Rapper Tohji will appear on TBS Radio's one-night special "Shining Radio Tohji Tokyo Dome Chokuzen SP" from 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 17. He and university friend Icto, of the comedy duo Ichigo, discuss how they met and their current activities. Tohji has said he will end his activities within 2026, with his last live at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday, November 17.
The official Evangelion side novel Evangelion ANIMA, written by mechanical designer Ikuto Yamashita, is being adapted into an audiobook. Volume 1 is available on Audible, with subsequent volumes releasing from around August 2026. Narrator Sasaki Aitani voices multiple characters.
The 57th Seiun Awards winners were announced on Monday. CyberAgent and Cygames Pictures' Apocalypse Hotel original TV anime won Best Media, and its spinoff manga Apocalypse Hotel Pusupusu won Best Comic. Mecha designer Ikuto Yamashita won Best Artist. Other winners included Rokudo Ningen's Labeled Human for Best Japanese Long Story and Iori Miyazawa's "Tokitoki Channel: How to Make Nonexistent Weather" for Best Japanese Short Story.