service. The offline version will allow players to use all cards they have obtained, and it will save their past play data. The game has

Announced after episode 12 on Saturday The 12th episode from the television anime of Firehead and YahaKo 's A Wild Last Boss Appeared! light novel series ended on Saturday with a special video announcing a second season: The staff describes the anime: In the year 2800 of the Mizgard calendar, Rufus Mafarl — feared as the Black-Winged Conqueror — faces his final battle against the heroes known as the Seven Heroes. After an intense fight, his reign of domination comes to an

Company to release deluxe edition for Vassalord manga Tokyopop announced on Thursday the folowing releases: Title: Kyo Aizawa Doesn't Laugh manga Creator: cojomo Summary: 28 year old otaku Suzuki Tsukako visits a marriage consulting office, but the counselor there is a shinigami who forces a contract on her and tells her that she can't get married in a year she'll die. Title: The Villainess' Bride manga Creator: Akiko Kawano Summary: One day, Karina, a lady who has been gr