Anime

animeevent 1 sources · Sep 14

AIgekijo2026 to Screen 40 AI Short Films at United Cinemas Odaiba

The event moves generative AI video from timeline scrolling to a theater screen, and the follow-up to the 2025 edition's 170 attendees is the clearest test of whether AI shorts are judged on storytelling rather than the novelty of their tools.

ASCII.jp
anime 8 sources · Sep 14

Gundam RG XARX-ZERO To Air In April 2027 With Kenji Kamiyama Directing

The anime and game are pitched as two views of one shared history rather than a game adaptation, which makes the April 2027 broadcast the franchise's attempt to build a new timeline across two media at once.

Anime News Network, 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, and 2 more
anime 1 sources · Sep 14

Shogun Season 2 Wraps Filming In Vancouver

The wrap locks the production into post, and the name-heavy cast list Marks' post sits behind shows how much of the show's Japan-side weight now rests on a returning ensemble plus a new intake of established Japanese actors.

Cinema Today
animeevent 1 sources · Sep 13

Abema Anime Matsuri 2026 Reveals Goods, Food, and Stage Lineup

The goods and food details arriving days before the September 19 opening, alongside a five-day public broadcast that starts September 14, show the event spreading a two-day festival across multiple Shibuya venues and a full week of programming.

Nijimen
animerelease 1 sources · Sep 13

BanG Dream! Yume∞Mita Reveals Yumemita Visual And Blu-ray Jacket

The reveal bundles the character visual, the episode 13 live scene that supplies the lower volume jacket art, and both disc prices into a single announcement, so the December 16 release now has its packaging and its stage footage settled rather than teased.

Nijimen
anime 1 sources · Sep 13

Overgeared Anime Adds Yuki Murata and Yurika Hirayama to Cast

With the trailer, key visual, and cast now public and a Crunchyroll screening set for September 21, the production has moved into its final promotional stretch ahead of the October 2 broadcast debut.

Anime News Network
anime 1 sources · Sep 13

Actor and Narrator Leo Morimoto Dies at 83

Morimoto's death removes a voice that ran through Japanese television for five decades, from live-action drama to the lead role in one of anime's most scrutinized films and years of narration work.

Anime News Network
anime 2 sources · Sep 13

Bleach Episode 48 Turns Tsukishima's Meme into a Plot Point

The cour spent its run building toward the reveal that Tsukishima's past-altering ability, long a fan joke, is the mechanism that solves the arc's central problem, and the episode pairs it with Aizen's arrival.

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animeannouncement 3 sources · Sep 12

Netflix and Blizzard Are Developing a Diablo Animated Series

Blizzard is moving its action RPG franchise to television through Netflix while the games themselves continue, with the animated series announced alongside Diablo V rather than as a substitute for it.

Denfaminicogamer, Anime Corner
anime 1 sources · Sep 12

Sazae-san Leads Japanese Animation TV Ratings for Late August

The chart shows long-running family and mystery staples still pulling the largest Japanese TV household shares while a feature-length anime produced for a cultural education slot lands near the bottom of the week's measured field.

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animerelease 1 sources · Sep 12

BS12 Airs Z Gundam: A New Translation II Lovers Tonight

The broadcast keeps the 2005 New Translation trilogy circulating on Japanese television two decades after its theatrical run, putting Yoshiyuki Tomino's reworked Zeta Gundam in front of a general audience rather than the disc market alone.

GAME Watch (Impress)
anime 1 sources · Sep 12

Grotesqqque Trailer Highlights Yoroshiku Girl Segment

A segment trailer released ahead of a November 6 opening shows JOEN and Aniplex rolling out Nishigori's three-part film story by story, with the premiere already behind it.

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