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It is that time of the year, when the grey skies and essence of petrichor are puting us all in a cozy, ruminative mood. If you have found yourself staring outside the window, getting lost in some faraway world of your own as the raindrops splash onto the panes and create a musical backdrop, it…

If you’re an anime and manga fan who thought Casio and Seiko were the only Japanese watchmakers behind big-ticket collaborations, think again. Garrack, an affordable brand best known for its jazzy tributes to popular franchises, has just launched a model marking the return of Ghost in the Shell.

Hana Hishikawa: Riirii is a character that gives herself over to highly emotional expressions. It’s not common to have a character like that, so it was a lot of fun, but also a challenge. I hadn’t played a character like that before.

Mission: Yozakura Family Season 2 debuted its full English dub on Hulu yesterday, July 15, 2026 — the first major spy-action anime to build its power system not on metaphysical energy but on heritable molecular biology, as Anime News Network confirmed when Hulu announced the July 15 launch date back in June. All 12 dubbed…

Nearly a year after its initial announcement, Mercedes and the Waning Moon: The Dungeoneering Feats of a Discarded Vampire Aristocrat has its first real production reveal: a teaser trailer, a key visual, a full cast and staff listing, and a confirmed January 2027 premiere window. Wednesday’s disclosure — released alongside the fifth light novel volume…

Mebius Dust, the anime seven years in the making from a public story competition winner, is now streaming on Crunchyroll — and Episode Two arrived Thursday at 1:30 AM ET, just hours from now. Before that happens, the show deserves a closer look than its premise summary suggests: underneath the superpowers and the territory games,…

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2026 is only halfway over, but even so, many Shonen Jump series are being cancelled sooner than expected. Launched in 2014, Shueisha’s official manga platform, Shonen Jump+, has been serializing original Shonen series alongside catering to other manga demographics, including Seinen. It’s one of the biggest manga platforms as of now, with several globally renowned series under its belt,…

Naruto made big news earlier this week when it was announced that Lionsgate and Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton were full steam ahead with the live-action adaptation. Set to bring Masashi Kishimoto’s shonen story to Hollywood, rumors have swirled regarding what this look at the Hidden Leaf Village will look like on…

The studio that spent five decades teaching children what it meant to be human through adaptations of Western literature is about to ask aliens the same question. 20001: An Earth Odyssey, a Japanese animated short co-produced by Nippon Animation and Salamander Pictures, will have its world premiere this Saturday, July 18, at the 30th Fantasia…