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The This Week in Anime column shifts from Korean to Japanese dramas, surveying seven titles now streaming on Netflix and HBO Max. Coop and Sylvia land on Baby Assassins Everyday! as the smoothest watch of the bunch, praising Kensuke Sonomura's action direction and the chemistry between Saori Izawa and Akari Takaishi. Unnatural's opening episode, they note, is anything but comfort food. The rest of the slate, including Doctor-X, Miss King, Cinderella Closet, Beautiful Life, and Rikuoh, streams on Netflix.
Aug 10
Polden Publishing and Pitstop Panic announced Timber Truck: Chaos Coop, a physics-based co-op adventure for PC via Steam. Players take on the role of the world's worst lumberjack team, drowning in debt, and must work together to cut trees, load logs onto trucks, cross rivers and crumbling bridges, and deliver them to the sawmill to earn money. Geese that aim to do away with the players appear along the way, resulting in utter chaos.
Jul 15
Nijisanji and Karaoke Manekineko have announced a summer collaboration campaign titled 'Sweet Scoop Sundae,' running from July 15 to August 16, 2026, at nationwide Manekineko stores. The campaign features new ice cream parlor-themed visuals, original goods, collaboration menu items, themed rooms, standing panels, and a singing campaign offering digital wallpapers.
May 26
In its new mid-term management plan, Kadokawa addresses recent financial losses tied to an over-reliance on proven genres like isekai. The company and others are still profitable but seeing reduced margins, with over 30 isekai anime releasing annually. The trend, rooted in self-published web novels on Narou, has been a low-cost, high-return model for publishers, but signs of saturation are prompting exploration of replacement genres.