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Netflix has released its weekly anime schedule for Aug 3 to 9, 2026, outlining when subscribers can expect new episodes of ongoing simulcasts alongside fresh premieres arriving this month. The full August lineup combines continuing seasonal series such as One Piece: Elbaf Arc and Daemons of the Shadow Realm, with new additions including The Ribbon…

A Japanese creative startup and one of Japan’s largest publishers launched a project today that turns the conventional anime production pipeline inside out. Rather than making a show and then marketing it with a polished opening sequence, KUROGO and Kodansha Creators Lab debuted the Synchro Project (シンクロプロジェクト) on Wednesday — commissioning fully realized anime opening…

Entertainment service company KUROGO, with support from publisher Kodansha’s Creative’s Lab, has launched SYNXRO PROJECT, a new initiative that revolves around opening animations of fictional anime. The project hopes to build new IPs out of these openings, and will release a new work for each remaining month of 2026.

한국어 The Donald Trump administration has drawn protests from Japan after using popular anime characters, including those from Pokémon and Naruto, without permission in promotional videos backing its immigration crackdown and other policy initiatives, according to the Mainichi Shimbun and other Japanese media on Tuesday.