Browsing: Anime

Anime credits have used dance to introduce characters, tell small stories and, in the case of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, inspire performances beyond the screen. In its feature published on November 3, 2026, Crunchyroll traces examples from Heidi to “Hare Hare Yukai.”

The Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise keeps expanding as the latest animated series was released after 12 years to explore the exceptional worldbuilding and the captivating characters. After its exciting announcement in 2025, Avatar: Seven Havens premiered in October this year and reached its conclusion in the same month. The series released batches of three…

Satoshi Mizukami’s Spirit Circlemanga is getting an 18-episode anime adaptation. On November 5, 2026, REMOW informed the SoapCentral anime team that the anime will premiere in December 2026 in both Japan and worldwide. A teaser visual, a teaser trailer, the main cast, the main staff, and the ending theme were unveiled in the same announcement.

In the past, an ordinary anime fan with no animation background who wanted to independently serialize a Japanese-style anime series with a consistent art style and complete worldview would mostly be taken as a joke. But this year, such “wild anime series” can be seen everywhere. Even some UP creators used AI to hand-make sequels…

Seiko has a knack for turning beloved anime characters into surprisingly cool watches, and its latest collaboration is no exception. The Japanese watchmaker has teamed up with PREMICO for a limited-edition Lupin the Third (Lupin III) chronograph dedicated to Daisuke Jigen, the series’ effortlessly cool gunman and Lupin’s trusted partner. The watch comes with more…

Fedir Kryshtovskyi06 November 2026 08:03

Anime and manga fans are flocking to towns across Japan, bringing new opportunities to communities grappling with depopulation and economic decline.

Netflix recently released a steampunk western anime, Bass x Machina. Set in a Western era with gunslingers and outlaws. The story follows Bass Reeves, based on a real lawman of the same name, who ventures into the desert with his bionic arm to hunt down his targets, even if it means facing supernatural threats.

Satoshi Mizukami’s manga Spirit Circle is getting a TV anime adaptation, with broadcast and streaming set to begin in December. The 18-episode series is the final directorial work of Tatsuo Sato, who died of liver failure in April 2026 at the age of 61.

The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival wrapped this week, a few days after its content market TIFFCOM, with Japan’s government talking up a JPY20 trillion ($126.6 billion) content export target, and the anime industry arriving with numbers to back it up.