Browsing: Trigger

We got the chance to chat with Francis Lawrence, director of the forthcoming Red Rising movie, who let us in on some exciting updates about the project and its current status at Paramount.

Square Enix invited SmashPad to the final U.S. showing of the Chrono Trigger Orchestra Concert: Melodies Across Time, and as a big fan of both Square and the genre, I had to go. It also helped that I was already in LA for the Metaphor: ReFantazio concert just days before, so it made sense to…

The World Trigger reboot anime has revealed its first footage and new character designs for the upcoming “Black Trigger Retrieval Arc.” Toei Animation is producing a new version of the series’ early story, beginning with the first chapter of Daisuke Ashihara’s manga.  

Homelander has a new voice in The Boys: Trigger Warning, a virtual reality stealth-action game set in the universe of the Prime Video series. Released earlier in 2026, the game features voice actor Jake Green as the ruthless superhero instead of Antony Starr, who portrayed the character throughout the television show’s five-season run.

World Trigger Vol. 30 debuted at No. 1 on Japan’s weekly manga ranking dated October 12, 2026, with an estimated 114,666 copies sold during the September 28–October 4 tracking period. Nine of this week’s Top 10 titles were new entries, driving combined Top 10 sales to 427,852 copies. Black Butler Vol. 36 was the only…

Every year, Studio Trigger visits Otakon to discuss their newest and upcoming projects. More recently, the studio has started bringing its young talent to the convention to meet international fans. This year’s roster included animators Ichigo Kanno and Kazuki Chiba, who both joined Trigger around the same time. Kanno is responsible for the 90s-style character…