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There is a moment at the end of every massive convention when the collective exhaustion of the crowd gives way to pure, unadulterated hype. VIZ Media understood the assignment. Closing out Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles, the pop-culture powerhouse packed the house for a showcase that didn’t just tease the future—it outright commanded it

North America’s largest anime convention delivered its most announcement-dense two days in recent memory this weekend in Los Angeles, with the Crunchyroll Showcase on July 3 functioning as a live showcase of Sony’s vertically integrated anime empire: a Solo Leveling theatrical film now in production, a confirmed Steel Ball Run premiere date, Akira returning to…

The upcoming film adaptation of Children of Blood & Bone has found itself in the middle of an unexpected controversy months ahead of its theatrical debut, with Amandla Stenberg and author Tomi Adeyemi now publicly at odds. Adeyemi revealed this week that she is distancing herself from the highly anticipated adaptation, saying she will neither…

Stray Kids has become a permanent fixture on the global music charts by establishing its unprecedented era of commercial endurance by maintaining a 100-week Billboard run on the Billboard World Albums chart. As noted by many industry stakeholders, the historic Stray Kids 100 weeks Billboard chart feat is quite massive for a K-pop boy group…