Crunchyroll Adds Six New Anime and Sound! Euphonium Dub
The announcement locks in a slate of fall 2026 and early 2027 simulcasts, with Eleceed pushed to early 2027 and Uncle's Obsession with Cute Things set for an October 4 debut.
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Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! Anime Casts Shizuka Ishigami as Arisu Terui
The reveal adds Arisu Terui to the student council lineup as the anime heads toward its October premiere, with the production team now fully assembled.
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SuBLime Licenses Three New Boys-Love Manga for 2027
The announcement, made on Yaoi Day, adds three new titles to SuBLime's 2027 slate, including works from established creators like Ogeretsu Tanaka.
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Witch on the Holy Night Film Reveals Double Visual, Game Smartphone Version
The same-day release of the smartphone version and the film ties the game's availability directly to the film's opening, giving new audiences a direct path to the source material.
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OpenAI Rebuts Apple Lawsuit, Says It Would Have Explained If Asked
Apple's request for expedited discovery signals the case is expanding from individual allegations to implicate OpenAI as a whole, potentially affecting its AI device development.
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Saga of Tanya the Evil II Episode 4 Review: The Cost of Victory
The episode reframes Rudersdorf's militarism as personal grief, showing that even Tanya's cold logic sees peace as the best option while The Empire's leaders choose a pyrrhic victory.
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Iceblade Sorcerer Season 2 Reveals New Cast, October Debut
The season 2 announcement confirms a studio change to Zero-G and a recast for Elisa Griffith, while keeping the director and several voice actors from the first season.
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Shueisha Announces Game Based on Honobu Yonezawa's Seasons of Books and Keys
The announcement brings Yonezawa's Library Committee Series to games with a new original episode written by the author, expanding the franchise beyond print.
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This Week's Japanese Animation TV Rankings
The weekly rankings show the continued dominance of long-running family anime in household ratings, with newer series like Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch and Elusive Samurai trailing in the mid-2% range.
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Jaadugar Tops ANN Summer 2026 Rankings, Ghost in the Shell Second
The weekly reader rankings show Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia leading the Summer 2026 season, with The Ghost in the Shell close behind, indicating strong early reception for both series.
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North American Anime, Manga Releases: July 26-August 1
The week's slate pairs a long-awaited Genshiken anime collection with the Re:ZERO Season 3 Blu-ray, while Yen Press and Kodansha lead the manga side with new series launches.
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Tomb Raider King Review Finds a Shallow Wish Fulfillment Tale
The review's central complaint is that the series' cynical, out-for-himself protagonist and recycled gaming tropes undercut any potential the opening episode showed.
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Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Episode 4 Keeps the Leads Adorkable
The episode confirms the show's appeal rests on Sasaki and Tayama/Yamada's chemistry rather than its plot, and the reviewer says it delivers that appeal.
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Ritsu Joins MewType in BanG Dream! YUME∞MITA
Ritsu's move to MewType shifts the series' central conflict from Viola's manipulation to the work of rebuilding trust within a healthier group.
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Manga Mavericks Books Licenses Three New Manga at Otakon
The slate pairs two digital-first releases by a single creator with a pandemic-era travelogue, giving the publisher a mix of indie anthology roots and a personal memoir-style work.
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Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games Review: FGC Translation Is the Real Fight
The review highlights how the anime's authenticity, from real Street Fighter footage to untranslated FGC terms, is both its strength and its biggest subtitling hurdle.
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KAIST Unveils ComiXR, an Open-Source XR Platform for Webtoons
ComiXR moves webtoons off the smartphone screen into physical space, with eye-tracking dialogue reveals and haptic feedback, positioning XR comics as a complementary medium for exhibitions and education.
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Chainsmoker Cat Episode 5 Trades Gross-Out for Story
The episode shows Chainsmoker Cat can carry a straight dramatic story, which suggests the series has more range than its shock-value gags implied.
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Slime Voice Duo Still Find Rimuru and Raphael Challenging After Four Seasons
Four seasons in, the pair still do not rehearse their scenes together, so each test recording is a fresh discovery of how the other will play it.
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Cagaster Creator Kacho Hashimoto Launches New Manga in September
Hashimoto's new series marks her return to Magazine Pocket after ending Lucciola's Merchant Travelogue in February 2025, giving readers a fresh supernatural duo from the Cagaster creator.
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Rafal Jaki and Machine Gamu Launch Brain Alive Manga
Brain Alive marks the second collaboration between Jaki and Machine Gamu, following their previous manga No\Name, and expands Jaki's manga work beyond Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
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Magical Explorer TV Anime Debuts in October
The October debut confirms the anime's release window and introduces the main cast and staff, giving fans a concrete timeline for the adaptation.
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Live-Action Wandance Film Trailer Reveals &TEAM Theme Song
The trailer confirms the film's musical identity with &TEAM's theme song and locks in a November 27 release date, giving the live-action adaptation a clear path to theaters.
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Rebel 3199 Seventh Film Teaser Uses Original Be Forever Yamato Ending Song
The teaser's use of the original film's ending theme ties the new seventh film directly to the 1980 Be Forever Yamato, reinforcing the sequel's continuity with the classic anime.
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