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Heart-yo wears a costume depicting a member of a private cheering squad during the Jimi Halloween 2026 event, hosted by Daily Portal Z in Tokyo. Photograph: Tomohiro Ohsumi/The Guardian. Smallest Font Largest Font

Licensor base grows to 30+ since July launch as AniBiz opens signup to companies worldwide seeking to license anime IP

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced a former University of Tokyo professor to two years in prison, suspended for three years, and fined him about ¥1.83 million for accepting bribes over a joint research project at the university’s graduate school.

Tokyo Comic Con celebrates its 10th anniversary with Hollywood film and TV guests at Makuhari Messe

VRChat-compatible digital fashion based on the TV anime Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- is coming to “TOKYO AVATAR GATE” (Tokyo Avatar Gate), a digital fashion marketplace run by ARROVA Co., Ltd. The marketplace sells metaverse items created in official collaboration with Japanese manga, anime, and game titles. The collection is released in two waves,…

TV TOKYO announced on October 16 that it has entered into a capital and business alliance with Whomor, a company involved in illustration production and merchandise development for anime IP. TV TOKYO has acquired a 19.92% stake in Whomor and aims to expand its merchandising business through continued collaboration.

MAPPA, the animation studio behind “Jujutsu Kaisen,” “Chainsaw Man” and the final season of “Attack on Titan,” takes over the Yurakucho Museum with an exhibition dedicated to its catalog. The expo runs through early December, leaving plenty of time to plan a visit.

The story and preview cuts for Episode 52 of Tokyo Revengers: Three Deities War Arc have been released. This episode will air on Japanese television stations on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 1:23 AM (JST). Following its broadcast in Japan, it is scheduled to be distributed on international streaming platforms as well.

The mid-2010s marked the dawn of anime’s shift from a niche interest to a mainstream fixture of pop culture. Attack on Titan dominated the zeitgeist, sure—but if you were into anime and manga back then, chances are Sui Ishida’s dark fantasy series, Tokyo Ghoul, had you in a chokehold. It’s also a series that inspires…